(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
acanthad
acanthad
noun
A plant that is a member of the family Acanthaceae.
accented
accented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accent
accident
accident
adj
(transport) Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
noun
(derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
(law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Any chance event.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
actinide
actinide
noun
(chemistry) Any of the 14 elements from actinium to nobelium (lawrencium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.
(chemistry, dated) Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).
actinoid
actinoid
adj
Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family Actiniidae.
noun
(inorganic chemistry) actinide
addicent
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adjacent
adjacent
adj
(figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Next to; beside.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
aduncate
aduncate
adj
(rare) curved inwards; hooked
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
ancodont
anecdota
anecdota
noun
plural of anecdoton
plural of anecdotum
anecdote
anecdote
noun
A previously untold secret account of an incident.
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
antacids
antacids
noun
plural of antacid
antacrid
antacrid
adj
(archaic, medicine) Serving to correct acrimony of the humours.
antecede
antecede
verb
To go before; to precede.
To predate or antedate.
antiacid
antiacid
noun
Antacid.
anticked
anticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antic
anticold
anticold
adj
Acting against or serving to prevent colds (viral illnesses).
bendicta
bendicty
benedict
benedict
adj
(obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
noun
(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
verb
(of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
(rare) to bless.
blindcat
cabstand
cabstand
noun
A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
canadite
candiote
cantador
cantando
cantdogs
cantdogs
noun
plural of cantdog
cantered
cantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canter
cantoned
cantoned
adj
(architecture) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting mouldings or small columns.
(heraldry) Having a charge in each of the four corners; said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canton
cardiant
cardiant
noun
(medicine, dated) A remedy that affects the heart.
cartoned
cartoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carton
catenoid
catenoid
noun
(geometry) A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
catodont
cemented
cemented
adv
Bonded by cement or a similar substance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cement
centered
centered
adj
(especially Canada, US) emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind
middlemost; located at the center
verb
simple past tense and past participle of center
centetid
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
centrode
centrode
noun
The path traced by the instantaneous rotational centre of a plane figure when it undergoes motion in a plane
centroid
centroid
noun
(geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
(geometry, specifically, of a triangle) The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of the three vertices.
(graph theory, of a tree) Given a tree of n nodes, either (1) a unique node whose removal would split the tree into subtrees of fewer than n/2 nodes, or (2) either of a pair of adjacent nodes such that removal of the edge connecting them would split the tree into two subtrees of exactly n/2 nodes.
(mathematical analysis, of a function) An analogue of the centre of gravity of a nonuniform body in which local density is replaced by a specified function (which can take negative values) and the place of the body's shape is taken by the function's domain.
(of a finite set of points) the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of a given finite set of points.
(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
claudent
claudent
adj
Shutting; confining; drawing together.
cliented
cliented
adj
Having or possessing a client or clients; supplied with clients.
coadnate
coardent
coattend
coattend
verb
To attend together.
coextend
coextend
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To extend along with another.
conducta
conducts
conducts
noun
plural of conduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conduct
conduits
conduits
noun
plural of conduit
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
connoted
connoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of connote
conodont
conodont
noun
A microfossil tooth of such an animal.
Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
contends
contends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contend
contrada
contrade
contrude
contused
contused
adj
That has suffered contusion; that has been contused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contuse
cornuted
cornuted
adj
Bearing horns; horned.
Horn-shaped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornute
cortland
cortland
Proper noun
an incorporated town in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a city in New York, USA
a city in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
a ghost town in Wisconsin, USA.
cotingid
cotingid
noun
(zoology) Any bird in the family Cotingidae.
cottoned
cottoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cotton
countdom
countdom
noun
The status or the territory of a count.
courtund
crenated
crenated
adj
crenate
creodont
creodont
noun
A member of the extinct Creodonta order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.
crinated
crinated
adj
Having hair; hairy.
ctenidia
ctenidia
noun
plural of ctenidium
ctenizid
ctenizid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Ctenizidae.
ctenodus
cuneated
cuneated
adj
cuneate
cutdowns
cutdowns
noun
plural of cutdown
cynodont
cynodont
noun
(zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
cytidine
cytidine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to ribose, occurring in human RNA
daltonic
daltonic
adj
Suffering from Daltonism; colour blind, especially red-green colour blind.
dancette
dancette
noun
(architecture) The chevron or zigzag moulding common in Romanesque architecture.
(heraldry) A zigzag or indented line or figure.
dancetty
dancetty
adj
Alternative form of dancetté
datiscin
datiscin
noun
(chemistry) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp Datisca cannabina
decadent
decadent
adj
Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
Luxuriously self-indulgent.
noun
A person affected by moral decay.
decanate
decanate
noun
(Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
(astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
decanted
decanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decant
decanter
decanter
noun
A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
A vessel for decanting liquor.
decating
decating
verb
present participle of decate
decedent
decedent
adj
Removing; departing; deceased.
noun
(law, chiefly US) A dead person.
decenter
decenter
verb
Alternative spelling of decentre
decently
decently
adv
In a decent manner.
To a reasonable or acceptable degree.
decentre
decentre
verb
(optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
To displace from the centre.
To remove the centre from. to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits.
decident
dedicant
dedicant
noun
One who dedicates something.
defecant
dentical
denticle
denticle
noun
(architecture) A dentil.
(medicine) A pulp stone.
A small tooth.
Material serving as the dermis of sharks.
depeinct
descants
descants
noun
plural of descant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descant
descents
descents
noun
plural of descent
detrench
detrench
verb
(military) To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
To cut off or slice; to sever.
To dig out and remove from a trench.
To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
diacetin
diactine
diactine
adj
diactinal; having two rays
noun
A spicule (of a sponge) that has two pointed arms
diatonic
diatonic
adj
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.
dicentra
dicentra
noun
(botany) Any of the plant genus Dicentra.
dictamen
dictamen
noun
(rare) A dictation or dictate.
dictions
dictions
noun
plural of diction
dictynid
dictynid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
dictynna
discants
discants
noun
plural of discant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discant
discinct
discinct
adj
(archaic) ungirded; loosely dressed
discount
discount
adj
(of a store) Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.
noun
(figurative) A lack or shortcoming.
(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
(psychology, transactional analysis) The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
A reduction in price.
The rate of interest charged in discounting.
verb
(psychology, transactional analysis) To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount
To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
disenact
disjunct
disjunct
adj
(botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
noun
(linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
(linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
(logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
(countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
(uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
(uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
Length or interval of time.
Remoteness in succession or relation.
Remoteness of place; a remote place.
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
verb
(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.
(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
distinct
distinct
adj
(obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
(obsolete) Marked; variegated.
Capable of being perceived very clearly.
Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To distinguish; to make a distinction.
ditching
ditching
noun
(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
verb
present participle of ditch
doctrine
doctrine
noun
(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
(countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
(countable) A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.
document
document
noun
(computing) A file that contains text.
(information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
verb
To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.
To record in documents.
dodecant
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
ducatoon
ducatoon
noun
(historical) A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories.
ducktown
ductings
ductings
noun
plural of ducting
duecento
dutching
dutching
verb
present participle of dutch
dutchman
dutchman
noun
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
(theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
dutchmen
dutchmen
noun
plural of dutchman
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
dystonic
dystonic
adj
(chemistry) Describing the isothermal isobaric reversible dissolution of a system of three or more components to form a saturated solution; typically describes the dissolution of a mixed salt in its own water of crystallization.
(psychology) Relating to dystonia.
noun
(pathology) A person who has dystonia.
eduction
eduction
noun
(geology) A process by which the Earth's crust spreads sideways and exposes deep-seated rocks.
The act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
The result of educing; something which has been educed; inference, deduction.
encyrtid
encyrtid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
encysted
encysted
adj
(figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
(medicine) Contained in a cyst.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encyst
endecott
endicott
endocast
endocast
noun
A cast made of the mould formed by the impression the brain makes on the inside of the neurocranium, providing a replica of the brain with most of the details of its outer surface.
endocyst
endocyst
noun
(zoology) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa
excedent
excedent
noun
excess
gonaduct
gonaduct
noun
The excretory duct of a reproductive gland; an oviduct or a seminal duct.
handcart
handcart
noun
A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
verb
(transitive) To transport in this kind of cart.
hindcast
hindcast
noun
(mathematics) A test of a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
verb
To test a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
incanted
incanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incant
incepted
incepted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incept
incident
incident
adj
(law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
(physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
noun
(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
incocted
incocted
adj
(obsolete) raw; indigestible
incudate
incudate
adj
(zoology, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).
(zoology, of mastaxes or trophi of rotifers) That functions by prehension; used as a classification.
incysted
incysted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incyst
indecent
indecent
adj
(criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
Offensive to good taste.
indicant
indicant
adj
Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
noun
That which indicates or points out.
indicate
indicate
verb
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.