A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
aggradations
aggradations
noun
plural of aggradation
aglyphodonta
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgyneity
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
antidogmatic
antidogmatic
adj
Opposed to dogma.
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipodagron
antireducing
antiskidding
antiskidding
adj
antiskid
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
argentinidae
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
autodialling
autodialling
verb
simple past tense of autodial
autodrainage
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandlimiting
bandlimiting
noun
(physics) The limiting of a signal's Fourier transform or power spectral density to zero above a certain finite frequency.
bastardising
bastardising
verb
present participle of bastardise
bastardizing
bastardizing
noun
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
verb
present participle of bastardize
bastinadoing
bastinadoing
verb
present participle of bastinado
battledoring
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bestraddling
bestraddling
verb
present participle of bestraddle
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
candlelights
candlelights
noun
plural of candlelight
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
chandragupta
cladogenetic
cladogenetic
adj
(genetics) Alternative form of cladogenic
cogitabundly
cognominated
cognominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cognominate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
coordinating
coordinating
adj
That coordinates
verb
present participle of coordinate
corradiating
corradiating
verb
present participle of corradiate
counterguard
counterguard
noun
(fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
daemonurgist
darlingtonia
darlingtonia
noun
Any of the genus Darlingtonia of California pitcher plants.
daughterling
daughterling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
dauntingness
dauntingness
noun
The quality of being daunting.
daylightings
deactivating
deactivating
verb
present participle of deactivate
deallocating
deallocating
verb
present participle of deallocate
deappetizing
debilitating
debilitating
adj
Causing a loss of energy or strength.
verb
present participle of debilitate
decapitating
decapitating
verb
present participle of decapitate
decelerating
decelerating
verb
present participle of decelerate
decongestant
decongestant
noun
A drug that relieves congestion, e.g. pseudoephedrine.
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
deescalating
deescalating
verb
present participle of deescalate
defatigation
defatigation
noun
Fatigue; weariness.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
deflagrating
deflagrating
verb
present participle of deflagrate
deflagration
deflagration
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
degelatinize
degenerately
degenerately
adv
In a degenerate manner
degenerating
degenerating
verb
present participle of degenerate
degeneration
degeneration
noun
(countable) A thing that has degenerated.
(uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
degenerative
degenerative
adj
Characterized by or causing degeneration.
degerminator
degerminator
noun
(agriculture) A device that separates the germ from the husk of a cereal grain.
deglaciation
deglaciation
noun
(climatology, paleontology) The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
deglutinated
deglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate
degradations
degradations
noun
plural of degradation
degraduation
degustations
degustations
noun
plural of degustation
delaminating
delaminating
verb
present participle of delaminate
deliberating
deliberating
verb
present participle of deliberate
delimitating
delimitating
verb
present participle of delimitate
demagnetised
demagnetised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demagnetise
demagnetiser
demagnetiser
noun
Alternative form of demagnetizer
demagnetized
demagnetized
adj
From which all magnetism has been removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demagnetize
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
demagnetizes
demagnetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize
demifarthing
demigauntlet
demigauntlet
noun
A bandage that covers the hand but not the fingers
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
denaturising
denaturising
verb
present participle of denaturise
denaturizing
denaturizing
verb
present participle of denaturize
denigrations
denigrations
noun
plural of denigration
denominating
denominating
verb
present participle of denominate
dentilingual
dentilingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the teeth and the tongue.
(linguistics, of a sound) Produced with the tongue touching the teeth.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A sound produced with the tongue touching the teeth.
dentolingual
dentolingual
adj
Alternative form of dentilingual
denunciating
denunciating
verb
present participle of denunciate
deoxygenated
deoxygenated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenate
deoxygenates
deoxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxygenate
depigmentate
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
depreciating
depreciating
adj
That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
That is declining in value.
verb
present participle of depreciate
deracinating
deracinating
verb
present participle of deracinate
derangements
derangements
noun
plural of derangement
deregulating
deregulating
verb
present participle of deregulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
derivatizing
derivatizing
verb
present participle of derivatize
desalinating
desalinating
verb
present participle of desalinate
desiderating
desiderating
verb
present participle of desiderate
designations
designations
noun
plural of designation
desilicating
desmognathae
desobligeant
desolatingly
desolatingly
adv
So as to cause desolation.
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
detasselling
detasselling
verb
present participle of detassel
detoxicating
detoxicating
verb
present participle of detoxicate
detractingly
detractingly
adv
So as to detract.
detruncating
detruncating
verb
present participle of detruncate
devirginator
devirginator
noun
One who devirginates; a deflowerer.
devitalising
devitalising
verb
present participle of devitalise
devitalizing
devitalizing
verb
present participle of devitalize
diabetogenic
diabetogenic
adj
(pathology) That produces diabetes
diagnostical
diagnostical
adj
Synonym of diagnostic
diamagnetism
diamagnetism
noun
(physics) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction
diamagnetize
diamegnetism
digitalizing
digitalizing
verb
present participle of digitalize
digitisation
digitisation
noun
Alternative spelling of digitization
digitization
digitization
noun
(computing) Hence, the transformation of a process or system from mainly analogue form to digital form
(computing) The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.
digladiating
digladiating
verb
present participle of digladiate
digladiation
digladiation
noun
(obsolete) Act of digladiating; violent dispute or combat.
dijudicating
dijudicating
verb
present participle of dijudicate
dilacerating
dilacerating
verb
present participle of dilacerate
dilapidating
dilapidating
verb
present participle of dilapidate
disadvantage
disadvantage
noun
A setback or handicap.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
Loss; detriment; hindrance.
verb
(transitive) To place at a disadvantage.
disaffecting
disaffecting
verb
present participle of disaffect
disagreement
disagreement
noun
A condition of not agreeing or concurring.
An argument or debate.
disalignment
disalignment
noun
Synonym of misalignment
disanimating
disanimating
adj
That deprives of soul or life; fatal, deadly.
That deprives of vigour or courage; disheartening, dispiriting.
verb
present participle of disanimate
discrepating
disentailing
disentailing
verb
present participle of disentail
disentangled
disentangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disentangle
disentangler
disentangler
noun
(physics) Any device or system that removes entanglement.
(rare) A person who disentangles.
disentangles
disentangles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disentangle
disfeaturing
disfeaturing
verb
present participle of disfeature
disgracement
disgradation
disgradation
noun
(Scotland, law, obsolete) degradation; a stripping of titles and honours
disgregating
disgregating
verb
present participle of disgregate
disgregation
disgregation
noun
(thermodynamics, obsolete or historical) A measure of the separation of the particles of a system; an early formulation of entropy.
Separation; scattering.
disinflating
disinflating
verb
present participle of disinflate
disintegrant
disintegrant
noun
(medicine) Any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water
disintegrate
disintegrate
verb
(intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
(transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
dismarketing
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.