Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words footbridge noun A narrow bridge for foot passengers only. footlicker noun A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. foot pound A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words diabetical adjective Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment. diabolical adjective Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act. diacaustic adjective Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words fruiteress noun A woman who sells fruit. fruiteries plural of Fruitery
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words disability noun State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like., Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. disabusing present participle & vb. noun of Disabuse disacidify verb t. To free … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words docibility noun Alt. of Docibleness docimastic adjective Proving by experiments or tests. docimology noun A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc. dock-cress noun Nipplewort. docoglossa noun pl. An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words embassador noun A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country., An official messenger and representative., Same as Ambassador. eagle-eyed adjective Sharp-sighted as an eagle. eaglestone noun A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words economical adjective Pertaining to the household; domestic., Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs., Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; — said of character or habits., Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words edentalous adjective See Edentate, a. edentation noun A depriving of teeth. edentulous adjective Toothless. edibleness noun Suitableness for being eaten. editorship noun The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication. edulcorant adjective Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words elaborated imp. & past participle of Elaborate elaborator noun One who, or that which, elaborates. elaeoptene noun The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. elaiometer noun An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words concealing present participle & vb. noun of Conceal conceiving present participle & vb. noun of Conceive concentred of Concentre concentric adjective Alt. of Concentrical, That which has a common center with something else. concentual adjective Possessing harmony; accordant. conception noun The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation … Read more