(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
aglethead
aldershot
aldershot
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England.
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
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.
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.
(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
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bernhardt
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
besoothed
besoothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besoothe
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethesdas
bethorned
bethsaida
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bethunder
betrothed
betrothed
adj
Engaged to be married.
noun
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
bewrathed
birthdate
birthdate
noun
the year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
blathered
blathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blather
blethered
blethered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blether
blithered
blithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blither
blunthead
boltheads
boltheads
noun
plural of bolthead
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
bothsided
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.
brothered
brothered
noun
Alternative form of brotherred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brother
bsmedtech
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
butchered
butchered
adj
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butcher
buxtehude
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.
catarrhed
catchweed
catchweed
noun
A plant, cleavers.
cathected
cathected
adj
Charged with mental or emotional energy.
cathedrae
cathedrae
noun
plural of cathedra
cathedral
cathedral
adj
Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop.
name
(US politics, slang) In certain right-wing conspiracy theories, the mainstream system or establishment of society, held to be liberal or leftist and to be working against the interests of the people or nation, which is both.
noun
(figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
(loosely or informally) A large or important church building.
A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne.
cathedras
cathidine
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
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
charioted
charioted
adj
Furnished with, or located in, a chariot.
chartered
chartered
adj
(specifically) Having membership of the relevant professional body and the necessary qualifications to carry on a particular profession.
Having a charter.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charter
chastened
chastened
adj
Chastised.
Made chaste; purified; modest.
Made moderate; restrained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chasten
chastised
chastised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chastise
chatfield
chattered
chattered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chatter
cheddites
cheddites
noun
plural of cheddite
chidester
chidester
noun
(obsolete) One who chides or nags; a scold.
childwite
chittered
chittered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chitter
chladnite
chladnite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of enstatite present in some meteorites
chondrite
chondrite
noun
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
chordates
chordates
noun
plural of chordate
chuntered
chuntered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunter
claughted
clothilde
codelight
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
cohobated
cohobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohobate
cothurned
cothurned
adj
Wearing cothurns.
crocheted
crocheted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crochet
daghestan
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
dashplate
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
deadlatch
deadlatch
noun
A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
deadlight
deadlight
noun
(figurative) An eyelid.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(nautical) A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
dearworth
dearworth
adj
(obsolete) Precious, valuable; beloved.
deathbeds
deathbeds
noun
plural of deathbed
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
deathcups
deathless
deathless
adj
(of a work of art, literature, etc.) Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.
Undying or immortal.
deathlike
deathlike
adj
(obsolete) Deadly.
Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
deathrate
deathrate
noun
(dated) Alternative spelling of death rate
deathroot
deathshot
deathsman
deathsman
noun
(obsolete) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.
deathsmen
deathsmen
noun
plural of deathsman
deathtime
deathtime
noun
The time when a person dies, especially as determined for tax purposes.
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.
deathward
deathward
adj
which leads toward death
adv
toward death
deathweed
deathworm
decastich
decastich
noun
A poem of ten lines.
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
deervetch
deervetch
noun
Acmispon
Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
Hosackia
Lotus gen. et spp.
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
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.
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dehydrant
dehydrant
noun
Any material that produces dehydration
dehydrate
dehydrate
verb
to lose or remove water; to dry
deityship
deityship
noun
The condition of being a deity; divinity, especially as a jocular epithet
delighted
delighted
adj
Filled with wonder and delight.
Greatly pleased.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delight
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
delthyria
delthyria
noun
plural of delthyrium
demishirt
demythify
depthless
depthless
adj
Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine
depthways
depthwise
depthwise
adj
Directed across the depth of an object or place.
adv
Across the depth of an object or place.
dermalith
deschutes
destrehan
detachers
detachers
noun
plural of detacher
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
deutscher
diancecht
dianthera
diaporthe
diathermy
diathermy
noun
(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation
diatheses
diatheses
noun
plural of diathesis
diathesic
diathesis
diathesis
noun
(grammar) Voice (active or passive).
(medicine) A hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder.
diathetic
diathetic
adj
of, relating to, or as a result of diathesis
dichroite
dichroite
noun
(mineralogy) Iolite.
dieterich
dihydrate
dihydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains two molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell
dihydrite
dimethoxy
dimethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two methoxy groups in a molecule