(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burglarised
burglarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarized
burglarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
caduciaries
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate
calyculated
calyculated
adj
(botany) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candidature
candidature
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
capitulated
capitulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitulate
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carburetted
carduaceous
carduaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Carduaceae of plants.
caricatured
caricatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caricature
casuariidae
caterwauled
caterwauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul
causticized
causticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of causticize
cephalodium
cephalodium
noun
A small gall-like structure found in some lichens that contain cyanobacterial symbionts.
ceratoduses
chauffeured
chauffeured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chauffeur
chlamydeous
chlamydeous
adj
(botany) That has a perianth
chordaceous
chordaceous
adj
(botany, rare) string-like
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chugalugged
chugalugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chugalug
citharoedus
cladocerous
cladogenous
claudetites
closehauled
closehauled
adj
(nautical) Alternative form of close-hauled
cloudscapes
cloudscapes
noun
plural of cloudscape
clubionidae
coadjutress
coadjutress
noun
A female coadjutor or assistant.
coadjutrice
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coeducation
coeducation
noun
the education of male and female students in the same institution
colatitudes
colatitudes
noun
plural of colatitude
commeasured
commeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commeasure
concludable
concludable
adj
That can be concluded.
conductance
conductance
noun
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
consummated
consummated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consummate
coreductase
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.
crassitudes
crassitudes
noun
plural of crassitude
crypturidae
cuadrillero
cubomedusae
cubomedusae
noun
plural of cubomedusa
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
cumaldehyde
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
cursoriidae
curtailedly
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
cusparidine
cyanuramide
cycadaceous
cycadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to, or resembling, the Cycadaceae, a family of plants like the palms but with exogenous wood.
dacryagogue
daisycutter
daisycutter
noun
Alternative form of daisy cutter
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dantonesque
daubentonia
daubreelite
daubreelite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
dauerschlaf
dauerschlaf
noun
a prolonged sleep therapy
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dauntlessly
dauntlessly
adv
In a dauntless manner.
debatefully
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
decapsulate
decapsulate
verb
(surgery, transitive) To remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
decarburise
decarburise
verb
Alternative form of decarburize
decarburize
decarburize
verb
To decarbonize.
decasualise
decasualize
decasualize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To eliminate casual labour from.
decaudation
decaudation
noun
The act of decaudating, or removing the tail from something.
decemjugate
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.
decoagulate
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
decultivate
deculturate
deculturate
verb
Synonym of deculturize
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
decurvature
decussately
decussately
adv
In a decussate manner.
decussating
decussating
verb
present participle of decussate
decussation
decussation
noun
A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
defaultless
defaultless
adj
Without failure to meet an obligation; properly fulfilled.
defeudalize
defeudalize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of feudal character or form.
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
deglutinate
deglutinate
verb
(transitive) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
degustation
degustation
noun
tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation
dehumanised
dehumanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehumanise
dehumanized
dehumanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehumanize
dehumanizes
dehumanizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize
deinosauria
delineature
delineature
noun
(obsolete) delineation
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
delusterant
demagoguery
demagoguery
noun
Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
The actions of a demagogue.
demagoguing
demagoguing
verb
present participle of demagogue
demagoguism
demagoguism
noun
Alternative form of demagogism
demarcature
demibuckram
demicuirass
deminatured
deminatured
adj
Having half the nature of another.
demiurgical
demiurgical
adj
Synonym of demiurgic
demodulated
demodulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demodulate
demodulates
demodulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demodulate
demodulator
demodulator
noun
Any device that demodulates a signal
demountable
demountable
adj
(computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.
Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
noun
(Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.
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
denticulate
denticulate
adj
(architecture) Having dentils or denticules.
(botany, zoology) Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
noun
A denticulated object.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
denudations
denudations
noun
plural of denudation
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
denunciable
denunciable
adj
Fit to be denounced; blameworthy; censurable.
denunciated
denunciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denunciate
denunciator
denunciator
noun
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depauperate
depauperate
adj
(botany, of a plant etc) Having stunted growth
Having a limited biodiversity.
Impoverished.
verb
To impoverish.
To stunt the growth of.
depauperize
depauperize
verb
(transitive) To free from paupers.
(transitive) To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).
(transitive) To rescue from poverty.
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
depopulated
depopulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depopulate
depopulates
depopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate
depopulator
depopulator
noun
A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
deradelphus
derailleurs
derailleurs
noun
plural of derailleur
deregulated
deregulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deregulate
deregulates
deregulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate
dermoneural
dermoneural
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures.
dermutation
desexualize
desexualize
verb
(transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
desideratum
desideratum
noun
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.