Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
academes
academes
noun
plural of academe
academia
academia
noun
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
academus
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
aceldama
aceldama
noun
A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood.
acemetae
acemetic
acestoma
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acetoxim
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
acherman
achmetha
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
ackerman
ackerman
Proper noun
a town in Mississippi, USA
acneform
acneform
adj
(pathology, especially of a rash) Resembling acne
acoelomi
acoemeti
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
adamance
adamance
noun
The quality of being adamant
aecidium
aecidium
noun
(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
affectum
alamance
alamance
Proper noun
a village in North Carolina, USA.
alcamine
alchemic
alchemic
adj
alchemical.
alcimede
alcmaeon
aleichem
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
almicore
amacrine
amacrine
adj
(biology) Without long processes.
noun
(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.
amatrice
amatrice
noun
(rare) A female amateur.
Alternative form of amatrix
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
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
ameiotic
ameiotic
adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis
amelcorn
amelcorn
noun
A variety of wheat from which starch is produced (Triticum spelta).
amenance
amenance
noun
(obsolete) Conduct, demeanor.
amercers
amercers
noun
plural of amercer
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
american
americas
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amesaces
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicheme
amilcare
amimeche
ammocete
ammocete
noun
Alternative form of ammocoete
amnesiac
amnesiac
noun
Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia).
amnesics
amnesics
noun
plural of amnesic
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
analcime
analcime
noun
(mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
apectomy
archmime
armpiece
armpiece
noun
(colloquial) A decorative companion.
A piece of armour that protects the arm.
armuchee
aseismic
aseismic
adj
(seismology) applied to earth fault slip movement that does not produce any seismic shock.
(seismology) seismically inactive
aspermic
aspermic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aspermia.
(of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
athermic
athermic
adj
(chemistry, of a chemical reaction) involving no enthalpy exchange
(medicine) without an increase in temperature
resistant to heat passing through; heat-resistant, heatproof
autecism
azotemic
azotemic
adj
Of or pertaining to azotemia.
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.
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.
becombed
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
becoming
becoming
adj
decent, respectable
pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
noun
(chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
verb
present participle of become
becrimed
becrimes
becumber
bedlamic
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
benchman
benchman
noun
A worker who uses a workbench.
benchmar
benchmen
benchmen
noun
plural of benchman
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
besmouch
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
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.
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bickmore
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
blechnum
brechams
buchheim
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
cableman
cableman
noun
A man employed to manufacture or install cabling.
cablemen
cablemen
noun
plural of cableman
cachemia
cachemia
noun
Alternative form of cachaemia
cachemic
cachemic
adj
Alternative form of cachaemic
cacozyme
caesiums
caffeism
caffeism
noun
Alternative form of caffeinism
calamine
calamine
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.
A pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
verb
(transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.
calamite
calamite
noun
An extinct genus of treelike horsetails, Calamites.
calcemia
calcemia
noun
(physiology, especially in combination) The presence of calcium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).
calimere
calmecac
calmecac
noun
(historical) A school for the children of Aztec nobility.
calmiest
calmness
calmness
noun
(countable) The product of being calm.
(uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
calomels
calomels
noun
plural of calomel
calumets
calumets
noun
plural of calumet
calymene
camaguey
camailed
camailed
adj
Fitted with a camail.
camalote
camanche
camarade
camarera
camarine
camasses
camasses
noun
plural of camass
cambered
cambered
adj
Having camber.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camber
camboose
camboose
noun
Alternative form of caboose
cambyses
cambyses
Proper noun
An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.
cameleer
cameleer
noun
Camel driver or camel rider, one who travels by camel.
cameleon
cameleon
noun
Obsolete form of chameleon.
camelias
camelias
noun
plural of camelia
camelina
camelina
noun
The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for oilseed
cameline
cameline
adj
Of or pertaining to camels.
Resembling a camel.
noun
Synonym of camlet
camelion
camelish
camelish
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a camel.
camellia
camellia
noun
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
camellin
camellus
camelman
camelman
noun
A person in charge of a camel.
cameloid
cameloid
adj
Like a camel, or as found in a camel.
noun
Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel.
Misspelling of camelid.
cameoing
cameoing
verb
present participle of cameo
camerata
camerate
camerate
adj
Divided into chambers
verb
(transitive) To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
(transitive) To divide into chambers.
camerier
camerina
camerine
camerist
cameroon
cameroon
Proper noun
in Central Africa. Official name:
Noun
A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron.
cameroun
cameroun
Proper noun
A former French and British territory in Central Africa, occupying the area of the modern-day country of Cameroon.
camisade
camisade
noun
Alternative form of camisado
camisole
camisole
noun
(dated) A straitjacket.
(historical) A light jacket with sleeves.
A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
verb
(dated) To straitjacket.
camister
camleted
camleted
adj
wavy or undulating like camlet; veined
camomile
camomile
noun
Any of several other similar plants. (See below)
Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage.
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.