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- BEDWARFTo make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
- BEFOOLINGpresent participle and gerund of befool
- BEMOCKINGpresent participle and gerund of bemock
- BEMOCKSthird-person singular simple present indicative of bemock
- BENTHICPertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
- BERDACHEAmong Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
- BETOILINGpresent participle and gerund of betoil
- BEVATRONSplural of bevatron
- BEWRAYINGThe act or process of divulging or revealing information
- BICHROMATEDsimple past and past participle of bichromate
- BIOPOLYMERSplural of biopolymer
- BLASPHEMETo commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
- BLASPHEMYAn act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
- BLASTODERMICOf or pertaining to the blastoderm.
- BLASTOGENICOf or pertaining to blastogenesis.
- BLASTOPORALPertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic.
- BLASTOPOREThe opening into the archenteron
- BLOCKHEADA stupid person.
- BLOQUISTE
- BRITSCHKAAlternative form of britchka.
- BUCKSHOTLead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
- BUFFLEHEADA duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
- BUTANOICOf or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
- CAJOLINGpresent participle and gerund of cajole
- CALEMBOURA pun.
- CAMERATEDsimple past and past participle of camerate
- CAMERATIONA vaulting or arching over.
- CAMERLINGO
- CAMERLINGOS
- CAMISADEAlternative form of camisado.
- CAMISADOA nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.
- CANEPHORAlternative form of canephora.
- CANEPHORAA caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
- CANEPHOREAlternative form of canephora.
- CANEPHORUS
- CAPRIFOLESplural of caprifole
- CAROLINGpresent participle and gerund of carol
- CHALETAn alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
- CHAMBERINGSplural of chambering
- CHAUVINISTPertaining to chauvinism.
- CHELIFORMHaving the form of a chela
- CHILDERMAS
- CHOKEDAMPA damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
- CHOLIAMBA limping iamb.
- CHOLIAMBSplural of choliamb
- CHOLTRIESplural of choltry
- CHONDRULEA small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
- CHONDRUSSynonym of chondrule.
- CHOUNTER
- CHOUNTERS
- CINGULATEDHaving a cingulum
- CLAVIGEROUSBearing a club.
- CLOISTERINGpresent participle and gerund of cloister
- COHERENTUnified; sticking together; making up a whole.
- COLIPHAGEAny of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
- COLIPHAGESplural of coliphage
- COMPENDIAplural of compendium
- CONFISEURA French confectioner.
- CONFISEURSplural of confiseur
- CORYPHAEIplural of coryphaeus
- CORYPHAEUSThe conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
- CURDLETo form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
- CURIOSplural of curio
- DACOITAGEdacoity
- DACOITIESplural of dacoity
- DACTYLIplural of dactylus
- DACTYLOGRAMA fingerprint.
- DACTYLOGRAPHA typewriter.
- DACTYLUSSynonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
- DAMSELA young woman (of noble birth).
- DATARYan officer in the Roman Catholic Church who dispensed benefices
- DAUBINGLYSo as to daub or paint carelessly.
- DAYCHING
- DEALBATIONThe process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
- DEASILClockwise, sunwise.
- DEASIULAlternative form of deasil.
- DEBAUCHINGpresent participle and gerund of debauch
- DEBOUCHMENTThe point of debouch of a watercourse
- DECAGYNOUSBelonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
- DECALOGUEAlternative letter-case form of Decalogue.
- DECANALPertaining to a dean or deanery.
- DECEPTIOUSdeceptive, tending to deceive.
- DECLIVITYThe downward slope of a curve.
- DECRASSIFYTo clean; to remove dirt from.
- DEFORCIANTOne who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- DEFORCIANTSplural of deforciant
- DEHISCENTOf or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
- DEISHEAL
- DEIXISThe use of a word, such as a particle or pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the immediate physical, temporal, or grammatical context; a word used in such a
- DELAPSINGpresent participle and gerund of delapse
- DELAPSIONA falling down or out of place; prolapse.
- DELIRATIONaberration of the mind; delirium
- DELIRATIONSplural of deliration
- DELUSTRANTA chemical agent which removes the sheen from something, especially one that removes the sheen from yarn or fabric.
- DEONTICPertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
- DEPEINCT
- DEPEINCTS
- DEPLUMATIONThe stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
- DEPLUMATIONSplural of deplumation.
- DEPURATEDsimple past and past participle of depurate