(uncountable) The state of being adapted; suitableness; fitness.
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adenectopia
adenectopic
adenotyphus
adeptnesses
adeptnesses
noun
plural of adeptness
adoperation
adoptianism
adoptianism
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism
adoptianist
adoptianist
noun
(Christianity) Alternative form of adoptionist
adoptionism
adoptionism
noun
(Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
adoptionist
adoptionist
adj
Of or pertaining to adoptionism.
noun
(Christianity) One who believes in or supports adoptionism.
(uncommon) One who supports adoption.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adsorptions
adsorptions
noun
plural of adsorption
adspiration
aglyphodont
aldopentose
aldopentose
noun
(biochemistry) A pentose that is also an aldose.
anabaptized
anabaptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anabaptize
anarthropod
antapodosis
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
anthropidae
anthropodus
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
anticipated
anticipated
adj
expected to arrive; scheduled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anticipate
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antipathida
antipendium
antipodeans
antipodeans
noun
plural of antipodean
antitorpedo
antitorpedo
adj
(military) Acting against torpedos.
antityphoid
antityphoid
adj
(immunology) Countering typhoid fever.
appendicate
appendotome
appertained
appertained
verb
past participle of appertain
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
aptenodytes
aptitudinal
aptitudinal
adj
Relating to aptitude.
arthropodan
arthropodan
adj
(zoology) Of, or relating to, arthropods.
noun
(zoology) An arthropod.
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
bilophodont
bilophodont
adj
Having teeth with two fused ridges, of the type found one per tooth in lophodont teeth.
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
capernoited
capitonidae
carpentered
carpentered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpenter
chaetopodan
cocaptained
cocaptained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocaptain
codependent
codependent
adj
Alternative spelling of co-dependent
compendiate
compendiate
verb
(obsolete) To sum or collect together.
compensated
compensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compensate
componented
componented
adj
(rare, in combination) Having the specified number or kind of components.
conscripted
conscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscript
constipated
constipated
adj
(figurative) Failing to make a point or reach a conclusion; stifled.
Unable to defecate; costive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of constipate
contraposed
contraposed
adj
(geology) Having a coastal region of hard rocks that is separated from the sea by a belt of overlapping softer deposits.
(logic) Forming a contraposition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrapose
copartnered
copartnered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copartner
copresented
copresented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copresent
copresident
copresident
noun
Someone who serves as president together within someone else.
copyediting
copyediting
noun
Alternative spelling of copy editing
coryphodont
coryphodont
noun
(paleontology) Any of the genus †Coryphodon.
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
cuspidation
cyprinodont
cyprinodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
decampments
decampments
noun
plural of decampment
deceptional
deceptional
adj
Employing or relating to deception; deceptive.
decomponent
decryptions
decryptions
noun
plural of decryption
dehypnotize
dehypnotize
verb
To release from a hypnotic state.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
departement
departition
departition
noun
(obsolete) departure
(obsolete) separation
verb
(transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
departments
departments
noun
plural of department
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
dependantly
dependently
dependently
adv
In a dependent manner.
deperdition
deperdition
noun
(archaic) Loss; destruction
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
depilations
depilations
noun
plural of depilation
deploration
deploration
noun
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
deployments
deployments
noun
plural of deployment
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
deportation
deportation
noun
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
deportments
deportments
noun
plural of deportment
depositions
depositions
noun
plural of deposition
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
deprecation
deprecation
noun
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.
(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
depredating
depredating
verb
present participle of depredate
depredation
depredation
noun
A raid or predatory attack.
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
depressanth
depressants
depressants
noun
plural of depressant
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
depursement
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
dermapteran
dermapteran
noun
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera; earwig.
dermopteran
dermopteran
noun
(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.
(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.
(mammalogy) Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, the flying lemurs
description
description
noun
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
desorptions
desorptions
noun
plural of desorption
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
desperation
desperation
noun
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
Short for bladder desperation.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
despisement
despisement
noun
contempt, despising
despoilment
despoilment
noun
The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
diaphaneity
diaphaneity
noun
(mineralogy) transparency
diaphtherin
diaphtherin
noun
(obsolete, medicine) A dental antiseptic derived from hydroxyquinoline and a phenolsulfonic acid
dictaphones
dictaphones
noun
plural of dictaphone
diophantine
diophantine
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Diophantine
dipartition
dipartition
noun
Synonym of bipartition
diphtherian
diphthongal
diphthongal
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
diphthonged
diphthongia
diphthongic
diphthongic
adj
Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
diplanetism
diprotodont
diprotodont
noun
(biology) Any marsupial of the order Diprotodontia
dipterygian
disappoints
disappoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappoint
discerption
discerption
noun
The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces
disparation
disparition
disparition
noun
(obsolete or nonstandard) The act of disappearing; disappearance.
dispartment
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
verb
present participle of dispatch
dispensated
dispensator
dispensator
noun
A distributor; a person who dispenses.
dispersants
dispersants
noun
plural of dispersant
dispiriting
dispiriting
adj
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
verb
present participle of dispirit
displanting
displanting
verb
present participle of displant
displeasant
displeasant
adj
(obsolete except as archaic) Unpleasant, disagreeable.
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
disposement
disposement
noun
(obsolete) disposal
disposition
disposition
noun
(law) Final decision or settlement.
(law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
(medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
(music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
verb
To remove or place in a different position.
dispunitive
disputation
disputation
noun
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
disputisoun
disruptions
disruptions
noun
plural of disruption
disruptment
dissepiment
dissepiment
noun
(botany, zoology) partition (in an organ); septum
dissipating
dissipating
verb
present participle of dissipate
dissipation
dissipation
noun
(physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
downpatrick
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
duplicating
duplicating
verb
present participle of duplicate
duplication
duplication
noun
(biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
(genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
A folding over; a fold.
The act of duplicating.
duplicident
dysaptation
elephantoid
elephantoid
adj
Resembling an elephant in form or appearance
noun
Any mammal of the superfamily Elephantoidea
emancipated
emancipated
adj
Something which has been set free.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emancipate