(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
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.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aldoketene
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
allentando
andouillet
antedorsal
anthradiol
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antilipoid
antilipoid
noun
(biochemistry) A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
aplodontia
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bedlington
blandation
blandation
noun
(obsolete) flattery
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bloodstone
bloodstone
noun
A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).
Hematite.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
bottomland
bottomland
noun
(chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
buttonhold
buttonmold
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
castorland
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
concludent
concludent
adj
(obsolete) conclusive; decisive.
(obsolete) convincing.
condylarth
condylarth
noun
Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
consulated
controlled
controlled
adj
(in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.
(medicine, sciences, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of control
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
cotsetland
cottondale
cotyledons
cotyledons
noun
plural of cotyledon
dallastown
dambonitol
dambonitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A di-O-methylinositol obtained from Dyera species.
dantophily
darlington
darlington
Proper noun
A town in Indiana
An unincorporated community in Maryland
A city in Missouri
A borough in Pennsylvania
A settlement in Prince Edward Island
A city in South Carolina
A city and town in Wisconsin, the city is the county seat of
A town in County Durham, northeast England.
Noun
A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a transistor with greater amplification.
dealbation
dealbation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
decathlons
decathlons
noun
plural of decathlon
declinator
declinator
noun
(obsolete) A dissenter.
An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
decolorant
decolorant
noun
A substance that removes colour, or bleaches.
decontrols
decontrols
noun
plural of decontrol
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontrol
dedolation
dedolation
noun
(medicine, archaic) A slicing wound made by a sharp instrument grazing the surface.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
delatorian
delegation
delegation
noun
(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
An act of delegating.
deligation
deligation
noun
(surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
delineator
delineator
noun
A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
One who, or that which, delineates.
delinition
delinition
noun
(obsolete) A smearing.
deliration
deliration
noun
aberration of the mind; delirium
demolition
demolition
noun
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
dendrolite
dendrolite
noun
(paleontology) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. .
dentiloguy
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
dentonasal
deontology
deontology
noun
(ethics) Ethics.
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
deoppilant
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depletions
depletions
noun
plural of depletion
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
desolation
desolation
noun
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
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.
devotional
devotional
adj
(usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
noun
A brief religious service.
A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
diatonical
difflation
difflation
noun
(obsolete) A blowing apart or away.
dilatation
dilatation
noun
A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.
Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated
diocletian
diocletian
Proper noun
Roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245 - 313).
Adjective
Of or relating to the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
disjointly
disjointly
adv
In a disjointed state.
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
disulfoton
disulfoton
noun
A highly toxic organothiophosphate insecticide and acaricide, O,O-diethyl S-2-ethylthioethyl phosphorodithioate
ditrigonal
ditrigonal
adj
Being trigonal in two different ways on the same axis; e.g., of a six-sided object, having only the alternate interfacial angles equal
documental
documental
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.
(obsolete) Of or relating to instruction.
dolcemente
dominantly
dominantly
adv
In a dominant manner.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
doubletone
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
dowelltown
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
dragontail
dragontail
noun
Either of two papilionid butterflies of the genus Lamproptera, having long projections on their hindwings.
dunderbolt
durational
durational
adj
Of or pertaining to duration.
edentalous
edentalous
adj
edentate; lacking teeth
edentulous
edentulous
adj
(sciences) Toothless.
elementoid
elementoid
adj
(chemistry) Resembling an element.
endolithic
endolithic
adj
Within rock.
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endostylar
endostylar
adj
Of or relating to the endostyle
endostylic
endostylic
adj
Of or relating to the endostyle.
endothecal
endothecal
adj
Relating to the endotheca.
endothelia
endothelia
noun
plural of endothelium
enfoldment
enfoldment
noun
The act of enfolding.
entelodont
entelodont
noun
Any of several extinct pig-like omnivores, of the family Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.
enthraldom
enthraldom
noun
Alternative form of enthralldom
entodermal
entodermal
adj
(biology) Relating to the entoderm.
estotiland
ethanediol
ethanediol
noun
(organic chemistry) ethylene glycol
ethenoidal
ethylenoid
fiddletown
fieldstone
fieldstone
noun
A stone found in fields and used for building.
footcandle
forestland
forestland
noun
Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands.
fosterland
fultondale
gadolinite
gadolinite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀.
gelatinoid
gelatinoid
adj
Resembling gelatin; gelatinous.
noun
Any of a class of proteins found mainly in connective tissue, such as collagen and ossein.
gentiledom
gentiledom
noun
The realm or sphere of non-Jewish people.
gentlehood
gentlehood
noun
The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.
glottidean
glottidean
adj
Of or relating to the glottis; glottal.
glyptodont
glyptodont
noun
Any extinct South American edentate of the family Glyptodontidae.
goaltender
goaltender
noun
(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gondoletta
gothlander
gottlander
grandtotal
groundplot
hailstoned
haplodonty
haplodonty
noun
The quality of being haplodont.
hollandite
hollandite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing aluminum, barium, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
hollantide
hollantide
Noun
Halloween
holystoned
holystoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of holystone
huddleston
ideational
ideational
adj
Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses.
indevoutly
indevoutly
adv
In an indevout manner.
indicolite
indicolite
noun
An indigo-blue variety of tourmaline
indilatory
indilatory
adj
(obsolete) Not dilatory.
indocility
indocility
noun
the quality or condition of being indocile
indolently
indolently
adv
In an indolent manner.
indologist
indologist
Noun
One who studies Indology.
infoldment
infoldment
noun
Archaic form of enfoldment.
ingolstadt
inoculated
inoculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inoculate