The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjudicator
adjudicator
noun
One who adjudicates.
adjurations
adjurations
noun
plural of adjuration
adjustoring
adjutorious
adulterator
adulterator
noun
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
aleurodidae
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgonium
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
androtauric
anhydrously
anisandrous
anthropodus
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archfounder
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
aristodemus
arnoldsburg
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
auditotoria
auribromide
aurobromide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
australioid
autoaddress
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoloaders
autoloaders
noun
plural of autoloader
autorotated
autorotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autorotate
autostradas
autostradas
noun
plural of autostrada
autoxidator
autoxidator
noun
(rare, chemistry) A substance that initiates or undergoes autoxidation
autoxidizer
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
bebouldered
bebouldered
adj
Covered or scattered with boulders.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
betrousered
betrousered
adj
(usually humorous) Wearing pants or trousers.
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
birdmouthed
blizzardous
blizzardous
adj
Marked by overly cold and snowy conditions; blizzardlike.
Unclear, hazy, difficult to view.
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bludgeoneer
blunderbore
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
bodybuilder
bodybuilder
noun
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bothridiums
boulderhead
bucerotidae
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carborundum
carborundum
noun
Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
cardionosus
cardophagus
carduaceous
carduaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Carduaceae of plants.
carludovica
cassiodorus
catadromous
catadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
caudodorsal
caudodorsal
adj
(anatomy) Near the back of the tail
ceratoduses
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chondrinous
chordaceous
chordaceous
adj
(botany, rare) string-like
cirropodous
cirropodous
adj
relating to, or characteristic of the cirripeds
citharoedus
cladocerous
clostridium
clostridium
noun
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
cloudbursts
cloudbursts
noun
plural of cloudburst
coadjutator
coadjutress
coadjutress
noun
A female coadjutor or assistant.
coadjutrice
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coastguards
coastguards
noun
plural of coastguard
cocksuredom
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
commeasured
commeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commeasure
compounders
compounders
noun
plural of compounder
computerdom
computerdom
noun
(informal) The world of computers and the people associated with them.
concordatum
conditorium
conductress
conductress
noun
(dated) a female conductor
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
conjectured
conjectured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjecture
constructed
constructed
adj
artificial; man-made
verb
simple past tense and past participle of construct
contextured
contextured
adj
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged or composed.
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
coproducers
coproducers
noun
plural of coproducer
coproducing
coproducing
verb
present participle of coproduce
corduroying
corduroying
verb
present participle of corduroy
coreductase
corpsbruder
corrigendum
corrigendum
noun
(usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
corruptedly
corruptedly
adv
(rare) In a corrupted manner.
cosplendour
cotransduce
cotransduce
verb
(transitive) To transduce along with something else.
coudersport
coudersport
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
counterband
counterbend
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterbond
counterbond
noun
A bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
counterdash
counterdike
counteridea
counteridea
noun
An opposite idea.
counterlode
countermaid
countermand
countermand
noun
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
verb
(figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
(obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
(obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
counterraid
counterraid
noun
A raid carried out in response to another raid.
verb
To carry out a counterraid.
counterside
counterside
adj
Beside a counter.
noun
An opposite side.
countersued
countersued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countersue
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterword
counterword
noun
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryside
countryside
noun
A rural landscape.
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.