(zoology) Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
compound
compound
adj
(mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
(chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
(rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
An enclosure for secure storage.
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Anything made by combining several things.
Short for compound exercise.
verb
(horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
(intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
(transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
(transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
(transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
computed
computed
adj
Calculated, determined by computation.
Derived rather than measured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compute
coupland
couponed
couponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coupon
croupade
croupade
noun
A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
cupboard
cupboard
noun
(obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]
(obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]
(obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
verb
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
cupidone
cupolaed
cupolaed
adj
Having one or more cupolas.
cuspidor
cuspidor
noun
(chiefly US) A spittoon.
decouple
decouple
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To unlink; to take or come apart.
(transitive, military) To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
depilous
depilous
adj
hairless
deposure
despouse
diplodus
dipnoous
dipnoous
adj
Having both lungs and gills.
disporum
dooputty
doupioni
douzeper
douzeper
noun
(by extension) An individual considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne's peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.
(by extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
(historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
dropouts
dropouts
noun
plural of dropout
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
drupeole
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
duopsony
duopsony
noun
An economic condition in which two buyers exert control over the market price of a commodity.
dupondii
dupondii
noun
plural of dupondius
empodium
empodium
noun
(zoology) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera
espoused
espoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of espouse
eulophid
eulophid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Eulophidae.
euploids
euploids
noun
plural of euploid
euploidy
euploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
euplotid
euplotid
noun
Any ciliate in the family Euplotidae or the order Euplotida of chromists.
expounds
expounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
groupoid
groupoid
noun
(algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has identities and inverses.
(algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
gumdrops
gumdrops
noun
plural of gumdrop
impounds
impounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound
inpoured
inpoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inpour
jodhpurs
jodhpurs
noun
Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.
lispound
lispound
noun
(historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds.
misproud
misproud
adj
(archaic) Unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.
mudproof
mudproof
adj
Resistant to mud.
neuropod
neuropod
noun
(zoology) Any neuropodous animal.
occupied
occupied
adj
Busy, unavailable.
Reserved, engaged.
Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
intj
Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of occupy
octupled
octupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of octuple
olpidium
ophidium
ophiurid
opodymus
oppugned
oppugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oppugn
outdrops
outpaced
outpaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpace
outpiped
outpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpipe
outplods
outplods
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outplod
outpried
outspeed
outspeed
verb
(transitive) To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip.
outspend
outspend
verb
(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
outspied
paduasoy
paduasoy
noun
A garment made from this material.
A rich and heavy silk material.
paguroid
paguroid
noun
Any hermit crab of the superfamily Paguroidea
paludose
paludose
adj
Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
paludous
paludous
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of paludal (“malarial”)
Synonym of paludal (“marshy”)
pandoura
pandoura
noun
Alternative form of pandura
pandours
pandours
noun
plural of pandour
pauldron
pauldron
noun
A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.
pauropod
pauropod
noun
(zoology) Any myriapod in the class Pauropoda.
phousdar
placodus
pleuroid
ploughed
ploughed
adj
(figuratively, rare) Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.
Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plough
podargue
podargus
podargus
noun
Any of the birds of the genus Podargus in the frogmouth family.
podetium
podetium
noun
(lichenology) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, such as the reindeer moss.
polluted
polluted
adj
(Ireland) drunk
made unclean or impure
verb
simple past tense of pollute
polyidus
pompidou
pondbush
popodium
portunid
portunid
noun
Any crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab.
postdrug
postdrug
adj
After a drug is administered.
postlude
postlude
noun
(music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.
verb
(rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
postured
postured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posture
poularde
poularde
noun
Alternative form of poulard (“young spayed hen”)
poulards
poulards
noun
plural of poulard
pouldron
pouldron
noun
Alternative form of pauldron
poundage
poundage
noun
(countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling
(countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds
(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
(countable) a weight measured in pounds
(uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound
(uncountable) weight, especially body weight
verb
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
poundals
poundals
noun
plural of poundal
pounders
pounders
noun
plural of pounder
pounding
pounding
adj
Characterized by heavy or loud throbs
noun
An act in which something or someone is pounded.
verb
present participle of pound
poundman
poundman
noun
A man whose job it is to catch stray animals (often dogs).
prebound
prebound
adj
Of a book: rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback.
predoubt
preludio
presound
prewound
procured
procured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of procure
prodigus
prodigus
noun
(law, obsolete) A prodigal person; a spendthrift.
producal
produced
produced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of produce
producer
producer
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven days (or ten, in the Republic of Ireland) in which to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
(archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.
(biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
produces
produces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of produce
products
products
noun
plural of product
profound
profound
adj
Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive
Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough
Very deep; very serious
noun
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
verb
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
profunda
profunda
noun
(anatomy) A deep-seated artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg.
propound
propound
verb
(transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
prosodus
protrude
protrude
verb
(intransitive) To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
(transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
(transitive) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
(transitive, obsolete) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
proudest
proudest
adj
superlative form of proud: most proud
proudful
proudful
adj
Full of pride; excessively proud.
proudhon
proudish
proudish
adj
Somewhat proud.
proudman
pudovkin
pulicoid
pulldown
pulldown
noun
Alternative form of pull-down
pulpwood
pulpwood
noun
Wood, usually softwood, used for pulping to make paper.
pundonor
punkwood
pupahood
pupahood
noun
The state or period of being a pupa.
pupildom
puppydom
puppydom
noun
The state of being a puppy; puppyhood.
purposed
purposed
adj
(rare) Having a purpose or aim; determined.
Intentional, deliberate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of purpose
puruloid
pushdown
pushdown
adj
(computing) Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
noun
A pushdown automaton.
pushrods
pushrods
noun
plural of pushrod
putdowns
putdowns
noun
plural of putdown
pycnodus
pyruloid
recouped
recouped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recoup
repoured
repoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repour
reuphold
roundtop
roundtop
noun
Alternative form of round-top
roundups
roundups
noun
plural of roundup
rudolphe
sauropod
sauropod
noun
A member of the Sauropoda suborder of dinosaurs
soapsuds
soapsuds
noun
Lather, suds, foam produced by soap in water.
solpugid
solpugid
noun
(zoology) Any arachnid of the order Solifugae
sprouted
sprouted
adj
Having sprouts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprout
sprusado
subdepot
subdepot
noun
A lesser depot that is part of a larger one.
sundrops
sundrops
noun
evening primrose
supposed
supposed
adj
(with infinitive) Generally considered or expected.
(with infinitive) Having an obligation.
(with infinitive) Intended.
Presumed to be true, but without proof
verb
simple past tense and past participle of suppose
tipuloid
tipuloid
noun
Any fly of the superfamily Tipuloidea
troupand
uncooped
uncooped
adj
Not cooped; not kept in a coop.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncoop
uncopied
uncopied
adj
Not copied; not having been copied.
underpot
underpot
verb
(transitive) To place (a plant) in too small a pot.