(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adoperation
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
androlepsia
anthropidae
antitorpedo
antitorpedo
adj
(military) Acting against torpedos.
appearanced
appearanced
adj
(in combination, rare) Having the specified kind of appearance.
appertained
appertained
verb
past participle of appertain
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
apprehended
apprehended
adj
(obsolete) Having come to accept an understanding of something.
Conceived; understood.
Taken; seized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprehend
apprehender
apprehender
noun
Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
cancerdrops
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
caparisoned
caparisoned
adj
(of a horse or elephant) Having a richly ornamented harness.
Dressed in richly ornamented finery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caparison
capernoited
carpentered
carpentered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpenter
chordophone
chordophone
noun
(music) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.
coapprehend
compendiary
compounders
compounders
noun
plural of compounder
comprehends
comprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend
conscripted
conscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscript
contraposed
contraposed
adj
(geology) Having a coastal region of hard rocks that is separated from the sea by a belt of overlapping softer deposits.
(logic) Forming a contraposition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrapose
copartnered
copartnered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copartner
coppernosed
copresented
copresented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copresent
copresident
copresident
noun
Someone who serves as president together within someone else.
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
corresponds
corresponds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of correspond
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
cosplendour
cosponsored
cosponsored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cosponsor
crampedness
crampedness
noun
The state or quality of being cramped.
cusparidine
cyprinoidea
deadpanners
deadpanners
noun
plural of deadpanner
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
decryptions
decryptions
noun
plural of decryption
demonograph
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
dendrophile
dendrophile
noun
One who loves trees.
dendropogon
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
departement
departition
departition
noun
(obsolete) departure
(obsolete) separation
verb
(transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
departments
departments
noun
plural of department
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
deperdition
deperdition
noun
(archaic) Loss; destruction
depersonize
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
deploration
deploration
noun
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
deploringly
deploringly
adv
In a deploring manner.
deportation
deportation
noun
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
deportments
deportments
noun
plural of deportment
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
deprecation
deprecation
noun
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.
(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
depredating
depredating
verb
present participle of depredate
depredation
depredation
noun
A raid or predatory attack.
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
depressanth
depressants
depressants
noun
plural of depressant
depressions
depressions
noun
plural of depression
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
depursement
dermapteran
dermapteran
noun
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera; earwig.
dermopteran
dermopteran
noun
(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.
(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.
(mammalogy) Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, the flying lemurs
description
description
noun
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
desipramine
desipramine
noun
(pharmacology) A tricyclic antidepressant C₁₈H₂₂N₂.
desorptions
desorptions
noun
plural of desorption
desperation
desperation
noun
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
Short for bladder desperation.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
diaphtherin
diaphtherin
noun
(obsolete, medicine) A dental antiseptic derived from hydroxyquinoline and a phenolsulfonic acid
diphtherian
diplohedron
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
dipterygian
discerption
discerption
noun
The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces
discipliner
discipliner
noun
Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
discrepance
discrepance
noun
Archaic form of discrepancy.
discrepancy
discrepancy
noun
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
The state or quality of being discrepant.
disemprison
dispartment
dispensator
dispensator
noun
A distributor; a person who dispenses.
dispersants
dispersants
noun
plural of dispersant
dispersions
dispersions
noun
plural of dispersion
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
dispreading
dispreading
verb
present participle of dispread
disruptment
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
doppelgnger
drepanaspis
drepaniform
drepaniform
adj
sickle-shaped
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
endocarpoid
endomorphic
endomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an endomorph
endopleural
endospermic
endospermic
adj
of, or relating to the endosperm
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
endosporous
endosporous
adj
(botany) Having the spores contained in a case; applied to fungi.
endotrophic
endotrophic
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
endpleasure
enepidermic
enepidermic
adj
(medicine) Applied to the skin without friction.
enterprised
enterprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enterprise
epicondylar
epicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
epidendrums
epidendrums
noun
plural of epidendrum
epihydrinic
esperantido
expenditrix
expenditure
expenditure
noun
(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.
experienced
experienced
adj
Experient.
Having experience and skill in a subject.
verb
past participle of experience
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fourpounder
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
friendships
friendships
noun
plural of friendship
frostnipped
frostnipped
adj
Affected by frostnip.
geldesprung
gonadotrope
gonadotrope
noun
A basophil that produces gonadotropin
A gonadotropic material
grandeeship
grandeeship
noun
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
grandparent
grandparent
noun
the parent of someone's parent
verb
Synonym of grandfather
groundskeep
groundspeed
groundspeed
noun
(aviation) The horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.
handicapper
handicapper
noun
(Canada, US) A disabled person.
A horse entered in a handicap race.
One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
handpresses
handpresses
noun
plural of handpress
handyperson
handyperson
noun
(uncommon) A handyman or handywoman.
headsprings
headsprings
noun
plural of headspring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headspring
heparinized
heparinized
adj
Treated with heparin
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heparinize
heptahedron
heptahedron
noun
(mathematics) any polyhedron having seven faces
heptandrous
heptandrous
adj
(botany) Having seven stamens.
hesperidene
hesperidene
noun
(organic chemistry) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
hesperidian
hesperidins
hesperidins
noun
plural of hesperidin
humperdinck
hydrophanes
hydrophanes
noun
plural of hydrophane
hydrophinae
hydrophones
hydrophones
noun
plural of hydrophone
hydroplaned
hydroplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane
hydroplaner
hydroplanes
hydroplanes
noun
plural of hydroplane
hyperditone
hyperextend
hyperextend
verb
(medicine) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink