(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
anthidium
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
anthribid
anthribid
noun
Any weevil of the family Anthribidae.
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.
arthrodia
arthrodia
noun
(anatomy) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket joint.
arthrodic
arthrodic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
athetized
athetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of athetize
athetoids
athyridae
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
(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
bethsaida
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
birdbaths
birdbaths
noun
plural of birdbath
birdshots
birdshots
noun
plural of birdshot
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
birthdate
birthdate
noun
the year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
birthdays
birthdays
noun
plural of birthday
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birthday
birthland
birthland
noun
The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
blithered
blithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blither
bodyshirt
bothridia
bothridia
noun
plural of bothridium
bothsided
brandrith
brandrith
noun
Alternative form of brandreth
buddhists
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.
cathidine
charioted
charioted
adj
Furnished with, or located in, a chariot.
chastised
chastised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chastise
chatfield
cheddites
cheddites
noun
plural of cheddite
chidester
chidester
noun
(obsolete) One who chides or nags; a scold.
childwite
chitinoid
chitinoid
adj
Resembling chitin.
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.
chorditis
chorditis
noun
inflammation of the vocal cords
christdom
christiad
chromatid
chromatid
noun
(genetics) After DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
clathroid
clathroid
adj
clathrate; latticed
clothilda
clothilde
codelight
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
crithidia
danthonia
danthonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Danthonia of Eurasian, North African, and American grasses.
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
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.
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.
deathtime
deathtime
noun
The time when a person dies, especially as determined for tax purposes.
decastich
decastich
noun
A poem of ten lines.
dechenite
dechenite
noun
(mineralogy) A reddish vanadate of lead and/or zinc
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
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
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
depthwise
depthwise
adj
Directed across the depth of an object or place.
adv
Across the depth of an object or place.
dermalith
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
diancecht
dianthera
diaporthe
diarthric
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
dichastic
dichastic
adj
(biology) Capable of subdividing spontaneously.
dichoptic
dichoptic
adj
(anatomy, of eyes) Widely separated near the top of the head
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dichroite
dichroite
noun
(mineralogy) Iolite.
dichromat
dichromat
noun
One whose vision exhibits dichromacy; one who can distinguish only two primary colors.
didachist
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
dimethyls
dinothere
dinothere
noun
Alternative form of deinothere
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
diphysite
diptychon
dirichlet
discolith
discolith
noun
(biology) A kind of coccolith with an oval discoidal body, a thick strongly refracting rim and a thinner central portion.
dishcloth
dishcloth
noun
A cloth used to dry dishes.
A cloth used to wash dishes.
dishclout
dishclout
noun
(obsolete) A dishcloth.
disherent
disherits
disherits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disherit