(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymy
alchymy
noun
Alternative spelling of alchemy
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
amchoor
amharic
amschel
amuchco
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
azimech
bachman
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
beacham
becharm
becharm
verb
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
beecham
bochism
brahmic
brahmic
Adjective
Related or belonging to a certain family of abugidas used to write many languages of South and Southeast Asia, descended from the
brecham
buchman
camacho
camooch
camphol
camphol
noun
borneol
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
chacmas
chacmas
noun
plural of chacma
chagoma
chagoma
noun
An inflammatory nodule at the bite site of the reduviid bug which transmits Chagas disease.
chakram
chakram
noun
(historical) An old Indian coin from Travancore.
A disc-like throwing weapon originally from India.
chalmer
chamade
chamade
noun
(military, historical) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
chamber
chamber
noun
(UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
(biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
(dated, usually in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.
(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
(firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
(firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
(historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
(obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
A bedroom.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
The private office of a judge.
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
verb
(martial arts) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
(obsolete) To be lascivious.
To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
To enclose in a room.
To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
chambre
chambre
noun
Obsolete spelling of chamber
chambry
chambul
chametz
chametz
noun
(Judaism) Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover in Judaism.
chamfer
chamfer
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
chamian
chamise
chamise
noun
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae
chamiso
chamiso
noun
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum.
An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
chamite
chamkis
chamlet
chamlet
noun
Obsolete form of camlet.
chamois
chamois
adj
Chamois-colored.
noun
(cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
Short for chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
The traditional colour of chamois leather.
verb
(transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
chamoix
champac
champac
noun
A type of Asian tree with fragrant blossoms, Magnolia champaca
champak
champak
noun
Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
champed
champed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champ
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chamsin
chamsin
noun
Alternative form of khamsin
chamuel
chamyne
chandam
chapman
chapman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
(obsolete) A purchaser.
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
charism
charism
noun
(Christianity, theology) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.
charmco
charmed
charmed
adj
(physics) Of a particle: having nonzero charm.
Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.
Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charm
charmel
charmel
noun
(biblical) A fruitful field.
charmer
charmer
noun
A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
An enchanter or magician.
chasmal
chasmal
adj
Of or like a chasm.
chasmed
chasmed
adj
Having gaps or a chasm.
chasmic
chasmic
adj
Like a chasm.
chatham
chatham
Proper noun
A port and town on the Medway river in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.
Any of several other places of the same name:
a town in Virginia, USA
An English habitational surname from the place name.
chaumer
chechem
chefdom
chefdom
noun
Collectively, all chefs.
The state of being a chef.
chekmak
chekmak
noun
A Turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
chelmno
chemash
chemesh
chemick
chemick
noun
Obsolete form of chemic.
chemics
chemics
noun
plural of chemic
chemins
chemise
chemise
noun
(historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
chemism
chemism
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) chemical attraction
chemist
chemist
noun
(chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store.
(chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana) Synonym of pharmacist.
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
chemizo
chemosh
chemult
chemung
chemung
Proper noun
an unincorporated CDP in McHenry County, Illinois, USA.
a town in Chemung County, New York, USA, named after the Chemung River.
an unincorporated community in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA.
a river in New York State.
chemush
chermes
chermes
noun
Alternative form of kermes
chessom
chetrum
chetrum
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum
chiasma
chiasma
noun
(anatomy) A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc.
(genetics, cytology) The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis.
chiasmi
chiasmi
noun
plural of chiasmus
chiasms
chiasms
noun
plural of chiasm
chillum
chillum
noun
A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.
chiloma
chimane
chimars
chimayo
chimble
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
chimene
chimera
chimera
noun
(Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
(architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
(figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
(figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
(figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
(mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
(zoology) Alternative form of chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.
chimere
chimere
noun
(ecclesiastical) The upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
Obsolete form of chimera.
chimers
chimers
noun
plural of chimer
chiming
chiming
noun
An instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.
verb
present participle of chime
chimlas
chimlas
noun
plural of chimla
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
chimney
chimney
noun
(Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
verb
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
chingma
chingma
noun
A type of jute produced from the Indian mallow (Abutilon spp.).
chinnam
chipman
chirmed
chirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirm
chlamyd
chlamys
chlamys
noun
(historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
cholame
chomage
chomage
noun
(obsolete) A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.
chomped
chomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chomp
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chomsky
chorism
chrisma
chrisms
chrisms
noun
plural of chrism
chrisom
chrisom
noun
(historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Short for chrisom child.
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
chromed
chromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chrome
chromel
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
chromic
chromic
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
chromid
chromid
noun
(zoology) One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.
chromos
chromos
noun
plural of chromo
chromyl
chromyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The divalent radical CrO₂: or cation CrO₂²⁺
chumash
chumash
Proper noun
Any book of the Pentateuch.
The Pentateuch collectively.
Proper noun
A native American tribe of southern California.
The language of the tribe.
chumawi
chumble
chumble
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To peck at or nibble.
chumley
chummed
chummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chum
chummer
chummer
noun
One who fishes by casting chum into the water to attract the fish.
chumped
chumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chump
chumulu
chymase
chymase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells
chymics
chymics
noun
plural of chymic
chymify
chymify
verb
(physiology) To form into chyme.
chymist
chymist
noun
Obsolete spelling of chemist
chymous
chymous
adj
Of or pertaining to chyme.
climath
coahoma
cohanim
cohanim
noun
plural of cohen
coheman
cominch
cumshaw
cumshaw
noun
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
verb
To give or make a present to.
cushman
decharm
decharm
verb
(transitive) To free from a charm; to disenchant.
demarch
demarch
noun
(obsolete) march; walk; gait
The chief magistrate of a deme.
demchok
demchok
Proper noun
A small village and military encampment in the Indian-administered part of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, near Aksai Chin and the
dharmic
dharmic
adj
Alternative form of Dharmic
dmarche
dochmii
dochmii
noun
plural of dochmius
drachma
drachma
noun
A coin worth one drachma.
A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.