(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgonium
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
androtauric
anhydrously
anisandrous
antecardium
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anthropodus
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antidysuric
antireducer
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
arachnidium
archfounder
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
arlequinade
arnaudville
arnoldsburg
arundinaria
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
assuredness
assuredness
noun
The state or quality of being assured.
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
barracudina
barracudina
noun
Any of the elongated ray-finned fish of the order Paralepididae.
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
belinuridae
benzdifuran
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candidature
candidature
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
cardionosus
clinandrium
clinandrium
noun
(botany) An area at the tip of the column of orchid flowers, beneath the anthers.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
concordatum
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
cotransduce
cotransduce
verb
(transitive) To transduce along with something else.
counterband
counterdash
counteridea
counteridea
noun
An opposite idea.
countermaid
countermand
countermand
noun
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
verb
(figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
(obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
(obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
counterraid
counterraid
noun
A raid carried out in response to another raid.
verb
To carry out a counterraid.
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
cumbernauld
cumbernauld
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
cusparidine
cyanuramide
cylindruria
cylindruria
noun
(pathology) The presence of renal cylinders in the urine
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dardanarius
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
declinature
declinature
noun
(law) Recusal.
(law) The legal privilege of a party, in certain circumstances, to decline the jurisdiction of a judge before whom the party's case sits.
The act of declining or refusing.
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
deinosauria
delineature
delineature
noun
(obsolete) delineation
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
delusterant
deminatured
deminatured
adj
Having half the nature of another.
denaturants
denaturants
noun
plural of denaturant
denaturised
denaturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturise
denaturiser
denaturized
denaturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturize
denaturizer
dendrolagus
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
denumerable
denumerable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
denunciator
denunciator
noun
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
dermoneural
dermoneural
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures.
dermutation
desucration
detruncated
detruncated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detruncate
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
deuterating
deuterating
verb
present participle of deuterate
deuteration
deuteration
noun
(chemistry) deuteriation
dicoumarins
dinosaurian
dinosaurian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.
Of, relating to, or resembling a dinosaur.
noun
A dinosaur.
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
disannuller
disannuller
noun
One who disannuls.
disnaturing
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
diurnalness
diurnalness
noun
(rare) The quality of being diurnal.
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.
dorsonuchal
dorsonuchal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the back and to the back of the neck.
dorsumbonal
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
dracunculus
dracunculus
noun
A dragonet, a fish of families Calliomyidae or Draconettidae.
The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
dreadnaught
dreadnaught
noun
Alternative spelling of dreadnought
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
dreamingful
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
dullardness
dullardness
noun
The quality of being a dullard.
dullbrained
dunderheads
dunderheads
noun
plural of dunderhead
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
dundrearies
dundrearies
noun
plural of Dundreary
duodenogram
duodynatron
durableness
durableness
noun
durability
dynamoneure
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
eidouranion
eidouranion
noun
(astronomy, historical) A kind of orrery that combined mechanical movement with a method of back projection.
encuirassed
endarterium
endarterium
noun
(anatomy) The lining of an artery.
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
endocardium
endocardium
noun
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
endocranium
endocranium
noun
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull