(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
aeluroidea
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
ameiuridae
anacardium
anandrious
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andronicus
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
aperulosid
archidamus
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
arillodium
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
audiencier
audiencier
noun
A bailiff in certain French courts.
audiograms
audiograms
noun
plural of audiogram
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorial
auditorial
adj
auditory
auditories
auditories
noun
plural of auditory
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
auriculoid
australoid
australoid
Noun
A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines.
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
autodermic
autodialer
autodialer
noun
(computing) malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
auxocardia
bainbrudge
balourdise
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
baudelaire
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bermudians
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
boedromius
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
brevicauda
bridehouse
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
brotulidae
brundisium
brunnhilde
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
brutalized
brutalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutalize
buchbinder
budgerigah
budgerigar
budgerigar
noun
A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
burchfield
burgaudine
burgundian
burgundian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
The Burgundian Oïl language, Bourguignon-Morvandiau.
Adjective
Pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language.
burgundies
burgundies
noun
plural of burgundy
burhinidae
burundians
butterbird
butterbird
noun
(Jamaica) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
caducicorn
caducicorn
adj
(zoology) Having deciduous horns or antlers.
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
carbuilder
carbuilder
noun
(rail transport, US) A manufacturer of railroad cars.
carburised
carburised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carburise
carburized
carburized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carburize
cardioncus
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
cauterised
cauterised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cauterise
cauterized
cauterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cauterize
ceramidium
ceramidium
noun
(phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp
certitudes
certitudes
noun
plural of certitude
charadrius
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chaukidari
chromidium
chromidium
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
chytridium
circulated
circulated
adj
distributed about a circuit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circulate
circumdate
circumduce
circumduce
verb
(archaic, law, Scotland, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
circumduct
circumduct
verb
(anatomy) To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
(law) Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”)
(law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
(obsolete) To lead about or astray.
clubridden
coadjutrix
coadjutrix
noun
A female coadjutor
An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
colubridae
condurrite
condurrite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
coresidual
coresidual
noun
(mathematics) Any of four points on the common chord of a cubic curve intercepted by a cone
coriandrum
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
courtesied
courtesied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of courtesy
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
crassitude
crassitude
noun
(archaic) thickness, coarseness.
The state or quality of being crass.
crocodilus
cuadrillas
cuadrillas
noun
plural of cuadrilla
curdsville
cushewbird
dasyuridae
daubreeite
daubreeite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare bismuth oxide–halide mineral of the matlockite group.
daundering
daundering
verb
present participle of daunder
debruising
debruising
verb
present participle of debruise
decarhinus
decussoria
dedicature
deflourish
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demifigure
demiluster
demilustre
demiourgoi
demiourgos
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demiturned
demiurgism
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denaturise
denaturise
verb
Adulterate (alcohol) to make unsuitable for human consumption
Alter the chemical structure
Combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material.
Take away a natural characteristic
denaturize
denaturize
verb
To denature.
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
denticular
denticular
adj
Synonym of denticulate
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.