(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
coauthered
coauthored
coauthored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coauthor
cochleated
cochleated
adj
cochleate
condylarth
condylarth
noun
Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
cotehardie
cotehardie
noun
(historical) A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
cowhearted
cowhearted
Adjective
cowardly
crotcheted
crotcheted
adj
crotchety; whimsical or eccentric
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crotchet
crotchwood
cutterhead
cutterhead
noun
A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.
cynthiidae
dacryolith
dacryolith
noun
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
dadupanthi
daintihood
daintihood
noun
(archaic) daintiness
dantophily
dashnakist
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
deathblows
deathblows
noun
plural of deathblow
deathfully
deathfully
adv
In a deathful manner.
deathiness
deathiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being deathy.
deathrates
deathrates
noun
plural of deathrate
deathtraps
deathtraps
noun
plural of deathtrap
deathwards
deathwards
adv
Towards death.
deathwatch
deathwatch
noun
A deathwatch beetle.
A vigil beside a dying person
One who guards a condemned person before execution.
debacchate
debacchate
verb
(rare) To rant as if drunk.
deboshment
deboshment
noun
Obsolete form of debauchment.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
decathlons
decathlons
noun
plural of decathlon
dehematize
dehepatize
dehydrated
dehydrated
adj
From which the water has been removed.
Suffering from dehydration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrate
dehydrates
dehydrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrate
dehydrator
dehydrator
noun
(chemistry) A drying agent
A device that removes water from a material
deiphontes
delightful
delightful
adj
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
delighting
delighting
verb
present participle of delight
delphinite
deltahedra
deltahedra
noun
plural of deltahedron
delthyrial
delthyrial
noun
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the delthyrium.
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
deltohedra
demihagbut
demisheath
demothball
demothball
verb
(transitive) To restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
dentaphone
dentiphone
dentiphone
noun
(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
dermatherm
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
dermotherm
desmanthus
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
despatched
despatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despatch
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
despatches
despatches
noun
plural of despatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despatch
detachable
detachable
adj
Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
noun
Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
detachably
detachably
adv
In such a way that it can be detached.
detachedly
detachedly
adv
In a detached manner.
detachment
detachment
noun
(countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
(countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
(countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
(uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
(uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
(uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
(uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
(uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
diadochite
diadochite
noun
(mineralogy) A phosphosulfate mineral with a greenish-yellow to brown colour.
dianthuses
dianthuses
noun
plural of dianthus
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diarrhetic
diarrhetic
adj
That causes, or is associated with, diarrhea
diastrophe
diastrophy
diathermal
diathermal
adj
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermia
diathermia
noun
diathermy
diathermic
diathermic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to diathermy
That allows the free passage of heat
dichotomal
dichotomic
dichotomic
adj
(botany) That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.
(computing) Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/27/14/016
In the form of a dichotomy; dichotomous.
dichroitic
dichroitic
Adjective
dichroic
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
dihydrated
dihydrated
adj
(chemistry) Combined with two molecules of water
dihysteria
dimethoate
dimethoate
Noun
A particular organophosphate insecticide.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
dinichthys
dinotheres
dinotheres
noun
plural of dinothere
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diophysite
diorthoses
diorthoses
noun
plural of diorthosis
diorthosis
diorthosis
noun
(obsolete) The act of setting a fracture or dislocation.
diorthotic
diorthotic
adj
Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
diothelism
diotrephes
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diphyletic
diphyletic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to two phylums.
diphyodont
diphyodont
adj
(anatomy) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
noun
Any creature with two successive sets of teeth.
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
dipsopathy
dipsopathy
noun
(medicine, archaic) The treatment of disease by abstaining from liquids; a thirst cure.
Alcoholism.
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
discharity
discharity
noun
Lack of charity.
discothque
disenchant
disenchant
verb
(transitive, of a person) To disappoint.
(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
(transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
disenthral
disenthral
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of disenthrall
dishabited
dishabited
adj
(obsolete) Rendered uninhabited.
dishcloths
dishcloths
noun
plural of dishcloth
dishearten
dishearten
verb
(transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
disherited
disherited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disherit
disheritor
disheritor
noun
(law) One who puts another person out of an inheritance.
dishonesty
dishonesty
noun
(countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
(uncountable, obsolete) Shamefulness, disgrace.
dishtowels
dishtowels
noun
plural of dishtowel
dishwaters
dishwaters
noun
plural of dishwater
dishwatery
dishwatery
adj
Resembling dishwater.
disinhabit
disinherit
disinherit
verb
(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown.
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
dissheathe
dissheathe
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To become unsheathed.
dissightly
disthroned
disthroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disthrone
distichlis
distichous
distichous
adj
(botany) Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis.
(poetry) In the form of a distich.
distraught
distraught
adj
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
Mad; insane.
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disyntheme
ditchwater
ditchwater
noun
The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.
ditheistic
ditheistic
adj
Of or pertaining to ditheism, the belief in two gods.
dithematic
dithematic
adj
(linguistics) Consisting of two stems or themes, usually of given names.
dithionate
dithionate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion S₂O₆²⁻ derived from dithionic acid; any salt containing this ion
dithionite
dithionite
noun
(chemistry) any salt or ester of dithionous acid, H₂S₂O₄
dithionous
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
ditrochean
ditrochean
adj
(linguistics) Consisting of two trochees.
ditrochous
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
docentship
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
doctorhood
doctorhood
noun
The status or period of being a doctor.
doctorship
doctorship
noun
Professional position or title of a doctor.
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
doghearted
doghearted
adj
Alternative form of dog-hearted
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
dorchester
dorchester
Proper noun
A town in southern England, the county town of Dorset.
A village in southern England, on the river Thames in Oxfordshire.