(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
aluconidae
andouillet
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromaque
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
auditioned
auditioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of audition
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bebuttoned
bebuttoned
adj
Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons.
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boumdienne
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
bucconidae
budennovsk
burdensome
burdensome
adj
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
buttonweed
buttonweed
noun
Abutilon theophrasti, velvetleaf, Indian mallow
Any of several plants of the genera Diodia and Diodella, of the madder family.
Centaurea spp., certain knapweeds
Oldenlandia uniflora, clustered bluet
Spermacoce, false buttonweeds.
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
chadbourne
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
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).
coadjument
coadjument
noun
Mutual help; cooperation.
coadunated
coadunated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coadunate
coaudience
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
columnized
columnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnize
comburendo
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
communised
communised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communise
communized
communized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communize
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
compounded
compounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compound
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
concludent
concludent
adj
(obsolete) conclusive; decisive.
(obsolete) convincing.
concluders
concluders
noun
plural of concluder
conducible
conducible
adj
conducive; tending; contributing
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
condurrite
condurrite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confounded
confounded
adj
confused, astonished
damned, accursed, bloody
defeated, thwarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
conjuncted
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
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
counselled
counselled
verb
(Britain, Canada) simple past tense and past participle of counsel
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
counterend
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
creedbound
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
daemonurgy
deadtongue
deaquation
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
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
decompound
decompound
adj
(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
deductions
deductions
noun
plural of deduction
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
delusional
delusional
adj
Being or relating to a delusion.
Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.
noun
A person suffering from a delusion.
demicolumn
demifusion
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
denouement
denouement
noun
Alternative spelling of dénouement
denouncers
denouncers
noun
plural of denouncer
denouncing
denouncing
noun
denunciation
verb
present participle of denounce
dentiloguy
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
denudation
denudation
noun
(geology) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
(medicine) The loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).
The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
denudatory
denudatory
adj
Synonym of denudative
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
desmoulins
desudation
desudation
noun
(medicine) A profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
detubation
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
devoutness
devoutness
noun
The state or quality of being devout.
dextrinous
digoneutic
digoneutic
adj
(entomology) Having two broods per season.
diminuendo
diminuendo
adj
(music) describing a passage having this mark
noun
(metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.
(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
dipneumona
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disburgeon
discommune
disconduce
disconjure
discounsel
discounsel
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To advise (someone) against doing something.
discounted
discounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discount
discounter
discounter
noun
A vendor of discount goods.
One who discounts or disregards.
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disfortune
dismounted
dismounted
adj
Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismount
disulphone
documental
documental
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.
(obsolete) Of or relating to instruction.
documented
documented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of document
documenter
documenter
noun
One who documents something
documentor
documentor
noun
Alternative form of documenter
doubledamn
doublehung
doubleness
doubleness
noun
Behaviour intended to deceive people.
The state of being double or doubled.
doubletone
doughiness
doughiness
noun
The state or condition of being doughy.
dournesses
dournesses
noun
plural of dourness
douzainier
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
downturned
downturned
adj
turned downwards
dugongidae
dumfounded
dumfounded
adj
Misspelling of dumbfounded.
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
dunderbolt
duodecagon
duodecagon
noun
Alternative form of dodecagon
duodenitis
duodenitis
noun
Inflammation of the duodenum.
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
dutymonger
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.