Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agatharchides
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aglethead
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
androgametophore
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
appendorontgenography
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
backlighted
berchtesgaden
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
boltheading
branchiostegidae
bridgehampton
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlelighting
candlelighting
noun
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
candlelights
candlelights
noun
plural of candlelight
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
claughted
clearsighted
clearsighted
adj
Alternative spelling of clear-sighted
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
counterchanged
counterchanged
adj
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
exchanged
countercharged
countercharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countercharge
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
cryptophagidae
cystignathidae
dactyliographer
dactylographer
daghestan
daugherty
daughter
daughter
noun
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterless
daughterless
adj
Without a daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
daughterling
daughterling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
deadlight
deadlight
noun
(figurative) An eyelid.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(nautical) A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
dechlorinating
dechlorinating
adj
That leads to dechlorination
verb
present participle of dechlorinate
decryptograph
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
dehydrogenate
dehydrogenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To remove hydrogen from (a substance).
dehydrogenated
dehydrogenated
adj
That has been treated by dehydrogenation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenating
dehydrogenating
adj
That undergoes or produces dehydrogenation
verb
present participle of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenation
noun
(chemistry) Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
dehydrogenisation
dehydrogenization
dehydrogenization
noun
dehydrogenation
delegateship
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
demifarthing
demihagbut
demographist
demythologisation
demythologisation
noun
Alternative form of demythologization
demythologization
demythologization
noun
The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
The removal of mythological elements from something, especially from religious writing.
demythologizations
demythologizations
noun
plural of demythologization
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
dephlegmated
dephlegmated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlegmate
dephlegmation
dephlegmation
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
dephlegmatize
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dephlogisticate
dephlogisticate
verb
To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
dephlogisticated
dephlogisticated
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) From which the phlogiston has been removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate
dephlogistication
dephlogistication
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The process of dephlogisticating; removal of the phlogiston, or supposed ability to burn.
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophagus
dermatorrhagia
desmognathae
desmognathism
desmognathous
desmognathous
adj
(zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones united; applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, such as ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds
desmopathologist
desmopathology
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
dihydroergotamine
dihydroergotamine
noun
(pharmacology) An ergot alkaloid used to treat migraines, believed to act upon serotonin receptors.
diphthongalize
disenchanting
disenchanting
verb
present participle of disenchant
disenchantingly
disenchantingly
adv
in a disenchanting manner
disenthralling
disenthralling
verb
present participle of disenthral
disestablishing
disestablishing
verb
present participle of disestablish
disheartening
disheartening
adj
Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
verb
present participle of dishearten
dishearteningly
dishearteningly
adv
In a disheartening manner.
disheathing
distinguishable
distinguishable
adj
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
distinguishableness
distinguishableness
noun
The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distraughted
distraughted
adj
Obsolete form of distracted.
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
doghearted
doghearted
adj
Alternative form of dog-hearted
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
doublehatching
draughted
draughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draught
draughter
draughter
noun
Alternative spelling of drafter
draughthouse
draughtier
draughtier
adj
comparative form of draughty: more draughty
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
draughtiness
draughtiness
noun
Britain standard spelling of draftiness.
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
dreadnaught
dreadnaught
noun
Alternative spelling of dreadnought
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
dromaeognathae
dromaeognathism
dromaeognathous
dromaeognathous
adj
(ornithology) Possessing a palatal structure akin to the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.
duodenocholangitis
electrocardiograph
electrocardiograph
noun
a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity
electrocardiographic
electrocardiographic
adj
of or pertaining to an electrocardiogram (ECG) or electrocardiograph
electrocardiographically
electrocardiographically
adv
By means of electrocardiography
electrocardiographs
electrocardiographs
noun
plural of electrocardiograph
electrocardiography
electrocardiography
noun
the science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of electrocardiograms
electrosherardizing
endoesophagitis
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
endognathal
endognathal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the endognath.
endognathion
endognathion
noun
A craniometric point in the inner segment of the premaxilla
enteradenographic
enteradenography
epidemiographist
epidemiographist
noun
One who studies epidemiography.
epigonichthyidae
epithelioglandular
ergatandromorph
ergatandromorph
noun
(biology) An andromorph ant that is also a worker
ergatandromorphic
erythrodegenerative
erythrodegenerative
adj
Relating to degeneration of the red blood cells.
farsighted
farsighted
adj
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.