(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
aryepiglottidean
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
attendingly
attendingly
adv
Giving one's attention; attentively.
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
biodegradability
biodegradability
noun
The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
butteryfingered
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.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
cladogenetically
cladogenetically
adv
By means of cladogenesis.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
comicotragedy
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
coniopterygidae
contendingly
contendingly
adv
So as to contend or compete.
copyediting
copyediting
noun
Alternative spelling of copy editing
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
cryptophagidae
cuproiodargyrite
cystignathidae
cystoradiography
cytodiagnosis
cytodiagnosis
noun
(pathology) diagnosis by means of a study of the cells present in a sample
dacrycystalgia
dacryocystalgia
dacryocystosyringotomy
dactylioglyph
dactylioglyphic
dactylioglyphist
dactylioglyphtic
dactylioglyphy
dactyliographer
dactyliographic
dactyliography
dactyliography
noun
The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
dactyliology
dactyliology
noun
The branch of archaeology dealing with finger rings.
The branch of archaeology dealing with gem engraving.
dactylographic
dactylographic
adj
Of or relating to dactylography.
dactylologies
dactylopatagium
dactylopatagium
noun
The portion of patagium found between the digits.
daguerreotypic
daguerreotyping
daguerreotyping
verb
present participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotypist
daguerreotypist
noun
A person who makes daguerreotypes.
daintifying
daintifying
verb
present participle of daintify
damageability
damageability
noun
The quality or degree of being susceptible to damage.
dartingly
dartingly
adv
In a darting manner; rapidly.
dauntingly
dauntingly
adv
In a daunting manner.
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
daylighting
daylighting
verb
present participle of daylight
daylightings
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
deacetylating
deacetylating
verb
present participle of deacetylate
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
decarbonylating
decarbonylating
verb
present participle of decarbonylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
degeneratively
degeneratively
adv
In a degenerative manner.
deglutitory
deglutitory
adj
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
degradability
degradability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is degradable
(uncountable) The condition of being degradable
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
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
dehypnotizing
dehypnotizing
verb
present participle of dehypnotize
delightedly
delightedly
adv
In a delighted manner.
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
delightingly
delightingly
adv
So as to cause delight; delightfully.
delightsomely
delightsomely
adv
In a delightsome manner.
deltiology
deltiology
noun
The study and collection of postcards.
demystifying
demystifying
verb
present participle of demystify
demythologisation
demythologisation
noun
Alternative form of demythologization
demythologise
demythologise
verb
Alternative spelling of demythologize
demythologised
demythologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demythologise
demythologising
demythologising
verb
present participle of demythologise
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
demythologize
demythologize
verb
(transitive) To remove the mythological elements of.
demythologized
demythologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demythologize
demythologizer
demythologizer
noun
One who or that which demythologizes.
demythologizes
demythologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demythologize
demythologizing
demythologizing
verb
present participle of demythologize
denigratory
denigratory
adj
Tending to denigrate.
denitrifying
denitrifying
verb
present participle of denitrify
dentiloguy
deoxygenating
deoxygenating
verb
present participle of deoxygenate
deoxygenation
deoxygenation
noun
The removal of oxygen atoms or molecules from a material.
deoxygenization
deoxygenization
noun
(chemistry) deoxidization
deprecatingly
deprecatingly
adv
In a deprecating manner.
depreciatingly
depreciatingly
adv
So as to disparage or belittle.
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.
derogatively
derogatively
adv
In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.
derogatorily
derogatorily
adv
In a derogatory manner.
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
designatory
designatory
adj
Serving to designate.
desolatingly
desolatingly
adv
So as to cause desolation.
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
destroyingly
destroyingly
adv
In a way that destroys.
detainingly
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
detractingly
detractingly
adv
So as to detract.
devastatingly
devastatingly
adv
In a devastating manner.
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
dextrogyration
diagenetically
diagenetically
adv
In a diagenetic manner
With regard to diagenesis
diageotropy
diaglyptic
diagnostically
diagnostically
adv
In a diagnostic manner.
diagonality
diagonality
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being diagonal
diagrammatically
diagrammatically
adv
In a diagrammatic manner
diagrammitically
dialectologically
dialectologically
adv
In terms of dialectology.
dialectology
dialectology
noun
The study of dialects.
dialogistically
dialogistically
adv
In a dialogistic manner.
diamagnetically
diamagnetically
adv
In a diamagnetic way.
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatically
adv
(Of breathing) by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest
By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way
dictatingly
dictatingly
adv
So as to dictate or give an order.
dictyogen
dictyogen
noun
(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
dictyogenous
dictyograptus
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
digestedly
digestedly
adv
In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
digestibility
digestibility
noun
The degree to which something is digestible.
digestibly
digestibly
adv
In a digestible manner; so as to be digested easily.