(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
androgametangium
antidrug
antidrug
adj
Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
antireducing
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
autodiagrammatic
autodrainage
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
avanguardisti
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
budgeteer
budgeteer
noun
A person knowledgeable about the law, accounting, and regulation affecting budgets, especially governmental.
budgeter
budgeter
noun
One who budgets.
budgeters
budgeters
noun
plural of budgeter
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butteryfingered
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
chandragupta
chondropterygious
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
coadventuring
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
coastguards
coastguards
noun
plural of coastguard
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
congratulated
congratulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congratulate
contradistinguish
contradistinguish
verb
(transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
corrugated
corrugated
adj
Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
counterargued
counterargued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterargue
counterbuilding
counterchanged
counterchanged
adj
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
exchanged
countercharged
countercharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countercharge
counterconditioning
counterconditioning
noun
(psychology) A form of conditioning in which a negative response to a stimulus is replaced by a positive one.
counterdigged
counterdisengage
counterdisengagement
counterdistinguish
counterdistinguish
verb
Synonym of contradistinguish
counterdogmatism
counterdogmatism
noun
Synonym of antidogmatism
countergirded
counterguard
counterguard
noun
(fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
counterjudging
counterlighted
countermanding
countermanding
noun
The act of something being countermanded.
verb
present participle of countermand
counterpleading
counterpleading
noun
A pleading against; a contrary pleading.
verb
present participle of counterplead
counterpropaganda
counterpropaganda
noun
Propaganda disseminated as a response and opposition to other propaganda.
counterpropagandize
counterpropagandize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in counterpropaganda.
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.
countersigned
countersigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countersign
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
cuproiodargyrite
daemonurgist
daguerreotype
daguerreotype
noun
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
daguerreotyped
daguerreotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotyper
daguerreotyper
noun
One who takes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypic
daguerreotyping
daguerreotyping
verb
present participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotypist
daguerreotypist
noun
A person who makes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypy
daguerreotypy
noun
The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
dativogerundial
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.
daughtry
decorrugative
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
deglutitory
deglutitory
adj
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
degraduate
degraduation
degranulation
degranulation
noun
(biology) The loss of secretory granules in certain cells
delustering
delustering
verb
present participle of deluster
demioctangular
denaturalising
denaturalising
verb
present participle of denaturalise
denaturalizing
denaturalizing
verb
present participle of denaturalize
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denaturising
denaturising
verb
present participle of denaturise
denaturizing
denaturizing
verb
present participle of denaturize
dentigerous
dentigerous
adj
Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
dentosurgical
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deregulate
deregulate
verb
(transitive) To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.
deregulated
deregulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deregulate
deregulates
deregulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate
deregulating
deregulating
verb
present participle of deregulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
deregulationize
deregulations
deregulations
noun
plural of deregulation
deregulatory
deregulatory
adj
Of or pertaining to deregulation
dermatoneurology
dermatoneurology
noun
dermatological neurology
dermatophagus
destructing
destructing
verb
present participle of destruct
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
detouring
detouring
noun
The act of taking a detour.
verb
present participle of detour
detruding
detruding
verb
present participle of detrude
detruncating
detruncating
verb
present participle of detruncate
deuteragonist
deuteragonist
noun
(historical, ancient Greek drama) An actor playing a role (potentially all roles) requiring a second actor to be present on the stage, opposite the protagonist.
(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).
deuterating
deuterating
verb
present participle of deuterate
deuterogamist
deuterogamist
noun
(theology, law) One who believes in the moral right to, and the lawfulness of, remarriage after divorce or spousal death.
(theology, law) One who remarries after the divorce or death of their spouse.
deuterogamy
deuterogamy
noun
A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
deuterogelatose
deuterogenesis
deuterogenic
deuterogenic
adj
(geology) Of secondary origin; said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
deuteroglobulose
dextroglucose
dextroglucose
noun
(archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose
dextrogyrous
dextrogyrous
adj
dextrogyrate
dictyograptus
digesture
digesture
noun
(obsolete) digestion
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
dilligrout
dilligrout
noun
Alternative form of dillegrout
diminishingturns
dipleurogenetic
disarticulating
disarticulating
verb
present participle of disarticulate
discogastrula
discongruity
discongruity
noun
incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness
discouragement
discouragement
noun
Anything that discourages.
The act of discouraging.
The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
discouragements
discouragements
noun
plural of discouragement
disfeaturing
disfeaturing
verb
present participle of disfeature
disfiguration
disfiguration
noun
The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
disfigurative
disfigurative
adj
disfiguring
disfigurement
disfigurement
noun
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured