(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
adiamorphic
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
admiralship
admiralship
noun
The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
adoperation
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adsorptions
adsorptions
noun
plural of adsorption
adspiration
advisership
advisership
noun
The status or office of an adviser.
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
amidocapric
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
androlepsia
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anthropidae
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
antitorpedo
antitorpedo
adj
(military) Acting against torpedos.
aphoruridae
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodisian
aphrodisian
Adjective
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus.
aphrodision
aphrodistic
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apioceridae
aplodiorite
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aporrhaidae
apperceived
apperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apperceive
appertained
appertained
verb
past participle of appertain
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
appreciated
appreciated
adj
(of an investment) having risen in value
recognized as having value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appreciate
appredicate
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
apterygidae
arabidopsis
arabidopsis
noun
Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis
archdapifer
argiopoidea
arkadelphia
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
arpeggiated
arpeggiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggiate
aspidistras
aspidistras
noun
plural of aspidistra
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
bardolphian
basidiocarp
basidiocarp
noun
(mycology) A mushroom which has basidia.
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
bipolarized
bipolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bipolarize
bipyramidal
bipyramidal
adj
Having the shape of a bipyramid
birdclapper
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
bradypepsia
bradypepsia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of digestion.
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradyphasia
bradyphasia
noun
Synonym of bradylalia
bradyphemia
bradyphemia
noun
(medicine) abnormally slow speech
bradypodoid
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
buprestidae
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.
calliphorid
calliphorid
noun
(zoology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.
caparisoned
caparisoned
adj
(of a horse or elephant) Having a richly ornamented harness.
Dressed in richly ornamented finery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caparison
caperdewsie
capernoited
caprellidae
capricornid
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
cardioscope
cardioscope
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to inspect the interior of the living heart.
cardiospasm
cardiospasm
noun
achalasia of the cardia (part of the esophagus)
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
carpopodite
carpopodite
noun
The fifth joint of the endopodite of a crustacean (between the meropodite and the propodite)
caryopsides
chiropodial
chrysopidae
cirripedial
cirripedial
adj
Relating to the cirripedians
codespairer
compendiary
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
crepidomata
crispbreads
crispbreads
noun
plural of crispbread
crossopodia
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
crypturidae
cusparidine
cyprinoidea
dealerships
dealerships
noun
plural of dealership
decapitator
decapitator
noun
One who decapitates.
decrepitate
decrepitate
verb
(intransitive) Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.
(transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
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.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
departition
departition
noun
(obsolete) departure
(obsolete) separation
verb
(transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depauperize
depauperize
verb
(transitive) To free from paupers.
(transitive) To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).
(transitive) To rescue from poverty.
deploration
deploration
noun
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
depolarised
depolarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolarise
depolariser
depolariser
noun
Alternative spelling of depolarizer
depolarized
depolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolarize
depolarizer
depolarizer
noun
(chemistry) Any substance added to the electrolyte of a battery that produces hydrogen in order to combine with the liberated hydrogen and prevent the build-up of pressure.
depolarizes
depolarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolarize
deportation
deportation
noun
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
depravities
depravities
noun
plural of depravity
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
deprecation
deprecation
noun
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.
(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
depreciable
depreciable
adj
Able to be depreciated.
depreciated
depreciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depreciate
depreciates
depreciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate
depreciator
depreciator
noun
(economics) One who depreciates.
depredating
depredating
verb
present participle of depredate
depredation
depredation
noun
A raid or predatory attack.
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
depredicate
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivative
deprivative
adj
depriving
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
desipramine
desipramine
noun
(pharmacology) A tricyclic antidepressant C₁₈H₂₂N₂.
desperation
desperation
noun
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
Short for bladder desperation.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
diageotropy
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
diaphorases
diaphorases
noun
plural of diaphorase
diaphoreses
diaphoreses
noun
plural of diaphoresis
diaphoresis
diaphoresis
noun
(physiology, medicine) Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
(physiology, medicine) The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly):
diaphoretic
diaphoretic
adj
(pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration.
noun
(pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
diaphragmal
diaphragmal
adj
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
diaphtherin
diaphtherin
noun
(obsolete, medicine) A dental antiseptic derived from hydroxyquinoline and a phenolsulfonic acid
diastrophic
diastrophic
adj
Relating to diastrophism.
dictyophora
dilapidator
dilapidator
noun
One who dilapidates; a person causing dilapidation.
dimercaprol
dimercaprol
noun
(organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning.