A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
assuredness
assuredness
noun
The state or quality of being assured.
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescoundrel
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bladdernuts
bladdernuts
noun
plural of bladdernut
bladensburg
blunderbuss
blunderbuss
noun
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
verb
(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
blunderings
blunderings
noun
plural of blundering
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
blurredness
blurredness
noun
The property of being blurred.
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
compounders
compounders
noun
plural of compounder
conductress
conductress
noun
(dated) a female conductor
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
constructed
constructed
adj
artificial; man-made
verb
simple past tense and past participle of construct
cosplendour
cotransduce
cotransduce
verb
(transitive) To transduce along with something else.
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterdash
counterside
counterside
adj
Beside a counter.
noun
An opposite side.
countersued
countersued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countersue
countryside
countryside
noun
A rural landscape.
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
Such part of a larger area.
crudenesses
crudenesses
noun
plural of crudeness
cumberbunds
cumberbunds
noun
Misspelling of cummerbunds.
cummerbunds
cummerbunds
noun
plural of cummerbund.
curmudgeons
curmudgeons
noun
plural of curmudgeon
cusparidine
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
deconstruct
deconstruct
verb
(transitive) To analyse in general.
(transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
(transitive) To critique.
(transitive, especially US sports) To destroy.
(transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
decurrences
deinosauria
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
delusterant
delustering
delustering
verb
present participle of deluster
denaturants
denaturants
noun
plural of denaturant
denaturised
denaturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturise
denaturiser
dendrolagus
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dentigerous
dentigerous
adj
Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
deobstruent
deobstruent
adj
(medicine) Removing obstructions; having the power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
noun
Any medicine that removes obstructions; an aperient.
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depursement
destructing
destructing
verb
present participle of destruct
destruction
destruction
noun
The act of destroying.
The results of a destructive event.
desucration
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
direfulness
direfulness
noun
Quality of being direful.
disannuller
disannuller
noun
One who disannuls.
disburdened
disburdened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disburden
discounters
discounters
noun
plural of discounter
disemburden
disemburden
verb
to disburden
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
disenshroud
disenshroud
verb
(transitive) To divest of a shroud; to unveil.
disfrequent
disgruntled
disgruntled
adj
Frustrated.
Unhappy; dissatisfied
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of disgruntle
disgruntles
disgruntles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgruntle
dishonoured
dishonoured
adj
Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishonour
dishonourer
dishonourer
noun
One who dishonours.
disjointure
disjointure
noun
An instance or state of being disjoint; separation.
disjuncture
disjuncture
noun
A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
disruptment
disturbance
disturbance
noun
(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
Something that disturbs.
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
diurnalness
diurnalness
noun
(rare) The quality of being diurnal.
documenters
documenters
noun
plural of documenter
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
drolushness
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
dullardness
dullardness
noun
The quality of being a dullard.
dunderheads
dunderheads
noun
plural of dunderhead
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
dundrearies
dundrearies
noun
plural of Dundreary
durableness
durableness
noun
durability
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
echinodorus
encuirassed
endocrinous
endocrinous
adj
(dated) endocrine
endosarcous
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
endosporous
endosporous
adj
(botany) Having the spores contained in a case; applied to fungi.
endosternum
endosternum
noun
Synonym of entoplastron
endostracum
endpleasure
enneandrous
enneandrous
adj
(botany) Having nine stamens.
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
entreasured
entreasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entreasure
epidendrums
epidendrums
noun
plural of epidendrum
eruditeness
eruditeness
noun
erudition
foregrounds
foregrounds
noun
plural of foreground
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
freudianism
freudianism
Noun
Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
fricandeaus
fricandeaus
noun
plural of fricandeau
fundatrices
fundatrices
noun
plural of fundatrix
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
furnariides
gardenesque
gardenesque
adj
Reminiscent of a garden; garden-like.
geldesprung
gourmandise
gourmandise
noun
gluttony
verb
To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
gradualness
gradualness
noun
The condition of being gradual.
granduncles
granduncles
noun
plural of granduncle
groundsheet
groundsheet
noun
A sheet of waterproof material that is spread on the ground, often beneath a tent, and upon which a person may sit or sleep.
groundskeep
groundspeed
groundspeed
noun
(aviation) The horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
guardedness
guardedness
noun
The state or condition of being guarded.
guardianess
guardianess
noun
A female guardian.
guerdonless
guerdonless
adj
Without reward or guerdon.
headhunters
headhunters
noun
plural of headhunter
heptandrous
heptandrous
adj
(botany) Having seven stamens.
houndsberry
houndsberry
noun
The common dogwood.
houselander
houseminder
houseminder
noun
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
houseridden
humdrumness
humdrumness
noun
The quality of being humdrum; mundanity.
hurriedness
hurriedness
noun
The state of being hurried.
husbandress
husbandries
husbandries
noun
plural of husbandry
hydrogenous
hydrogenous
adj
of, related to, or containing hydrogen
imponderous
imponderous
adj
(obsolete) imponderable
imprudences
imprudences
noun
plural of imprudence
incredulous
incredulous
adj
(largely obsolete, now only nonstandard) Difficult to believe; incredible.
Expressing or indicative of incredulity.
Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
incrustated
indisturbed
injuredness
injuredness
noun
The quality of being injured.
insularized
insularized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of insularize
insulphured
intermedius
interradius
interradius
noun
Any interradial part, but especially the radius of a coelenterate halfway between two perradii
introducers
introducers
noun
plural of introducer
journalised
journalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of journalise
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
kunstlieder
landlubbers
landlubbers
noun
plural of landlubber
launderings
launderings
noun
plural of laundering
laundresses
laundresses
noun
plural of laundress
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laundress