(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aetosaurian
aetosaurian
noun
Any aetosaur of the order †Aetosauria
amphithuron
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
androtauric
annunciator
annunciator
noun
(UK, railways) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.
A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard
An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Anything that announces something
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antineutron
antineutron
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a neutron.
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
antitumoral
antitumoral
adj
(oncology) antitumor
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autocarpian
autoturning
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
bistournage
bittencourt
boutonniere
boutonniere
noun
A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
brontosauri
brontosauri
noun
plural of brontosaurus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotinae
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
carburation
carburation
noun
Alternative spelling of carburetion
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
catercousin
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.
chontaquiro
cineritious
cineritious
adj
(anatomy) Related to the cinerea.
cinereous
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.
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cocautioner
coculturing
coculturing
verb
present participle of coculture
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
colouration
colouration
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of coloration
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
communitary
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
conditorium
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
congruistic
congruities
congruities
noun
plural of congruity
conjuration
conjuration
noun
(obsolete) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
(obsolete) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
A magic trick.
Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
consortiums
constituter
constituter
noun
One who constitutes or appoints.
constitutor
constitutor
noun
One who or that which constitutes something.
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
consumerist
consumerist
adj
Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
noun
A proponent of consumerism.
continuator
continuator
noun
A person who continues the work of another
contrarious
contrarious
adj
(archaic, of persons) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
(archaic, of things) Harmful, vexatious.
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
contributes
contributes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute
contributor
contributor
noun
A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
conurbation
conurbation
noun
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
conutrition
corncutting
corniculate
corniculate
adj
Having processes resembling small horns.
Horned; having horns.
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
corruptions
corruptions
noun
plural of corruption
cortinarius
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
coruscation
coruscation
noun
A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.
coterminous
coterminous
adj
(by extension) Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
(geography) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
(law) Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
Meeting end to end or at the ends.
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
counterdike
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counteridea
counteridea
noun
An opposite idea.
counterions
counterions
noun
plural of counterion
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countermaid
countermine
countermine
noun
A mine used by defenders to intercept an enemy mine or tunnel.
A stratagem or plot by which another stratagem or project is defeated.
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) to sap hostile mining.
To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
counterquip
counterquip
noun
A quip made in response to another quip.
counterraid
counterraid
noun
A raid carried out in response to another raid.
verb
To carry out a counterraid.
counterruin
counterside
counterside
adj
Beside a counter.
noun
An opposite side.
countersign
countersign
noun
(law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
The response to a sign or signal.
verb
(transitive) To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersuit
countersuit
noun
(law) A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one.
countertail
countertime
countertime
noun
(equestrianism, obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.
(obsolete) Opposition; resistance.
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterwill
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
countrieman
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryside
countryside
noun
A rural landscape.
An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
Such part of a larger area.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
courtesying
courtesying
noun
gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
verb
present participle of courtesy
courtliness
courtliness
noun
The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.
couseranite
crenulation
crenulation
noun
A minute crenation.
The state of being minutely scalloped.
cruentation
cruentation
noun
The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dentigerous
dentigerous
adj
Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
denunciator
denunciator
noun
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
denutrition
denutrition
noun
(physiology) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition, causing the breakdown of tissue.
dermutation
destruction
destruction
noun
The act of destroying.
The results of a destructive event.
desucration
deuteration
deuteration
noun
(chemistry) deuteriation
dinotherium
dinotherium
noun
An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
discounters
discounters
noun
plural of discounter
disjointure
disjointure
noun
An instance or state of being disjoint; separation.
disruptions
disruptions
noun
plural of disruption
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
elocutioner
elocutioner
noun
A public speaker; one who uses elocution.
elutriation
elutriation
noun
The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
emunctories
emunctories
noun
plural of emunctory
endometrium
endometrium
noun
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
enumeration
enumeration
noun
(programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
enunciators
enunciators
noun
plural of enunciator
enunciatory
enunciatory
adj
Of or pertaining to enunciation.
epirotulian
ereuthalion
eructations
eructations
noun
plural of eructation
eruditional
erythronium
erythronium
noun
(obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium.
A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
eucatropine
eucatropine
noun
(pharmacology) Euphthalmine.
euchromatin
euchromatin
noun
(genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
eurocentric
eurocentric
adj
Alternative form of Eurocentric
excurvation
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
exuberation
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.