(organic chemistry) A red pigment obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
catechism
catechism
noun
A basic manual in some subject.
A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
catharism
catharism
Proper noun
A Christian religious sect of mediaeval Europe, with dualistic and gnostic elements.
cephalism
cephalism
noun
(biology, obsolete) An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure.
cerithium
chainsman
chainsmen
chairmans
chairmans
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chairman
chalazium
chaldaism
chaldaism
Noun
An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
chalutzim
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chamicuro
chamicuro
Noun
A member of an indigenous people of Peru.
Proper noun
Their Western Maipuran language, a member of the Arawakan family.
chaminade
chamkanni
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
chamoised
chamoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamois
chamoises
chamoises
noun
plural of chamois
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamois
chamoline
chamomile
chamomile
noun
Alternative spelling of camomile
chamosite
chamosite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
champaign
champaign
adj
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
noun
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
champions
champions
noun
plural of champion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion
champlain
champlain
Proper noun
from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat.
Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer.
charismas
charmaine
charminar
charminar
Proper noun
A historic monument in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
charmwise
chasidism
chaumiere
chazzanim
chazzanim
noun
plural of chazzan
chazzenim
cheliform
cheliform
adj
Having the form of a chela
chemiatry
chemiatry
noun
iatrochemistry
chemicals
chemicals
noun
The chemical industry.
plural of chemical
chemicked
chemicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemic
chemicker
chemiloon
chemiloon
noun
(US) A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one.
chemisorb
chemisorb
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To adsorb a substance on the surface or another by chemical bonding.
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chemonite
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
cheremiss
cherimoya
cherimoya
noun
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
chermidae
chiangmai
chiasmata
chiasmata
noun
plural of chiasma
chichimec
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chiengmai
chilarium
chilarium
noun
Either of a pair of appendages, between the bases of the last pair of walking legs in the horseshoe crab, that prevent the escape of food
chiliasms
chiliasms
noun
plural of chiliasm
chilidium
chilidium
noun
(zoology) A plate covering a portion of the dorsal valve in certain brachiopods.
chillroom
chillroom
noun
A refrigerated room
chillsome
chillsome
adj
Characterised or marked by chill or chilliness
chilomata
chilotomy
chimaeras
chimaeras
noun
plural of chimaera
chimaerid
chimaerid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chimaeridae of cartilaginous fish.
chimakuan
chimalapa
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chimblies
chimblies
noun
plural of chimbly
chimerism
chimerism
noun
(genetics) The property of being a genetic chimera.
chiminage
chiminage
noun
(obsolete, law) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chinnampo
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chirimoya
chirimoya
noun
Alternative form of cherimoya
chiromant
chironomy
chironomy
noun
(music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
(rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
chisimaio
chlamydia
chlamydia
noun
(countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
chloramin
chloremia
chloremia
noun
(pathology) The presence of chloride in the bloodstream
Chlorosis
chloremic
chloriamb
cholaemia
cholaemia
noun
(medicine) A condition caused by the presence of excess bile in the blood, sometimes leading to somnolence and coma.
choragium
choriambi
choriambi
noun
plural of choriambus
choriambs
choriambs
noun
plural of choriamb
choriomas
choriomas
noun
plural of chorioma
chowtimes
chriesman
chrismale
chrismary
chrismons
chrismons
noun
plural of chrismon
christdom
christmas
christmas
Proper noun
A festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs, which is celebrated on December 25 in most places.
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Christmastide; the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
A personification of Christmas.
The Christmas season, variously defined as the period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, or the end of the year period, when consumers shop and prepare for Christmas.
Adjective
Red and green (traditional Christmas colors), especially red and green chile sauce in
chromatic
chromatic
adj
(Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
(biology) Relating to chromatin (“a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division”).
(comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
(not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
(not comparable, optics) Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
chromatid
chromatid
noun
(genetics) After DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
chromatin
chromatin
noun
(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
chromidae
chromides
chromides
noun
plural of chromide
chromiole
chromites
chromites
noun
plural of chromite
chromiums
chromiums
noun
plural of chromium
chromized
chromized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chromize
chromizes
chromizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chromize
chumashim
chummiest
chummiest
adj
superlative form of chummy: most chummy
chumships
chumships
noun
plural of chumship
churchism
churchism
noun
Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymified
chymified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chymify
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cichorium
cinenchym
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
cleithrum
cleithrum
noun
(ichthyology) A large bone in fishes, which extends upward from the base of the pectoral fin and anchors to the cranium above the gills, forming the posterior edge of the gill chamber.
coilsmith
colchicum
colchicum
noun
(countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.
(uncountable, medicine) The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally.
commonish
commonish
adj
Somewhat common or vulgar.
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
crithmene
cuamuchil
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
dampishly
dampishly
adv
In a moderately damp or moist manner.
deathtime
deathtime
noun
The time when a person dies, especially as determined for tax purposes.
demihague
demihaque
demihorse
demihuman
demihuman
noun
(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
demijohns
demijohns
noun
plural of demijohn
demirhumb
demishirt
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
demophile
demophile
noun
A friend of the people.
A person who likes people, especially crowds of people.
demythify
dermalith
diachylum
diachylum
noun
Alternative form of diachylon.
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
diarhemia
diathermy
diathermy
noun
(physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially the therapeutic production of heat in tissues in order to form coagulation
dichasium
dichasium
noun
(botany) A cymose inflorescence with all branches below the terminal flower in regular opposite pairs.
dichelyma
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dichroism
dichroism
noun
(physics) The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.
The property of some crystals of transmitting different colours of light in different directions.
dichromat
dichromat
noun
One whose vision exhibits dichromacy; one who can distinguish only two primary colors.
dichromic
dichromic
adj
containing two atoms of chromium
furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three
didrachma
didrachma
noun
An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
dimethoxy
dimethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two methoxy groups in a molecule