(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
contrabandista
contrabandista
noun
A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin America.
contractedness
contractedness
noun
The state of being contracted.
contradictions
contradictions
noun
plural of contradiction
contradictious
contradictious
adj
(obsolete) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
(obsolete) Inclined to contradict or cavil.
contradistinct
contradistinct
adj
Distinguished by opposite qualities.
coordinateness
coordinateness
noun
The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
coppersidesman
coracoradialis
correspondence
correspondence
noun
(countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
(set theory, countable) A relation.
(theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
(uncountable, obsolete) Friendly discussion.
correspondency
correspondency
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of correspondence
correspondents
correspondents
noun
plural of correspondent
corticosteroid
corticosteroid
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
cotransduction
cotransduction
noun
The simultaneous transduction of multiple genes, especially of two bacterial marker genes
counteraddress
counteraddress
noun
A speech or address made in response to another speech.
counterdemands
counterdemands
noun
plural of counterdemand
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
crawfordsville
credenciveness
credensiveness
creditableness
creditableness
noun
The state or quality of being creditable.
crosscurrented
cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
noun
(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
cyanephidrosis
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cysticercoidal
dacrycystalgia
dacryoadenitis
dacryoadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the lacrimal glands
dacryocystitis
dacryocystitis
noun
(pathology, ophthalmology) inflammation of the lacrimal sac
dacryohelcosis
dacryostenosis
dacryostenosis
noun
(ophthalmology) Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct.
dactylosternal
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
deambulatories
deambulatories
noun
plural of deambulatory
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
decentralising
decentralising
verb
present participle of decentralise
dechristianize
dechristianize
verb
To deprive of Christian character
decolorisation
decompensatory
decompensatory
adj
Relating to decompensation.
decompressions
decompressions
noun
plural of decompression
deconsecrating
deconsecrating
verb
present participle of deconsecrate
deconsecration
deconsecration
noun
A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church.
The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement.
decorativeness
decorativeness
noun
The condition of being decorative
decorousnesses
decorousnesses
noun
plural of decorousness
decriminalizes
decriminalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize
defenestrating
defenestrating
verb
present participle of defenestrate
defenestration
defenestration
noun
(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
degenerateness
degenerateness
noun
The state or quality of being degenerate.
degenerescence
degenerescence
noun
degeneration
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenised
dehydrogenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenise
dehydrogeniser
delesseriaceae
deliberateness
deliberateness
noun
the state or property of being deliberate.
delphinapterus
dematerialised
dematerialised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dematerialise
demilitarising
demilitarising
verb
present participle of demilitarise
demisemiquaver
demisemiquaver
noun
(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonstratable
demonstratable
adj
Alternative form of demonstrable
demonstratedly
demonstratedly
adv
In a way that has been demonstrated or proven.
demonstrations
demonstrations
noun
plural of demonstration
demoralisation
demoralisation
noun
Alternative spelling of demoralization
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
denaturalising
denaturalising
verb
present participle of denaturalise
denaturisation
denaturisation
noun
Alternative form of denaturization
dentatoserrate
deorsumversion
deorsumversion
noun
(medicine) lowering of the eyes; downward gaze
depersonalised
depersonalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise
depersonalized
depersonalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize
depersonalizes
depersonalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize
deplorableness
deplorableness
noun
The state or quality of being deplorable.
depolarisation
depolarisation
noun
Alternative spelling of depolarization
depredationist
depressibility
depressingness
depressingness
noun
The state or quality of being depressing.
depressiveness
depressiveness
noun
The state of being depressive.
deprogrammings
deprogrammings
noun
plural of deprogramming
derivativeness
derivativeness
noun
The state or quality of being derivative.
dermatologists
dermatologists
noun
plural of dermatologist
dermatomycosis
dermatomycosis
noun
Any of various skin diseases caused by fungi.
dermatoplastic
dermatoplastic
adj
Of or relating to dermoplasty
dermatoxerasia
dermophlebitis
dermorhynchous
dermosynovitis
derogatoriness
derogatoriness
noun
The state or quality of being derogatory.
describability
describability
noun
The quality of being describable.
descriptionist
descriptionist
adj
(philosophy) Regarding utterances as primarily descriptive rather than as rigidly specifying a particular thing or kind of thing.
Descriptivist.
noun
Synonym of descriptivist
desegregations
desegregations
noun
plural of desegregation
desirabilities
desirabilities
noun
plural of desirability
desirelessness
desirelessness
noun
Absence of desire.
desoxymorphine
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
despairingness
despairingness
noun
The state or quality of being despairing.
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
destructionism
destructionist
destructionist
noun
One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist, a conditionalist (i.e., a believer in conditional immortality).
One who delights in destroying that which is valuable, or whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions.
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
deteriorations
deteriorations
noun
plural of deterioration
determinations
determinations
noun
plural of determination
determinedness
determinedness
noun
The state or quality of being determined.
detractiveness
detractiveness
noun
The quality of being detractive.
deuterocasease
deuterogenesis
deuteromycetes
deuteromycetes
noun
plural of deuteromycete
deuterostomata
diachronicness
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
diatrymiformes
dichromaticism
dichromatopsia
dichromatopsia
noun
Synonym of dichromatism
dictatorialism
dictatorialism
noun
Synonym of dictatorship
diffeomorphism
diffeomorphism
noun
(mathematics) A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.
differentiates
differentiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differentiate
digressiveness
digressiveness
noun
The quality or state of being digressive.
diiodotyrosine
diiodotyrosine
noun
(biochemistry) A precursor of thyroid hormone, resulting from iodization of monoiodotyrosine at the other meta- position on the phenol ring. It a modulator of thyroid peroxidase.
dioscoreaceous
dioscoreaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the plant family Dioscoreaceae.
dipterocarpous
disaccharidase
disaccharidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides
disadventurous
disadventurous
adj
(obsolete) Unfortunate; calamitous.
disaffirmation
disaffirmation
noun
Repudiation of self or other.
The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
disaffirmative
disaffirmative
adj
That disaffirms.
disaggregation
disaggregation
noun
A division or breaking up into constituent parts, particularly the analytic disassembly of categories which have been aggregated or lumped together.
disaggregative
disaggregative
adj
Of or relating to disaggregation.
disappearances
disappearances
noun
plural of disappearance
disapprobation
disapprobation
noun
An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprobatory
disapprobatory
adj
Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
disappropriate
disappropriate
adj
(law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
verb
To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
disarrangement
disarrangement
noun
Upset of the normal order.
disarticulated
disarticulated
adj
disjointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate
disarticulator
disarticulator
noun
One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.
disastrousness
disastrousness
noun
The state or condition of being disastrous.
discernibility
discernibility
Noun
The state or quality of being discernible.
discerpibility
discerpibility
noun
Alternative form of discerptibility
disciplinarian
disciplinarian
adj
Relating to discipline.
noun
(by extension) One who believes in discipline as a tool for regulation or control.