(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
acetylid
acridity
acridity
noun
(figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness or acerbity.
additory
additory
adj
(rare) Tending to add; making some addition.
adroitly
adroitly
adv
Deftly; in an adroit manner.
In a manner exhibiting skill at handling situations, particularly difficult situations.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
aedility
aedility
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
algidity
algidity
noun
(medicine) The state of being algid.
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
athyroid
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
audacity
audacity
noun
Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
bendicty
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
bidactyl
bifidity
bifidity
noun
The quality of being bifid.
birthday
birthday
noun
A birthday party.
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
bodysuit
bodysuit
noun
A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
botryoid
botryoid
noun
(botany) A determinate inflorescence, similar to a raceme, taking the form of flowers arranged alongside an axis.
bridalty
bridalty
noun
(obsolete) celebration of the nuptial feast
caducity
caducity
noun
Dotage or senility.
The state of being impermanent or transitory.
calidity
calidity
noun
(obsolete) Heat.
caryatid
caryatid
noun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
cityfied
cityfied
adj
Alternative spelling of citified.
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
citywide
citywide
adj
Throughout a city.
noun
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer
copyedit
copyedit
noun
A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
The process or act of copyediting a document.
The result of copyediting a document.
verb
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
cotyloid
cotyloid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a cotyloid cavity.
(anatomy) Shaped like a cup.
cupidity
cupidity
noun
Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
cyathoid
cycadite
cyrtidae
cystidea
cystidia
cystidia
noun
plural of cystidium
cystoids
cystoids
noun
plural of cystoid
cytidine
cytidine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to ribose, occurring in human RNA
cytocide
cytocide
noun
Any cytocidal agent
dactylic
dactylic
adj
(prosody) of or consisting of dactyls.
noun
a dactylic verse.
dactylis
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
daintily
daintily
adv
In a dainty manner, delicately.
darbyite
darbyite
Noun
A member of the
dasyatis
datively
datively
adv
(rare) As a gift.
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
daytimes
daytimes
noun
plural of daytime
deathify
debility
debility
noun
A state of physical or mental weakness.
demurity
demurity
noun
(archaic) demureness
desyatin
detoxify
detoxify
verb
To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
devexity
devexity
noun
A bending downward; declivity.
devility
devility
noun
The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.
deviltry
deviltry
noun
Devilry.
diacetyl
diacetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butanedione
(organic chemistry, in combination) Two acetyl groups in a compound
dialytic
dialytic
adj
Relating to dialysis
Relating to, or producing dissolution
diastyle
diastyle
noun
(architecture) An intercolumnation of three column diameters.
diatryma
diatryma
noun
A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
dicacity
dicacity
noun
(obsolete) pertness; sauciness
diclytra
dicotyls
dicotyls
noun
plural of dicotyl
dictynid
dictynid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
dictynna
dictyoid
dictyoid
adj
(biology) Synonym of reticulate
dictyota
didactyl
didactyl
adj
(zoology) Having only two toes, fingers or claws.
noun
A didactyl animal.
didymate
dielytra
dielytra
noun
(botany) Any member of the plant genus Dielytra.
dilatory
dilatory
adj
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
Relating to dilation; dilative.
Slow or tardy.
dilutely
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
dipteryx
diptycas
diptychs
diptychs
noun
plural of diptych
directly
directly
adv
(Midlands, Cornwall) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
(dated) Immediately.
Exactly; just.
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.
Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)
dirtying
dirtying
noun
A soiling or making dirty.
verb
present participle of dirty
disomaty
dispathy
dispathy
noun
Alternative form of dyspathy
distally
distally
adv
Towards a distal part
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
distylar
disunity
disunity
noun
The lack of unity or cohesion.
dithymol
dittying
dittying
verb
present participle of ditty
divinity
divinity
noun
(countable) Synonym of deity.
(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
(uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
docility
docility
noun
The quality of being docile.
dotingly
dotingly
adv
In a doting manner
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
drypoint
drypoint
noun
(countable) A print made using this technique.
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
dumosity
dumosity
noun
The quality of being dumous or dumose.
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dynamist
dynamist
noun
A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
dynamite
dynamite
noun
(figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
(informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
(slang) A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
verb
(figuratively) To dismantle or destroy.
(intransitive, of brakes) To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
(transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
dynastid
dynastid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Dynastidae, now considered to be the scarabaeid subfamily Dynastinae.
dysluite
dysluite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.
dyssnite
dystaxia
dystaxia
noun
(pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia
dystocia
dystocia
noun
(medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
dystomic
dystomic
adj
(mineralogy) Having imperfect fracture or cleavage.
dystonia
dystonia
noun
(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
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.
dystopia
dystopia
noun
(pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
dytiscid
dytiscid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Dytiscidae of diving beetles.
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
erotylid
erotylid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the Erotylidae family of insects; a pleasing fungus beetle.
fetidity
fetidity
noun
The quality of being fetid.
fidelity
fidelity
noun
Accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact.
Faithfulness to one's duties.
Loyalty to one's spouse or partner, including abstention from cheating or extramarital affairs.
The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.
fixidity
fixidity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being fixed.
fluidity
fluidity
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
(uncountable) The state of being fluid rather than viscous
The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
fumidity
fumidity
noun
The state of being fumid or smoky.
gelidity
gelidity
Noun
The state or quality of being gelid.
giftedly
giftedly
adv
In a gifted manner; with talent.
grandity
grandity
noun
(obsolete) grandness
gymnotid
gymnotid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Gymnotidae; a naked-back knifefish.
heredity
heredity
noun
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
hintedly
holytide
holytide
noun
(religion) A holy day, or religious festival.
humidity
humidity
noun
Dampness, especially that of the air.
The amount of water vapour in the air.
hydatids
hydatids
noun
plural of hydatid
hydatina
hydatoid
hydatoid
adj
watery, aqueous
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) aqueous humour
hydriote
hydrotic
hydrotic
adj
Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
noun
(medicine) A hydrotic medicine.
ideality
ideality
noun
(uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
The conceptive faculty.
identify
identify
verb
(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
(reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
(transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.
(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
identity
identity
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A well-known or famous person.
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
(algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
(mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themself.
ideotype
ideotype
noun
(cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality
idiotype
idiotype
noun
(immunology) A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.
idolatry
idolatry
noun
The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
The worship of idols.
idoneity
idoneity
noun
The state or quality of being idoneous.
idylists
idylists
noun
plural of idylist
idyllist
idyllist
noun
A writer of idylls; an idyllic poet or writer; one who depicts idyllic or pastoral subjects.
incysted
incysted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incyst
industry
industry
noun
(European software patent law) Automated production of material goods.
(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.
(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
(in the singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
(uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
intraday
intraday
adj
(finance) occurring during a single day.
iodyrite
iodyrite
noun
(mineralogy) silver iodide
jitneyed
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
katydids
katydids
noun
plural of katydid
ladytide
lapidity
lapidity
noun
(philosophy) The quality of being a stone.
lecythid
lepidity
lividity
lividity
noun
(countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
(uncountable) Livor mortis, suggillation.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.
lucidity
lucidity
noun
The property of being lucid, lucidness.
The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.