(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
actiad
addict
addict
noun
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
An adherent or fan (of something)
verb
(reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
(transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
(transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
adduct
adduct
noun
(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.
verb
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
adject
adject
verb
(obsolete) To annex
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
cadbit
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
cadets
cadets
noun
plural of cadet
cadott
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
carted
carted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cart
casted
casted
adj
(medicine) Set in a cast.
Having membership in a caste.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast
catdom
catdom
noun
The state or essence of being a cat.
cathud
catted
catted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cat
cedent
cedent
noun
The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
cedrat
cedrat
noun
(archaic) The citron fruit.
(archaic) The citron tree.
cevdet
chuted
chuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chute
cisted
citied
citied
adj
Containing, or covered with, cities.
coated
coated
adj
Covered with a thin layer.
Wearing a coat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coat
codist
codist
noun
A person who codifies; a codifier.
An expert in the codes of civil law.
coedit
coedit
verb
(transitive) To edit together.
condit
costed
costed
adj
Having a specified (type of) cost
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cost
cotted
cotted
adj
(figurative) difficult to please
matted; tangled
cottid
cottid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Cottidae, the sculpins.
crated
crated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crate
credit
credit
noun
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
(countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
(countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
(science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
(tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
(television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
(uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
(uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
A source of value, distinction or honour.
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
(transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
(transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
(transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
curted
curted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curt
cutted
cutted
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cut
cysted
cysted
adj
Enclosed in a cyst.
cystid
cystid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.
cytode
cytode
noun
(biology) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present
cytoid
cytoid
adj
(physiology) cell-like; applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
dacite
dacite
noun
(geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
dacoit
dacoit
noun
(chiefly India, Myanmar, Pakistan) A bandit or armed robber, especially former parts of British India.
verb
(chiefly India) To commit armed robbery.
dactyi
dactyl
dactyl
noun
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
datcha
datcha
noun
Alternative spelling of dacha
decant
decant
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To flow.
(science fiction) To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
decart
decast
decate
decate
verb
To decatize (“steam fabric”).
decato
deceit
deceit
noun
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
An act of deceiving someone.
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
decent
decent
adj
(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.
Fair; good enough; okay.
Significant; substantial.
decnet
decoat
decoat
verb
To remove a coating from
decoct
decoct
verb
(cooking) To make an infusion.
(cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
(figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
(figurative) To reduce or diminish.
To digest in the stomach.
decurt
decurt
verb
(obsolete) To cut short; to curtail.
deduct
deduct
verb
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
defect
defect
noun
(mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
A fault or malfunction.
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
verb
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
(military) To join the enemy army.
deject
deject
noun
(usually in the plural) A waste product.
One who is lowly or abject.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cast downward.
(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
To debase or humble.
delict
delict
noun
(civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
(law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
deltic
deltic
adj
Synonym of deltaic
depict
depict
adj
(obsolete) Depicted.
verb
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
detach
detach
verb
(intransitive) To come off something.
(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
(transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.
detect
detect
adj
(obsolete) Detected.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To work or solve cases as a detective.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
detick
detick
verb
(transitive) to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
dicast
dicast
noun
(historical) A juror in ancient Athens.
dickty
dickty
noun
(African-American Vernacular) An upper-class black.
dicots
dicots
noun
plural of dicot
dictic
dictum
dictum
noun
A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
An arbitrament or award.
An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
dictys
didact
didact
noun
a didactic person
a person gifted, trained, or intending to instruct
dietic
dietic
adj
Relating to diet; dietetic.
diotic
diotic
adj
Of or relating to both ears.
direct
direct
adj
(astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
(aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
In the line of descent; not collateral.
Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
Straightforward; sincere.
verb
(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.
To aim (something) at (something else).
To manage, control, steer.
To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
docent
docent
adj
Instructive; that teaches.
noun
(chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
docity
docity
noun
The quality of being teachable.
docket
docket
noun
(Australia) A receipt.
(law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
(law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
(obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
An agenda of things to be done.
verb
(transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
(transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
doctor
doctor
noun
(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) A ship's cook.
A fish, the friar skate.
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
verb
(intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
(intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.
(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
(transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
doctus
doocot
doocot
noun
(Scotland) dovecote
doucet
doucet
noun
(in the plural) Deer testicles.
(obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
dowcet
dracut
dretch
dretch
noun
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.
An idle wench; a slattern.
verb
(intransitive) To delay; linger; tarry.
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.
(transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.
dsects
ducato
ducats
ducats
noun
plural of ducat
ductal
ductal
adj
(anatomy) Of, relating to, or originating in a duct
ducted
ducted
adj
Fitted with a duct
verb
simple past tense and past participle of duct
ductor
ductor
noun
(obsolete) One who leads.
(printing) A device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
ductus
ductus
noun
(anatomy) a duct, tube or canal in the body
a subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the letter
the number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written (Compare graph; see also aspect.)
dulcet
dulcet
adj
(archaic) Sweet to the taste.
Generally pleasing; agreeable.
Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
dutchy
dutchy
adj
(US, dialect, regional to rural Central New York State) difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated
noun
Archaic spelling of duchy.
edicts
edicts
noun
plural of edict
educts
educts
noun
plural of educt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educt
endict
endict
verb
Archaic form of indict.
etched
etched
adj
(of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.
Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of etch
ftncmd
gedact
indict
indict
verb
(law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
induct
induct
verb
(obsolete) To introduce; to bring in.
To bring in as a member; to make a part of.
To draft into military service.
To formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, etc.
To introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults).
itched
itched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of itch
lactid
lyctid
lyctid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lyctidae.
mtscmd
mudcat
mudcat
noun
A catfish, Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead), native to the Mississippi Delta.
A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris, syns. Silurus olivaris, Leptops olivaris), flatty or shovelhead cat, of central North America.
netcdf
octads
octads
noun
plural of octad
octavd
octdra
octoad
octoad
noun
Synonym of ogdoad (“a thing made up of eight parts”)
octode
octode
noun
(dated, electronics) A thermionic valve that has eight electrodes or similar elements
octoid
octoid
adj
(engineering) Being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.
redact
redact
verb
(law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
(obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
(obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.
(obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.
(obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
(obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
(obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
(rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
reduct
reduct
noun
(chemistry) A reducing agent.
verb
(nonstandard) To channel through a duct again.
(nonstandard) To duct tape again.
(obsolete, transitive) To reduce.
seduct
stadic
tacked
tacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tack
tadich
talced
talced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of talc
teched
teched
adj
Alternative form of tetched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tech
tedric
ticked
ticked
adj
(Canada, US, slang) Ticked off; annoyed.
flecked, multicolored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tick
tomcod
tomcod
noun
A jack (fish).
A kingfish.
A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic, Microgadus tomcod.