the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
choreomania
choreomania
noun
Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”)
choriambize
chrismation
chrismation
noun
(ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil.
(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
chrismatory
chrismatory
noun
A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
christogram
christogram
Noun
A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho (
chromamamin
chromammine
chromammine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) An ammine of chromium
chromatical
chromatical
adj
(obsolete) chromatic
chromatinic
chromatinic
adj
Of or pertaining to chromatin
chromatosis
chromatosis
noun
(medicine) Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
Excessive pigmentation of tissue that normally is pigmented.
Pigmentation of tissue that normally is not pigmented.
chromaturia
chromaturia
noun
(pathology) Any abnormal colouration of the urine
chromididae
chrominance
chrominance
noun
The signal used in video systems to convey the picture's colour information, separately from the accompanying luma signal.
cinemagoers
cinemagoers
noun
plural of cinemagoer
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
circumpolar
circumpolar
adj
(astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.
Located or found throughout a polar region.
circumsolar
circumsolar
adj
Surrounding or moving around the Sun
clamatorial
clamatorial
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
clinometria
coenamoring
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coharmonize
colletarium
collimators
collimators
noun
plural of collimator
collunarium
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
columbaries
columbaries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columbary
columbarium
columbarium
noun
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
A niche in such a building for housing urns.
A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
columnarian
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
combinators
combinators
noun
plural of combinator
combinatory
combinatory
adj
Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining.
Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial.
(intransitive, as the phrasal verb commiserate with) To sympathize; condole.
(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
(transitive, intransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.
commissoria
commissural
commissural
adj
Of or pertaining to a commissure
communitary
comparatist
comparatist
noun
a person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
comparisons
comparisons
noun
plural of comparison
comparition
compatriots
compatriots
noun
plural of compatriot
compendiary
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
complainers
complainers
noun
plural of complainer
complicator
complicator
noun
One who or that which complicates.
comprachico
comprachico
noun
(folklore) A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
comprisable
comprisable
adj
Able to be contained or classified.
comprizable
comraderies
comraderies
noun
plural of comradery
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
coniogramme
conterminal
conterminal
adj
(entomology) Connected end to end.
Conterminous.
copartiment
coraciiform
coraciiform
noun
Any bird of the order Coraciiformes
coralliform
coralliform
adj
Having the shape of coral.
coriamyrtin
coriamyrtin
noun
A neurotoxin obtained from berries of the shrub Coriaria myrtifolia
corimelaena
corporalism
corporatism
corporatism
noun
(derogatory, possibly nonstandard) The influence or effects of large business corporations.
The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.
coruminacan
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
cosmocratic
cosmocratic
adj
Relating to cosmocrats or a cosmocrat.
Resembling a cosmocrat.
cosmorganic
countermaid
countrieman
crackpotism
craniectomy
craniectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure
cranioclasm
cranioclasm
noun
(medicine) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.
craniognomy
craniognomy
noun
(dated) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.
craniometer
craniometer
noun
A device used to measure the size of the skull.
craniometry
craniometry
noun
The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
crateriform
crateriform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a shallow bowl.
cratometric
creationism
creationism
noun
(theology) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God (creator god).
The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.
crematorial
crematorial
adj
Of or relating to cremation or a crematory.
crematories
crematories
noun
plural of crematory
crematorium
crematorium
noun
A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
creophagism
crepidomata
criminaldom
criminaldom
noun
The realm or sphere of criminals.
criminaloid
criminaloid
noun
A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
crimination
crimination
noun
An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
criminatory
criminatory
adj
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
crithomancy
crithomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crotaliform
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cuprammonia
curiomaniac
curiomaniac
noun
A person who is addicted to collecting curios.
customaries
customaries
noun
plural of customary
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
cyanometric
cyanometric
adj
Relating to cyanometry.
cyclomyaria
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cypraeiform
decameronic
demarcation
demarcation
noun
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation.
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
demicoronal
democracies
democracies
noun
plural of democracy
democratian
democratise
democratise
verb
Alternative spelling of democratize (“to make democratic”)
democratism
democratism
noun
The principles or spirit of a democracy.
democratist
democratist
adj
Relating to, or supporting, democratism.
noun
A supporter of democracy, a democrat; specifically, an advocate of republican forms of government (originally as a supporter of the French Revolution).
democratize
democratize
verb
(transitive) To make democratic.
democritean
democritean
Adjective
Of or relating to Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his atomic theory.
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
diacromyodi
diascordium
diascordium
noun
(obsolete, pharmacology) A medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.
dichloramin
dichromasia
dichromates
dichromates
noun
plural of dichromate
dichromatic
dichromatic
adj
(biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism.
(optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.
(optics) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism.
(pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished
(zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
having two colors.
dicoumarins
dicoumarols
dicoumarols
noun
plural of dicoumarol
dimercaprol
dimercaprol
noun
(organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning.
dimolecular
dimolecular
adj
bimolecular
discomorula
disharmonic
disharmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation that is an odd number of generations distant from a particular person.
Not harmonic.
domiciliary
domiciliary
adj
Of or relating to a domicile
noun
(law): A person who legally resides in a particular place.
echinoderma
ectorganism
ectromelian
ectromelian
noun
A person who has ectromelia.
elastomeric
elastomeric
adj
Relating to, or composed of elastomers
noun
An elastomeric item, especially an elastomeric ligature used in orthodontics.
emaceration
emaceration
noun
(obsolete) emaciation
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
embarcation
embarcation
noun
Alternative form of embarkation
embarricado
embrocating
embrocating
verb
present participle of embrocate
embrocation
embrocation
noun
(obsolete) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
endocardium
endocardium
noun
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
endocranium
endocranium
noun
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull
erotomaniac
erotomaniac
noun
A person suffering from erotomania (in either sense).
euchromatic
euchromatic
adj
Of or pertaining to euchromatin.
euchromatin
euchromatin
noun
(genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
exostracism
extracosmic
falconiform
falconiform
noun
(ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes
formalistic
formalistic
adj
Formalist.
formicariae
formicarian
formicarian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
formicaries
formicaries
noun
plural of formicary
formicarium
formicarium
noun
A vivarium used for the study of ants and ant colonies.