(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
calonectria
calorimeter
calorimeter
noun
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
calorimetry
calorimetry
noun
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
calorimotor
calorimotor
noun
A voltaic battery with a large surface of plate, producing powerful heating effects.
calorisator
calorisator
noun
An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid diffusion.
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
capitulator
capitulator
noun
A person who capitulates.
carbolating
carbostyril
carbostyril
noun
(organic chemistry) alpha-quinolone
cardioblast
cardioblast
noun
(biology) An embryonic cell, in some insects, that develops into the heart
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
caryopilite
caryopilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
castroville
categorical
categorical
adj
Absolute; having no exception.
Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
noun
(logic) A categorical proposition.
catoptrical
catoptrical
adj
Alternative form of catoptric
caulopteris
cavillatory
ceilometers
ceilometers
noun
plural of ceilometer
celebration
celebration
noun
A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
centinormal
centinormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration one hundredth that of a normal solution
ceroplastic
ceroplastic
adj
Modelled in wax.
Of or relating to such an art or process.
noun
(archaic) The art of modelling in wax.
chalcotript
charcoalist
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
chirologist
chirologist
noun
A user of sign language.
One who engages in palm reading.
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chloridated
chloridated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chloridate
chlorimeter
chlorimeter
noun
Alternative form of chlorometer
chlorimetry
chlorimetry
noun
Alternative form of chlorometry
chlorinated
chlorinated
adj
(chemistry) Of water, that has had chlorine added to it to purify it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chlorinate
chlorinates
chlorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate
chlorinator
chlorinator
noun
That which chlorinates.
chocolatier
chocolatier
adj
comparative form of chocolatey: more chocolatey
comparative form of chocolaty: more chocolaty
noun
A producer of chocolate.
cholesteric
cholesteric
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to cholesteric acid or its derivatives
(physics) Of or relating to the chiral nematic phase of some liquid crystals in which the molecules are arranged in parallel planes with adjacent planes rotated slightly
noun
Any compound that forms such a liquid crystal
cholesterin
cholesterin
noun
(organic chemistry) Dated form of cholesterol.
chorizontal
chorologist
chorologist
noun
One who studies chorology.
christoffel
christology
christology
Noun
A field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person.
A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
chromatical
chromatical
adj
(obsolete) chromatic
chrysolites
chrysolites
noun
plural of chrysolite
chrysolitic
chrysotiles
chrysotiles
noun
plural of chrysotile
circulation
circulation
noun
(strictly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.
Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
circulators
circulators
noun
plural of circulator
circulatory
circulatory
adj
Circular; going round.
Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
noun
(chemistry) A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
circumlitio
citronellal
citronellal
noun
(organic chemistry) The monoterpenoid aldehyde 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-1-al responsible for the aroma of citronella oil
citronellas
citronellas
noun
plural of citronella
citronellic
citronellic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to citronellic acid.
citronellol
citronellol
noun
A natural acyclic monoterpenoid, occurring in citronella oils and used in perfumes and insect repellents.
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clamatorial
clamatorial
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
clarigation
cleistocarp
cleistocarp
noun
(botany) Synonym of cleistothecium
clinometers
clinometers
noun
plural of clinometer
clinometria
clinometric
clinometric
adj
Relating to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes.
Relating to, or measured by, a clinometer.
cliometrics
cliometrics
noun
The use of econometrics to study economic history.
cliseometer
clitoridean
clitoridean
adj
Synonym of clitoral
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
cloistering
cloistering
verb
present participle of cloister
clostridial
clostridial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium
clostridian
clostridium
clostridium
noun
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
coalitioner
coalitioner
noun
A coalitionist.
coculturing
coculturing
verb
present participle of coculture
coelenteric
coelenteric
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the coelenteron.
Relating to a coelenterate.
colinearity
colinearity
noun
Alternative form of collinearity
collationer
collationer
noun
A person who collates, or who checks collation (of documents etc)
colletarium
colleterial
colleterial
adj
(zoology) Relating to the colleterium of insects.
colleterium
colleterium
noun
(zoology) An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
collimators
collimators
noun
plural of collimator
collutories
collutories
noun
plural of collutory
collutorium
collutorium
noun
Synonym of mouth wash
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
coloradoite
coloradoite
noun
(mineralogy) Mercury telluride.
colorations
colorations
noun
plural of coloration
colorimeter
colorimeter
noun
(analytical chemistry) An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
colorimetry
colorimetry
noun
(analytical chemistry) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.
The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
colorpoints
colorpoints
noun
plural of colorpoint
colouration
colouration
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of coloration
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
colouristic
colouristic
adj
Alternative spelling of coloristic
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
commaterial
commaterial
adj
(obsolete) Consisting of the same material.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
complicator
complicator
noun
One who or that which complicates.
compulsitor
compulsitor
noun
(law, Scotland) That which compels.
conciliator
conciliator
noun
A person who conciliates
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conirostral
conirostral
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the tribe Conirostres of perching birds with strong conical beaks.
consolatrix
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
conterminal
conterminal
adj
(entomology) Connected end to end.
Conterminous.
contracivil
contractile
contractile
adj
Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
controlling
controlling
adj
(chiefly Britain) Exerting control over a person or thing.
noun
The act of exerting control.
verb
present participle of control
convertible
convertible
adj
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
noun
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
(dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
convertibly
convertibly
adv
in a convertible manner
cooruptibly
coplanarity
coplanarity
noun
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane.
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
cordaitales
coreplastic
corniculate
corniculate
adj
Having processes resembling small horns.
Horned; having horns.
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
coronetlike
coroplastic
coroplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to the manufacture of figurines
Of, pertaining to, or made of coroplast (the material).
corporality
corporality
noun
(obsolete) A confraternity; a guild.
(obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
correctible
correctible
adj
Alternative form of correctable
correlating
correlating
verb
present participle of correlate
correlation
correlation
noun
(algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
correlative
correlative
adj
Mutually related; corresponding.
noun
(formal) Either of two correlative things.
(grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
corrivality
corruptible
corruptible
adj
(of a person) bribable, that can be bought
perishable, subject to decay
noun
(archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
corruptibly
corruptibly
adv
(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.
In a corruptible way.
corseleting
corticoline
corticolous
corticolous
adj
Living or growing on bark.
coulometric
coulometric
adj
(physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countertail
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
counterwill
courtliness
courtliness
noun
The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.
courtzilite
courtzilite
noun
(mineralogy) A type of asphalt allied to uintahite and gilsonite.
cranioclast
cranioclast
noun
(medicine) An instrument for crushing the head of a foetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases.
crematorial
crematorial
adj
Of or relating to cremation or a crematory.
crenelation
crenelation
noun
Alternative form of crenellation
crenulation
crenulation
noun
A minute crenation.
The state of being minutely scalloped.
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
criterional
criterional
adj
Alternative form of criterial
crocidolite
crocidolite
noun
(mineralogy) A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is an asbestos-like variety of riebeckite.
crocodilite
crocodility
crocodility
noun
(logic, archaic) A sophistical mode of arguing.
crotaliform
cryptologic
cryptologic
Adjective
Of or relating to cryptology.
crystalloid
crystalloid
adj
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.
noun
(botany) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
(chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
cyclometric
cyclometric
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to the inverse trigonometric functions: arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arccotangent, arcsecant, and arccosecant.
declaration
declaration
noun
(computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
(cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
(law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.