(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adoptant
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adoptian
adoptian
noun
(Christianity) A proponent of adoptianism.
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoption
adoption
noun
(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
The act of adopting.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
antipode
antipode
noun
Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
apartado
aphthoid
aphthoid
adj
(pathology) Of the nature of aphtha; resembling thrush.
apteroid
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bridport
bridport
Proper noun
A town in Dorset, England
chetopod
chetopod
noun
Alternative form of chaetopod
clodpate
clodpate
noun
A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
coempted
competed
competed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compete
computed
computed
adj
Calculated, determined by computation.
Derived rather than measured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compute
copyedit
copyedit
noun
A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
The process or act of copyediting a document.
The result of copyediting a document.
verb
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
dashpots
dashpots
noun
plural of dashpot
deepmost
deepmost
adj
Deepest; at the greatest depth.
dempstor
depictor
depictor
noun
Alternative form of depicter
depoliti
deponent
deponent
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.
noun
(grammar) A deponent verb.
(law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
deported
deported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deport
deportee
deportee
noun
A deported person.
deporter
deporter
noun
One who deports.
deposita
deposito
deposits
deposits
noun
plural of deposit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deposit
deptford
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
despotat
despotat
noun
The government or domain of a despot.
despotes
despotic
despotic
adj
Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
diaphote
diaphote
noun
(historical) A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax.
dioptase
dioptase
noun
An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.
diopters
diopters
noun
plural of diopter
dioptral
dioptral
adj
Synonym of dioptric
dioptres
dioptres
noun
plural of dioptre
dioptric
dioptric
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being seen through.
(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
noun
(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
A dioptric telescope.
diplomat
diplomat
noun
(figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
diplonts
diplonts
noun
plural of diplont
diprotic
diprotic
adj
(chemistry, of an acid or base) Tending to donate or accept two hydrogen ions (H⁺) in solution.
dipteroi
dipteroi
noun
plural of dipteros
dipteron
dipteros
dipteros
noun
(architecture) A building with double peristyle or colonnade.
discompt
discompt
verb
(archaic) To discount.
dispoint
disports
disports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport
disposit
disposit
verb
(astrology, transitive) To be located in the house of the sign ruled by the planet. For example, when a planet is in the house Gemini, it disposits Mercury because Mercury is the ruling sign of Gemini.
(transitive) To deposit.
dogpatch
dogpatch
Proper noun
Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
dogplate
dooputty
doorpost
doorpost
noun
doorjamb
doorstep
doorstep
noun
(UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
verb
(intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
(transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
doorstop
doorstop
noun
(Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
(Britain, proscribed, nonstandard) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
(humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
dopester
dopester
noun
(slang) An individual who is from a street gang and sells drugs.
drawstop
droplets
droplets
noun
plural of droplet
dropouts
dropouts
noun
plural of dropout
dropshot
dropshot
noun
Alternative form of drop shot
dropwort
dropwort
noun
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
drypoint
drypoint
noun
(countable) A print made using this technique.
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
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.
endpoint
endpoint
noun
(biology, medicine) A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
(chemistry) The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.
(mathematics) Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.
(networking, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
(programming) Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.
Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.
epidotes
epidotes
noun
plural of epidote
epidotic
epidotic
adj
Related to, resembling, or containing epidote.
estopped
estopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of estop
euplotid
euplotid
noun
Any ciliate in the family Euplotidae or the order Euplotida of chromists.
exported
exported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of export
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
handpost
handpost
noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
hardtops
hardtops
noun
plural of hardtop
headpost
headpost
noun
A bedpost at the head of a bed.
heatdrop
hepatoid
hepatoid
adj
Similar in appearance to hepatic tissue
hoptoads
hydropot
hydropot
noun
(dated) A person who drinks water etc. rather than alcoholic drinks.
ideotype
ideotype
noun
(cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality
idiotype
idiotype
noun
(immunology) A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.
imported
imported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of import
imposted
lepidote
lepidote
adj
(botany) Covered with scurfy scales.
noun
(botany) A lepidote plant, any plant with a coat of scurfy scales.
midpoint
midpoint
noun
(mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
A point equidistant between two extremes.
nectopod
nonadept
notepads
notepads
noun
plural of notepad
octapody
octapody
noun
(prosody) A metre or verse of eight feet.
octopede
octopede
noun
(zoology) Any eight-legged creature.
octopoda
octopods
octopods
noun
plural of octopod
octupled
octupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of octuple
opdalite
opdalite
noun
(mineralogy) A charnockitic form of granodiorite
operated
operated
adj
(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
having undergone an operation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of operate
optioned
optioned
adj
(in combination) Having the specified kind or number of options.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of option
orthopod
orthopod
noun
(informal, medicine) An orthopaedic surgeon
outdrops
outpaced
outpaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpace
outpiped
outpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpipe
outplods
outplods
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outplod
outpried
outspeed
outspeed
verb
(transitive) To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip.
outspend
outspend
verb
(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
outspied
padcloth
padstone
padstone
noun
A pad to spread the weight of a point load in a wall.
A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.
pagodite
pagodite
noun
(dated, mineralogy) agalmatolite
pandosto
pantodon
pantopod
pantopod
noun
(zoology) Any of the Pantopoda, an order of sea spiders.
parodist
parodist
noun
A person who parodies.
parotids
parotids
noun
plural of parotid
parotoid
parotoid
adj
(anatomy) Resembling the parotid gland; applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
noun
(anatomy) A parotoid gland.
parroted
parroted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parrot
pastored
pastored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pastor
peatwood
pedrotti
pentodes
pentodes
noun
plural of pentode
pentosid
peridots
peridots
noun
plural of peridot
petalody
petalody
noun
(botany) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
petaloid
petaloid
adj
(botany) Resembling the petal of a flower.
petioled
petioled
adj
Growing on a petiole.
Having a petiole.
pettygod
phonated
phonated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phonate
piedfort
piedfort
noun
An unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins.
piedmont
piedmont
adj
Formed or lying at the foot of a mountain range.
noun
Any region of foothills of a mountain range.
piedroit
pintados
pintados
noun
plural of pintado
pistoled
pityroid
pityroid
adj
Having the form of, or resembling, bran.
plantdom
platodes
platypod
pleodont
plotosid
plotosid
noun
(zoology) Any catfish in the family Plotosidae.
pocketed
pocketed
adj
(in combination) Having a certain type or number of pockets.
Having a pocket; with pockets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pocket
podestas
podestas
noun
plural of podesta
podetium
podetium
noun
(lichenology) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, such as the reindeer moss.