Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
Pressed tightly together.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compress
compresses
compresses
noun
plural of compress
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compress
compressor
compressor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
(computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
comproduce
compromise
compromise
noun
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
verb
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
(transitive, intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
compsilura
compulsory
compulsory
adj
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
noun
Something that is compulsory or required.
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
copolymers
copolymers
noun
plural of copolymer
coppermine
coprodaeum
copromisor
copromoted
copromoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copromote
copromoter
copromoter
noun
A joint promoter.
copromotes
copromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copromote
copularium
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
cramponnee
creepmouse
creepmouse
adj
(mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
noun
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
creepmousy
crimeproof
crimeproof
adj
Resistant to criminal activity.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to criminal activity.
crimpiness
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptomere
cryptonema
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
cynomorpha
dampcourse
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
decomposer
decomposer
noun
(ecology) An organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material.
decompress
decompress
verb
(intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(intransitive, informal) To relax.
(transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
(transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
demipillar
demipriest
demisphere
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
demorphism
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
deportment
deportment
noun
Apparent level of schooling or training.
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Conduct; public behavior.
Self-discipline.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
dermaptera
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophobe
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
dermoptera
desmotrope
desmotropy
dharmapada
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
diatropism
diatropism
noun
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
dimorphism
dimorphism
noun
(biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
(biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
(geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dimorphous
dimorphous
adj
Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.
diparentum
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
disparatum
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispromise
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
dreamscape
dreamscape
noun
The landscape within a dream
dromograph
dromograph
noun
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
embioptera
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
emparadise
emparadise
verb
Alternative form of imparadise
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
empiricism
empiricism
noun
(medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery.
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
(social sciences, political science, sociology) used to describe research based on methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
emplastrum
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
emportment
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empresario
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endophragm
entrapment
entrapment
noun
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
The state of being entrapped.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
ependymary
epharmonic
ephemerida
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
ephemerons
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epicentrum
epichirema
epichirema
noun
(rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
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.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermoid
epidermoid
adj
Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).
noun
(pathology) An epidermoid cyst
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epimerised
epimeritic
epimerized
epimerized
adj
(chemistry) Converted into an epimer
epimorphic
epimorphic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an epimorphism.
(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
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.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
epitomizer
epitomizer
noun
An epitomist.
eremophyte
eremophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that grows in a desert or steppe environment
eriophorum
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
eumorphous
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemizer
euphemizer
noun
One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
exomorphic
exomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to exomorphism.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exotropism
experiment
experiment
noun
(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
expressmen
expressmen
noun
plural of expressman
exprimable
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
farmership
farmership
noun
Skill in farming.
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
flameproof
flameproof
adj
Resistant to catching fire.
verb
(transitive) To make flameproof.
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
flapperism
flapperism
noun
The behaviour of flappers (young women).
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
foretopmen
foretopmen
noun
plural of foretopman
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamotropic
gemmipares
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geoprumnon
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).