(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androgonium
antecardium
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
arachnidium
archaimbaud
aristodemus
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
auribromide
aurobromide
aurodiamine
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
birdmouthed
bothridiums
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
circumcised
circumcised
adj
(of a woman) Having had the clitoris, prepuce, or labia excised.
(of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
noun
A circumcised person.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumcise
circumclude
circumfused
circumfused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse
circummured
circummured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circummure
circumradii
circumradii
noun
plural of circumradius
clinandrium
clinandrium
noun
(botany) An area at the tip of the column of orchid flowers, beneath the anthers.
clostridium
clostridium
noun
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
conditorium
corrigendum
corrigendum
noun
(usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
countermaid
cyanuramide
cypripedium
cypripedium
noun
(botany) A member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.
decumbiture
decumbiture
noun
(astrology, now historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
(obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
decussorium
decussorium
noun
(medicine, archaic) An instrument for depressing the dura after trephining.
demibuckram
demicuirass
deminatured
deminatured
adj
Having half the nature of another.
demiurgeous
demiurgical
demiurgical
adj
Synonym of demiurgic
demulsifier
demulsifier
noun
(chemistry) Any substance used to break an emulsion into its constituent liquids.
demurringly
demurringly
adv
So as to demur.
dermutation
derodidymus
desideratum
desideratum
noun
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
deutomerite
deutomerite
noun
The posterior nucleated portion of an attached cephalont in gregarines
diascordium
diascordium
noun
(obsolete, pharmacology) A medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dicoumarins
dicoumarols
dicoumarols
noun
plural of dicoumarol
dimercurion
dimolecular
dimolecular
adj
bimolecular
dinotherium
dinotherium
noun
An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
disarmature
disarmature
noun
(rare) The act of divesting of armature.
discomorula
disemburden
disemburden
verb
to disburden
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
dismeasured
disruptment
disulfirams
disulfirams
noun
plural of disulfiram
dithyrambus
dithyrambus
noun
Alternative form of dithyramb
ditrematous
domiculture
domiculture
noun
The art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; the domestic arts.
dorsicolumn
dorsilumbar
dorsilumbar
adj
Alternative form of dorsolumbar
dramaticule
dramaticule
noun
An extremely short play.
dramaturgic
dramaturgic
adj
Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
dreamingful
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dunfermline
dunfermline
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
dysprosiums
emydosauria
endarterium
endarterium
noun
(anatomy) The lining of an artery.
endocardium
endocardium
noun
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
endocranium
endocranium
noun
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull
endometrium
endometrium
noun
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.
endoneurium
endoneurium
noun
(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
epidemiarum
epidendrums
epidendrums
noun
plural of epidendrum
eudiometers
eudiometers
noun
plural of eudiometer
eudiometric
eudiometric
Adjective
Of or relating to eudiometry.
euhemerised
euhemerised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euhemerise
euhemerized
euhemerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euhemerize
eurylaimoid
eurytomidae
exoperidium
exoperidium
noun
The outer layer of a two-layered peridium
fluidimeter
fluobromide
formidolous
freudianism
freudianism
Noun
Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
frigidarium
frigidarium
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) In Ancient Roman baths, a room with a bath of cold water.
furfuramide
furosemides
furosemides
noun
plural of furosemide
glamourized
glamourized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glamourize
gourmandise
gourmandise
noun
gluttony
verb
To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
gourmandism
gourmandism
noun
A passion for and deep interest in good food.
gourmandize
gradualisms
gradualisms
noun
plural of gradualism
halteridium
hesperidium
hesperidium
noun
Any of several kinds of true berries, including citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime, which have pulpy interiors and leathery skins containing aromatic oils.
homebuilder
homebuilder
noun
A person or company which builds houses
houseminder
houseminder
noun
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
humdrummish
humidifiers
humidifiers
noun
plural of humidifier
hummingbird
hummingbird
noun
Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
humperdinck
hydrogenium
hydrogenium
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) Hydrogen, especially when formerly considered as a metal.
imperturbed
imperturbed
adj
Not perturbed; unflustered.
imponderous
imponderous
adj
(obsolete) imponderable
imprejudice
imprudences
imprudences
noun
plural of imprudence
imprudently
imprudently
adv
Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
inductorium
inductorium
noun
(dated) An induction coil.
interdictum
interdictum
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) A prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something.
intermedium
intermedium
noun
(anatomy) A central carpal bone or tarsal bone.
A medium, or form of media, that conceptually lies between others.
intermedius
intermodule
intermodule
adj
Between modules
internodium
interradium
iormungandr
laundrymaid
laundrymaid
noun
A maid responsible for laundry.
leucodermia
leucodermic
leucodermic
adj
white-skinned, Caucasian; pale
liquidambar
liquidambar
noun
A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua.
The tree itself, also called sweetgum.
liquidamber
liquidamber
noun
Alternative form of liquidambar
lumbricidae
lundinarium
machairodus
macrouridae
madisonburg
madisterium
madisterium
noun
An instrument to extract hairs.
mandibulary
mandibulary
adj
(anatomy, relational, archaic) Synonym of mandibular.
manubriated
manubriated
adj
Having a manubrium.
maquiladora
maquiladora
noun
An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
megaluridae
mercedonius
mercurified
mercurified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mercurify
merdivorous
merdivorous
adj
Dung-eating, coprophagous.
merdurinous
merdurinous
adj
(archaic, rare) Consisting of excrement and urine.
meriquinoid
mesocardium
mesocardium
noun
(anatomy) The structure of splanchnic mesoderm that supports the embryonic heart in the pericardial cavity