(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
astrogated
astrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astrogate
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
bridgebote
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
centigrado
coatbridge
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
corrugated
corrugated
adj
Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
delegatory
delegatory
adj
Holding a delegated position.
Of or pertaining to delegation
denigrator
denigrator
noun
One who denigrates.
dermatogen
dermatogen
noun
(botany) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
derogately
derogately
adv
(archaic) In a derogatory manner.
derogating
derogating
verb
present participle of derogate
derogation
derogation
noun
(law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
An act which belittles; disparagement.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
derogatory
derogatory
adj
(law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
(usually with to) Tending to derogate:
Disparaging.
Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
noun
A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.
designator
designator
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
A person who, or term that, designates.
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
dextrogyre
dextrogyre
adj
(chemistry) Dextrorotatory.
diagometer
diagometer
noun
A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
doghearted
doghearted
adj
Alternative form of dog-hearted
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dogtrotted
dogtrotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogtrot
droughtier
droughtier
adj
comparative form of droughty: more droughty
drugstores
drugstores
noun
plural of drugstore
dutymonger
ergodicity
ergodicity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is ergodic.
(uncountable) The condition of being ergodic.
footbridge
footbridge
noun
A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
foredating
foredating
verb
present participle of foredate
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
geometroid
geometroid
noun
Any moth of the superfamily Geometroidea.
gerodontia
gerodontic
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
goaltender
goaltender
noun
(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goatsbeard
goatsbeard
noun
Alternative spelling of goat's-beard
godfathers
godfathers
noun
plural of godfather
godmothers
godmothers
noun
plural of godmother
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldbeater
goldbeater
noun
A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars.
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
goldthread
goldthread
noun
Any of the genus Coptis of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America.
gonnardite
gonnardite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
gothlander
gottlander
gradometer
grindstone
grindstone
noun
An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.
guardstone
gudemother
headstrong
headstrong
adj
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
hydroguret
hydroguret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any hydride.
moderating
moderating
verb
present participle of moderate
nontragedy
objurgated
objurgated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of objurgate
originated
originated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of originate
orthograde
orthograde
adj
Walking or standing with the body upright.
outbragged
outbragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbrag
outbridged
outfigured
outfigured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfigure
outgrinned
outgrinned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgrin
outreading
outreading
verb
present participle of outread
overdigest
overgifted
overgilted
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
portending
portending
verb
present participle of portend
propagated
propagated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of propagate
protending
protending
verb
present participle of protend
protragedy
pterygodum
readington
readopting
readopting
verb
present participle of readopt
redoubting
redoubting
verb
present participle of redoubt
retrograde
retrograde
adj
(also astrology) Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
(geology) Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
(medicine) Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
(music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
(poetry, archaic) Of verse: reading the same forwards or backwards; palindromic.
(zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
Counterproductive to a desired outcome; contradictory, contrary.
Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
Involving a return to or a retracing of a previous course of travel.
Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
adv
In a reverse direction; backwards.
noun
(archaic) One who reneges on an agreement, or switches loyalties; a rebel, a renegade.
(astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
(music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
verb
(astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
(geography) Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
(geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
(geology) To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
(military) To retreat or withdraw from a position.
(obsolete) To cause (someone or something) to revert to an inferior or less developed state.
Of the telling of an incident, etc.: to move to an earlier time.
To move backwards; to recede.
To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
slidegroat
slidegroat
noun
(obsolete) The game of shuffleboard.
stringendo
stringendo
adv
(music) Played with gradually increasing tempo.
noun
(music) A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases.
stronghead
subrogated
subrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subrogate
surrogated
surrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of surrogate
tightroped
togolander
togolander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Togoland.
tonguebird
torpedoing
torpedoing
noun
The act of firing a torpedo.
verb
present participle of torpedo
tragedious
tragedious
adj
(obsolete) Like tragedy; tragical.
troglodyte
troglodyte
noun
(by extension) Anything that lives underground.
(computing) A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.
A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.