(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
adactylia
adactylia
noun
Alternative form of adactyly
adenocyst
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
anacidity
anacidity
noun
Lack of acidity, as of the stomach.
androcyte
asyndetic
asyndetic
adj
(grammar) Not connected by a conjunction.
(psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis.
bidactyle
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
boycotted
boycotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boycott
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
callidity
callidity
noun
(obsolete) craftiness, cunning
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
caryatids
caryatids
noun
plural of caryatid
catalyzed
catalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalyze
caudatory
centinody
citywards
citywards
adv
Towards a city
clypeated
clypeated
adj
Alternative form of clypeate
cnidocyst
cnidocyst
noun
A nematocyst.
commodity
commodity
noun
(Marxism) Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.
(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
(marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
(obsolete) Convenience; usefulness, suitability.
(obsolete) Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.
Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
Something useful or valuable.
conditory
conditory
noun
A repository for holding things; a hiding place.
cordately
cordately
adv
In a cordate form.
corystoid
cotyledon
cotyledon
noun
(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
(physiology) Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
courtyard
courtyard
noun
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
credently
credently
adv
In a credent manner.
credulity
credulity
noun
(now nonstandard) Faith, credence; acceptance or maintenance of a belief.
A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
crudelity
crustedly
crystaled
curtseyed
curtseyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curtsey
cystidean
cystidean
noun
(zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface, but before it develops the structures necessary to feed.
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms now known as the Cystoidea.
cystidium
cystidium
noun
(mycology) A relatively large cell found on the hymenium of a basidiomycete
cystoidea
cytidines
cytidines
noun
plural of cytidine
cytioderm
dactylate
dactylics
dactylics
noun
plural of dactylic
dactylion
dactylion
noun
(anatomy) The tip of the middle finger.
dactylist
dactylist
noun
A writer of dactylic verse.
dactyloid
dactyloid
adj
Resembling a finger
noun
Any lizard / anole of the family Dactyloidae
dactylose
dactylose
adj
(biology) Finger-like.
dactylous
decastyle
decastyle
noun
A portico with ten columns.
deceptory
deceptory
adj
deceptive
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
deciduity
deciduity
noun
The quality of being deciduous.
declivity
declivity
noun
(entomology) An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.
(geomorphology) The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope of a curve.
A downward bend in a path.
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
decretory
decretory
adj
(rare or obsolete) Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
decrypted
decrypted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrypt
deductory
deductory
adj
(obsolete) deductive; involving deduction
dejectory
dejectory
adj
Having power, or tending, to cast down.
Promoting evacuations by stool.
desmacyte
desmocyte
desmocyte
noun
(biology) Any of several elongated interstitial cells, but especially the fibroblasts
diacetyls
diapyetic
diapyetic
adj
Inducing or relating to suppuration, or diapyesis.
dicastery
dicastery
noun
A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dicotyles
dictatory
dictatory
adj
dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial
noun
(nonstandard) Synonym of dictate
(nonstandard) Synonym of dictatorship
dictyogen
dictyogen
noun
(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
dictyotic
dicyclist
dicyemata
dilatancy
dilatancy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure.
The property of dilating or expanding, especially by means of an increase in space between the component parts.
diptychon
directory
directory
adj
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
noun
(computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
dizygotic
dizygotic
adj
(biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
dodecatyl
dorcastry
dorcastry
noun
(Christianity, historical) A Dorcas society (ladies' church association making clothes for the poor)
dubitancy
dubitancy
noun
doubt; uncertainty
ductilely
ductilely
adv
in a ductile manner
ductility
ductility
noun
(physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
duplicity
duplicity
noun
Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
dynamitic
dynamitic
adj
(by extension) Explosive; volatile.
(nonstandard, proscribed) Characterized by movement or change; dynamic.
Involving the use of dynamite.
noun
Misconstruction of dynamic
dyscratic
dyscratic
adj
Of, relating to dyscrasy
dyslectic
dyslectic
adj
dyslexic
dyspeptic
dyspeptic
adj
(figuratively, comparable) Irritable or morose.
(pathology, not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
noun
A dyspeptic person.
dysphotic
dysphotic
adj
Alternative spelling of disphotic
dystectic
dystectic
adj
(chemistry) Describing the isobaric reversible melting with dissociation of a solid compound formed of two components
dysthymic
dysthymic
adj
Having or relating to dysthymia.
noun
A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
dystocial
dystocial
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterised by dystocia; having had a difficult birth.
dystocias
dystocias
noun
plural of dystocia
ecdysiast
ecdysiast
noun
(uncommon) An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
edictally
edictally
adv
By means of an edict
educatory
educatory
adj
(archaic) Educational; instructive.
encrypted
encrypted
adj
Being in code; having been encrypted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encrypt
endocytic
endocytic
adj
(cytology) Of or pertaining to endocytosis
ethnodicy
excitedly
excitedly
adv
In an excited manner.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fecundity
fecundity
noun
Ability to cause growth or increase.
Ability to produce offspring.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
fraidycat
hydantoic
hydantoic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin.
hydrocyst
hydroptic
hydroptic
adj
Alternative form of hydropic
hystricid
hystricid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Hystricidae, Old World porcupines
ichthyoid
ichthyoid
adj
Characteristic of fish.
noun
Any fish, or other vertebrate having the form of a fish.
idiotypic
idiotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to an idiotype
inductory
iridocyte
iridocyte
noun
(histology) A cell, found in some animals, that is filled with iridescent crystals of guanine
jocundity
jocundity
noun
(countable) A jocund remark; a witticism.
(uncountable) The state of being jocund.
jucundity
jucundity
noun
(obsolete) Pleasantness; agreeableness.
lecythoid
mendacity
mendacity
noun
(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
mendicity
mendicity
noun
the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
mordacity
mordacity
noun
The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
myctodera
myctophid
myctophid
noun
Any of the small deep-sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, known for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
mydriatic
mydriatic
adj
(biology, medicine) Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye).
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that causes mydriasis.
nordicity
nordicity
Noun
The quality or characteristic of being Nordic.
octadecyl
octadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₈H₃₇, formally derived from an octadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
oxydactyl
phytocide
phytocide
noun
(uncommon) An agent that kills plants, such as weedkiller.
placidity
placidity
noun
The state of being placid; peacefulness.
playacted
playacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of playact
predacity
predacity
noun
The quality of being predaceous.
pycnodont
pycnodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the extinct oyster genus †Pycnodonte.
radectomy
rancidity
rancidity
noun
The state of being rancid.
raucidity
raucidity
noun
(obsolete) The condition of being hoarse or raucous.
rhodocyte
rhodocyte
noun
(rare) erythrocyte; red blood cell
scolytids
scolytids
noun
plural of scolytid
scolytoid
scolytoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
noun
(zoology) A beetle of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
stackyard
stackyard
noun
A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
stockyard
stockyard
noun
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
stridency
stridency
noun
The quality of being strident.
syndactyl
syndactyl
noun
Alternative form of syndactyle
syndicate
syndicate
noun
(crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
(mass media) A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.
verb
(intransitive) To become a syndicate.
(transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
(transitive, mass media) To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.
trancedly
trancedly
adv
(obsolete) While entranced.
tricycled
tricycled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tricycle
tridactyl
tridactyl
adj
(anatomy) Having three digits on a limb.
(biology) Composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.
noun
Any animal having three digits on a limb.
trihydric
trihydric
adj
(organic chemistry) Having three hydroxy groups.
tyrocidin
tyrocidin
noun
Alternative form of tyrocidine
uncrudity
unidactyl
unidactyl
adj
(zoology) Having one digit.
viscidity
viscidity
noun
A glutinous consistency.
An adhesive quality.
witchedly
yardstick
yardstick
noun
(figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.