(figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
(pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
The quality or state of being acid.
adamite
adamite
noun
(mineralogy) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
addicts
addicts
noun
plural of addict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addict
additum
additur
additur
noun
(law) The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
adelite
adelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, a calcium-magnesium arsenate, forming blue, green, yellow or grey orthorhombic crystals.
adhibit
adhibit
verb
To affix.
To allow in; to admit.
To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).
adiabat
adiabat
noun
(physics) The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas.
adiated
adiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adiate
adicity
adicity
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Valence.
adipate
adipate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of adipic acid
adjoint
adjoint
adj
(geometry, of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
(mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
noun
(geometry, algebraic geometry) A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
(mathematics) The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
(mathematics, category theory) A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.
An assistant mayor of a French commune.
An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
admitty
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adonite
adsmith
adsmith
noun
A writer of advertising copy.
advaita
agatoid
agisted
agisted
adj
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) That has been put out to pasture (of an animal), especially on hired land not belonging to the animal's owner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agist
agudist
airdate
airdate
noun
The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
airthed
alditol
alditol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of acyclic polyols formally derived from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl functional group.
amidate
amidate
noun
(organic chemistry) A product of amidation.
verb
(organic chemistry, transitive) To subject to an amidation reaction.
amidist
amistad
andrite
antacid
antacid
adj
Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]
noun
An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]
antbird
antbird
noun
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
anthdia
anthoid
anthoid
adj
Resembling a flower.
noun
(botany) A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.
antigod
antigod
noun
(mythology) A preternatural being opposed to the gods.
antired
antired
adj
(particle physics) One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to red in a quark.
arctiid
arctiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Arctiidae of moths.
arctoid
arctoid
adj
of or pertaining to the carnivoran superfamily Arctoidea
ursine
aridest
aridest
adj
superlative form of arid: most arid
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
arietid
astride
astride
adv
With one’s legs on either side.
prep
Extending across (something).
With one’s legs on either side of.
astrild
astroid
astroid
noun
(geometry) A hypocycloid with four cusps.
athyrid
atridae
attalid
attidae
attired
attired
adj
(heraldry) Said of the horns of a stag when they are of a different tincture to its head.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attire
audient
audient
adj
Listening, paying attention.
noun
(obsolete) A hearer; a member of an audience
(obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
audited
audited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of audit
auditor
auditor
noun
(Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
(rare) One who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
aurited
aurited
adj
(zoology) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.
autodin
aviated
aviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aviate
avidity
avidity
noun
(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Greediness; strong appetite.
awaited
awaited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of await
bandits
bandits
noun
plural of bandit
bantoid
bantoid
Adjective
Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
bastide
bastide
noun
A mansion in Provence.
new town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
batilda
bidault
blastid
blattid
blattid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Blattidae.
cactoid
cactoid
noun
(topology) A locally connected continuum that is the closure of the union of an at most countable number of spheres and simple arcs, of which every simple closed contour is contained in one and only one of the spheres.
A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
cadbait
cadbait
noun
(archaic) A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly.
candiot
candiot
Adjective
Of or relating to Candia (now called Heraklion).
candite
candite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark variety of spinel.
cardita
cardita
noun
Any mollusk of the genus Cardita
cardito
carotid
carotid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
catbird
catbird
noun
A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
catydid
cestida
citadel
citadel
noun
(sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
A Salvation Army meeting place.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
coadmit
coadmit
verb
(transitive) To admit (a patient) jointly.
cotidal
cotidal
adj
Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day
dabitis
dacitic
dacitic
adj
Pertaining to, or composed of, dacite.
dacoits
dacoits
noun
plural of dacoit
dacoity
dacoity
noun
(chiefly India, Myanmar) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
dactyli
dactyli
noun
plural of dactylus
dadaist
dadaist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Dadaist
dakoits
dakoits
noun
plural of dakoit
dakoity
dakoity
noun
Alternative spelling of dacoity
daktyli
damsite
damsite
noun
The area of land where a dam is built
danaite
danaite
noun
(mineralogy) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
dantist
darapti
darting
darting
noun
A motion or gesture that darts.
verb
present participle of dart
dartoic
dartoic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
dartoid
dartoid
adj
(anatomy) Like the dartos; dartoic.
dasturi
dasturi
noun
(India) A commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.
datakit
dataria
dataria
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) Part of the Roman Catholic Curia, abolished in 1967, from which were sent graces or favours such as appointments to benefices.
datisca
datival
datival
adj
(grammar) dative
datives
datives
noun
plural of dative
daturic
dauties
dauting
dawties
dawting
dawting
verb
present participle of dawt
dayhoit
daytide
daytime
daytime
adj
Happening during the day.
Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
noun
The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
daywrit
deathin
defiant
defiant
adj
Boldly resisting opposition.
Defying.
noun
One who defies opposition.
deicate
deitate
deitate
adj
(obsolete) deified
delicat
delmita
deltaic
deltaic
adj
Of or pertaining to a river delta.
Shaped like the letter delta (Δ), or like an equiangular or equilateral triangle.
depaint
depaint
verb
(archaic, transitive) To colour; to decorate with colours.
(archaic, transitive) To depict in words; to describe graphically.
(archaic, transitive) To stain; to distain.
(transitive) To remove paint from.
destain
destain
verb
(intransitive) To lose a chemical stain.
(transitive) To remove a chemical stain from.
details
details
noun
plural of detail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detail
detains
detains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detain
detrain
detrain
verb
(of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.
deutzia
deutzia
noun
Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
deviant
deviant
adj
Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
noun
(Internet) A member of the online art community DeviantArt.
A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
deviate
deviate
noun
(sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
(statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
verb
(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
(intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
(transitive) To cause to diverge.
diactin
diactin
adj
Alternative form of diactine
dialect
dialect
noun
(colloquial) A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
(computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
(derogatory) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
(ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
dialist
dialist
noun
A maker of sundials; a gnomonist.
diamant
dianite
diantha
dianthe
diantre
diarist
diarist
noun
One who keeps a diary.
diarmit
diastem
diastem
noun
(geology) A minor depositional break.
(obsolete, music) An interval.
Intervening space; interval.
diaster
diaster
noun
(biology) A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.
diatoma
diatoms
diatoms
noun
plural of diatom
diatron
diatron
noun
(dated, physics) An electronic circuit containing diodes
diatype
dibatag
dibatag
noun
A medium-sized slender antelope endemic to Ethiopia and Somalia, Ammodorcas clarkei.
dibatis
dicasts
dicasts
noun
plural of dicast
dictaen
dictate
dictate
noun
An order or command.
verb
To determine or decisively affect.
To order, command, control.
To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
didacts
didacts
noun
plural of didact
dietary
dietary
adj
Comprising a food source.
Of, or relating to diet.
noun
(UK, dated) A regulated diet.
digital
digital
adj
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
noun
(colloquial, humorous) A finger.
(finance) A digital option.
(informal, uncountable) Short for digital art.
(music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
(uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
digmeat
diktats
diktats
noun
plural of diktat
dilated
dilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dilate
dilater
dilater
noun
One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
dilates
dilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilate
dilator
dilator
noun
(anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
(medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
dimatis
dingbat
dingbat
noun
(architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
(informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
(slang) Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.
(typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.