(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenostoma
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscendent
adsmithing
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
amendments
amendments
noun
plural of amendment
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
andabatism
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andamentos
andantinos
andantinos
noun
plural of andantino
anderstorp
andesinite
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
andronitis
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
antedorsal
antiaditis
antiaditis
noun
(archaic, rare) tonsillitis
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
antidorcas
antidotism
antidotism
noun
The administration of an antidote
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
antipodist
antipodist
noun
One who practices antipodism; one who juggles using his or her feet lying down.
antispadix
antitrades
antitrades
noun
plural of antitrade
ardentness
ardentness
noun
The state or quality of being ardent.
arsenetted
artesonado
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
assedation
astonished
astonished
adj
Amazed; surprised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astonish
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
atlantides
attainders
attainders
noun
plural of attainder
attendants
attendants
noun
plural of attendant
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
attendress
attendress
noun
(archaic) A female attendant.
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
badmintons
badmintons
noun
plural of badminton
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
bandstands
bandstands
noun
plural of bandstand
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bartenders
bartenders
noun
plural of bartender
bastinaded
bastinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastinade
bastinades
bastinades
noun
plural of bastinade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastinade
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
beardstown
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
brandisite
brantsford
breastband
breastband
noun
(nautical) A band of canvas, attached to a ship's rigging, that provides support for the man heaving the lead in heavy weather.
A strophium: a band worn around the breasts.
bundesrath
bystanders
bystanders
noun
plural of bystander
candescent
candescent
adj
glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent
candidates
candidates
noun
plural of candidate
candystick
cardosanto
cardosanto
noun
Argemone mexicana, a species of hardy poppy found in Mexico, with bright yellow latex.
casemented
casemented
adj
Having a casement or casements.
castorland
cestoidean
cestoidean
noun
(zoology) One of the Cestoidea.
chemstrand
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
concordats
concordats
noun
plural of concordat
condensate
condensate
adj
(obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
noun
(chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
(physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To condense.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
consulated
consumated
contrasted
contrasted
adj
Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty.
Set in contrast (of two or more things).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrast
cotsetland
custodians
custodians
noun
plural of custodian
cystodynia
cystoidean
cystoidean
noun
(zoology) A cystidean.
daftnesses
daftnesses
noun
plural of daftness
daintiness
daintiness
noun
A dainty behaviour or gesture.
The characteristic of being dainty.
dallastown
dalmanites
dalmatians
dalmatians
noun
plural of dalmatian
damnations
damnations
noun
plural of damnation
dandisette
darwinists
dashnakist
datiscetin
datiscetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A trihydroxyflavonol that is the aglycone of datiscin
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
dawnstreak
deathiness
deathiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being deathy.
debasement
debasement
noun
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
debutantes
debutantes
noun
plural of debutante
decathlons
decathlons
noun
plural of decathlon
defendants
defendants
noun
plural of defendant
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
delineates
delineates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delineate
delsartean
delsartian
delustrant
delustrant
noun
A chemical agent which removes the sheen from something, especially one that removes the sheen from yarn or fabric.
denaturise
denaturise
verb
Adulterate (alcohol) to make unsuitable for human consumption
Alter the chemical structure
Combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material.
Take away a natural characteristic
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
dentalised
dentalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dentalise
dentaliums
dentinasal
dentiscalp
dentiscalp
noun
An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
dentonasal
deodorants
deodorants
noun
plural of deodorant
dependants
dependants
noun
plural of dependant
depressant
depressant
adj
(pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity.
noun
(mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
deresinate
deresinate
verb
To remove resin (from)
desalinate
desalinate
verb
To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
descantist
descendant
descendant
adj
Descending from a biological ancestor.
Descending; going down
Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
noun
(biology) A later evolutionary type.
(figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
desiccants
desiccants
noun
plural of desiccant
desiderant
designated
designated
adj
Having a specified designation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of designate
designates
designates
noun
plural of designate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of designate
designator
designator
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
A person who, or term that, designates.
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
desistance
desistance
noun
(rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation.
desmanthus
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
desolation
desolation
noun
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
desonation
despectant
desponsate
desponsate
verb
(transitive, archaic) To betroth.
dessiatine
dessiatine
noun
Alternative form of dessiatina
destaining
destaining
noun
The removal of a stain from a biological sample
verb
present participle of destain
desudation
desudation
noun
(medicine) A profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.