Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra
apparelled
apparelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
applauders
applauders
noun
plural of applauder
appledrane
appledrane
noun
(Devon, obsolete) A wasp.
appledrone
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
becrippled
bepillared
bepillared
adj
Furnished with pillars.
bladderpod
bladderpod
noun
Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.
blooddrops
blooddrops
noun
The plant Adonis annua.
callipered
callipered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calliper
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
cardplayer
cardplayer
noun
One who plays card games.
carpopedal
carpopedal
adj
Pertaining to the hands and feet.
chapelward
chapelward
adv
Toward a chapel.
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
cladophora
clapboards
clapboards
noun
plural of clapboard
clepsydrae
clepsydras
clepsydras
noun
plural of clepsydra
clipboards
clipboards
noun
plural of clipboard
clodhopper
clodhopper
noun
(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.
(US) Any kind of shoe.
(military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.
A peasant or yokel.
A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
Wheatear; any of various passerine birds.
copyholder
copyholder
noun
(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
(dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
cosplendor
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.
noun
(neologism, US politics, often derogatory) A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".
A person or thing that is to be deplored.
deplorably
deplorably
adv
in a deplorable manner
deploredly
deploredly
adv
lamentably
depolarise
depolarise
verb
Alternative spelling of depolarize
depolarize
depolarize
verb
(transitive) To demagnetize.
(transitive) To remove the polarization from something.
deportable
deportable
adj
Able to be deported.
noun
(rare, sometimes offensive) Someone who is deportable.
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
deprecable
deprecable
adj
That may or should be deprecated.
depredable
depredable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to depredation.
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despoilers
despoilers
noun
plural of despoiler
developers
developers
noun
plural of developer
dioptrical
dioptrical
adj
Alternative form of dioptric
dipleurula
dipleurule
diplocoria
diplograph
diplograph
noun
(historical) An instrument used for double writing, such as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.
diploptera
dipolarize
disapparel
disapparel
verb
(transitive) To disrobe; to strip of clothing.
discipular
disparpled
disparpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disparple
dispeopler
dispeopler
noun
One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
dispersals
dispersals
noun
plural of dispersal
displeaser
displeaser
noun
One who displeases.
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
doorplates
doorplates
noun
plural of doorplate
dopplerite
dopplerite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
dorsipinal
dripolator
droopingly
droopingly
adv
In a drooping manner.
dropflower
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
droppingly
droppingly
adv
In drops; one drop at a time.
bit by bit; one at a time
drosophila
drosophila
noun
Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
duperrault
duplicator
duplicator
noun
A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.
duraplasty
duraplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery to the dura mater.
endocarpal
endocarpal
adj
(botany) Relating to the endocarp.
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
epicardial
epicardial
adj
Of or pertaining to the epicardium
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
epidendral
espadrille
espadrille
noun
A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.
espaliered
espaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of espalier
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
flapdragon
flapdragon
noun
A game in which the players snatch raisins out of burning brandy and swallow them blazing.
Any of the raisins in this game.
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
floodproof
floodproof
adj
Resistant to flooding.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to flooding.
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
groundplot
hamperedly
harelipped
harelipped
adj
having a harelip
harpalides
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
herpolhode
herpolhode
noun
(mathematics) The surface created by the rotation of a rigid body
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
hydrophile
hydrophile
adj
Hydrophilic.
noun
(chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
(zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
hydrophily
hydrophily
noun
A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by the flow of waters, particularly in rivers and streams.
hydrophyll
hydropical
hydropical
adj
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty.
Dropsical.
Swollen with water.
hydroplane
hydroplane
noun
(aircraft, nautical) A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
(nautical) A hydrofoil
(nautical) A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth
verb
To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
hydropolyp
hydropolyp
noun
The polyp of a hydrozoan
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
hyperdulic
hyperdulic
adj
(religion) Relating to hyperdulia.
hyperploid
hyperploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
(medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
noun
A hyperploid organism.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypodermal
hypodermal
adj
Below the epidermis
Of or pertaining to the hypodermis
hyporadial
imperdible
imperdible
adj
(obsolete) Not destructible.
imperilled
imperilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imperil; alternative spelling of imperiled
inspiredly
inspiredly
adv
In an inspired manner
interloped
interloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlope
interplead
interplead
verb
(law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader.
interppled
intrepidly
intrepidly
adv
In an intrepid manner
lampadaire
lampyridae
landleaper
landleaper
noun
Synonym of landlouper.
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
landscaper
landscaper
noun
One that does landscaping.
lapidarian
lapidarian
adj
Synonym of lapidary
lapidaries
lapidaries
noun
plural of lapidary
lapidarist
laplanders
leadership
leadership
noun
A group of leaders.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
The office or status of a leader.
leopardess
leopardess
noun
A female leopard.
leopardine
leopardine
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
leopardite
lepidopter
lepidopter
noun
lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.
leporicide
leptandrin
leptandrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside obtained from plants in the genus Leptandra.
lipreading
lipreading
noun
The act of reading lips.
verb
present participle of lipread
lycoperdon
madreporal
madreporal
adj
Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;
micropodal
middleport
nephridial
nephridial
adj
Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
osphradial
osphradial
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the osphradium.
overdeeply
overdeeply
adv
Excessively deeply.
overlapped
overlapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlap
overleaped
overplaced
overplaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplace
overplayed
overplayed
adj
Played too frequently.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplay
palaceward
palaceward
adv
Toward a palace.
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
palinuroid
palinuroid
adj
Relating to the members of superfamily Palinuroidea
palisander
palisander
noun
rosewood
pallholder
palmdesert
palmerdale
palmigrade
palmigrade
adj
(zoology) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals do.