(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondroangioma
chondroganoidei
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondrogenetic
chondrogenetic
adj
Relating to chondrogenesis.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondrogeny
chondroglossal
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondrography
chondrography
noun
A dissertation concerning cartilage
chondrology
chondrology
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with cartilage.
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
choreographed
choreographed
adj
made to work together; orchestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choreograph
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromdiagnosis
chromidiogamy
cineangiocardiographic
cineangiocardiography
cineangiocardiography
noun
cinematographic angiocardiography
cineradiography
cineradiography
noun
(medicine) cinematography of working internal organs, normally using X-rays
clearsighted
clearsighted
adj
Alternative spelling of clear-sighted
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
cobridgehead
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
contradistinguish
contradistinguish
verb
(transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
costodiaphragmatic
costodiaphragmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.
counterchanged
counterchanged
adj
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
exchanged
countercharged
countercharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countercharge
counterdistinguish
counterdistinguish
verb
Synonym of contradistinguish
counterlighted
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
crosslighted
cryptophagidae
curmudgeonish
cylindrograph
cystoradiography
dactyliographer
dactyliographic
dactyliography
dactyliography
noun
The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
dactylograph
dactylograph
noun
(archaic) A typewriter.
(archaic) A typist.
dactylographer
dactylographic
dactylographic
adj
Of or relating to dactylography.
dactylography
dactylography
noun
The science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people.
The study of finger rings.
daggerbush
dahlgren
dargah
dargah
noun
(Islam, South Asia, India, Pakistan) A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.
darghin
darogah
darogha
darragh
daugherty
daughter
daughter
noun
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterless
daughterless
adj
Without a daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
daughterling
daughterling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
daughtry
dechloridizing
dechlorinating
dechlorinating
adj
That leads to dechlorination
verb
present participle of dechlorinate
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
declinograph
decryptograph
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrogenase
dehydrogenase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.
dehydrogenate
dehydrogenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To remove hydrogen from (a substance).
dehydrogenated
dehydrogenated
adj
That has been treated by dehydrogenation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenating
dehydrogenating
adj
That undergoes or produces dehydrogenation
verb
present participle of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenation
noun
(chemistry) Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
dehydrogenisation
dehydrogenise
dehydrogenise
verb
Alternative spelling of dehydrogenize
dehydrogenised
dehydrogenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenise
dehydrogeniser
dehydrogenising
dehydrogenising
verb
present participle of dehydrogenise
dehydrogenization
dehydrogenization
noun
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenize
dehydrogenize
verb
To dehydrogenate.
dehydrogenized
dehydrogenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize
dehydrogenizer
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
demifarthing
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demographical
demographical
adj
Of or relating to demography; demographic.
demographically
demographically
adv
In a demographic manner.
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
demonograph
demonographer
demonographer
noun
Synonym of demonologist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
demythologizer
demythologizer
noun
One who or that which demythologizes.
denbighshire
denbighshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys.
dendrochronological
dendrochronological
adj
Pertaining to dendrochronology.
dendrochronologically
dendrochronologically
adv
by the use of, or with reference to dendrochronology
dendrochronologist
dendrochronologist
noun
One who carries out dendrochronology.
dendrochronology
dendrochronology
noun
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophagus
dermatorrhagia
dermographia
dermographia
Noun
dermatographia
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
dermographism
dermographism
Noun
dermatographia
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
desynchronizing
desynchronizing
adj
That causes desynchronization
verb
present participle of desynchronize
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
dhangar
dhaulagiri
diagraph
diagraph
noun
(dated) A drawing instrument that combines a protractor and scale.
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
diagraphical
diagraphical
adj
Alternative form of diagraphic
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
diaphragmal
diaphragmal
adj
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
diaphragmatic
diaphragmatic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or using a diaphragm.
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatically
adv
(Of breathing) by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest