(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
bridgetin
bridgeton
budgeting
budgeting
noun
The activity of constructing a budget.
verb
present participle of budget
bundestag
bundestag
Proper noun
The federal/state parliament of Germany.
coediting
coediting
verb
present participle of coedit
congested
congested
adj
overcrowded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congest
cotingoid
crediting
crediting
noun
The act of making a credit in accounting.
verb
present participle of credit
dacoiting
dacoiting
verb
present participle of dacoit
daghestan
dantology
dartagnan
dartingly
dartingly
adv
In a darting manner; rapidly.
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
decanting
decanting
noun
The process by which a liquid is decanted.
verb
present participle of decant
decocting
decocting
verb
present participle of decoct
decongest
decongest
verb
To free from congestion
deducting
deducting
verb
present participle of deduct
defatting
defatting
noun
The removal of fat from something, either physically or chemically
verb
present participle of defat
defeating
defeating
verb
present participle of defeat
defecting
defecting
verb
present participle of defect
deflating
deflating
verb
present participle of deflate
degusting
degusting
verb
present participle of degust
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dejecting
dejecting
verb
(rare) present participle of deject
delignate
delignate
verb
(rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
delisting
delisting
noun
Formal removal from an official list.
verb
present participle of delist
demasting
demasting
verb
present participle of demast
dementing
dementing
adj
Causing dementia.
Undergoing dementia.
demitting
demitting
verb
present participle of demit
denigrate
denigrate
verb
(rare) To blacken.
(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
dentalgia
dentalgia
noun
toothache
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
deratting
deratting
verb
present participle of derat
desalting
desalting
noun
A process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination
verb
present participle of desalt
deserting
deserting
verb
present participle of desert
designate
designate
adj
(UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
Designated; appointed; chosen.
verb
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
desisting
desisting
verb
present participle of desist
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
destining
destining
verb
present participle of destine
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
detailing
detailing
noun
Ornamentation on something that has been constructed.
careful cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.
gerund of detail
verb
present participle of detail
detaining
detaining
noun
The act by which someone is detained; detention.
verb
present participle of detain
detecting
detecting
noun
An act of detection.
verb
present participle of detect
detergent
detergent
adj
Synonym of cleansing.
noun
Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
deterging
deterging
verb
present participle of deterge
deterring
deterring
verb
present participle of deter
detesting
detesting
verb
present participle of detest
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
detouring
detouring
noun
The act of taking a detour.
verb
present participle of detour
detruding
detruding
verb
present participle of detrude
deuniting
devesting
devesting
verb
present participle of devest
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
diamagnet
diamagnet
noun
(physics) Any material that exhibits diamagnetism.
dictating
dictating
verb
present participle of dictate
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.
digenetic
digenetic
adj
Of or relating to a subclass (Digenea) of trematode worms in which sexual reproduction as an internal parasite of a vertebrate alternates with asexual reproduction in a mollusk.
digestant
digestant
noun
Any drug that aids digestion.
digesting
digesting
verb
present participle of digest
digestion
digestion
noun
(chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
(medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
The ability to use this process.
The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
The result of this process.
digitalin
digitalin
noun
Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that are used as cardiotonics.
digitonin
digitonin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose aglycone is digitogenin.
digitoxin
digitoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.
dignation
dignation
noun
(obsolete) The act of thinking worthy; honour.
dignitary
dignitary
adj
Relating to dignity.
noun
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
dignities
dignities
noun
plural of dignity
dignotion
dignotion
noun
(obsolete) distinguishing mark; diagnostic
dimitting
dinergate
dinergate
noun
(zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant; a major.
diogenite
diogenite
noun
An achondritic stony meteorite originating from deep within the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
directing
directing
verb
present participle of direct
disputing
disputing
noun
dispute; argument
verb
present participle of dispute
disrating
disrating
verb
present participle of disrate
distingue
distingue
adj
Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
divergent
divergent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Causing divergence of rays.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Growing further apart; diverging.
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divesting
divesting
verb
present participle of divest
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
doctoring
doctoring
noun
Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
draftings
draftings
noun
plural of drafting
dragonets
dragonets
noun
plural of dragonet
drawtongs
durangite
durangite
noun
A rare sodium aluminium arsenate fluoride gem with brittle crystals, chemical formula NaAl(AsO₄)F.
eddington
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgestone
edgestone
noun
kerbstone
educating
educating
verb
present participle of educate
elongated
elongated
adj
(of a polyhedron) Having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.
extensive in length
stretched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elongate
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
enghosted
englutted
englutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of englut
engrafted
engrafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of engraft
entangled
entangled
adj
(physics) (of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable
confused or complicated
tangled or twisted together
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entangle
estranged
estranged
adj
Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.