Adhesion of parts to each other by the whole surface.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adscendent
advowsance
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendance
ascendance
noun
Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
ascendence
ascendence
noun
Alternative form of ascendance
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
asclepidin
assonanced
assonanced
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
becousined
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
benedictus
bescreened
bescreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescreen
calendulas
calendulas
noun
plural of calendula
callidness
canadensis
candescent
candescent
adj
glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent
candidates
candidates
noun
plural of candidate
candidness
candidness
noun
The quality of being candid.
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
cannonades
cannonades
noun
plural of cannonade
canyonside
canyonside
noun
The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
carbonised
carbonised
adj
Alternative spelling of carbonized
caseharden
caseharden
verb
(by extension) To make insensitive to hardship.
To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.
casemented
casemented
adj
Having a casement or casements.
cassidinae
cassidoine
celandines
celandines
noun
plural of celandine
centipedes
centipedes
noun
plural of centipede
centriscid
centriscid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Centriscidae.
cestoidean
cestoidean
noun
(zoology) One of the Cestoidea.
cetoniides
chandelles
chandelles
noun
plural of chandelle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chandelle
chemstrand
chondrites
chondrites
noun
plural of chondrite
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
christened
christened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of christen
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
cloddiness
cloddiness
noun
The condition of being cloddy
cloudiness
cloudiness
noun
The property of being murky (e.g. liquid, style).
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
cloyedness
cloyedness
noun
The condition of being cloyed
cocainised
cocainised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocainise
codesigned
codesigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codesign
codesigner
codesigner
noun
One who codesigns; a designer who works with another.
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
coislander
coislander
noun
An inhabitant of the same island.
coldnesses
coldnesses
noun
plural of coldness
colonnades
colonnades
noun
plural of colonnade
commanders
commanders
noun
plural of commander
commandoes
communised
communised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communise
concluders
concluders
noun
plural of concluder
condemners
condemners
noun
plural of condemner
condensary
condensary
noun
Alternative spelling of condensery
condensate
condensate
adj
(obsolete) Made dense; condensed.
noun
(chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction.
(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
(physics) Any of various condensed quantum states.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To condense.
condensers
condensers
noun
plural of condenser
condensery
condensery
noun
(US) A place in which condensed milk is manufactured
condensing
condensing
verb
present participle of condense
condensity
condescend
condescend
verb
(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
(intransitive, obsolete) To come down.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
(transitive, rare, possibly nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
condescent
condescent
noun
(obsolete) An act of condescension.
condigness
condiments
condiments
noun
plural of condiment
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
congressed
congressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congress
conscribed
conscribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscribe
considered
considered
adj
Having been carefully thought out.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consider
considerer
considerer
noun
One who considers.
consuetude
consuetude
noun
Custom, familiarity.
consulated
consumated
consumedly
consumedly
adv
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
In a way that entirely consumes one
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
contenders
contenders
noun
plural of contender
contrasted
contrasted
adj
Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty.
Set in contrast (of two or more things).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrast
coresident
coresident
adj
Living together.
noun
One who lives with somebody else, or in the same area; a cohabitant.
corianders
corianders
noun
plural of coriander
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
correspond
correspond
verb
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
(obsolete) To have sex with.
cosmolined
cosmolined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cosmoline
cosplendor
cotsetland
cottonseed
cottonseed
noun
The seed of the cotton plant
cotyledons
cotyledons
noun
plural of cotyledon
counselled
counselled
verb
(Britain, Canada) simple past tense and past participle of counsel
cowardness
cowardness
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cowardice
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
cradlesong
cradlesong
noun
Alternative form of cradle song
crazedness
crazedness
noun
The state or quality of being crazed.
credensive
crescendos
crescendos
noun
plural of crescendo
crescented
crescented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crescent
crooknosed
curledness
curledness
noun
The state of being curled.
cursedness
cursedness
noun
The state or quality of being cursed.
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
cussedness
cussedness
noun
(dated) The state or quality of being cussed.
cystoidean
cystoidean
noun
(zoology) A cystidean.
dachshunde
dachshunde
noun
Alternative form of dachshund
dalliances
dalliances
noun
plural of dalliance
damascened
damascened
adj
decorated with wavy patterns of inlay or etching
damascener
damascener
noun
One who damascenes.
damascenes
damascenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damascene
datiscetin
datiscetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A trihydroxyflavonol that is the aglycone of datiscin
deaconries
deaconries
noun
plural of deaconry
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
decagynous
decagynous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
decandrous
decandrous
adj
(botany) Having ten stamens
Of or pertaining to the Linnaean class of plants Decandria
decarhinus
decathlons
decathlons
noun
plural of decathlon
decenaries
decenaries
noun
plural of decenary
decennials
decennials
noun
plural of decennial
decenniums
decenniums
noun
plural of decennium
decentness
decentness
noun
The state or quality of being decent.
deceptions
deceptions
noun
plural of deception
decisional
decisional
adj
Having the power or authority to make decisions.
Of or pertaining to decisions.
declassing
declassing
verb
present participle of declass
declension
declension
noun
(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
(grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
A falling off, decay or descent.
decohesion
decohesion
noun
A loss of cohesion
decolonise
decolonise
verb
Alternative spelling of decolonize
decongests
decongests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decongest
deconsider
decontrols
decontrols
noun
plural of decontrol
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontrol
decreasing
decreasing
verb
present participle of decrease
decrements
decrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrement
decrescent
decrescent
adj
Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
Waning.
noun
(heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right).
deductions
deductions
noun
plural of deduction
defaisance
defeasance
defeasance
noun
(US, law) The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment or abrogation.
(now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
verb
(US, law, transitive) To void; to annul.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
deferences
deferences
noun
plural of deference
dehiscence
dehiscence
noun
(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
(medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.