(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
acanthad
acanthad
noun
A plant that is a member of the family Acanthaceae.
accented
accented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accent
accident
accident
adj
(transport) Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
noun
(derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
(law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Any chance event.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
actinide
actinide
noun
(chemistry) Any of the 14 elements from actinium to nobelium (lawrencium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.
(chemistry, dated) Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).
actinoid
actinoid
adj
Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family Actiniidae.
noun
(inorganic chemistry) actinide
addicent
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adjacent
adjacent
adj
(figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Next to; beside.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
aduncate
aduncate
adj
(rare) curved inwards; hooked
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
ancodont
anecdota
anecdota
noun
plural of anecdoton
plural of anecdotum
anecdote
anecdote
noun
A previously untold secret account of an incident.
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
antacids
antacids
noun
plural of antacid
antacrid
antacrid
adj
(archaic, medicine) Serving to correct acrimony of the humours.
antecede
antecede
verb
To go before; to precede.
To predate or antedate.
antiacid
antiacid
noun
Antacid.
anticked
anticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antic
anticold
anticold
adj
Acting against or serving to prevent colds (viral illnesses).
bendicta
blindcat
cabstand
cabstand
noun
A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
canadite
candiote
cantador
cantando
cantdogs
cantdogs
noun
plural of cantdog
cantered
cantered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canter
cantoned
cantoned
adj
(architecture) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting mouldings or small columns.
(heraldry) Having a charge in each of the four corners; said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canton
cardiant
cardiant
noun
(medicine, dated) A remedy that affects the heart.
cartoned
cartoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carton
catenoid
catenoid
noun
(geometry) A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
catodont
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
claudent
claudent
adj
Shutting; confining; drawing together.
coadnate
coardent
coattend
coattend
verb
To attend together.
conducta
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
contrada
contrade
cortland
cortland
Proper noun
an incorporated town in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a city in New York, USA
a city in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
a ghost town in Wisconsin, USA.
crenated
crenated
adj
crenate
crinated
crinated
adj
Having hair; hairy.
ctenidia
ctenidia
noun
plural of ctenidium
cuneated
cuneated
adj
cuneate
daltonic
daltonic
adj
Suffering from Daltonism; colour blind, especially red-green colour blind.
dancette
dancette
noun
(architecture) The chevron or zigzag moulding common in Romanesque architecture.
(heraldry) A zigzag or indented line or figure.
dancetty
dancetty
adj
Alternative form of dancetté
datiscin
datiscin
noun
(chemistry) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp Datisca cannabina
decadent
decadent
adj
Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
Luxuriously self-indulgent.
noun
A person affected by moral decay.
decanate
decanate
noun
(Anglicanism) A group of parishes over which a dean presides; a deanery.
(astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
decanted
decanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decant
decanter
decanter
noun
A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
A vessel for decanting liquor.
decating
decating
verb
present participle of decate
dedicant
dedicant
noun
One who dedicates something.
defecant
dentical
descants
descants
noun
plural of descant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descant
diacetin
diactine
diactine
adj
diactinal; having two rays
noun
A spicule (of a sponge) that has two pointed arms
diatonic
diatonic
adj
(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.
dicentra
dicentra
noun
(botany) Any of the plant genus Dicentra.
dictamen
dictamen
noun
(rare) A dictation or dictate.
dictynna
discants
discants
noun
plural of discant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discant
disenact
distance
distance
noun
(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
(countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
(uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
(uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
Length or interval of time.
Remoteness in succession or relation.
Remoteness of place; a remote place.
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.
verb
(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.
(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
dodecant
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
ducatoon
ducatoon
noun
(historical) A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories.
dutchman
dutchman
noun
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
(theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
endocast
endocast
noun
A cast made of the mould formed by the impression the brain makes on the inside of the neurocranium, providing a replica of the brain with most of the details of its outer surface.
gonaduct
gonaduct
noun
The excretory duct of a reproductive gland; an oviduct or a seminal duct.
handcart
handcart
noun
A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
verb
(transitive) To transport in this kind of cart.
hindcast
hindcast
noun
(mathematics) A test of a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
verb
To test a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
incanted
incanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incant
incudate
incudate
adj
(zoology, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).
(zoology, of mastaxes or trophi of rotifers) That functions by prehension; used as a classification.
indicant
indicant
adj
Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
noun
That which indicates or points out.
indicate
indicate
verb
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
lanceted
lanceted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lancet
manuduct
medicant
medicant
noun
A medication.
naiditch
naticoid
naticoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or belonging to the genus Natica of moon snails.
noun
(zoology) Any creature resembling or belonging to the genus Natica.
nectared
nectared
adj
Imbued or abounding with nectar.
nictated
nictated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nictate
outdance
outdance
verb
To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.
pandects
pandects
noun
plural of pandect
pedantic
pedantic
adj
Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
pentacid
pentacid
adj
(chemistry) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; said of certain complex bases.
pentadic
pentadic
adj
of, or relating to a pentad
pictland
pictland
Proper noun
The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.
pinctada
radicant
radicant
adj
(botany) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, like the trumpet creeper and the ivy.
recanted
recanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recant
scandent
scandent
adj
(botany) Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
scatland
scotland
scotland
Proper noun
country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom.
referring to someone from Scotland.
snatched
snatched
adj
(LGBT slang) Good-looking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snatch
stanched
stanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stanch
standice
syndicat
tachinid
tachinid
noun
Any insect of the family Tachinidae of tachina flies
tacklind
tacnodes
tacnodes
noun
plural of tacnode
tedescan
tendance
tendance
noun
(archaic) attendance (The act of attending or waiting)
(obsolete) People in attendance; attendants.
The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
thinclad
tornadic
tornadic
adj
Having the ability to produce a tornado.
Of or relating to a tornado.
toucanid
tridacna
tridacna
noun
Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells.
uncarted
uncarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncart
uncoated
uncoated
adj
Not coated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncoat
uncrated
uncrated
adj
Not contained in a crate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrate
underact
underact
verb
To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness