Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
cabbageheadedness
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.
carbohydrogen
cardiganshire
cardiganshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
cardiopneumograph
casehardening
casehardening
verb
present participle of caseharden
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
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandernagor
chandernagore
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
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.
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
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
chidingness
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
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.
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
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
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
cineangiocardiographic
cineangiocardiography
cineangiocardiography
noun
cinematographic angiocardiography
cineradiography
cineradiography
noun
(medicine) cinematography of working internal organs, normally using X-rays
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
conopophagidae
counterchanged
counterchanged
adj
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
exchanged
countercharged
countercharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countercharge
counterdistinguish
counterdistinguish
verb
Synonym of contradistinguish
counterlighted
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
curmudgeonish
cynghanedd
cynghanedd
noun
(prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry.
cystignathidae
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
dechloridizing
dechlorinating
dechlorinating
adj
That leads to dechlorination
verb
present participle of dechlorinate
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
declinograph
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dendrochronological
dendrochronological
adj
Pertaining to dendrochronology.
dendrochronologically
dendrochronologically
adv
by the use of, or with reference to dendrochronology
dendrochronologist
dendrochronologist
noun
One who carries out dendrochronology.
dendrochronology
dendrochronology
noun
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.
dephlogistication
dephlogistication
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The process of dephlogisticating; removal of the phlogiston, or supposed ability to burn.
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
desynchronizing
desynchronizing
adj
That causes desynchronization
verb
present participle of desynchronize
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
disenchanting
disenchanting
verb
present participle of disenchant
disenchantingly
disenchantingly
adv
in a disenchanting manner
disenfranchising
disenfranchising
verb
present participle of disenfranchise
doublehatching
drenching
drenching
noun
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
verb
present participle of drench
drenchingly
drenchingly
adv
In a drenching manner.
duodenocholangitis
electrosherardizing
encharged
encharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encharge
enteradenographic
epigonichthyidae
ergatandromorphic
exchanged
exchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exchange
ganched
ganched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ganch
gastrochaenidae
gelatinochloride
gesithcund
gesithcund
adj
Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born.
gesithcundman
glunched
godchildren
godchildren
noun
plural of godchild
goldfinches
goldfinches
noun
plural of goldfinch
grandchildren
grandchildren
noun
plural of grandchild
guldengroschen
guldengroschen
noun
(money, historical) A silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.
gumpoldskirchner
gymnarchidae
hendecagon
hendecagon
noun
(geometry) a polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles.
hendecagonal
hendecagonal
adj
(geometry) Having eleven sides and angles; similar to a hendecagon
hydatogenic
hydatopyrogenic
hydrangeaceae
hydrangeaceous
hydrangeaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Hydrangeaceae.
hydrogenic
hydrogenic
adj
(chemistry) hydrogen-like
hydromagnetic
hydromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydromagnetics.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
hydromeningocele
hydrotechnologist
hydrotechnologist
noun
One who studies hydrotechnology.
incomprehending
incomprehendingly
interchanged
interchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interchange
intercharged
lymphangiectodes
magnetofluidmechanic
magnetofluidmechanics
magnetohydrodynamic
magnetohydrodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
magnetohydrodynamically
magnetohydrodynamically
adv
In a magnetohydrodynamic way.
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
megalonychidae
meningorachidian
meningorhachidian
merchandising
merchandising
noun
(archaic) Trade in merchandise.
(originally US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally), the promotion of any goods or services for sale.
(specifically) The promotion of a film, music group, theatre production, etc., through the sale of goods bearing motifs associated with the subject being promoted; also, such goods themselves collectively; merchandise.
verb
present participle of merchandise
michigander
michigander
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Michigan in the United States of America.
In particular, a man from Michigan, contrasted with a