(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
aegopodium
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
ambiparous
amphiaraus
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
amphigouri
amphimarus
amphineura
amphinomus
amphipnous
amphithura
amphoterus
amplexuses
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampulating
ampullaria
ampullated
ampullated
adj
ampullate
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
ampullulae
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
antepartum
antepartum
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
asphaltums
asphaltums
noun
plural of asphaltum
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
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.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bitterbump
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
bumperette
bumperette
noun
A small secondary bumper to protect a car's main bumpers in the event of a collision.
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
butterbump
butterbump
noun
The European bittern
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
calocarpum
campanular
campanular
adj
campanulate; bell-shaped
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
camponotus
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
capitolium
capitolium
Noun
An ancient temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, built on hills and other prominent areas in many cities in Italy and the provinces.
caprimulgi
captaculum
captaculum
noun
One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
centiplume
chemopause
chumpiness
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
comeupance
comeupance
noun
Alternative form of comeuppance
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
compluvium
compluvium
noun
(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compounded
compounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compound
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comproduce
compsilura
compulsion
compulsion
noun
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsory
compulsory
adj
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
noun
Something that is compulsory or required.
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
conopodium
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
coprodaeum
copularium
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
creepmouse
creepmouse
adj
(mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
noun
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
creepmousy
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cumaphytic
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
dampcourse
decompound
decompound
adj
(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
delphinium
delphinium
noun
(countable and uncountable) A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
(countable) A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
demipuppet
deplumated
deplumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplumate
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
dimorphous
dimorphous
adj
Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.
diparentum
dipneumona
disparatum
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
displuming
displuming
verb
present participle of displume
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
emphyteuta
emplastrum
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
epaulement
epaulement
noun
(ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.
A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epicentrum
epichilium
epicranium
epicranium
noun
(anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermous
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.
epineurium
epineurium
noun
(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
epiphyllum
epiphyllum
noun
A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
episcenium
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
eriophorum
eumolpides
eumolpique
eumorphous
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemious
euphemised
euphemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemise
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemisms
euphemisms
noun
plural of euphemism
euphemized
euphemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemize
euphemizer
euphemizer
noun
One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
exemplupla
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
filopodium
filopodium
noun
(cytology) A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
geoprumnon
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
gonopodium
gonopodium
noun
(anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.