(obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
diatype
diopter
diopter
noun
(obsolete) A surgical speculum.
(obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
(obsolete) An alidade.
(obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
(obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
(photography, dated) A lens element attached to the front of a photographic lens to shorten the lens's minimum focus distance; also called a "close-up filter".
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
dioptra
dioptra
noun
Alternative form of diopter
dioptre
dioptre
noun
Alternative spelling of diopter
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
dipcoat
dipcoat
noun
A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.
dipetto
diplont
diplont
noun
(genetics) An organism having a diploid number of chromosomes in its cells
diptera
diptote
diptote
noun
(grammar) A noun which has only two cases.
diptyca
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
dirempt
dirempt
adj
(obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
verb
(transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
discept
discept
verb
To debate; to discuss.
dispart
dispart
noun
A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.
(transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
(transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
(transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
displat
disport
disport
noun
(countable, archaic) Anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
dispost
dispost
verb
(transitive) To eject from a post; to displace.
dispute
dispute
noun
(uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
verb
(intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
(obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
(transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
to strive or contend about; to contest
disrupt
disrupt
adj
(obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
verb
(transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
(transitive) To interrupt or impede.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
dopiest
dopiest
adj
superlative form of dopy: most dopy
emptied
emptied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empty
epidote
epidote
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
impedit
imputed
imputed
adj
Attributed to another person.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impute
inadept
inadept
adj
Not adept.
opiated
opiated
adj
Treated with an opiate.
Under the influence of an opiate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of opiate
painted
painted
adj
(figurative) Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
Coated with paint.
Colorful, as if painted.
Depicted in paint.
Wearing makeup.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paint
pandita
pandita
noun
Alternative form of pandit
pandits
pandits
noun
plural of pandit
parotid
parotid
adj
Relating to the parotid gland.
noun
The parotid gland.
partied
partied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of party
patined
patined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patine
pawdite
pedetic
pedetic
adj
Relating to pedesis, or Brownian motion.
peptide
peptide
noun
(chemistry) The peptide bond itself.
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
peptids
peptids
noun
plural of peptid
perdita
perdita
noun
(archaic) A woman who has fallen into prostitution.
peridot
peridot
noun
A transparent olive-green form of olivine, used as a gem.
A yellow-green colour, like that of the peridot.
phytoid
phytoid
adj
Resembling a plant, plantlike.
picoted
picoted
adj
decorated with picots
piderit
piloted
piloted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pilot
pintada
pintada
noun
A female guinea fowl.
pintado
pintado
noun
(now rare, historical) A fine cotton cloth; chintz.
A guinea fowl, especially as food.
Any of various spotted fishes in tropical waters of the west Atlantic, especially the cero, Scomberomorus regalis.
The Cape petrel, Daption capense.
pirated
pirated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pirate
pitbird
pitched
pitched
adj
(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
(of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitch
pitfold
pithead
pithead
noun
The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
pitside
pittard
pittoid
pitwood
pivoted
pivoted
adj
Fitted with a pivot or pivots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pivot
plaited
plaited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plait
plastid
plastid
noun
(cytology) Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often concerned with photosynthesis
platoid
plaudit
plaudit
noun
(often in the plural) A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
podetia
podetia
noun
plural of podetium
podites
podites
noun
plural of podite
poditic
poditti
pointed
pointed
adj
(comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
(topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of point
posited
posited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posit
predict
predict
noun
(obsolete) A prediction.
verb
(intransitive) To make predictions.
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
(transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
(transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
prediet
prediet
adj
Before starting a diet.
preedit
preedit
verb
(transitive) To edit in advance.
printed
printed
adj
Written or published.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of print
proetid
proetid
noun
(paleontology) Any trilobite of the order Proetida.
proteid
proteid
adj
Containing protein.
Of or pertaining to proteins.
noun
(obsolete, biochemistry) A protein.
protide
protide
noun
(physics, chemistry) The normal hydride ion using protium.
prudist
prudist
noun
(rare) prude
prudity
pteroid
pteroid
noun
A bone, found only in pterosaurs, that connected to the wrist to support the propatagium.
ptinoid
pundita
pundits
pundits
noun
plural of pundit
putidly
puttied
puttied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of putty
pythiad
pythiad
noun
(in Ancient Greece) The interval of time between Pythian games (either four or eight years, depending on the time period).
riptide
riptide
noun
A particularly strong tidal current.
A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term "riptide" used in this sense is a misnomer).
sandpit
sandpit
noun
(television) A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East.
A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
A place or pit from which sand is excavated.
sopited
sopited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sopite
spirted
spirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spirt
spitkid
spitted
spitted
adj
Shot out long; said of antlers.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of spit (expectorate, etc, Etymology 2)
simple past tense and past participle of spit (Etymology 1)
stipend
stipend
noun
(archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. [from 15th c.]
(education) A scholarship granted to a student. [from 20th c.]
A one-off payment for a service provided.
Money which is earned; an income.
Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. [from 16th c.]
verb
(transitive, obsolete or historical) To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). [from 16th c.]
striped
striped
adj
Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stripe
stupids
stupids
noun
(slang, humorous, with definite article) Stupidity; an instance of foolishness.
plural of stupid
taliped
taliped
noun
A person affected with talipes, or clubfoot.
talpoid
taxpaid
taxpaid
adj
On which tax has been paid.
tepidly
tepidly
adv
In a tepid or halfhearted manner.
thripid
thripid
noun
(zoology) Any thrips in the family Thripidae.
tiderip
tiphead
tippled
tippled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tipple
tiptoed
tiptoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tiptoe
tipulid
tipulid
adj
of or pertaining to craneflies (insects of the family Tipulidae)
noun
A cranefly
topside
topside
adj
(nautical) Abovedeck, such as on the weather deck or bridge.
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
(construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
(construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
(nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
The side or part of something that is at the top.
torpids
torpids
noun
(UK, Oxford University) A series of annual boat races held at Oxford University in Hilary Term.
tripled
tripled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of triple
tripods
tripods
noun
plural of tripod
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tripod
tripody
tripody
noun
(poetry) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
tripped
tripped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trip
tupaiid
tupaiid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Tupaiidae of tree shrews.