(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
acetylid
acridity
acridity
noun
(figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness or acerbity.
acylated
acylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Having an acyl functional group; modified by addition of an acyl group
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acylate
additory
additory
adj
(rare) Tending to add; making some addition.
addyston
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adroitly
adroitly
adv
Deftly; in an adroit manner.
In a manner exhibiting skill at handling situations, particularly difficult situations.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adventry
aedility
aedility
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
algidity
algidity
noun
(medicine) The state of being algid.
ammodyte
ammodyte
noun
(obsolete) A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.
(obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
andesyte
andesyte
noun
Alternative spelling of andesite
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
ardently
ardently
adv
fervently
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
arylated
arylated
adj
(organic chemistry) modified by the addition of one or more aryl groups.
asyndeta
athodyds
athodyds
noun
plural of athodyd
athyroid
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
audacity
audacity
noun
Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
autodyne
autodyne
noun
(radio, historical) A circuit that improved radio signal amplification by means of an audion.
ayudante
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
bastardy
bastardy
noun
(law) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
bestayed
betrayed
betrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betray
bidactyl
birthday
birthday
noun
A birthday party.
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
boatyard
boatyard
noun
(rare) A shipyard.
A place where boats are built and repaired.
bridalty
bridalty
noun
(obsolete) celebration of the nuptial feast
caducity
caducity
noun
Dotage or senility.
The state of being impermanent or transitory.
calidity
calidity
noun
(obsolete) Heat.
caryatid
caryatid
noun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
cyathoid
cycadite
cyrtidae
cystidea
cystidia
cystidia
noun
plural of cystidium
dactylar
dactylar
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect crustacean.
dactylic
dactylic
adj
(prosody) of or consisting of dactyls.
noun
a dactylic verse.
dactylis
dactylus
dactylus
noun
Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”)
daddynut
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
daintily
daintily
adv
In a dainty manner, delicately.
daktylon
daktylos
dancetty
dancetty
adj
Alternative form of dancetté
danyette
darbyite
darbyite
Noun
A member of the
dastardy
dastardy
noun
base timidity; cowardliness
dasyatis
datatype
datatype
noun
Alternative spelling of data type
datively
datively
adv
(rare) As a gift.
daughtry
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
daystars
daystars
noun
plural of daystar
daytimes
daytimes
noun
plural of daytime
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.
deathify
dentally
dentally
adv
With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
desyatin
devotary
devotary
noun
(obsolete) A votary.
diacetyl
diacetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butanedione
(organic chemistry, in combination) Two acetyl groups in a compound
dialytic
dialytic
adj
Relating to dialysis
Relating to, or producing dissolution
diastyle
diastyle
noun
(architecture) An intercolumnation of three column diameters.
diatryma
diatryma
noun
A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
dicacity
dicacity
noun
(obsolete) pertness; sauciness
diclytra
dictynna
dictyota
didactyl
didactyl
adj
(zoology) Having only two toes, fingers or claws.
noun
A didactyl animal.
didymate
dielytra
dielytra
noun
(botany) Any member of the plant genus Dielytra.
dilatory
dilatory
adj
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
Relating to dilation; dilative.
Slow or tardy.
diptycas
disomaty
dispathy
dispathy
noun
Alternative form of dyspathy
distally
distally
adv
Towards a distal part
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
distylar
djagatay
donatary
donatary
noun
Alternative form of donatory
donatory
donatory
noun
(law, Scotland) A donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain conditions, escheated property is made over.
doroteya
dotardly
dotardly
adj
Like a dotard; foolish and weak.
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
draughty
draughty
adj
(British spelling) Standard spelling of drafty.
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
dynamist
dynamist
noun
A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
dynamite
dynamite
noun
(figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
(informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
(slang) A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
verb
(figuratively) To dismantle or destroy.
(intransitive, of brakes) To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
(transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
dynastes
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
dynastid
dynastid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Dynastidae, now considered to be the scarabaeid subfamily Dynastinae.
dynatron
dynatron
noun
A tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators.
dyspathy
dyspathy
noun
Antipathy, aversion.
dystaxia
dystaxia
noun
(pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia
dystocia
dystocia
noun
(medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
dystonia
dystonia
noun
(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
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.
elatedly
elatedly
adv
In an elated manner
estrayed
estrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of estray
gadgetry
gadgetry
noun
(countable, usually in the plural) A gadget.
(uncountable) machines, technology
grandity
grandity
noun
(obsolete) grandness
guyandot
hardesty
headstay
headstay
noun
(nautical) Synonym of forestay
heatedly
heatedly
adv
In a heated manner.
hortyard
hortyard
noun
Obsolete form of orchard.
hydatids
hydatids
noun
plural of hydatid
hydatina
hydatoid
hydatoid
adj
watery, aqueous
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) aqueous humour
hydranth
hydranth
noun
(zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
hydrants
hydrants
noun
plural of hydrant
hydrated
hydrated
adj
(chemistry) Combined chemically with water.
(of a person) Not suffering from dehydration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrate
hydrates
hydrates
noun
plural of hydrate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrate
hydrator
hydrator
noun
A compartment or drawer, as in a refrigerator, for keeping perishable foods fresh and preventing moisture loss.
Something that hydrates.
ideality
ideality
noun
(uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
The conceptive faculty.
idolatry
idolatry
noun
The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
The worship of idols.
intraday
intraday
adj
(finance) occurring during a single day.
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
katydids
katydids
noun
plural of katydid
ladytide
lapidity
lapidity
noun
(philosophy) The quality of being a stone.
lyctidae
martyred
martyred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of martyr
mattedly
mattedly
adv
In a matted manner.
meteyard
meteyard
noun
(obsolete) A yard, staff, or rod used as a measuring device.
modality
modality
noun
(law) The quality of being limited by a condition.
(linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
(logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
(medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
(music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
(semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
(sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory).
(theology) The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
The fact of being modal.
mustardy
mustardy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of mustard.
myriadth
myriadth
adj
The ordinal form of myriad.
mythland
nidatory
nidatory
adj
Relating to nidation
nodality
nodality
noun
The quality or degree of being nodal.
octapody
octapody
noun
(prosody) A metre or verse of eight feet.
ondoyant
ondoyant
adj
(art) wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows
otodynia
oxydiact
pandybat
pandybat
noun
A stout leather strap reinforced internally with whalebone or even lead and used to inflict punishment, especially by striking the palms of schoolboys.
pavidity
pavidity
noun
(rare) timidity
pedality
pedality
noun
(soil science) The physical structure of a soil, especially in the context of its constituent peds.
Something that is associated with the foot, such as the way it is used (for locomotion or measurement) or the articles of clothing worn on it.
The anatomical formation of the foot and surrounding region.
pedantry
pedantry
noun
An excessive attention to detail or rules.
An instance of such behaviour.
An overly ambitious display of learning.
pedately
pedately
adv
In a pedate manner.
pediatry
pediatry
noun
Alternative spelling of paediatry; alternative form of pediatrics.
petalody
petalody
noun
(botany) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
phymatid
phymatid
noun
(zoology) Any ambush bug in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae, formerly considered to be an independent family, Phymatidae.
platypod
playdate
playdate
noun
Any scheduled recreation, especially if not scheduled by those directly involved.
The date of a showing of a film.
The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house.