Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
bradleigh
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
branchiostegidae
brandenburgh
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
bridgehead
bridgehead
noun
(chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
An area around the end of a bridge.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
brighid
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
brightwood
bsdhyg
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bughead
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
burgherdom
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
campephagidae
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlelighting
candlelighting
noun
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
candlelights
candlelights
noun
plural of candlelight
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cantharidating
cantharidating
verb
present participle of cantharidate
cantharidizing
carbohydrogen
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
cardiagraphy
cardiganshire
cardiganshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographic
cardiographic
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiographs
cardiographs
noun
plural of cardiograph
cardiography
cardiography
noun
(medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis
cardiopneumograph
cardiosphygmogram
cardiosphygmograph
cardiosphygmograph
noun
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
cardophagus
cardsharping
cardsharping
noun
The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games.
casehardening
casehardening
verb
present participle of caseharden
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
cathodograph
cathodograph
noun
(physics, archaic) An X-ray image; a radiograph.
cathodography
celidographer
celidography
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chagrinned
chagrinned
adj
Alternative form of chagrined
chairmending
chalcogenide
chalcogenide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
challenged
challenged
adj
(euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill ; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of challenge
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
chandarnagar
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandernagor
chandernagore
chandigarh
chandigarh
Proper noun
Union territory in northern India, located between Punjab and Haryana.
City located in the union territory of Chandigarh, serving simultaneously as capital of this union territory and of the states of Haryana and Punjab.
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
chandragupta
changed
changed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of change
changedale
changedale
noun
(Ireland, historical) A system of land tenure in which fields were reallotted when they went out of cultivation.
changedness
changedness
noun
The quality of having been changed.
charged
charged
adj
Arousing strong emotion.
Having electricity.
Showing or having strong emotion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charge
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargrilled
chargrilled
adj
grilled on burning charcoal
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chargrill
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
cheerleading
cheerleading
noun
(figurative) Automatic or servile praise.
A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
verb
present participle of cheerlead
chiding
chiding
verb
present participle of chide
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chidingness
chiggerweed
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childage
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
childcrowing
childersburg
childing
childing
adj
(horticulture) Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
(obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive.
Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
noun
(archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth.
verb
present participle of child
chilidog
chilidog
noun
A hot dog made with chili con carne
chilidogs
chilidogs
noun
plural of chilidog
chlodwig
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloridizing
chloridizing
verb
present participle of chloridize
chlorodizing
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
choledography
chondralgia
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondroangioma
chondroganoidei
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondrogenetic
chondrogenetic
adj
Relating to chondrogenesis.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondrogeny
chondroglossal
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondrography
chondrography
noun
A dissertation concerning cartilage
chondrology
chondrology
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with cartilage.
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
choreographed
choreographed
adj
made to work together; orchestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choreograph
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromdiagnosis
chromidiogamy
chuadanga
chugalugged
chugalugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chugalug
chugged
chugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chug
cineangiocardiographic
cineangiocardiography
cineangiocardiography
noun
cinematographic angiocardiography
cineradiography
cineradiography
noun
(medicine) cinematography of working internal organs, normally using X-rays