(pharmacology) A bacteriostatic antimicrobial agent 4-[(4-aminobenzene)sulfonyl]aniline (C₁₂H₁₂N₂O₂S) used in the treatment of leprosy and a chronic form of dermatitis.
deponed
deponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depone
deponer
deponer
noun
One who depones.
depones
depones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depone
despond
despond
noun
(archaic) Despondency.
verb
To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
diapnoe
dispone
dispone
verb
(transitive, law) To convey legal authority to another.
(transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to dispose.
duplone
dyphone
dypnone
dypnone
noun
(chemistry) diphenyl-butenone, Ph-C(=O)CH=C(CH₃)-Ph, or any of its derivatives
edaphon
edaphon
noun
(biology) Any animal or plant found in soil.
endopod
endopod
noun
endopodite
epanody
espadon
espadon
noun
(historical) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
imponed
imponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impone
knopped
knopped
adj
(obsolete) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
knosped
knosped
adj
Having a knosp.
nondeep
nondeep
adj
Not deep.
notepad
notepad
noun
A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.
operand
operand
noun
(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
padrone
padrone
noun
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
A patron; a protector.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
pandore
pandore
noun
A kind of oyster found near Prestonpans on the Firth of Forth.
An ancient musical instrument; a bandore.
patnode
pendroy
penfold
penfold
noun
Alternative spelling of pinfold
pentode
pentode
noun
A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid to reduce the secondary emission effect; was/is used in high quality audio and radio products.
peponid
phonied
phonied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phony
pidgeon
pidgeon
noun
Archaic spelling of pigeon.
plonked
plonked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plonk
poinded
poinded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of poind
poinder
poinder
noun
(Scotland) One who distrains property.
(Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
pointed
pointed
adj
(comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
(topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of point
pondage
pondage
noun
The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
The water in a reservoir.
ponders
ponders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ponder
pondlet
pondlet
noun
A little pond.
ponerid
portend
portend
verb
(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
(transitive) To signify; to denote.
pounced
pounced
adj
(obsolete) Furnished with claws or talons.
(obsolete) Ornamented with perforations or dots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pounce
pounded
pounded
adj
(slang) Inebriated.
Having undergone pounding.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pound
pounder
pounder
noun
(in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
(in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
(in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
pronged
pronged
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) prongs
propend
propend
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To incline or lean.
To be inclined; to have a propensity to.
protend
protend
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To hold out; to stretch forth.
provend
provend
noun
Obsolete form of provand.
repound
respond
respond
noun
(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
A response.
A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
verb
(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
(intransitive) To be liable for payment.
(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
(transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
snooped
snooped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snoop
spadone
spadone
noun
Alternative form of spadona
spinode
spinode
noun
(geometry) A cusp.
spondee
spondee
noun
(poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.