Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
amblotic
amblotic
adj
Causing or relating to amblosis; abortifacient.
ambracan
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicably
amicably
adv
characterized by an absence of antagonism, especially in commonly difficult situations
friendly; in an amicable manner.
out-of-court
backcomb
backcomb
noun
(dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
verb
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backgame
backgame
noun
(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
baconism
baculums
balsamic
balsamic
adj
Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
Producing balsam.
noun
A balsamic vinegar.
bamboche
beachman
beachmen
becalmed
becalmed
adj
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becalm
bechamel
bechamel
noun
Alternative spelling of béchamel
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
beckmann
beclamor
beclamor
verb
(transitive) To assail with clamor; to rail against.
bedlamic
benchman
benchman
noun
A worker who uses a workbench.
benchmar
betacism
betacism
noun
(phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.
biatomic
biatomic
adj
(chemistry, nonstandard) diatomic
bimastic
birchman
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
blackarm
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackman
blackman
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black man
blackmun
blackmur
blockman
boracium
boracium
noun
(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
brachman
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
brahmaic
branscum
brechams
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
bulimiac
bulimiac
adj
Alternative form of bulimic
cabalism
cabalism
noun
The activities of a cabal; secret plotting.
The study of the Jewish Kaballah.
cableman
cableman
noun
A man employed to manufacture or install cabling.
cablemen
cablemen
noun
plural of cableman
cabombas
cacimbos
calambac
calambac
noun
A fragrant wood; agalloch.
cambarus
cambered
cambered
adj
Having camber.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camber
cambiata
cambibia
cambisms
cambists
cambists
noun
plural of cambist
cambiums
cambodia
cambodia
Proper noun
country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Former name: Kampuchea.
cambogia
camboose
camboose
noun
Alternative form of caboose
cambouis
cambrian
cambrian
Adjective
Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.
Of or relating to Wales.
Noun
A Welsh person.
Proper noun
The Cambrian period.
cambrics
cambrics
noun
plural of cambric
cambyses
cambyses
Proper noun
An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.
campball
campbell
campbell
Proper noun
from the
name transferred from the surname.
name used since the 2000s.
carbamic
carbamic
adj
Of or pertaining to carbamic acid or its derivatives.
carbamyl
carbamyl
noun
carbamoyl
catacomb
catacomb
noun
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
cembalon
cembalos
cembalos
noun
plural of cembalo
cerambus
chambers
chambers
noun
(Britain) Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building.
(Britain, historical) In full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea.
(archaic) A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
Euphemistic form of chamber pot (“a container used for defecation and urination”); also, synonym of potty (“a small (chiefly plastic) pot used by children for defecation and urination when toilet-training”).
plural of chamber
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamber
chambery
chambioa
chamblee
chambord
chambray
chambray
noun
A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
chambrel
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
cibarium
cibarium
noun
A pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food.
cimbalom
cimbalom
noun
A type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Eastern Europe.
cimbrian
cimbrian
Noun
A member of a Germanic people who live in Bavaria and parts of North-East Italy.
Proper noun
The Bavarian Germanic language of these people, which is a variety of German.
clambake
clambake
adj
(figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
noun
(New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
(slang, chiefly West Coast US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
(slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.
verb
(intransitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
(transitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
clambers
clambers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber
clubmate
clubmate
noun
A person who is in the same club as another person
coabsume
cobleman
cobleman
noun
A fisherman who uses a coble.
coloboma
coloboma
noun
(medicine) An abnormal hole present from birth in one of the structures of the eye, such as the lens, eyelid, or retina.
colombia
columbae
columban
columbia
columbia
Proper noun
America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of
The female personification of the USA.
A city in Kentucky, USA
A small town in Louisiana, USA
A city in Mississippi, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
The capital city of the state of South Carolina in the United States of America
A city in Tennessee, USA
A river shared by Canada and the United States.
Shortened form of Columbia University.
The space shuttle Columbia (named after a famous American sailing ship, Columbia Rediviva).
combaron
combasou
combated
combated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combat
combater
combater
noun
One who combats.
[…] in that great day of the Lord hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead, bringing these Garlands in hand as the prises for the combaters […]
comeback
comeback
noun
(sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
verb
Misspelling of come back.
corambis
crabmeat
crabmeat
noun
The meat of a crab.
crabmill
cramboes
cramboes
noun
plural of crambo
crampbit
cumbrian
cumbrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cumbria or Cumberland
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cumbria.
cymbaled
cymbaler
cymbalom
cymbalon
cymbella
cymbidia
eboracum
emblanch
emblanch
verb
(obsolete) To whiten.
embraced
embraced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrace
embracer
embracer
noun
A person who embraces.
Alternative form of embraceor (“person guilty of embracery”)
embraces
embraces
noun
plural of embrace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrace
embreach
escambio
escambio
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.
excamber
gambodic
gambogic
gambogic
adj
Of or pertaining to gamboge.
Of or pertaining to gambogic acid or its derivatives.
hecatomb
hecatomb
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
iambical
imbranch
lambency
lambency
noun
The property of being lambent, brightness.
mabscott
maccabaw
maccaboy
maccaboy
noun
A type of rose-scented snuff.
maccoboy
maccoboy
noun
Alternative form of maccaboy
macomber
matchbox
matchbox
noun
A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
micawber
micawber
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.
michabou
microbal
microbal
adj
Alternative form of microbial
microbar
microbar
noun
A unit of pressure equal to one millionth of a bar
minicabs
minicabs
noun
plural of minicab
moabitic
moabitic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Moabites.
mobocrat
mobocrat
noun
One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
mockable
mockable
adj
(software engineering) Of which a mockup or prototype may be made.
Able to be mocked or ridiculed.
mossback
mossback
noun
(fishing) Synonym of mossyback (“a fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back”)
(informal) Synonym of mossyback (“a person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary”)
(informal, historical) A person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865); a mossyback.
A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back
The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
The largemouth bass or moss bass (Micropterus salmoides).
motorcab
motorcab
noun
(dated) A taxi.
muleback
muleback
noun
The back of a mule.
sambucas
sambucas
noun
plural of sambuca
sambucus
scambled
scambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scamble
scambler
scambler
noun
(Scotland) A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
One who scambles.
scramble
scramble
intj
(UK) Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it.
noun
(golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
(golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
(gridiron football) An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
A motocross race.
A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
Any frantic period of competitive activity.
verb
(intransitive) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
(intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
(intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
(intransitive, military) To be quickly deployed in this manner.
(intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross.
(transitive) To gather or collect by scrambling.
(transitive) To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
(transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
(transitive) To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
(transitive, military) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
(transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
scrambly
scrambly
adj
(informal) scrambled, mixed-up
(of a walk) Involving a certain amount of climbing.