Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disemploy
dysphemism
dysphemism
noun
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.
dysphemize
dysphemize
verb
(rare, transitive) To describe in dysphemisms.
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
epididymal
epididymal
adj
Of, in or pertaining to the epididymis, the tube in male mammals which connects the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens.
epididymis
epididymis
noun
(anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.
epidymides
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
hypopodium
hypopodium
noun
(botany) The basal podium of a foliage leaf
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
impedingly
impedingly
adv
So as to impede or hinder.
impendency
impendency
noun
That which impends.
The state of impending.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
impudently
impudently
adv
In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
impudicity
impudicity
noun
(formal) immodesty; shamelessness
lampyridae
lycopodium
lycopodium
noun
club moss
mixoploidy
mixoploidy
noun
(genetics) The state of being mixoploid.
myoproteid
myriapodan
myxopodium
nymphoides
olympiadic
opodidymus
paedonymic
paynimhood
phyllodium
phyllodium
noun
(botany) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
phymatidae
platymyoid
platysomid
podogynium
podogynium
noun
A pedicel rising from the base of a flower with the ovary at the top.
polybromid
polycodium
polydymite
polydymite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric supergene sulfide mineral, dark violet gray to copper-red, associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide.
polyeidism
polyeidism
noun
(zoology) The quality or state of being polyeidic.
polyideism
polymeride
polymeride
noun
(organic chemistry) Polymer.
polymixiid
polymixiid
noun
(zoology) Any beardfish in the family Polymixiidae.
polynemoid
polynemoid
Adjective
Characteristic of the family Polynemidae.
Noun
polyneme; threadfin
polypodium
polypodium
noun
(botany) Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.
predaytime
predaytime
adj
Before daytime.
pyramidale
pyramidate
pyramiding
pyramiding
noun
(finance) Synonym of pyramid trading
A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.
A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.
The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
verb
present participle of pyramid
pyramidion
pyramidion
noun
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid.
pyramidist
pyramidist
noun
An expert in Egyptian pyramids.
pyramidize
pyramidize
verb
(transitive) To form into a pyramid
pyramidoid
pyramidoid
noun
(geometry) A solid resembling a pyramid.
pyramoidal
pyridinium
pyridinium
noun
(organic chemistry) The cationic, protonated form of pyridine
pyrimidine
pyrimidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine