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
Alternative spelling of chimera
chimakum
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chimbley
chimbley
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of chimney
chimbote
chimeral
chimeral
adj
Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses)
chimeras
chimeras
noun
plural of chimera
chimeres
chimeres
noun
plural of chimere
chimeric
chimeric
adj
(genetics) Pertaining to a genetic chimera.
Imaginary, fanciful.
Like a chimera.
chimique
chimkent
chimleys
chimleys
noun
plural of chimley
chimneys
chimneys
noun
plural of chimney
chinaman
chinaman
noun
(cricket) A ball delivered with such an action
(cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action
(cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin)
(obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.]
chinamen
chinamen
noun
plural of chinaman
chinampa
chinampa
noun
(historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
chipmuck
chipmuck
noun
Archaic form of chipmunk.
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chirimen
chirimen
noun
Japanese raw silk crêpe, widely used to make kimono.
chirimia
chirimia
noun
(music) A Peruvian form of oboe / shawm
chirming
chirming
verb
present participle of chirm
chiromys
chironym
chishima
chisholm
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
cholemia
cholemia
noun
Alternative form of cholaemia
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
chorioma
chorioma
noun
(pathology) A trophoblastic proliferation
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chrimsel
chrimsel
noun
Alternative form of chremsel
chrismal
chrismal
adj
Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
noun
A veil used in christening.
A vessel for holding chrism; a chrismatory.
chrisman
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chrisoms
chrisoms
noun
plural of chrisom
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromism
chromism
noun
chromatism
chromite
chromite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium.
chromium
chromium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
chromize
chromize
verb
(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.
chronium
chummier
chummier
adj
comparative form of chummy: more chummy
chummies
chummies
noun
plural of chummy
chummily
chummily
adv
In a chummy manner
chumming
chumming
noun
(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
verb
present participle of chum
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
chumpish
chumpish
adj
Like a chump; foolish and incompetent.
chumship
chumship
noun
(social sciences) preadolescent friendship between two people of the same sex
(uncountable) The condition of being chums; friendship.
chylemia
chymists
chymists
noun
plural of chymist
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
clammish
clammish
adj
secretive; uncommunicative
clumpish
clumpish
adj
Heavy and awkward; clumpy.
Tending to form clumps.
cohanims
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
complish
complish
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
copemish
crampish
crampish
adj
Somewhat crampy.
cyathium
cyathium
noun
One of the specialised pseudanthia ("false flowers"), surrounded by involucral bracts, especially those forming the inflorescence of euphorbias.
demibath
demihake
demihigh
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
demolish
demolish
verb
(figuratively) To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
(literally) To destroy (of buildings, especially in a planned and intentional fashion).
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophil
demophil
noun
Dated form of demophile (“friend of the people”).
demyship
demyship
noun
A type of scholarship, specifically for Magdalen College, Oxford.
diachyma
diachyma
noun
The parenchyma of leaves.
didrachm
didrachm
noun
Alternative form of didrachma
dihelium
dihelium
noun
(chemistry, especially in combination) Two helium atoms in a molecule.
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
diminish
diminish
verb
(intransitive) To become less or smaller.
(intransitive) To disappear gradually.
(intransitive) To taper.
(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
(transitive) To make smaller.
(transitive) To take away; to subtract.
dimorphs
dimorphs
noun
plural of dimorph
discharm
discharm
verb
(transitive) To remove the charm, or power of a charm, from.
dishelms
dishelms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishelm
dishumor
dishumor
noun
Alternative form of dishumour
dismarch
dismarch
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To march away.
ditheism
ditheism
noun
A belief in two deities, which may be in conflict with each other.
dithymol
dochmiac
dochmiac
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
noun
(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
drachmai
dreamish
dreamish
adj
Resembling a dream or the state of dreaming.
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
dumbfish
durkheim
echoisms
echoisms
noun
plural of echoism
eichmann
eichmann
Noun
One who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.
elohimic
emathion
embright
emirship
emirship
noun
The rank or office of an emir.
emmerich
empathic
empathic
adj
(science fiction) Of, pertaining to, or being an empath: of or having the capability of sensing the emotions of others.
Showing or expressing empathy.
emperish
emphasis
emphasis
noun
(phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
(typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
Special attention or prominence given to something.
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
emphatic
emphatic
adj
(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
(phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
Stated with conviction.
ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages
pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages
noun
(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".
(phonology) An emphatic consonant.
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
ephrayim
epitheme
epitheme
noun
Obsolete form of epithem.
epithyme
epochism
epochism
noun
A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
erethism
erethism
noun
(pathology) Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc.
Any unusual or morbid overexcitement.
etchimin
etherism
etherism
noun
(medicine, archaic) The state of intoxication caused by ether.
ethicism
ethicism
noun
The application of ethics.
ethmoids
ethmoids
noun
plural of ethmoid
ethrogim
euphemia
euphemie
euphuism
euphuism
noun
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
An instance of euphuism.
euthamia
exhuming
exhuming
verb
present participle of exhume
famished
famished
adj
Extremely hungry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of famish
famishes
famishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish
fishmeal
fishmeal
noun
Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
fumishly
gaminish
gaminish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gamine.
gandhism
gandhism
Noun
The philosophy and principles of
ghostism
ghostism
noun
Belief in ghosts.
ginghams
ginghams
noun
plural of gingham
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
gnathism
gnathism
noun
The classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw.
graphium
graphium
noun
A butterfly of the genus Graphium.
A stylus (for writing).
grimhild
grimmish
grimmish
adj
Somewhat grim.
grithman
groomish
grumphie
grumphie
noun
(Scotland) A sow (female pig).
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gurmukhi
gurmukhi
Proper noun
An abugida script, or writing system, designed for writing the Punjabi language, and subsequently also adapted to write other lects, such as Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Sanskrit and Sindhi.
hachiman
hachiman
Proper noun
the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity of samurai
haematic
haematic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of hematic
haematid
haematid
noun
A red blood cell.
haematin
haematin
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hematin
haeremai
hafniums
hahniums
hailsham
hairmeal
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halftime
halftime
noun
(American football) The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.