(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
aspidate
aspidate
adj
Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
budapest
cuspated
cuspated
adj
Ending in a point.
dashpots
dashpots
noun
plural of dashpot
decrypts
decrypts
noun
plural of decrypt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt
deepmost
deepmost
adj
Deepest; at the greatest depth.
dempster
dempster
noun
Alternative form of deemster
dempstor
depaints
depaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depaint
depletes
depletes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplete
deposita
deposito
deposits
deposits
noun
plural of deposit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deposit
deputies
deputies
noun
plural of deputy
deputise
deputise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.
descript
descript
adj
Archaic form of described.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
despatch
despatch
noun
Alternative form of dispatch
despited
despited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despite
despites
despites
noun
plural of despite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despite
despotat
despotat
noun
The government or domain of a despot.
despotes
despotic
despotic
adj
Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
dioptase
dioptase
noun
An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.
diopters
diopters
noun
plural of diopter
dioptres
dioptres
noun
plural of dioptre
diplonts
diplonts
noun
plural of diplont
dipneust
dippiest
dippiest
adj
superlative form of dippy: most dippy
dipsetic
dipsetic
adj
Tending to produce thirst.
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
dipteros
dipteros
noun
(architecture) A building with double peristyle or colonnade.
dipterus
diptycas
diptychs
diptychs
noun
plural of diptych
discepts
discepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discept
discompt
discompt
verb
(archaic) To discount.
dispaint
disparts
disparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispart
dispatch
dispatch
noun
(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
(obsolete) A dismissal.
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
The act of doing something quickly.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To hurry.
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
(transitive) To rid; to free.
(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
(transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
(transitive, obsolete) To deprive.
dispathy
dispathy
noun
Alternative form of dyspathy
dispetal
dispirit
dispirit
verb
(transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
displant
displant
verb
(transitive, archaic) To remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
dispoint
disports
disports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport
disposit
disposit
verb
(astrology, transitive) To be located in the house of the sign ruled by the planet. For example, when a planet is in the house Gemini, it disposits Mercury because Mercury is the ruling sign of Gemini.
(of territory) Claimed by more than one sovereign state.
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispute
disputer
disputer
noun
One who disputes.
disputes
disputes
noun
plural of dispute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispute
disrupts
disrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrupt
doorpost
doorpost
noun
doorjamb
doorstep
doorstep
noun
(UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
verb
(intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
(transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
doorstop
doorstop
noun
(Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
(Britain, proscribed, nonstandard) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
(humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
dopester
dopester
noun
(slang) An individual who is from a street gang and sells drugs.
drawstop
droplets
droplets
noun
plural of droplet
dropouts
dropouts
noun
plural of dropout
dropshot
dropshot
noun
Alternative form of drop shot
dumpiest
dumpiest
adj
superlative form of dumpy: most dumpy
dustheap
dustheap
noun
A pile of rubbish.
dustpans
dustpans
noun
plural of dustpan
dyspathy
dyspathy
noun
Antipathy, aversion.
dystopia
dystopia
noun
(pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
epidotes
epidotes
noun
plural of epidote
estopped
estopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of estop
eudyptes
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
handpost
handpost
noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
hardtops
hardtops
noun
plural of hardtop
headpost
headpost
noun
A bedpost at the head of a bed.
hoptoads
impasted
impasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impaste
imposted
kaapstad
lapidist
lapidist
noun
A lapidary.
misadapt
misadapt
verb
To adapt in the wrong way.
mistyped
mistyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistype
mudspate
mudspate
noun
Synonym of mudflow
notepads
notepads
noun
plural of notepad
octopods
octopods
noun
plural of octopod
outdrops
outplods
outplods
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outplod
outspeed
outspeed
verb
(transitive) To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip.
outspend
outspend
verb
(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
outspied
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.
pandects
pandects
noun
plural of pandect
pandosto
parodist
parodist
noun
A person who parodies.
parotids
parotids
noun
plural of parotid
pastiled
pastored
pastored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pastor
pastured
pastured
adj
Raised in a pasture, as opposed being confined to a cage, barn, feedlot, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pasture
pedalist
pederast
pederast
noun
A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
pedestal
pedestal
noun
(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
(aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
(bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
(electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
(figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
(machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
(rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
(telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
verb
To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
pendants
pendants
noun
plural of pendant
pendents
pendents
noun
plural of pendent
pentodes
pentodes
noun
plural of pentode
pentosid
peptides
peptides
noun
plural of peptide
peridots
peridots
noun
plural of peridot
perstand
pertused
pertused
adj
pertuse; pierced with holes
pestered
pestered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pester
pintadas
pintadas
noun
plural of pintada
pintados
pintados
noun
plural of pintado
pistoled
pitheads
pitheads
noun
plural of pithead
plaisted
plastids
plastids
noun
plural of plastid
platodes
plaudits
plaudits
noun
(often used in plural) plural of plaudit
pledgets
pledgets
noun
plural of pledget
plotosid
plotosid
noun
(zoology) Any catfish in the family Plotosidae.
podestas
podestas
noun
plural of podesta
podgiest
podgiest
adj
superlative form of podgy: most podgy
poetised
poetised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of poetise
portends
portends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of portend
portside
portside
adj
On the port (left) side of a ship.
adv
Toward or on the port side.
noun
An area alongside a port.
The port (left) side of a boat.
postcard
postcard
noun
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard one side carries a picture or photograph.
verb
(transitive) To send a postcard to.
(transitive) To send by means of a postcard.
postcode
postcode
noun
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
(by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
verb
(UK) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
postdate
postdate
adj
(obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
noun
A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.
verb
(transitive) To affix a date to after the event.
(transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date
(transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postdrug
postdrug
adj
After a drug is administered.
postlude
postlude
noun
(music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.
verb
(rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
postpaid
postpaid
adj
(postage) already paid or included in price
paid after the service (used especially of cellular phones)
postured
postured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posture
postvide
postward
postward
adv
Toward the winning post in a race.
postyard
potheads
potheads
noun
plural of pothead
potshard
potsherd
potsherd
noun
(often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
predates
predates
noun
plural of predate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predate
predicts
predicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predict
preedits
preedits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preedit
prestudy
prestudy
adj
Before a study.
noun
A small study undertaken before a larger one.
verb
To study beforehand.
pretends
pretends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretend
priested
priested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of priest
products
products
noun
plural of product
proteids
proteids
noun
plural of proteid
protends
protends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protend