| ADUMBRATION | • adumbration n. (Uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. • adumbration n. (Countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. • adumbration n. (Countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what… |
| ALBUMINOIDS | • albuminoids n. Plural of albuminoid. • ALBUMINOID n. an old name for protein in general; now any one of a class of substances including keratin. |
| BADMOUTHING | • badmouthing v. Present participle of badmouth. • bad-mouthing v. Present participle of bad-mouth. • BADMOUTH v. to abuse. |
| BUTTONMOULD | • buttonmould n. (Archaic) A disc of bone, wood, or other material, made into a button by covering it with cloth. • BUTTONMOULD n. the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc. |
| DEBOUCHMENT | • debouchment n. The point of debouch of a watercourse. • debouchment n. (Medicine) Opening or emptying into another part. • debouchment n. (Military) The act, or the result of debouching. |
| DEMOUNTABLE | • demountable adj. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled. • demountable adj. (Computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism. • demountable n. (Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school. |
| DENDROBIUMS | • dendrobiums n. Plural of dendrobium. • DENDROBIUM n. a kind of epiphytic orchid. |
| DUMBFOUNDED | • dumbfounded adj. Shocked and speechless. • dumbfounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound. • DUMBFOUND v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
| DUMBFOUNDER | • dumbfounder v. (Transitive) To dumbfound. • dumbfounder n. Someone who or that which dumbfounds. • DUMBFOUNDER v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUND, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
| IMPOUNDABLE | • impoundable adj. Capable of being impounded. • IMPOUNDABLE adj. that can be impounded. |
| MISBUTTONED | • misbuttoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of misbutton. • MISBUTTON v. to button wrongly. |
| MISDOUBTING | • misdoubting v. Present participle of misdoubt. • misdoubting n. Doubt. • MISDOUBT v. to be suspicious of. |
| MOLYBDENOUS | • molybdenous adj. (Chemistry) Relating to molybdenum in a +6 oxidation state. • MOLYBDENOUS adj. containing molybdenum. |
| MOLYBDENUMS | • molybdenums n. Plural of molybdenum. • MOLYBDENUM n. a rare element of the chromium group. |
| MORIBUNDITY | • moribundity n. The state or condition of being moribund. • MORIBUNDITY n. the state of being moribund. |
| MUTTONBIRDS | • muttonbirds n. Plural of muttonbird. • mutton␣birds n. Plural of mutton bird. • MUTTONBIRD n. an Australasian shearwater, esp. the short-tailed, said by some to taste like mutton. |
| OUTNUMBERED | • outnumbered v. Simple past tense and past participle of outnumber. • OUTNUMBER v. to surpass in number. |
| SUBDOMINANT | • subdominant n. (Music) The fourth tone of a scale. • subdominant n. (Music) The triad built on the subdominant tone. • SUBDOMINANT n. the fourth degree of the diatonic scale, e.g. F in the scale of C. |
| SUBKINGDOMS | • subkingdoms n. Plural of subkingdom. • SUBKINGDOM n. a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
| SUBMANIFOLD | • submanifold n. (Topology) A manifold which is a subset of another, so that the inclusion function is an embedding or… • SUBMANIFOLD n. in mathematics, a subset of a manifold which itself has the properties of a manifold. |