(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
alexandrinus
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
anandrarious
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
anisomyodous
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
antidiffuser
appendicious
appenditious
arseniureted
arseniureted
adj
Alternative form of arseniuretted
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
ascogonidium
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
attitudinise
attitudinise
verb
Alternative spelling of attitudinize
audubonistic
austenitized
austenitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of austenitize
autosyndesis
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
barramundies
belimousined
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bondieuserie
bondieuserie
noun
Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
buildingless
buildingless
adj
Without buildings.
bulldoggings
candidatures
candidatures
noun
plural of candidature
cecidogenous
cloudinesses
cloudinesses
noun
plural of cloudiness
cnidophorous
cnidophorous
adj
Relating to cnidophores
coeducations
communalised
communalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communalise
condominiums
condominiums
noun
plural of condominium
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
consuetitude
counterraids
counterraids
noun
plural of counterraid
countrysides
countrysides
noun
plural of countryside
cuspidations
daemonurgist
damnificatus
dauntingness
dauntingness
noun
The quality of being daunting.
debussyanize
decrustation
decrustation
noun
The removal of a crust.
decurrencies
decussations
decussations
noun
plural of decussation
deglutitions
deglutitions
noun
plural of deglutition
degustations
degustations
noun
plural of degustation
dehumanising
dehumanising
verb
present participle of dehumanise
deincrustant
deinsularize
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
delusiveness
delusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being delusive.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
denaturalise
denaturalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of denaturalize.
denaturising
denaturising
verb
present participle of denaturise
dentiloquist
dentiloquist
noun
(rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
derelinquish
derelinquish
noun
to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
desaturation
desaturation
noun
(chemistry) the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other atoms to form a double bond
(medicine) a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient's haemoglobin
desirousness
desirousness
noun
The state of being desirous.
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
destitutions
destitutions
noun
plural of destitution
destructions
destructions
noun
plural of destruction
deuterations
deuterations
noun
plural of deuteration
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
diaphanously
diaphanously
adv
In a diaphanous manner.
dibranchious
dicranaceous
dicranaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Dicranaceae.
dictyogenous
diffusedness
diffusedness
noun
The state or quality of being diffused.
diffusionism
diffusionism
noun
The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West.
diffusionist
diffusionist
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusionism
noun
A proponent of diffusionism
digonoporous
dilutenesses
diminuendoes
dioicousness
diphthongous
diplacanthus
dipneumonous
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
disanalogous
disanalogous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by disanalogy
disannulling
disannulling
verb
present participle of disannul
disannulment
disannulment
noun
Complete annulment.
disauthentic
disburdening
disburdening
verb
present participle of disburden
disbursement
disbursement
noun
Money paid out or spent.
The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
discolouring
discolouring
verb
present participle of discolour
discomedusan
discomedusan
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the subclass Discomedusae.
noun
(zoology) A jellyfish of the subclass Discomedusae.
discommunity
discommunity
noun
A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.
disconducive
disconducive
adj
Synonym of unconducive
discongruity
discongruity
noun
incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness
discontinual
discontinued
discontinued
adj
Permanently no longer available or in production.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discontinue
discontinuee
discontinuee
noun
(law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
discontinuer
discontinuer
noun
One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
discontinues
discontinues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue
discontinuor
discontinuor
noun
Archaic form of discontinuer.
discountable
discountable
adj
That can be discounted (in all senses).
discouraging
discouraging
adj
that causes discouragement
noun
discouragement
verb
present participle of discourage
discriminous
discriminous
adj
(obsolete) hazardous; dangerous
disculpation
disculpation
noun
exculpation
discussional
discussional
adj
Pertaining to discussion.
discussionis
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disemboguing
disemboguing
verb
present participle of disembogue
disencourage
disencourage
verb
(now regional or nonstandard) To discourage.
disencumbers
disencumbers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber
disfavouring
disfavouring
verb
present participle of disfavour
disfeaturing
disfeaturing
verb
present participle of disfeature
disfunctions
disfunctions
noun
plural of disfunction
disfurnished
disfurnished
adj
Deprived of furniture, accoutrements or belongings; stripped, destitute.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfurnish
disfurnishes
disfurnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfurnish
disfurniture
disfurniture
noun
The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disfurnish.
disgruntling
disgruntling
verb
present participle of disgruntle
disguisement
disguisement
noun
disguise (deceptive appearance)
disgustingly
disgustingly
adv
In a disgusting manner.
To a disgusting extent or degree.
dishonourary
dishonouring
dishonouring
verb
present participle of dishonour
disillusions
disillusions
noun
plural of disillusion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disillusion
disingenious
disingenuity
disingenuity
noun
Synonym of disingenuousness
disingenuous
disingenuous
adj
Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.
Not honourable; unworthy of honour
Not ingenuous; not frank or open
disintegrous
disjunctions
disjunctions
noun
plural of disjunction
disjunctives
disjunctives
noun
plural of disjunctive
disjunctures
disjunctures
noun
plural of disjuncture
dislluminate
dislustering
dismountable
dismountable
adj
capable of being dismounted
disoccluding
disoccluding
verb
present participle of disocclude
disoccupying
dispenditure
disputations
disputations
noun
plural of disputation
disquietness
disquietness
noun
The state or quality of being disquiet or disturbed; troubledness.
disquiparant
disquisiting
disquisition
disquisition
noun
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
A methodical inquiry or investigation.
disseminules
disseminules
noun
plural of disseminule
dissolutions
dissolutions
noun
plural of dissolution
distoclusion
distoclusion
noun
An abnormal distal positioning of the lower jaw.
distributing
distributing
verb
present participle of distribute
distribution
distribution
noun
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
(card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
(economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
(finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
(logic) The resolution of a whole into its parts.
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.
(software) A set of bundled software components
(steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
Anything distributed; portion; share.
The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
The result of distributing; arrangement.
The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.