(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
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
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
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
aperulosid
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.
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.
auditories
auditories
noun
plural of auditory
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
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
bainbrudge
balourdise
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
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
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
burgundies
burgundies
noun
plural of burgundy
burhinidae
butterbird
butterbird
noun
(Jamaica) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
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
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
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.
clubridden
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
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
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.
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.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
derailleur
derailleur
noun
The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.
The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another.
deruralize
deruralize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become no longer rural.
desiderium
desiderius
desirously
desirously
adv
With desire; eagerly
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
desugaring
desugaring
verb
present participle of desugar
desugarize
deurbanize
deurbanize
verb
To make (a region) less urban.
dextrinous
diaceturia
diaceturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of acetoacetic acid (diacetic acid) in the urine
diagredium
dibutyrate
dibutyrate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester containing two butyrate ions or groups
dicruridae
diestruses
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
dimercuric
dioestrous
diparentum
dipleurula
dipleurule
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disburdens
disburdens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden
disburgeon
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
disclosure
disclosure
noun
(law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.
That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.
The act of revealing something.
disconjure
discounter
discounter
noun
A vendor of discount goods.
One who discounts or disregards.
discourage
discourage
noun
(rare) Lack of courage
verb
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
discoursed
discoursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discourse
discourser
discourser
noun
One who discourses; a narrator or speaker.
The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
discourses
discourses
noun
plural of discourse
discurrent
discurrent
adj
(obsolete) Not current or free to circulate; not in use.
discursive
discursive
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disfeature
disfeature
verb
(transitive) To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
disfigured
disfigured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfigure
disfigurer
disfigurer
noun
One who disfigures.
disfigures
disfigures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfigure
disfortune
disgruntle
disgruntle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
dislustred
dislustred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dislustre