Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
copyholder
copyholder
noun
(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
(dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
coryphodon
cotehardie
cotehardie
noun
(historical) A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
cousinhood
cousinhood
noun
(uncountable) Cousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.
Relationship as of cousins.
The state or quality of being a cousin.
cowhearted
cowhearted
Adjective
cowardly
crotcheted
crotcheted
adj
crotchety; whimsical or eccentric
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crotchet
crotchwood
cryohydric
cryohydric
adj
(physics) Describing the eutectic point of a solution of salt in water.
curcuddoch
cynorrhoda
dachshound
dachshound
noun
Archaic form of dachshund.
dacryolith
dacryolith
noun
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
dacyorrhea
deaconhood
deaconhood
noun
The state or office of being a deacon; deaconship.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
debouchure
debouchure
noun
The outward opening of a river, valley, or strait.
decahedron
decahedron
noun
A polyhedron with ten faces.
decathlons
decathlons
noun
plural of decathlon
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
decohesion
decohesion
noun
A loss of cohesion
diabolarch
diachronic
diachronic
adj
Occurring over or changing with time.
Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.
diadochian
diadochite
diadochite
noun
(mineralogy) A phosphosulfate mineral with a greenish-yellow to brown colour.
diarrhoeic
diarrhoeic
adj
Britain standard spelling of diarrheic.
dichloride
dichloride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two chlorine atoms bound to a single element or radical
dichlorvos
dichlorvos
noun
(pharmacology) A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
dichogamic
dichogamic
adj
Relating to dichogamy
dichotomal
dichotomic
dichotomic
adj
(botany) That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.
(computing) Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/27/14/016
In the form of a dichotomy; dichotomous.
dichroitic
dichroitic
Adjective
dichroic
dichromasy
dichromasy
noun
Alternative spelling of dichromacy
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
dichromism
dichromism
noun
dichromatism
dichronous
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
diorthotic
diorthotic
adj
Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophora
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
discothque
dishcloths
dishcloths
noun
plural of dishcloth
disorchard
dissoconch
dissoconch
noun
(biology) The shell of a bivalve mollusk veliger
distichous
distichous
adj
(botany) Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis.
(poetry) In the form of a distich.
ditrochean
ditrochean
adj
(linguistics) Consisting of two trochees.
ditrochous
docentship
dochmiacal
dochmiasis
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
doctorhood
doctorhood
noun
The status or period of being a doctor.
doctorship
doctorship
noun
Professional position or title of a doctor.
dodecarchy
dodecarchy
noun
A government of twelve people.
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
dolicholus
dolichuric
dolichurus
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
dorchester
dorchester
Proper noun
A town in southern England, the county town of Dorset.
A village in southern England, on the river Thames in Oxfordshire.
dowitchers
dowitchers
noun
plural of dowitcher
dustcloths
dustcloths
noun
plural of dustcloth
dystrophic
dystrophic
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
Affected with dystrophy
ecchymosed
ecchymosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ecchymose
echinoderm
echinoderm
noun
An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
echinoidea
ectethmoid
ectethmoid
adj
(anatomy) external to the ethmoid; prefrontal
encroached
encroached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encroach
endochrome
endochrome
noun
(botany) Any colouring matter within the cells of plants.
(zoology) The coloured endoplasm of a cell.
endolithic
endolithic
adj
Within rock.
endopathic
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endorachis
endothecal
endothecal
adj
Relating to the endotheca.
endothecia
endothecia
noun
plural of endothecium
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
erichthoid
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
glochidial
glochidial
adj
Relating to the glochidium.
glochidian
glochidium
glochidium
noun
(botany) A glochid, or cactus spine.
(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.
gothicised
gothicized
haciendado
haciendado
noun
Alternative form of hacendado
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
hardcovers
hardcovers
noun
plural of hardcover
headcloths
headcloths
noun
plural of headcloth
hecatombed
hecatomped
hedonistic
hedonistic
adj
Devoted to pleasure; epicurean.
helicoidal
helicoidal
adj
helicoid
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
hellanodic
hellanodic
Noun
A judge or umpire in games or combats.
hemichorda
hendecagon
hendecagon
noun
(geometry) a polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles.
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptapodic
herodianic
hiccoughed
hiccoughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hiccough
hidromancy
hidromancy
noun
Obsolete form of hydromancy.
hierodulic
hierodulic
adj
Pertaining to hierodules.
holodiscus
holohedric
homicidium
homodermic
homodermic
adj
(biology) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer; homological in respect of derivation from one of the three primary blastoderms (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm).
hydnaceous
hydnaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Hydnaceae.
hydracoral
hydraucone
hydroaeric
hydrocleis
hydrocoele
hydrocoele
noun
(chiefly Britain, hypercorrect) Alternative spelling of hydrocele
hydrocoral
hydrocoral
noun
Any hydrozoan, of the order Anthoathecata, that has a calcareous skeleton and so resembles a coral
hydrocores
hydrocrack
hydrocrack
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking
hydrocycle
hydrocycle
noun
(ecology) hydrologic cycle
A small watercraft powered by pedals
hydrogenic
hydrogenic
adj
(chemistry) hydrogen-like
hydroiodic
hydroiodic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and iodine
hydrologic
hydrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrology.
hydrolytic
hydrolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis.
hydromancy
hydromancy
noun
Divination by water or other liquid.
hydromatic
hydropical
hydropical
adj
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty.
Dropsical.
Swollen with water.
hydroponic
hydroponic
adj
(agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
hydroscope
hydroscope
noun
(historical) A kind of water clock consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom.
A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
hydrosolic
hydrosolic
adj
Relating to a hydrosol.
hydrospace
hydrospace
noun
That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
hydrotheca
hydrotheca
noun
(zoology) One of the calicles that protect the hydrants in certain Hydroidea (Thecaphora).
hydrotical
hydroxamic
hydroxamic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of compounds derived from oxoacids by replacing -OH by -NHOH; the N-hydroxy amides
hydroximic
hydroximic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of oxoacids in which a double-bonded oxygen atom is replaced by a =N-OH or =N-OR
hydroxylic
hydroxylic
adj
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups
hymnodical
hypochdria
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hyracodont
hyracoidea
hystricoid
ichthyodea
icosahedra
icosahedra
noun
plural of icosahedron
idiopathic
idiopathic
adj
(pathology) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.
idiophonic
idiophonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone
immethodic
iodohydric
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kodachrome
kodachrome
Proper noun
A certain brand of photographic film.
lymphoduct
machecoled
maldocchio
matchboard
matchboard
noun
(carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
(sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.