ADMIRALTY | • admiralty n. (Military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. • admiralty n. (Military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally. • admiralty n. (Law) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses. |
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. |
DISMALITY | • dismality n. The quality or state of being dismal. • DISMALITY n. the state of being dismal. |
DITHYRAMB | • dithyramb n. A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus. • dithyramb n. A poem or oration in the same style. • dithyramb n. An impassioned speech, a rant. |
DYNAMISTS | • dynamists n. Plural of dynamist. • DYNAMIST n. one who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics. |
DYNAMITED | • dynamited v. Simple past tense and past participle of dynamite. • DYNAMITE v. to blow up with a powerful explosive. |
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. |
DYNAMITES | • dynamites v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite. • DYNAMITE v. to blow up with a powerful explosive. |
DYNAMITIC | • dynamitic adj. Involving the use of dynamite. • dynamitic adj. (By extension) Explosive; volatile. • dynamitic adj. (Nonstandard, proscribed) Characterized by movement or change; dynamic. |
DYSTHYMIA | • dysthymia n. A tendency to be depressed, without hope. • dysthymia n. (Psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years. • DYSTHYMIA n. a mild depression, despondency. |
MEDIATELY | • mediately adv. In a mediate manner, by the intervention of an intermediary agent or means; indirectly. • MEDIATE adv. middle, intervening. |
MEDIATORY | • mediatory adj. Of or relating to mediation. • MEDIATORY adj. acting to mediate. |
MENDACITY | • mendacity n. (Uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. • mendacity n. (Countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie. • MENDACITY n. given to lying, esp. habitually. |
MORDACITY | • mordacity n. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. • MORDACITY n. the quality of being mordacious, biting. |
MUNDANITY | • mundanity n. Mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane. • MUNDANITY n. worldliness. |
MYDRIATIC | • mydriatic adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye). • mydriatic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that causes mydriasis. • MYDRIATIC adj. causing dilatation of the pupil of the eye. |
MYRIADTHS | • MYRIADTH n. one of a myriad equal part. |
STAMINODY | • staminody n. (Botany, uncountable) A condition of flowers in which sepals, pistils, etc. are metamorphosed into stamens. • staminody n. (Botany, countable) Synonym of staminode. • STAMINODY n. the transformation of a floral organ into a stamen. |
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. |
TOADYISMS | • toadyisms n. Plural of toadyism. • TOADYISM n. toadyish behaviour. |