(economics) An economist who strongly emphasizes political factors in recommending economic policy.
A public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler.
camisadoes
camorrista
camorristi
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
camponotus
campstools
campstools
noun
plural of campstool
camshachle
capernaism
capitalism
capitalism
noun
(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
(economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
caramelise
caramelise
verb
Alternative spelling of caramelize
carchemish
carchemish
Proper noun
ancient city in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates, near modern-day Turkish-Syrian border
carcinomas
carcinomas
noun
plural of carcinoma
carmanians
carposperm
carposperm
noun
(biology) The egg of a red alga
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
carromatas
carromatas
noun
plural of carromata
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
casemented
casemented
adj
Having a casement or casements.
cashmerian
cashmirian
cassumunar
cassumunar
noun
A pungent, bitter, aromatic root, Zingiber montanum, resembling ginger, obtained from the East Indies.
catabolism
catabolism
noun
(biochemistry) Destructive metabolism, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
cataclysms
cataclysms
noun
plural of cataclysm
catamarans
catamarans
noun
plural of catamaran
catamneses
catamnesis
catamnesis
noun
The follow-up history of a patient after the onset of illness, or after discharge from treatment
catamounts
catamounts
noun
plural of catamount
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
catchments
catchments
noun
plural of catchment
catechisms
catechisms
noun
plural of catechism
cathismata
cathismata
noun
plural of cathisma
catmalison
catostomid
catostomid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Catostomidae
catostomus
caudillism
caudillism
noun
Alternative form of caudilloism
causticism
causticism
noun
A caustic attitude or utterance.
celotomies
celotomies
noun
plural of celotomy
cementless
cementless
adj
Without cement.
cemetaries
cemeteries
cemeteries
noun
plural of cemetery
cenobitism
cenobitism
noun
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
centermost
centermost
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of centremost
centesimal
centesimal
adj
Describing a hundredth part
Divided into a hundred parts
centesimos
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
centralism
centralism
noun
A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.
centremost
centremost
adj
Closest to the centre
centrosema
centrosome
centrosome
noun
(cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules
ceramicist
ceramicist
noun
A person who makes ceramics, such as pottery.
cercomonas
ceremonies
ceremonies
noun
plural of ceremony
ceriomyces
ceruminous
ceruminous
adj
Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
chaetosema
chaetosema
noun
A cluster of sensory bristles on the head of some insects
chaetosoma
chainsmith
chainsmith
noun
A person who makes metal chains.
chamaerops
chamaesyce
chameleons
chameleons
noun
plural of chameleon
chamoising
chamoising
verb
present participle of chamois
chamoisite
chamoisite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternative form of chamosite
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champenois
charismata
charismata
noun
plural of charism
plural of charisma
charterism
chasmogamy
chasmogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers that open and expose the stamens and styles.
chastiment
chattelism
chattelism
noun
The act or condition of holding chattels.
The state of being a chattel.
chaucerism
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkrooms
checkrooms
noun
plural of checkroom
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
chemisette
chemisette
noun
An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
chemolysis
chemolysis
noun
(dated) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
chemopause
chemosmoic
chemotaxis
chemotaxis
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
chemstrand
chemurgies
chemurgies
noun
plural of chemurgy
chiasmatic
chiasmatic
adj
Relating to the optic chiasma.
chiasmodon
chikamatsu
childermas
childermas
Proper noun
A day to commemorate the killing of the Holy Innocents. Variously held on 28th December in the Western Church and 29th December in the Eastern Church. In Spanish-speaking countries this is often a prank-filled day like April Fools' Day.
chilomonas
chilostoma
chilostome
chilostome
noun
Alternative form of cheilostome
chimmesyan
chironomus
chirospasm
chirospasm
noun
Alternative form of cheirospasm
chloasmata
chloralism
chloralism
noun
(medicine) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
choanosome
choanosome
noun
An inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, that contains the choanocytes
chondromas
chondromas
noun
plural of chondroma
chorasmian
chorasmian
Adjective
of, from, or pertaining to Chorasmia
Noun
a person from Chorasmia
Proper noun
an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in Chorasmia
choriambus
choriambus
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
choristoma
choristoma
noun
A collection of normal cells in an abnormal location.
chrematist
chrematist
noun
One who seeks to acquire wealth; a money-grubber.
One who studies or guides the wealth of the state; a political economist.
christmann
christmasy
chromatics
chromatics
noun
(music) Chromatic harmonies or notes.
(optics) The science of colours; the branch of optics that deals with the properties of colours.
chromatism
chromatism
noun
(optics) chromatic aberration
(psychology) chromesthesia
The state of being coloured
chromatist
chromatist
noun
A person whose speciality is chromatics
chromopsia
chromosome
chromosome
noun
(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
chrosperma
chrysamine
chrysamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of quinoid derivatives of a phenylhydrazine (typically (3E)-3-[[4-[4-[(2E)-2-(3-carboxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]phenyl]phenyl]hydrazinylidene]-6-oxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1-carboxylic acid); any yellow azo dye derived from such a compound
chrysammic
chrysomyia
chrysostom
chrysostom
Proper noun
The epithet of John Chrysostom, Dio Chrysostom and several other people, given to them for their eloquence.
chumminess
chumminess
noun
The state of being chummy.
chumpiness
ciceronism
cicisbeism
cicisbeism
noun
The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
cinchonism
cinchonism
noun
A pathological condition in humans caused by an overdose of quinine or its natural source, cinchona bark.
cinematics
cinematics
noun
The use of cinematic techniques; production of material that will make effective cinema viewing.
plural of cinematic
circumcise
circumcise
verb
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.
(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
circumsail
circumsail
verb
(transitive) To sail completely around.
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
cirrostome
cirrostomi
cirsectomy
cismontane
cismontane
adj
Favoring French control over local church matters in conflicts with the Pope.
From this side of the mountains.
citizenism
citizenism
noun
politics led by citizens or based around citizenship
citromyces
clamatores
clamminess
clamminess
noun
The state of being clammy.
clamorsome
clamorsome
adj
Alternative form of clamoursome.
clamourist
clamourous
clamourous
adj
Archaic spelling of clamorous.
clamshells
clamshells
noun
plural of clamshell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamshell
clanswoman
clanswoman
noun
a female member of a clan.
clanswomen
clanswomen
noun
plural of clanswoman
clarissimo
classicism
classicism
noun
(countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.