Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhedonia
anhedonia
noun
(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
anhimidae
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
anthidium
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
anthribid
anthribid
noun
Any weevil of the family Anthribidae.
aphidians
aphidians
noun
plural of aphidian
aphidlion
arachnida
arachnids
arachnids
noun
plural of arachnid
arachnoid
arachnoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arachnoid mater.
(arachnology, relational) Relating to or resembling spiders.
Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers.
noun
(astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
(neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of arachnoid mater..
An arachnid.
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
ardhanari
arianrhod
arrhenoid
asidehand
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bednights
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
bernhardi
birthland
birthland
noun
The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
blechnoid
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindheim
bodenheim
brandrith
brandrith
noun
Alternative form of brandreth
brianhead
brindlish
brunhilda
brunhilde
bundahish
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
cathidine
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chaminade
chancroid
chancroid
noun
(pathology) A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.
A sore characteristic of this infection.
chelodina
chelodine
cheloniid
cheloniid
noun
(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chiefland
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childness
childness
noun
(obsolete) The manner that is characteristic of a child.
chilindre
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chinoidin
chitinoid
chitinoid
adj
Resembling chitin.
chladnite
chladnite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of enstatite present in some meteorites
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chondrite
chondrite
noun
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
chondroid
chondroid
adj
Resembling cartilage
noun
(surgery) A "stone" formed of pus present in guttural pouches
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
coinhered
coinhered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coinhere
coldfinch
conchoids
conchoids
noun
plural of conchoid
conhydrin
cowhiding
cowhiding
noun
A flogging with a cowhide.
verb
present participle of cowhide
cushioned
cushioned
adj
(cycling) Having cushion tires.
Furnished with a cushion or cushions; padded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cushion
dandyishy
danthonia
danthonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Danthonia of Eurasian, North African, and American grasses.
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
daphnioid
dashingly
dashingly
adv
In a bold, spirited manner.
In a boldly chic, fashionable manner.
dauphines
dauphines
noun
plural of dauphine
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
deanships
deanships
noun
plural of deanship
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
dechenite
dechenite
noun
(mineralogy) A reddish vanadate of lead and/or zinc
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehiscent
dehiscent
adj
(botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence
(medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delphinia
delphinia
noun
Synonym of delphinine
delphinic
delphinic
adj
Relating to dolphins; delphine.
delphinid
delphinid
noun
(zoology) Any marine mammal in the family Delphinidae, the dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives.
delphinin
delphinus
demihuman
demihuman
noun
(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
demijohns
demijohns
noun
plural of demijohn
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
deplenish
deplenish
verb
(transitive) To deprive of content; to deplete.
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
dewanship
diachrony
diachrony
noun
The study of change over time, especially changes to language
diachylon
diachylon
noun
(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
diancecht
dianthera
diaphanie
diaphanie
noun
An artistic design made in this way.
The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
diaphones
diaphones
noun
plural of diaphone
diaphonia
diaphonic
diaphonic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to diaphones.
Of or pertaining to diaphony.
dichondra
dichondra
noun
Any of the genus Dichondra of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems.
dicophane
dicophane
noun
Synonym of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“DDT”)
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
dihedrons
dihedrons
noun
plural of dihedron
dinothere
dinothere
noun
Alternative form of deinothere
diphenyls
diphenyls
noun
plural of diphenyl
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.
diptychon
dirhinous
dirhinous
adj
(rare) Involving or possessing two nostrils.
disanchor
disanchor
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishonor
dishonour
dishonour
noun
(law) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
Lack of honour or integrity.
Shame or disgrace.
verb
To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
To violate or rape.
dishorner
dishorner
noun
One who dishorns an animal.
disinhume
disinhume
verb
To disinter; to dig up from the earth.
disthrone
disthrone
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
ditchbank
ditchdown
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
dithionic
dolophine
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.