(obsolete) accidental; occurring by chance; occasional
(obsolete) logically accidental; non-essential
acesodynous
achlamydate
achlamydate
adj
(zoology) Not possessing a mantle.
achlamydeae
acraldehyde
acraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acrolein
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adrenolytic
adrenolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline
aerodynamic
aerodynamic
adj
having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air
of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics
amyridaceae
anecdotally
anecdotally
adv
In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.
anhydraemic
antecedency
antecedency
noun
Antecedence (various senses).
archdeanery
archdeanery
noun
The headquarters, or jurisdiction of an archdean.
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
berycoidean
boldfacedly
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
byblidaceae
calyculated
calyculated
adj
(botany) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.
candleberry
candleberry
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica.
cardiectomy
cardiectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
cardiometry
cardiometry
noun
(medicine) measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation
cardplayers
cardplayers
noun
plural of cardplayer
caryatidean
caryopsides
cecidomyian
ceratohyoid
ceratohyoid
noun
A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
chalcedonyx
chalcedonyx
noun
(mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony.
chelydridae
chimneyhead
chimneyhead
noun
The upper part of a chimneystack
chiromyidae
chlamydeous
chlamydeous
adj
(botany) That has a perianth
chrysalides
chrysalides
noun
plural of chrysalis
chrysidella
chrysididae
chrysopidae
claybrained
cleidomancy
cleidomancy
noun
Divination by using a hanging key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.
clothesyard
clothesyard
noun
The outdoor area of a house that is used for drying washing
coadjacency
coadjacency
noun
The condition of being coadjacent.
cockneyland
comedically
comedically
adv
In a comedic manner; using comedy.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
commendably
commendably
adv
In a commendable manner.
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
compendiary
concealedly
concealedly
adv
In a concealed or hidden manner; secretly.
condemnably
condemnably
adv
In a condemnable manner.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
containedly
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyreaders
copyreaders
noun
plural of copyreader
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
corydalises
corydalises
noun
plural of corydalis
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
cosymmedian
cotyledonal
cotyledonal
adj
Of or pertaining to a cotyledon.
cotyledonar
cotyledonar
adj
Alternative form of cotyledonary
cryohydrate
cryohydrate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt that forms crystals containing water of crystallization only at low temperatures
crypturidae
crystalized
crystalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crystalize
ctenodactyl
cumaldehyde
curtailedly
cyanhydrate
cyanuramide
cycadaceous
cycadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to, or resembling, the Cycadaceae, a family of plants like the palms but with exogenous wood.
cycadeoidea
cycadophyte
cycadophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Cycadophyta; a cycad.
cyclopaedia
cyclopaedia
noun
(archaic) An encyclopedia.
(archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
cyclopaedic
cyclopaedic
adj
Alternative form of cyclopedic
cyclopedias
cyclopedias
noun
plural of cyclopedia
cylindrella
cyprinoidea
cystadenoma
cystadenoma
noun
A hidrocystoma.
dacryagogue
dacryorrhea
dacryorrhea
noun
excessive lacrimal secretion
dactylopore
dactylopore
noun
(biology) A pore in the coenosteum of a hydrozoan, through which the dactylozooids protrude
daisycutter
daisycutter
noun
Alternative form of daisy cutter
deacetylate
deacetylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
decagonally
decagonally
adv
In a decagonal manner.
decahydrate
decahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains ten molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
decandently
decanically
decayedness
decayedness
noun
The state or quality of being decayed.
decennially
decennially
adv
Every ten years.
declamatory
declamatory
adj
Having the quality of a declamation.
Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
declaratory
declaratory
adj
Serving to declare or explain
declinatory
declinatory
adj
(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
decussately
decussately
adv
In a decussate manner.
dedicatedly
dedicatedly
adv
In a dedicated manner.
deictically
deictically
adv
In a deictic way.
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deistically
deistically
adv
In a deistic manner.
delphically
delphically
adv
In a Delphic or prophetic manner.
demonically
demonically
adv
In a demonic way.
demonocracy
demonocracy
noun
A government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
Democracy (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, government by figurative demons (i.e., evil people), or when otherwise held in contempt).
demonomancy
demonomancy
noun
Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.
dendrocygna
dephycercal
deprecatory
deprecatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to avert evil by prayer.
That deprecates; apologetic or disparaging
dermatocyst
describably
desiccatory
desiccatory
adj
Tending to desiccate.
desmocytoma
determinacy
determinacy
noun
(mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy.
The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate.
diacetylene
diacetylene
noun
(organic chemistry) A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
(organic chemistry) Any of its derivatives, R₂C≡C-C≡CR₂, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene
dialectally
dialectally
adv
In a dialectal way.
dialystelic
diathermacy
dicotylidae
dictyotales
dinophyceae
diphycercal
diphycercal
adj
(zoology) Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip.
discernably
discernably
adv
In a way that can be discerned; observably.
discrepancy
discrepancy
noun
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
The state or quality of being discrepant.
disecondary
displacency
displacency
noun
(obsolete) Lack of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
docetically
docetically
adv
In a docetic manner; in terms of docetism.
documentary
documentary
adj
(of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Of, related to, or based on documents.
Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
noun
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
dodecaphony
dodecaphony
noun
(music) 12-tone music, a form of composition using all 12 tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are "equal", i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.
dodecastyle
dodecastyle
adj
(architecture) Having twelve columns in front
noun
(architecture) A portico or building with twelve columns in front.
dodecatylic
duplicately
duplicately
adv
In a duplicate manner
dynamogenic
dynamogenic
adj
(psychology) Characterised by dynamogeny; producing much nervous activity.
dynamoscope
dynamoscope
noun
(historical) A modified stethoscope for auscultation of the muscles.
dyspathetic
dyspathetic
adj
Exhibiting dyspathy; averse.
dyspeptical
dyspeptical
adj
(archaic) dyspeptic
edaphically
edaphically
adv
In terms of soil conditions.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
educability
educability
noun
(countable) The degree to which someone is educable
(uncountable) The state of being educable
eidetically
eidetically
adv
In an eidetic way.
elucidatory
elucidatory
adj
Serving to elucidate.
enchytraeid
enchytraeid
noun
(zoology) Any of the microdrile oligochaetes of the family Enchytraeidae, which resemble small earthworms.
endemically
endemically
adv
In an endemic manner.
endocyemate
entrancedly
entrancedly
adv
While entranced.
epicondylar
epicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
eradicatory
eradicatory
adj
Serving to eradicate.
exocycloida
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
geodynamics
geodynamics
noun
the branch of geophysics that studies the deformation processes of planetary mantle and crust, and the resulting earthquakes and volcanism