(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
delphinium
delphinium
noun
(countable and uncountable) A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
(countable) A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
delphinius
demipuppet
departures
departures
noun
plural of departure
depastured
depastured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depasture
depauville
depeculate
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
deplumated
deplumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplumate
depopulate
depopulate
adj
(obsolete) Depopulated.
verb
(intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population.
(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
(transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depressure
depressure
verb
To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
depudorate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
deputative
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
diparentum
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
diplacuses
dipleurula
dipleurule
dipneumona
dipneustal
dipsaceous
dipsaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsaceae, including teasels.
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
disepalous
disepalous
adj
(botany) Having two sepals.
disespouse
disespouse
verb
(poetic, transitive) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
disputable
disputable
adj
Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
disputeful
disreputed
disreputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrepute
disreputes
disreputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrepute
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disrupture
disrupture
noun
Alternative form of disruption
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
dodecuplet
dodecuplet
noun
(music) A group of twelve notes, typically to be played in place of eight
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
drupaceous
drupaceous
adj
of, relating to, resembling, or producing drupes
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dukkeripen
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
duodecuple
duodecuple
Adjective
Twelvefold.
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
duperrault
duplicable
duplicable
adj
Capable of being duplicated.
duplicated
duplicated
verb
past participle of duplicate
duplicates
duplicates
noun
plural of duplicate
ectocarpus
elaphurine
emphyteuta
emplastrum
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
encapsuled
encapsuled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encapsule
encapsules
encapsules
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapsule
encarpuspi
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
enrapturer
enrapturer
noun
One who enraptures.
enraptures
enraptures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enrapture
eohippuses
epaulement
epaulement
noun
(ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.
A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
epauletted
epauletted
adj
Alternative form of epauleted
ephebeubea
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
epicanthus
epicanthus
noun
(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epicentrum
epichilium
epicoelous
epicranium
epicranium
noun
(anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
epicranius
epicranius
noun
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicureans
epicureans
noun
plural of epicurean
epicuticle
epicuticle
noun
(biology) The outermost portion of the exoskeleton of an insect or arthropod.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermous
epiguanine
epiguanine
noun
The modified purine nucleobase 7-methylguanine, a methylated version of guanine.
epiloguing
epiloguing
verb
present participle of epilogue
epiloguize
epiloguize
verb
Alternative form of epilogize
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epineurial
epineurial
adj
(anatomy) Of, or related to epineurium.
epineurium
epineurium
noun
(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
epiphyllum
epiphyllum
noun
A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
epiphytous
epipleurae
epipleural
epipleural
adj
(anatomy) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra
Relating to an epipleuron
noun
An epipleural bone
epipterous
epirhizous
episcenium
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
eprouvette
eprouvette
noun
A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
eptatretus
epulafquen
epupillate
epupillate
adj
Not pupillate.
equiparant
equiparate
equiparate
verb
(chiefly historical) To perform equiparation; to transfer attributes from one object or concept to another.
(rare) To compare.
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
equipoised
equipoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equipoise
equipoises
equipoises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
eriophorum
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
esculapian
espiritual
esquipulas
estipulate
estipulate
adj
Alternative form of exstipulate
eucalyptic
eucalyptic
adj
Of, resembling, or characterized by eucalyptus trees.
eucalyptol
eucalyptol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc.
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
noun
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
eucopepoda
eucryptite
eucryptite
noun
(mineralogy) A lithium-bearing aluminium silicate mineral.
eumolpides
eumolpique
eumorphous
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.