Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
bromalbumin
bromouracil
bromouracil
noun
A brominated derivative of uracil.
brontosauri
brontosauri
noun
plural of brontosaurus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotidae
bucerotinae
bulgarophil
burglarious
burglarious
adj
Being or resembling a burglar
byelorussia
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calcigerous
calcigerous
adj
Containing lime.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
capitulator
capitulator
noun
A person who capitulates.
capricornus
capricornus
Proper noun
A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.
Capricorn.
caprifolium
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
caquetoires
carabideous
carabideous
adj
Relating to the carabidans
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
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.
cardionosus
caricaceous
caricaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Caricaceae.
carilloneur
carilloneur
noun
someone who plays the carillon; a carillonist
cariousness
cariousness
noun
the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
carludovica
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
cassiodorus
catercousin
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
caulivorous
caulocarpic
caulopteris
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.
cetiosauria
cetiosaurus
chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
adj
(figuratively) Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.
noun
(art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique.
(painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.
(photography) A photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow.
chloriambus
chloroauric
chloroauric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to chloroauric acid
chontaquiro
chromaturia
chromaturia
noun
(pathology) Any abnormal colouration of the urine
cineraceous
cineraceous
adj
Like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.
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.
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
citharoedus
clangouring
clangouring
verb
present participle of clangour
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coadjutrice
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coauthority
cocautioner
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coinsurable
coinsurance
coinsurance
noun
(US) The joint assumption of risk between the insurer and the insured party.
(international) The joint assumption of risk between multiple insurers.
cojusticiar
colletarium
collunarium
colouration
colouration
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of coloration
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
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.
commissural
commissural
adj
Of or pertaining to a commissure
communitary
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
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.
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.
connaisseur
connaisseur
noun
A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
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.
conurbation
conurbation
noun
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
corniculate
corniculate
adj
Having processes resembling small horns.
Horned; having horns.
cornucopiae
cornucopian
cornucopian
adj
in great abundance, very abundant
cornucopias
cornucopias
noun
plural of cornucopia
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
cortinarius
coruminacan
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
coruscation
coruscation
noun
A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.
coruscative
councillary
couniversal
counteridea
counteridea
noun
An opposite idea.
countermaid
counterraid
counterraid
noun
A raid carried out in response to another raid.
verb
To carry out a counterraid.
countertail
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.
countrieman
couseranite
covarrubias
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
crematorium
crematorium
noun
A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
crenulation
crenulation
noun
A minute crenation.
The state of being minutely scalloped.
criniparous
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.
cuadrillero
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
cuprammonia
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
curiomaniac
curiomaniac
noun
A person who is addicted to collecting curios.
cursoriidae
customaries
customaries
noun
plural of customary
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
deinosauria
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
denunciator
denunciator
noun
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
dermutation
desucration
deuteration
deuteration
noun
(chemistry) deuteriation
dextrosuria
diascordium
diascordium
noun
(obsolete, pharmacology) A medicine made from dried herbs, especially Teucrium scordium.
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dicoumarins
dicoumarols
dicoumarols
noun
plural of dicoumarol
dimolecular
dimolecular
adj
bimolecular
dinosaurian
dinosaurian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.
Of, relating to, or resembling a dinosaur.
noun
A dinosaur.
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
dipsosaurus
discomorula
discouraged
discouraged
adj
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
unrecommended; unprescribed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discourage
discourager
discourager
noun
One who discourages.
discourages
discourages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour