Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
amiantuses
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
baumeister
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
betacismus
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthite
bismuthite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
clementius
closterium
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
customized
customized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of customize
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
customizes
customizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize
demiluster
demilustre
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
dentaliums
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
disaugment
dismounted
dismounted
adj
Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismount
emmitsburg
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
enthusiasm
enthusiasm
noun
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
equisetums
erimanthus
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
euhemerist
euhemerist
adj
Synonym of euhemeristic: of or related to euhemerism.
noun
Someone who practices or upholds euhemerism, a person who believes all or most myths and legends arose from historical origins.
eumeristic
eurythmics
eurythmics
noun
a rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements
eurythmies
eurythmies
noun
plural of eurythmy
eustachium
fremituses
frumenties
frumenties
noun
plural of frumenty
frumentius
fulminates
fulminates
noun
plural of fulminate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fulminate
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
furmenties
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
guestimate
guestimate
noun
Alternative spelling of guesstimate
housesmith
housesmith
noun
(dated) An ironworker who works on buildings.
hulotheism
hulotheism
noun
Alternative form of hylotheism
humanities
humanities
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
plural of humanity
humidities
humidities
noun
plural of humidity
humiliates
humiliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate
humilities
humilities
noun
plural of humility
immeritous
immeritous
adj
(obsolete) undeserving
immunities
immunities
noun
plural of immunity
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impunities
impunities
noun
plural of impunity
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
incumbents
incumbents
noun
plural of incumbent
insimulate
insimulate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accuse.
instrument
instrument
noun
(aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
(law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
A device used to produce music.
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
A measuring or displaying device.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
verb
(transitive) To apply measuring devices.
(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
insultment
insultment
noun
(obsolete) Insolent treatment; insult.
intumesced
intumesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intumesce
inurements
inurements
noun
plural of inurement
levisticum
lumisterol
lumisterol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁.
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
majestious
manistique
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
massecuite
massecuite
noun
A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.
maturities
maturities
noun
plural of maturity
maumetries
maupertuis
medullitis
medullitis
noun
Inflammation of marrow, either bone marrow (osteomyelitis) or the spinal cord (myelitis).
melanthius
melianthus
menesthius
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
metacismus
meticulous
meticulous
adj
(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
miniatures
miniatures
noun
plural of miniature
minuteness
minuteness
noun
The property of being minute.
minuthesis
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
miscounted
miscounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miscount
misculture
misdateful
misdoubted
misdoubted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt
miseducate
miseducate
verb
To educate wrongly.
misexecute
misexecute
verb
(transitive) To execute or carry out improperly.
misfeature
misfeature
noun
An undesirable or incorrect feature.
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
misgesture
misgesture
noun
A gesture that is made in error.
verb
To make the wrong gesture.
misnatured
misnatured
adj
Of a bad or wrong nature; malformed.
misnurture
misnurture
verb
(transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
missourite
missourite
noun
(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
mistakeful
mistakeful
adj
Full of mistakes.
mistouched
mistouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistouch
mistouches
mistouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistouch
mistrusted
mistrusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistrust
mistruster
mistruster
noun
One who mistrusts.
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
misusement
misusement
noun
(archaic) misuse
misventure
misventure
noun
(archaic) misadventure
mithraeums
mittimuses
moisturize
moisturize
verb
(transitive) To make more humid.
(transitive) To make more moist.
molestious
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
mouthiness
mouthiness
noun
The property of being mouthy.
mucidities
mucosities
mucosities
noun
plural of mucosity
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
multiplies
multiplies
noun
plural of multiply
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiply
multiresin
multisense
multisense
adj
(linguistics) Having more than one sense (distinct meaning).
Involving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.
multisided
multisided
adj
Having multiple sides
multispeed
multispeed
adj
Capable of operating at multiple speeds.
multistage
multistage
adj
(astronautics, of a rocket) Composed of multiple detachable parts.
Having more than one step or phase.
multistate
multistate
adj
Involving multiple states (in all senses)
multitudes
multitudes
noun
The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses.
plural of multitude
multiverse
multiverse
noun
(fiction) The different canons, continuities or timelines of a fictional property, considered as a whole.
(philosophy) The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.