(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhedonia
anhedonia
noun
(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
anhimidae
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
ankerhold
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
arrhenoid
asidehand
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
baduhenna
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
bednights
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behusband
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
bernhardi
bernhardt
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethorned
bethunder
blechnoid
blindheim
blunthead
bodenheim
boneheads
boneheads
noun
plural of bonehead
brakehand
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
brianhead
brunhilde
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
cathidine
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chalcedon
chaminade
chanceled
chancered
chandelle
chandelle
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
verb
To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
chandlers
chandlers
noun
plural of chandler
chandlery
chandlery
noun
A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking.
An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies.
The art or trade of candlemaking.
The merchandise of a chandler.
chandless
chanelled
channeled
channeled
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by lowering the body with respect to the frame rails.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of channel
chastened
chastened
adj
Chastised.
Made chaste; purified; modest.
Made moderate; restrained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chasten
chavender
chavender
noun
A chub (fish).
cheapened
cheapened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheapen
chelodina
chelodine
cheloniid
cheloniid
noun
(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.
chenopods
chenopods
noun
plural of chenopod
chevroned
chevroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevron
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chiefland
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childness
childness
noun
(obsolete) The manner that is characteristic of a child.
chilindre
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chladnite
chladnite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of enstatite present in some meteorites
chlordane
chlordane
noun
(organic chemistry) A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide.
chondrite
chondrite
noun
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
chondrule
chondrule
noun
A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
chunkhead
chuntered
chuntered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunter
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
coinhered
coinhered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coinhere
cothurned
cothurned
adj
Wearing cothurns.
craunched
craunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craunch
cushioned
cushioned
adj
(cycling) Having cushion tires.
Furnished with a cushion or cushions; padded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cushion
dadenhudd
dadenhudd
noun
(historical) In ancient Welsh inheritance law, the act of a son uncovering the hearth of the deceased father in order to claim his land.
daghestan
dahlonega
dahomeyan
dahomeyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Dahomey.
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
dauphines
dauphines
noun
plural of dauphine
deanships
deanships
noun
plural of deanship
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
deathsman
deathsman
noun
(obsolete) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.
deathsmen
deathsmen
noun
plural of deathsman
decathlon
decathlon
noun
A contest in science and math proving skill.
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
dechenite
dechenite
noun
(mineralogy) A reddish vanadate of lead and/or zinc
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
deephaven
deerhound
deerhound
noun
a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehiscent
dehiscent
adj
(botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence
(medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
dehorners
dehorners
noun
plural of dehorner
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dehydrant
dehydrant
noun
Any material that produces dehydration
delphinia
delphinia
noun
Synonym of delphinine
delphinic
delphinic
adj
Relating to dolphins; delphine.
delphinid
delphinid
noun
(zoology) Any marine mammal in the family Delphinidae, the dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives.
delphinin
delphinus
demihuman
demihuman
noun
(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
demijohns
demijohns
noun
plural of demijohn
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
demophoon
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
deplenish
deplenish
verb
(transitive) To deprive of content; to deplete.
deprehend
deprehend
verb
To detect; to discover; to find out.
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
destrehan
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
dethroned
dethroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dethrone
dethroner
dethroner
noun
One who dethrones.
dethrones
dethrones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone
dewanship
diancecht
dianthera
diaphanie
diaphanie
noun
An artistic design made in this way.
The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
diaphones
diaphones
noun
plural of diaphone
dicophane
dicophane
noun
Synonym of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“DDT”)
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen