| ADVERSITY | • adversity n. (Uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity. • adversity n. (Countable) An event that is adverse; calamity. • ADVERSITY n. a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune. |
| ANHYDRITE | • anhydrite n. (Mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate. • ANHYDRITE n. an anhydrous sulphate of lime, differing from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name). |
| ARYTENOID | • arytenoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid cartilage. • arytenoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid muscle. • arytenoid n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of arytenoid cartilage.. |
| DEPRAVITY | • depravity n. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. • depravity n. (Countable) A particular depraved act or trait. • depravity n. (Uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human… |
| DEVIATORY | • deviatory adj. Tending to deviate. • DEVIATORY adj. tending to deviate. |
| DIATHERMY | • diathermy n. (Physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially… • DIATHERMY n. heating of internal parts of the body by electric currents, also DIATHERMIA. |
| DICASTERY | • dicastery n. A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. • dicastery n. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts. • DICASTERY n. a court of justice; a judgment hall. |
| DIELYTRAS | • dielytras n. Plural of dielytra. • DIELYTRA n. a plant with two broadly pouched outer petals, also DICENTRA. |
| DIETARILY | • dietarily adv. In relation to the diet. • DIETARY adv. relating to diet. |
| DYNAMITER | • dynamiter n. A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully. • dynamiter n. (US, slang) A high-pressure salesman. • DYNAMITER n. (archaic) a user of dynamite esp. for political purposes, also DYNAMITARD. |
| MEDIATORY | • mediatory adj. Of or relating to mediation. • MEDIATORY adj. acting to mediate. |
| PAEDIATRY | • paediatry n. Alternative form of paediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children. • pædiatry n. Obsolete spelling of paediatry. • PAEDIATRY n. the care of children. |
| PREDACITY | • predacity n. The quality of being predaceous. • PREDACITY n. being predacious, living by prey. |
| RADIATELY | • radiately adv. In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a centre. • RADIATE adv. arranged like rays. |
| TAXIDERMY | • taxidermy n. The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. • taxidermy v. (Transitive) To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal. • TAXIDERMY n. the art of stuffing animals. |
| VARITYPED | • varityped v. Simple past tense and past participle of varitype. • VARITYPE v. to produce copy on a special typewriter. |