The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.
The rank of bishop.
cathodal
cathodal
adj
(biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode
cathodes
cathodes
noun
plural of cathode
cathodic
cathodic
adj
(anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
(physics) Of or pertaining to a cathode.
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
cheddite
cheddite
noun
Any of a class of explosives containing inorganic chlorates and organic nitro compounds.
chedites
chelated
chelated
adj
(chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chelate
chetopod
chetopod
noun
Alternative form of chaetopod
chordata
chordate
chordate
adj
Of such animals.
noun
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
christed
clutched
clutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clutch
cohosted
cohosted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohost
colthood
colthood
noun
The state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.
crotched
crotched
adj
(UK, dialect) cross; peevish
(billiards) Lying within one of the crotches on the table.
Having a crotch or fork; forked.
Misspelling of crocheted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crotch
crutched
crutched
adj
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
Supported upon crutches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crutch
cyathoid
daberath
dahlsten
dainteth
daintith
danforth
daphnite
dashiest
dashiest
adj
superlative form of dashy: most dashy
dashpots
dashpots
noun
plural of dashpot
daughter
daughter
noun
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
daughtry
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
dearthfu
deathbed
deathbed
noun
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
deathcup
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
deathify
debarath
deborath
declutch
declutch
verb
To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
dehaites
dehorted
dehorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehort
dehorter
dehorter
noun
(obsolete) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.
deknight
delights
delights
noun
plural of delight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delight
demibath
depthing
despatch
despatch
noun
Alternative form of dispatch
detached
detached
adj
Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detach
detacher
detacher
noun
One who or that which detaches.
detaches
detaches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach
dethrone
dethrone
verb
(figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
To remove any governing authority from power.
To remove from any position of high status or power.
detrench
detrench
verb
(military) To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
To cut off or slice; to sever.
To dig out and remove from a trench.
To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
deutsche
dewhirst
dewhurst
dewlight
dhooties
dhooties
noun
plural of dhootie
plural of dhooty
dianthus
dianthus
noun
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
diaphote
diaphote
noun
(historical) A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax.
dichotic
dichotic
adj
That stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness
diethers
diethers
noun
plural of diether
dietrich
dietsche
dighting
dighting
verb
present participle of dight
dilworth
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
diptychs
diptychs
noun
plural of diptych
disfaith
dishabit
dishaunt
dishaunt
verb
(transitive) To leave or depart from; to cease to haunt.
disheart
disheart
verb
Obsolete form of dishearten.
disherit
disherit
verb
(obsolete) To disinherit.
dishiest
dishiest
adj
superlative form of dishy: most dishy
dispatch
dispatch
noun
(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
(obsolete) A dismissal.
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
The act of doing something quickly.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To hurry.
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
(transitive) To rid; to free.
(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
(transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
(transitive, obsolete) To deprive.
dispathy
dispathy
noun
Alternative form of dyspathy
dissight
dissight
noun
(obsolete) Something unsightly; an eyesore.
disthene
disthene
noun
(mineralogy) Kyanite.
distichs
distichs
noun
plural of distich
disworth
ditchbur
ditchers
ditchers
noun
plural of ditcher
ditching
ditching
noun
(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
verb
present participle of ditch
dithecal
dithecal
adj
(botany) Having two thecae.
ditheism
ditheism
noun
A belief in two deities, which may be in conflict with each other.
ditheist
ditheist
noun
One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.
dithered
dithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dither
ditherer
ditherer
noun
One who dithers; one who is unable to decide; a procrastinator.
dithioic
dithymol
ditrocha
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.