(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.
aeluroidea
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
anandrious
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andronicus
aperulosid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
arillodium
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
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
balourdise
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
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.
bridehouse
brotulidae
caducicorn
caducicorn
adj
(zoology) Having deciduous horns or antlers.
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
cardioncus
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chromidium
chromidium
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
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
crocodilus
decussoria
deflourish
demiourgoi
demiourgos
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
desirously
desirously
adv
With desire; eagerly
dextrinous
diadromous
diadromous
adj
(of a fish) that travels between salt water and fresh water as part of its life cycle
dichronous
dicoumarin
dicoumarol
dicoumarol
noun
An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
dilligrout
dilligrout
noun
Alternative form of dillegrout
dimorphous
dimorphous
adj
Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.
dinosauria
dinosauric
dinosauric
adj
(rare) Dinosaurian.
dioestrous
dioscurian
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disastrous
disastrous
adj
Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
disburgeon
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
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
discordous
discordous
adj
(obsolete) Full of discord.
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
discursion
discursion
noun
(obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
(philosophy) Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.
(rare, figuratively) Digression.
discursory
discursory
adj
argumentative; discursive; reasoning
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disfortune
disjunctor
disjunctor
noun
(biology) A small, temporary body between the conidia of some fungi.
A kind of electrical circuit breaker.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
disputator
disputator
noun
One who takes part in a dispute; a disputant or debater.
disruption
disruption
noun
A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
A continuing act of disorder.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
dissuasory
dissuasory
adj
Tending to dissuade.
distrouble
distrouble
verb
(obsolete) To trouble greatly; to perplex.
distrouser
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
ditrochous
diurnation
diurnation
noun
(obsolete) Continuance during the day.
(zoology) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day.
divorceuse
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
doedicurus
dolichuric
dolichurus
dolorifuge
dolorifuge
noun
Something which mitigates or removes grief.
dorsicornu
douricouli
douzainier
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
drainspout
dromiceius
droughtier
droughtier
adj
comparative form of droughty: more droughty
drouthiest
drouthiest
adj
superlative form of drouthy: most drouthy
druidology
drumlinoid
drumloidal
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
duoliteral
duoliteral
adj
(archaic, rare) Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.
duplicator
duplicator
noun
A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.
durational
durational
adj
Of or pertaining to duration.
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
ecuadorian
elucidator
elucidator
noun
One who elucidates.
epidermous
eruditions
eruditions
noun
plural of erudition
esquiredom
etourderie
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
fairground
fairground
noun
A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
fidejussor
fidejussor
noun
(law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
floribunda
floribunda
noun
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
florideous
florideous
adj
Synonym of floridean
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
fluoboride
fluoboride
noun
(chemistry) Any borofluoride.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluoridate
fluoridate
verb
(chemistry, dentistry, transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
fluoridise
fluoridise
verb
Alternative form of fluoridize
fluoridize
fluoridize
verb
(transitive) To fluoridate.
fluorindin
forjudging
forjudging
verb
present participle of forjudge
formulised
formulised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulise
formulized
formulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulize