(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apertured
apertured
adj
Having an aperture (or a specified type of aperture).
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
arthropod
arthropod
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
asperated
asperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asperate
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atropidae
bridgepot
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
comparted
comparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compart
comported
comported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comport
coproduct
coproduct
noun
(mathematics) The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.
Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process
corrupted
corrupted
adj
Containing errors.
Dishonest.
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
verb
past participle of corrupt
crispated
crispated
adj
crispate
dandiprat
dandiprat
noun
(dated) An insignificant or contemptible person
(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence
dandyprat
dapperest
dapperest
adj
superlative form of dapper: most dapper
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deathtrap
deathtrap
noun
A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder.
An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.
deceptory
deceptory
adj
deceptive
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
decrypted
decrypted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrypt
deepwater
deepwater
adj
Alternative form of deep-water
dempsters
dempsters
noun
plural of dempster
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
departure
departure
noun
(euphemistic) A death.
(law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.
(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
A deviation from a plan or procedure.
The act of departing or something that has departed.
There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
depasture
depasture
verb
(archaic) To eat up, consume; to strip.
(archaic) To feed or pasture; to graze.
deperdite
depeyster
depicters
depicters
noun
plural of depicter
depictors
depictors
noun
plural of depictor
depicture
depicture
noun
(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
(transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
(transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
(transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
depilator
depilator
noun
One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair.
deplaster
depletory
depletory
adj
Serving to deplete.
deplorate
deplorate
adj
(obsolete) deplorable
deportees
deportees
noun
plural of deportee
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
deporture
deporture
noun
(obsolete) deportment
depositor
depositor
noun
A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.
depravate
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecate
deprecate
verb
(archaic, transitive) To pray against.
(archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.
(transitive) To belittle or express disapproval of.
(transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
depredate
depredate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
depriment
depriment
adj
Serving to depress.
deprivate
depurated
depurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depurate
depurates
depurates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depurate
depurator
depurator
noun
One who, or that which, cleanses.
deputator
deputator
noun
One who deputes, or makes a deputation.
desperate
desperate
adj
Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
Intense; extremely intense.
Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
noun
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
destemper
destemper
noun
Obsolete form of distemper.
deturpate
deturpate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To defile; to disfigure.
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
diaporthe
diatropic
diatropic
adj
Exhibiting diatropism (any sense).
dioptrate
dioptrate
adj
(entomology) Divided transversely.
dioptrics
dioptrics
noun
plural of dioptric
the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses
dipartite
dipartite
adj
Synonym of bipartite
dipicrate
dipterans
dipterans
noun
plural of dipteran
dipterist
dipterist
noun
An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
dipterous
dipterous
adj
Having two wings.
Of, or pertaining to, Diptera or the dipterans.
direption
direption
noun
The act of despoiling, plundering, or snatching away.
dirtplate
diruption
diruption
noun
(archaic) disruption
disparate
disparate
adj
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
disparity
disparity
noun
(countable) Incongruity.
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
disparted
disparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispart
disperato
dispirits
dispirits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispirit
disported
disported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disport
disprofit
disprofit
noun
Loss; damage.
verb
(obsolete) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.
disputers
disputers
noun
plural of disputer
disreport
disrepute
disrepute
noun
Loss or want of reputation; ill character.
verb
To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
disrupted
disrupted
adj
Subject to disruption.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrupt
disrupter
disrupter
noun
(science fiction) An energy weapon in the form of a pistol.
Someone or something that disrupts.
disruptor
disruptor
noun
Alternative spelling of disrupter
disspirit
disspirit
verb
Alternative spelling of dispirit
distemper
distemper
noun
(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
(countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
(veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
A glue-based paint.
verb
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
To intoxicate.
To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
To paint using distemper.
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
diterpene
diterpene
noun
(chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin
doorplate
doorplate
noun
A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
doorposts
doorposts
noun
plural of doorpost
doorsteps
doorsteps
noun
plural of doorstep
doorstops
doorstops
noun
plural of doorstop
dopesters
dopesters
noun
plural of dopester
dortiship
drawplate
drawplate
noun
A hardened plate of metal, ruby, etc. having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
drawpoint
driftpins
driftpins
noun
plural of driftpin
drippiest
drippiest
adj
superlative form of drippy: most drippy
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dripstone
dripstone
noun
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
droopiest
droopiest
adj
superlative form of droopy: most droopy
dropcloth
dropcloth
noun
A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
dropshots
dropshots
noun
plural of dropshot
dropworts
dropworts
noun
plural of dropwort
drupelets
drupelets
noun
plural of drupelet
drypoints
drypoints
noun
plural of drypoint
dumpcarts
dumpcarts
noun
plural of dumpcart
dupuytren
dustproof
dustproof
adj
Resistant to dust.
dystrophy
dystrophy
noun
A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.
encrypted
encrypted
adj
Being in code; having been encrypted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encrypt
endoproct
endoproct
noun
Synonym of entoproct
entrapped
entrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entrap
estrapade
estrapade
noun
The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
eupatrids
excerpted
excerpted
adj
Consisting of excerpts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excerpt
expediter
expediter
noun
A person who expedites.
Employee charged with tasks related to the purchase of materials (place orders, receive shipments, examine deliveries, check correctness of invoices) and other clerical duties.
expeditor
expeditor
noun
Alternative spelling of expediter
foreadapt
gastropod
gastropod
noun
Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
handprint
handprint
noun
A mark or trace left by a hand, including more than fingerprints.
heartdeep
heartdeep
adj
(poetic) Rooted in the heart.
heatdrops
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
herpetoid
herpetoid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a reptile.
noun
(fantasy) A reptilian creature.
heteropod
heteropod
adj
Of or relating to the Heteropoda (any sense).
noun
Any member of the Heteropoda (any sense).
hoodsport
hydropath
hydropath
noun
A hydropathist.
hydroptic
hydroptic
adj
Alternative form of hydropic
hydropult
hydropult
noun
A hand-powered machine for spraying water.
hydrotype
imprested
imprested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprest
imprinted
imprinted
adj
(genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
Stamped or impressed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprint
imprudent
imprudent
adj
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions
interpled
lapidator
lapidator
noun
One who lapidates.
leptandra
leptodora
midparent
midparent
noun
(genetics) The average phenotype of two parents.
misdepart
misparted
misparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispart
multidrop
multidrop
adj
(of a computer bus) Having all components connected to the same set of electrical wires, each component listening for its own data and negotiating with the others in order to send.
noun
A computer bus having all components connected in this manner.
orthopedy
orthopedy
noun
Archaic form of orthopedics.
orthopoda
outpoured
outpoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpour
outprayed
outprayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpray
outpriced
outpriced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outprice
outrapped
outrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrap
outspread
outspread
adj
Extended outward, as one's arms.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spread out; expand; extend.
outsprued
overtyped
overtyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtype
paederast
paederast
noun
Britain standard spelling of pederast.
paediatry
paediatry
noun
Alternative form of paediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children.