simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
andropetalar
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
anthropoidea
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antipredator
antipredator
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-predator
antispreader
antispreader
noun
Any of several devices that prevent spreading
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
aproterodont
aspredinidae
brachypodine
bradyphrenia
bradyphrenia
noun
(neurology) The slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
chondrophore
chondrophore
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Chondrophora (now included in order Anthoathecata).
chondrophyte
chondrophyte
noun
An abnormal mass of cartilage that can develop on a bone
comprehended
comprehended
adj
Included; comprised; contained.
Understood.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comprehend
comprehender
comprehender
noun
Agent noun of comprehend: one who comprehends.
conidiophore
conidiophore
noun
A fungal hypha that produces conidia.
conidiospore
conidiospore
noun
(biology) A unicellular spore produced asexually by a fungus
contraponend
contraponend
noun
(logic) The original proposition involved in a contraposition.
copresidents
copresidents
noun
plural of copresident
corespondent
corespondent
noun
(law) One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding.
corresponded
corresponded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of correspond
corresponder
corresponder
noun
One who corresponds, or writes letters.
coryphaenoid
counterpaled
counterpaned
counterpaned
adj
Fitted with a counterpane.
counterplead
counterplead
verb
(transitive) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
counterposed
counterposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpose
cuprocyanide
cypridinidae
cyprinoidean
daphnephoria
dappernesses
dasyproctine
deaspiration
deaspiration
noun
The act, process or result of deaspirating.
decipherment
decipherment
noun
Decryption.
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
declinograph
decrepitness
decrepitness
noun
decrepitude.
deepfreezing
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
defensorship
defensorship
noun
The state or business of a defensor.
demicaponier
demipauldron
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
deparliament
departements
departmental
departmental
adj
Of or pertaining to a department.
deploredness
deploredness
noun
The state of being deplored or deplorable.
depolarising
depolarising
verb
present participle of depolarise
depolarizing
depolarizing
verb
present participle of depolarize
deportations
deportations
noun
plural of deportation
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravedness
depravedness
noun
The state of being depraved; depravity
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprecations
deprecations
noun
plural of deprecation
depreciating
depreciating
adj
That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
That is declining in value.
verb
present participle of depreciate
depreciation
depreciation
noun
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
The decline in value of assets.
The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
depredations
depredations
noun
plural of depredation
deprehension
deprehension
noun
(obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery.
depressingly
depressingly
adv
In a depressing manner.
depressional
depressional
adj
Of or pertaining to a physical depression.
Of or pertaining to psychological depression.
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
deprograming
derepressing
derepressing
verb
present participle of derepress
derepression
derepression
noun
(genetics) The inactivation of a repressor gene.
(psychiatry) The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc.
dermatophone
dermatophony
descriptions
descriptions
noun
plural of description
desesperance
desipramines
desipramines
noun
plural of desipramine
despairingly
despairingly
adv
In a despairing manner.
desperations
desperations
noun
plural of desperation
desponsories
desponsories
noun
plural of desponsory
dessertspoon
dessertspoon
noun
(rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.
A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.
More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.
deuteranopes
deuteranopes
noun
plural of deuteranope
deuteranopia
deuteranopia
noun
A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red from green.
deuteranopic
deuteranopic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, deuteranopia.
deutonephron
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
dextropinene
dictyopteran
dictyopteran
noun
Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids
dipropellant
disappearing
disappearing
noun
disappearance
verb
present participle of disappear
disappointer
disappointer
noun
One who or that which disappoints (all senses).
discipliners
discipliners
noun
plural of discipliner
discrepantly
discrepantly
adv
In a conflicting or discordant manner.
discrepating
discrepation
disoperation
dispenditure
dispensaries
dispensaries
noun
plural of dispensary
dispensatory
dispensatory
adj
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
noun
(pharmacy, pharmacology) A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.
dispensatrix
dispensatrix
noun
(archaic) A female dispensator.
dispergating
dispergation
dispersement
dispersement
noun
Misspelling of disbursement.
dispersonate
dispersonate
verb
(transitive) To divest of personality.
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
dispiritment
dispiritment
noun
Dispiritedness; disheartenment.
disportments
disportments
noun
plural of disportment
disprovement
dissceptring
disspreading
disspreading
verb
present participle of disspread
distempering
distempering
verb
present participle of distemper
dopaminergic
dopaminergic
adj
Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine.
Of or relating to dopamine.
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance that affects the production of dopamine
doppelganger
doppelganger
noun
(fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
A remarkably similar double.
An evil twin.
draftsperson
draftsperson
noun
A draftsman or draftswoman.
drapetomania
drapetomania
noun
(dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.)
The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness.
drepanididae
dreparnaudia
droopingness
droopingness
noun
Quality of being drooping.
eavedropping
endomorphies
endomorphism
endomorphism
noun
(geology) The assimilation of surrounding rock by an intrusive igneous rock
(mathematics) A homomorphism that maps a system to itself
endoparasite
endoparasite
noun
A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
endoperidial
endoperidium
endoperidium
noun
The inner layer of a two-layered peridium.
endoperoxide
endoperoxide
noun
(chemistry, biochemistry) Any heterocycle containing a peroxide -O-O- residue in the ring; found especially in certain intermediates in prostaglandin biosynthesis.
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
endoplastron
endopleurite
endopleurite
noun
(zoology) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
endoproctous
endospermous
enrapturedly
epanorthidae
europeanised
europeanized
europeanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of europeanize
expenditures
expenditures
noun
plural of expenditure
experimented
experimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of experiment
fingerparted
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gardenership
gardenership
noun
The role or status of a gardener.
gelndesprung
gonidiophore
gonidiospore
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
grandparents
grandparents
noun
plural of grandparent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grandparent