(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenol groups; especially the isomeric benzenediols (catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone).
diphonia
diplonts
diplonts
noun
plural of diplont
dipnoans
dipnoans
noun
plural of dipnoan
dipnoous
dipnoous
adj
Having both lungs and gills.
dipteron
dispoint
disponed
disponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispone
disponee
disponee
noun
(law, Scotland) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.
disponer
disponer
noun
(law, Scotland) One who legally transfers his or her own property to another.
disponge
disponge
verb
(poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
dognaped
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
dolphins
dolphins
noun
plural of dolphin
doniphan
doniphan
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small city in Missouri, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
dopamine
dopamine
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
dopiness
dopiness
noun
The characteristic of being dopey.
doupioni
downpipe
downpipe
noun
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
downplay
downplay
verb
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downslip
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
drooping
drooping
adj
That droops or droop.
noun
An instance of something drooping.
verb
present participle of droop
dropline
dropline
noun
A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
dropling
dropping
dropping
noun
(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.
Something dropped; a droplet.
The act of something that drops or falls.
verb
present participle of drop
drypoint
drypoint
noun
(countable) A print made using this technique.
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
dryprong
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
duopsony
duopsony
noun
An economic condition in which two buyers exert control over the market price of a commodity.
dupondii
dupondii
noun
plural of dupondius
dyophone
dyspnoea
dyspnoea
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of dyspnea
dyspnoic
dyspnoic
adj
Alternative form of dyspneic
endocarp
endocarp
noun
(botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed.
endopods
endopods
noun
plural of endopod
endpoint
endpoint
noun
(biology, medicine) A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
(chemistry) The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.
(mathematics) Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.
(networking, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
(programming) Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.
Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.
epanodos
epanodos
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.
Recapitulation of the main points in a discourse.
expandor
expandor
noun
Dated form of expander.
expounds
expounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
forpined
forpined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
forspend
forspend
verb
(transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
gospodin
handpost
handpost
noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
haplodon
honeypod
hopeland
impounds
impounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound
inpoured
inpoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inpour
iodopsin
iodopsin
noun
A photoreceptor protein found in the cone cells of the retina, the basis of colour vision.
isopedin
isopodan
isopodan
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the isopods.
noun
(zoology) An isopod.
knopweed
knopweed
noun
Alternative form of knapweed
lancepod
lancepod
noun
Any of the plant genus Lonchocarpus, whose fruit resembles an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string.
lapideon
lispound
lispound
noun
(historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds.
midpoint
midpoint
noun
(mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
A point equidistant between two extremes.
millpond
millpond
noun
A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace.
monopode
monopode
noun
Someone or something with one foot.
monopody
monopody
noun
(poetry) A measure of a single metrical foot.
moondrop
nectopod
nephroid
nephroid
adj
kidney-shaped
noun
(geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses
neuropod
neuropod
noun
(zoology) Any neuropodous animal.
nonadept
notepads
notepads
noun
plural of notepad
ocypodan
ocypodan
noun
Any crab of the family Ocypodidae
odophone
oedipean
oedipean
Adjective
Relating to Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
opalinid
opalinid
noun
(zoology) Any heterokont in the family Opalinidae.
openband
openband
adj
(textiles, of a twist) Right-handed or "Z shaped", with individual fibers pointing up and to the right when the thread, yarn, or rope is vertical.
openhead
openside
openside
noun
(rugby union) Short for openside flanker.
(rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline.
operandi
operands
operands
noun
plural of operand
ophidian
ophidian
adj
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
noun
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
ophidion
ophionid
oppidans
oppidans
noun
plural of oppidan
oppugned
oppugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oppugn
opsonoid
opsonoid
noun
(biology, obsolete) A supposed substance formed when opsonin combines with bacteria and undergoes heating, preventing further opsonization.
optioned
optioned
adj
(in combination) Having the specified kind or number of options.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of option
orphaned
orphaned
adj
Abandoned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of orphan
outspend
outspend
verb
(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
paddoing
padelion
padmelon
padrones
padstone
padstone
noun
A pad to spread the weight of a point load in a wall.
A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.
pagandom
pagandom
noun
Collectively, pagans or their realm or lands.
palinode
palinode
noun
An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
palinody
palinody
noun
Obsolete form of palinode.
pandemos
pandolfi
pandoors
pandoors
noun
plural of pandoor
pandoras
pandoras
noun
plural of pandora
pandorea
pandores
pandores
noun
plural of pandore
pandosto
pandoura
pandoura
noun
Alternative form of pandura
pandours
pandours
noun
plural of pandour
pandowdy
pandowdy
noun
(US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish.
panorpid
panorpid
noun
(zoology) Any in the family Panorpidae of scorpionflies.
pantodon
pantopod
pantopod
noun
(zoology) Any of the Pantopoda, an order of sea spiders.
paranoid
paranoid
adj
Exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others