(organic chemistry) Having an acyl functional group; modified by addition of an acyl group
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acylate
adroitly
adroitly
adv
Deftly; in an adroit manner.
In a manner exhibiting skill at handling situations, particularly difficult situations.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
aedility
aedility
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
algidity
algidity
noun
(medicine) The state of being algid.
ardently
ardently
adv
fervently
arylated
arylated
adj
(organic chemistry) modified by the addition of one or more aryl groups.
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
bidactyl
bridalty
bridalty
noun
(obsolete) celebration of the nuptial feast
calidity
calidity
noun
(obsolete) Heat.
cotyloid
cotyloid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a cotyloid cavity.
(anatomy) Shaped like a cup.
dactylar
dactylar
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect crustacean.
dactylic
dactylic
adj
(prosody) of or consisting of dactyls.
noun
a dactylic verse.
dactylis
dactylus
dactylus
noun
Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”)
daintily
daintily
adv
In a dainty manner, delicately.
daktylon
daktylos
datively
datively
adv
(rare) As a gift.
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
debility
debility
noun
A state of physical or mental weakness.
decently
decently
adv
In a decent manner.
To a reasonable or acceptable degree.
dejectly
dejectly
adv
(obsolete) In a dejected manner.
deletery
deletery
adj
(obsolete) Destructive, poisonous, deleterious.
noun
(obsolete) That which destroys.
deletory
deletory
noun
(obsolete) That which blots out.
dentally
dentally
adv
With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
devility
devility
noun
The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.
deviltry
deviltry
noun
Devilry.
devoutly
devoutly
adv
In a devout manner.
diacetyl
diacetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butanedione
(organic chemistry, in combination) Two acetyl groups in a compound
dialytic
dialytic
adj
Relating to dialysis
Relating to, or producing dissolution
diastyle
diastyle
noun
(architecture) An intercolumnation of three column diameters.
diclytra
dicotyls
dicotyls
noun
plural of dicotyl
didactyl
didactyl
adj
(zoology) Having only two toes, fingers or claws.
noun
A didactyl animal.
dielytra
dielytra
noun
(botany) Any member of the plant genus Dielytra.
dilatory
dilatory
adj
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
Relating to dilation; dilative.
Slow or tardy.
dilutely
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
directly
directly
adv
(Midlands, Cornwall) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
(dated) Immediately.
Exactly; just.
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.
Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)
distally
distally
adv
Towards a distal part
distylar
dithymol
docility
docility
noun
The quality of being docile.
doctorly
doctorly
adv
In the manner of a doctor.
dolently
dolhenty
dotardly
dotardly
adj
Like a dotard; foolish and weak.
dotingly
dotingly
adv
In a doting manner
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
dulcetly
dulcetly
adv
In a dulcet manner.
dyostyle
dysluite
dysluite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.
(entomology) Any member of the Erotylidae family of insects; a pleasing fungus beetle.
eyeleted
eyeleted
adj
Alternative form of eyeletted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eyelet
fidelity
fidelity
noun
Accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact.
Faithfulness to one's duties.
Loyalty to one's spouse or partner, including abstention from cheating or extramarital affairs.
The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.
fluidity
fluidity
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
(uncountable) The state of being fluid rather than viscous
The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
gelidity
gelidity
Noun
The state or quality of being gelid.
giftedly
giftedly
adv
In a gifted manner; with talent.
heatedly
heatedly
adv
In a heated manner.
hintedly
holytide
holytide
noun
(religion) A holy day, or religious festival.
huntedly
huntedly
adv
In a hunted manner; as though being hunted.
ideality
ideality
noun
(uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
The conceptive faculty.
idolatry
idolatry
noun
The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
The worship of idols.
idylists
idylists
noun
plural of idylist
idyllist
idyllist
noun
A writer of idylls; an idyllic poet or writer; one who depicts idyllic or pastoral subjects.
ladytide
lapidity
lapidity
noun
(philosophy) The quality of being a stone.
lecythid
lepidity
lividity
lividity
noun
(countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
(uncountable) Livor mortis, suggillation.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.
lucidity
lucidity
noun
The property of being lucid, lucidness.
The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.
luridity
luridity
noun
The quality of being lurid.
lyctidae
lyddites
mattedly
mattedly
adv
In a matted manner.
modality
modality
noun
(law) The quality of being limited by a condition.
(linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
(logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
(medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
(music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
(semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
(sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory).
(theology) The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
The fact of being modal.
modestly
modestly
adv
In a modest manner; with humility.
To a small degree.
mylodont
mylodont
noun
Alternative form of mylodon
mythland
mytiloid
mytiloid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.
nodality
nodality
noun
The quality or degree of being nodal.
oldstyle
oldstyle
noun
(typography, often attributive) A traditional style of typeface designed to mimic the handwriting of scribes.
outyield
outyield
verb
(transitive) To exceed or surpass in yielding.
pedality
pedality
noun
(soil science) The physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.
Something that is associated with the foot, such as the way it is used (for locomotion or measurement) or the articles of clothing worn on it.
The anatomical formation of the foot and surrounding region.
pedately
pedately
adv
In a pedate manner.
petalody
petalody
noun
(botany) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
pettedly
pitiedly
platypod
playdate
playdate
noun
Any scheduled recreation, especially if not scheduled by those directly involved.
The date of a showing of a film.
The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house.
putridly
putridly
adv
In a putrid manner.
restyled
restyled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restyle
rootedly
rootedly
adv
In a rooted manner; ingrainedly.
rotundly
rotundly
adv
In a rotund way.
scolytid
scolytid
noun
(zoology) A bark beetle (of Scolytus)
sedately
sedately
adv
Calmly, without excessive emotion or force; in a composed manner.
sedulity
sedulity
noun
diligence, persistence
sodality
sodality
noun
(Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being, a fellowship
A fraternity, a society or association.
Companionship.
solidity
solidity
noun
(geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space.
Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
The state or quality of being solid.
standley
statedly
statedly
adv
(archaic) At stated times; regularly.
steadily
steadily
adv
In a steady manner; with a steady progression.
stodgily
stodgily
adv
In a stodgy manner.
stolidly
stolidly
adv
In a stolid manner.
stupidly
stupidly
adv
In a stupid manner.
To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly.
sturdily
sturdily
adv
In a sturdy manner.
styledom
stylised
stylised
adj
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stylized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stylise
stylized
stylized
adj
Made to conform to some style.
Represented according to some convention, omitting dispensable detail, rather than in a realistic or literal manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stylize
stylopid
stylopid
noun
(zoology) Any insect in the family Stylopidae.
stylopod
stylopod
noun
(anatomy, zoology) The upper part of the arm.
(botany) A stylopodium.
tawdrily
tawdrily
adv
In a tawdry manner.
teledyne
tenderly
tenderly
adv
In a tender manner; gently; sweetly.
tidology
tidology
noun
(uncommon) The science of tides.
tileyard
tileyard
noun
(historical) A yard where tiles are manufactured.
tiltyard
tiltyard
noun
Alternative form of tilt-yard
torpidly
torpidly
adv
In a torpid way or manner.
torridly
torridly
adv
In a torrid manner.
towardly
towardly
adj
Promising, propitious.
trendily
trendily
adv
In keeping with, or showing an awareness of, current trends.
trepidly
trepidly
adv
In a fearful or timid manner.
tridaily
tridaily
adj
Three times a day or every third day.
tridecyl
tridecyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from tridecane
tumidily
turbidly
turbidly
adv
(obsolete) proudly; haughtily
In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
turgidly
turgidly
adv
In a turgid manner.
turpidly
turpidly
adv
In a turpid manner.
tweyfold
twyblade
twyblade
noun
Alternative form of twayblade
tylopoda
tylosoid
ultradry
ultradry
adj
extremely dry.
undeftly
unitedly
unitedly
adv
In a united manner; together; in unison.
unstyled
unstyled
adj
Not styled; unaffected.
To which no style has been applied.
untidily
untidily
adv
In an untidy manner.
validity
validity
noun
(Christianity, theology) The genuinity - as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity - of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.
A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).
State of having legal force.
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
wildtype
wontedly
wontedly
adv
Usually, customarily, or habitually.
yodelist
yuletide
yuletide
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.