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.
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
closterium
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
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
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
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
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
housesmith
housesmith
noun
(dated) An ironworker who works on buildings.
hulotheism
hulotheism
noun
Alternative form of hylotheism
immeritous
immeritous
adj
(obsolete) undeserving
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
lumisterol
lumisterol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁.
majestious
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
meticulous
meticulous
adj
(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
miscounted
miscounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miscount
misdoubted
misdoubted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
missourite
missourite
noun
(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
mistouched
mistouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistouch
mistouches
mistouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistouch
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
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.
mucosities
mucosities
noun
plural of mucosity
muscovites
muscovites
noun
plural of muscovite
mysterious
mysterious
adj
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
Difficult to understand.
Having unknown qualities.
Of unknown origin.
numerosity
numerosity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is numerous.
(obsolete) Harmonious flow.
(uncountable) The condition of being numerous.
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
osmeterium
osmeterium
noun
(zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
prestomium
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
sclerotium
sclerotium
noun
(mycology) A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
semionotus
semirotund
semirotund
adj
Somewhat or partly rotund.
semisolute
semisolute
adj
(botany) Somewhat or partially solute.
setuliform
setuliform
adj
Resembling a setula.
soumansite
stamineous
stamineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the stamens; possessing stamens; attached to the stamens.
Consisting of stamens or threads.
subtotemic
tediousome
tediousome
adj
(rare) tedious
temeritous
temeritous
adj
Displaying disdain or contempt for danger.
tittymouse
udometries
undomestic
undomestic
adj
Not domestic.
uniformest
uniformest
adj
superlative form of uniform: most uniform
unmortised
unmortised
adj
Not mortised.
untimesome
ureotelism
ureotelism
noun
(biochemistry) The excretion of excess nitrogen as urea