(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
adderspit
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipomata
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
aistopoda
alepidote
alepidote
adj
(of a fish) not having scales
noun
A fish that has no scales
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
antipedal
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antipodes
antipodes
noun
(UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
(figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
The Southern Hemisphere.
The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
plural of antipode
antipodic
antipodic
adj
diametrically opposed; antipodean
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apetaloid
apetaloid
adj
apetalous
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
apodictic
apodictic
adj
(theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
appetized
appetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appetize
appointed
appointed
adj
(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appoint.
aptitudes
aptitudes
noun
plural of aptitude
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atropidae
audiotape
audiotape
noun
A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.
verb
(transitive) To record onto audiotape.
autopsied
autopsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autopsy
bepainted
bepainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepaint
bitmapped
bitmapped
adj
(computing) Represented by a bitmap.
bridgepot
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
cadetship
cadetship
noun
(Australia) A kind of training programme that combines on-the-job experience with formal training; an apprenticeship
(military) The position, rank, or commission of cadet.
capitaled
capitaled
adj
(architecture) Bearing a capital.
Possessing capital or wealth.
capitated
capitated
adj
Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitate
captained
captained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captain
captioned
captioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caption
centipede
centipede
noun
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
codeposit
codeposit
verb
To deposit along with another
crispated
crispated
adj
crispate
cuspidate
cuspidate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Tapering to a sharp, firm point
Having a cusp
dandiprat
dandiprat
noun
(dated) An insignificant or contemptible person
(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
datapoint
datapoint
noun
Alternative spelling of data point
deception
deception
noun
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deceptive
deceptive
adj
Likely or attempting to deceive.
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
deipotent
deityship
deityship
noun
The condition of being a deity; divinity, especially as a jocular epithet
demiplate
depainted
depainted
adj
(obsolete) Painted, depicted.
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
deperdite
depicters
depicters
noun
plural of depicter
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depiction
depiction
noun
a drawing or painting
a lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual
a representation
depictive
depictive
adj
Of or pertaining to depiction.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
depictors
depictors
noun
plural of depictor
depicture
depicture
noun
(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
(transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
(transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
(transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
depilated
depilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depilate
depilates
depilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depilate
depilator
depilator
noun
One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair.
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
depletion
depletion
noun
(accounting, mining, timber, petroleum) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
(medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
depletive
depletive
adj
Causing depletion.
noun
Any substance used to deplete.
depoetize
depoetize
verb
To remove the poetic character from
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
deposited
deposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deposit
depositee
depositee
noun
(historical) A member of the lowest of the three population classes created by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge party in Cambodia after their revolution in the 1970s. These people were 'deposited' in the villages after being removed from the cities.
The person with whom something is deposited.
depositor
depositor
noun
A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.
depositum
depositum
noun
(finance, obsolete) A deposit.
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
depriment
depriment
adj
Serving to depress.
deprivate
depthwise
depthwise
adj
Directed across the depth of an object or place.
adv
Across the depth of an object or place.
deputised
deputised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deputise
deputized
deputized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deputize
deputizes
deputizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deputize
desipient
desipient
adj
foolish; silly; trifling
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
despitous
despitous
adj
Obsolete form of despiteous.
despotism
despotism
noun
government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
despotist
despotist
noun
A supporter of despotism.
despotize
despotize
verb
To behave like a despot.
diapnotic
diaporthe
diapyetic
diapyetic
adj
Inducing or relating to suppuration, or diapyesis.
diatropic
diatropic
adj
Exhibiting diatropism (any sense).
diazotype
dichoptic
dichoptic
adj
(anatomy, of eyes) Widely separated near the top of the head
dimpliest
dimpliest
adj
superlative form of dimply: most dimply
dioptases
dioptases
noun
plural of dioptase
dioptidae
dioptrate
dioptrate
adj
(entomology) Divided transversely.
dioptrics
dioptrics
noun
plural of dioptric
the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses
dipartite
dipartite
adj
Synonym of bipartite
dipentene
dipentine
dipeptide
dipeptide
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
diphysite
dipicrate
diploetic
diploetic
adj
(anatomy) diploic
diplomata
diplomate
diplomate
noun
A professional who has earned a diploma.
verb
(transitive) To award a diploma to.
diplomats
diplomats
noun
plural of diplomat
diplontic
diplontic
adj
Of or pertaining to a diplont.
diplotene
diplotene
noun
(biology) The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
dipneusti
dipppiest
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
dipterans
dipterans
noun
plural of dipteran
dipterist
dipterist
noun
An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
dipterous
dipterous
adj
Having two wings.
Of, or pertaining to, Diptera or the dipterans.
diptychon
direption
direption
noun
The act of despoiling, plundering, or snatching away.
dirtplate
diruption
diruption
noun
(archaic) disruption
discepted
discepted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discept
disparate
disparate
adj
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
disparity
disparity
noun
(countable) Incongruity.
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
disparted
disparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispart
disperato
dispirits
dispirits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispirit
displants
displants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displant
disponent
disponent
noun
(law) One who dispones, or takes over legal authority.
disported
disported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disport
disprofit
disprofit
noun
Loss; damage.
verb
(obsolete) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.
disputant
disputant
adj
Disputing; engaged in controversy.
noun
A participant in a dispute.
disputers
disputers
noun
plural of disputer
disputing
disputing
noun
dispute; argument
verb
present participle of dispute
disreport
disrepute
disrepute
noun
Loss or want of reputation; ill character.
verb
To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
disrupted
disrupted
adj
Subject to disruption.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrupt
disrupter
disrupter
noun
(science fiction) An energy weapon in the form of a pistol.
Someone or something that disrupts.
disruptor
disruptor
noun
Alternative spelling of disrupter
dissipate
dissipate
verb
(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
(intransitive, colloquial, dated) To be dissolute in conduct.
(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
(transitive) To drive away, disperse.
(transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
disspirit
disspirit
verb
Alternative spelling of dispirit
distemper
distemper
noun
(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
(countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
(veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
A glue-based paint.
verb
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
To intoxicate.
To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
To paint using distemper.
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
diterpene
diterpene
noun
(chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin
dortiship
drawpoint
driftpins
driftpins
noun
plural of driftpin
drippiest
drippiest
adj
superlative form of drippy: most drippy
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dripstone
dripstone
noun
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
droopiest
droopiest
adj
superlative form of droopy: most droopy
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
drypoints
drypoints
noun
plural of drypoint
duopolist
duopolist
noun
A member of a duopoly.
duplation
duplation
noun
(mathematics) A historic form of multiplication based on doubling