(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
alodiality
alodiality
noun
Alternative form of allodiality
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
ammodytoid
anhydrotic
anthomyiid
anthomyiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.
antidotary
antidotary
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.
noun
(historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations.
(obsolete) An antidote.
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
arthropody
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
bardolatry
bardolatry
noun
(usually derogatory) excessive or religious worship of William Shakespeare
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayonetted
bayonetted
adj
Fitted with a bayonet.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet
bdellatomy
bdellatomy
noun
(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.
bdellotomy
bdellotomy
noun
Alternative form of bdellatomy
besottedly
besottedly
adv
In a besotted manner.
bimodality
bimodality
noun
(statistics) A bimodal condition
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blythewood
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botryoidal
botryoidal
adj
(chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
bradytocia
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cacodylate
cacodylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid
verb
To react or to treat with cacodylic acid
cardiatomy
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
cattyphoid
chordotomy
chordotomy
noun
(surgery) Alternative spelling of cordotomy
cleidotomy
cleidotomy
noun
(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .
coidentity
coidentity
noun
(category theory) The identity element of a cogroup.
coldturkey
collotyped
concordity
condensity
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
condylarth
condylarth
noun
Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
cordiality
cordiality
noun
A friendly utterance.
The quality of being cordial.
to exchange cordialities with people
cotyledons
cotyledons
noun
plural of cotyledon
cotyloidal
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
courtyards
courtyards
noun
plural of courtyard
cryptodira
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
crystallod
cynodictis
cynodontia
cystodynia
cystoidean
cystoidean
noun
(zoology) A cystidean.
cytioderma
dacryocyst
dacryocyst
noun
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The lacrimal sac.
dacryolite
dacryolith
dacryolith
noun
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
dantophily
dasyprocta
debonairty
decastylos
decoratory
decoratory
adj
Relating to, or employing, decoration; decorative; ornamental.
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
dedicatory
dedicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to dedication.
noun
A dedication.
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
dehydrator
dehydrator
noun
(chemistry) A drying agent
A device that removes water from a material
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
delegatory
delegatory
adj
Holding a delegated position.
Of or pertaining to delegation
deltiology
deltiology
noun
The study and collection of postcards.
demivotary
dentiloguy
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
denudatory
denudatory
adj
Synonym of denudative
deontology
deontology
noun
(ethics) Ethics.
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
derogately
derogately
adv
(archaic) In a derogatory manner.
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.
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
desmotropy
desolately
desolately
adv
In a desolate manner.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
destroyers
destroyers
noun
plural of destroyer
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
detractory
detractory
adj
(now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
dextrogyre
dextrogyre
adj
(chemistry) Dextrorotatory.
dextrously
dextrously
adv
Alternative form of dexterously
dezymotize
diabolatry
dialyzator
diastrophy
dicaryotic
dicotylous
dicotylous
adj
dicotyledonous
dictionary
dictionary
noun
(by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
(computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (sense 1).
(preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
(transitive) To add to a dictionary.
(transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
dictyonema
dictyonina
dictyonine
dictyosome
dictyosome
noun
(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.
dicynodont
dicynodont
noun
A member of the Dicynodontia, an extinct group of therapsids.
didymolite
difformity
difformity
noun
(obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
dilatatory
dilatatory
adj
Synonym of dilatory
dilatorily
dilatorily
adv
In a dilatory manner.
diophysite
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.
disformity
disformity
noun
Discordance or diversity of form; dissimilarity.
dishonesty
dishonesty
noun
(countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
(uncountable, obsolete) Shamefulness, disgrace.
disjointly
disjointly
adv
In a disjointed state.
disloyalty
disloyalty
noun
(countable) An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.
(uncountable) The quality of being disloyal.
divagatory
divinatory
divinatory
adj
Pertaining to divination.
docibility
doctorally
doctorally
adv
By, or in the manner of, a doctor.
doctrinary
doctrinary
adj
Of, relating to, or following a doctrine.
dominantly
dominantly
adv
In a dominant manner.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
doryanthes
dostoevsky
doubtfully
doubtfully
adv
In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
dropsywort
dryopteris
dutymonger
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dyothelete
dyothelete
noun
Alternative form of dyothelite
dyothelism
dyothelism
noun
(Christianity, theology) The doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.