(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
adaptable
adaptable
adj
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
adaptably
adaptably
adv
In an adaptable manner.
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
adderspit
addlepate
addlepate
noun
Alternative form of addle pate
addleplot
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adeptness
adeptness
noun
The quality of being adept.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adespoton
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipomata
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adoperate
adoptable
adoptable
adj
Able to be adopted.
Desirable to adopt.
noun
(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
aistopoda
alepidote
alepidote
adj
(of a fish) not having scales
noun
A fish that has no scales
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
ampulated
amputated
amputated
adj
Having been removed or cut off.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amputate
antipedal
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antipodes
antipodes
noun
(UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
(figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
The Southern Hemisphere.
The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
plural of antipode
antipodic
antipodic
adj
diametrically opposed; antipodean
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apertured
apertured
adj
Having an aperture (or a specified type of aperture).
apetaloid
apetaloid
adj
apetalous
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
apodemata
apodictic
apodictic
adj
(theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
appendant
appendant
adj
(law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Annexed; concomitant.
Attached as an appendage.
noun
(law) An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
appendent
appetized
appetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appetize
appointed
appointed
adj
(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appoint.
aptitudes
aptitudes
noun
plural of aptitude
arthropod
arthropod
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
asperated
asperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asperate
asphalted
asphalted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphalt
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atropidae
attempted
attempted
adj
Tried, with the connotation of failure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attempt
audiotape
audiotape
noun
A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.
verb
(transitive) To record onto audiotape.
autopsied
autopsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autopsy
baldpated
baldpated
adj
(archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
baldpates
baldpates
noun
plural of baldpate
bedplates
bedplates
noun
plural of bedplate
benempted
bepainted
bepainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepaint
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bespotted
bespotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespot
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bitmapped
bitmapped
adj
(computing) Represented by a bitmap.
bodyplate
bridgepot
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
cadetship
cadetship
noun
(Australia) A kind of training programme that combines on-the-job experience with formal training; an apprenticeship
(military) The position, rank, or commission of cadet.
capitaled
capitaled
adj
(architecture) Bearing a capital.
Possessing capital or wealth.
capitated
capitated
adj
Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitate
captained
captained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captain
captandum
captioned
captioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caption
catnapped
catnapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catnap
centipede
centipede
noun
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
centupled
centupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuple
chaetopod
chaetopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
chapleted
chapleted
adj
Adorned with or having a chaplet.
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
clodpated
clodpated
adj
stupid; dull; doltish
clodpates
clodpates
noun
plural of clodpate
clypeated
clypeated
adj
Alternative form of clypeate
coadapted
coadapted
adj
(genetics) Describing a genetic adaptation that is the result of beneficial interactions between the organisms of a community.
(genetics) Describing the associated interactions between genes of different loci.
codeposit
codeposit
verb
To deposit along with another
compacted
compacted
adj
Closely or densely packed together.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compact
comparted
comparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compart
completed
completed
adj
Finished.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complete
comported
comported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comport
composted
composted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compost
coplotted
coplotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coplot
coproduct
coproduct
noun
(mathematics) The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.
Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process
copulated
copulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copulate
corrupted
corrupted
adj
Containing errors.
Dishonest.
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
verb
past participle of corrupt
crispated
crispated
adj
crispate
cupolated
cupolated
adj
Synonym of cupolaed
cuspidate
cuspidate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Tapering to a sharp, firm point
Having a cusp
dandiprat
dandiprat
noun
(dated) An insignificant or contemptible person
(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence
dandyprat
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
dapperest
dapperest
adj
superlative form of dapper: most dapper
dashplate
datapoint
datapoint
noun
Alternative spelling of data point
datapunch
datatypes
datatypes
noun
plural of datatype
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deathcups
deathtrap
deathtrap
noun
A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder.
An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.
deception
deception
noun
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deceptive
deceptive
adj
Likely or attempting to deceive.
deceptory
deceptory
adj
deceptive
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
decrypted
decrypted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrypt
deepwater
deepwater
adj
Alternative form of deep-water
deipotent
deityship
deityship
noun
The condition of being a deity; divinity, especially as a jocular epithet
demiplate
dempsters
dempsters
noun
plural of dempster
depainted
depainted
adj
(obsolete) Painted, depicted.
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
departure
departure
noun
(euphemistic) A death.
(law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.
(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
A deviation from a plan or procedure.
The act of departing or something that has departed.
There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
depascent
depascent
adj
(formal) Consuming.
depasture
depasture
verb
(archaic) To eat up, consume; to strip.
(archaic) To feed or pasture; to graze.
dependant
dependant
adj
Misspelling of dependent.
Obsolete spelling of dependent
noun
(Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
dependent
dependent
adj
(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
(of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Hanging down.
Relying upon; depending upon.
noun
(US) One who relies on another for support
(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
deperdite
depeyster
depicters
depicters
noun
plural of depicter
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depiction
depiction
noun
a drawing or painting
a lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual
a representation
depictive
depictive
adj
Of or pertaining to depiction.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
depictors
depictors
noun
plural of depictor
depicture
depicture
noun
(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
(transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
(transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
(transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
depilated
depilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depilate
depilates
depilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depilate
depilator
depilator
noun
One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair.
deplaster
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
depletion
depletion
noun
(accounting, mining, timber, petroleum) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
(medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
depletive
depletive
adj
Causing depletion.
noun
Any substance used to deplete.
depletory
depletory
adj
Serving to deplete.
deplorate
deplorate
adj
(obsolete) deplorable
deplumate
deplumate
verb
(transitive) To deplume; to strip of feathers.
depoetize
depoetize
verb
To remove the poetic character from
deponents
deponents
noun
plural of deponent
deportees
deportees
noun
plural of deportee
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
deporture
deporture
noun
(obsolete) deportment
deposited
deposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deposit
depositee
depositee
noun
(historical) A member of the lowest of the three population classes created by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge party in Cambodia after their revolution in the 1970s. These people were 'deposited' in the villages after being removed from the cities.
The person with whom something is deposited.
depositor
depositor
noun
A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.
depositum
depositum
noun
(finance, obsolete) A deposit.
depravate
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecate
deprecate
verb
(archaic, transitive) To pray against.
(archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.
(transitive) To belittle or express disapproval of.
(transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
depredate
depredate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
depriment
depriment
adj
Serving to depress.
deprivate
depthless
depthless
adj
Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine