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
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
amortisseur
amortisseur
noun
Short for amortisseur winding.
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
antineutron
antineutron
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a neutron.
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apoturmeric
aristodemus
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
auctorizate
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
augitophyre
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
austrophile
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
autocracies
autocracies
noun
plural of autocracy
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autoerotism
autoerotism
noun
Sexual activity involving oneself, including masturbation.
autosoteric
autosoteric
adj
Relating to autosoterism
autoxidizer
bijouteries
bijouteries
noun
plural of bijouterie
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
birdmouthed
bistournage
bittencourt
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
boilersuits
boilersuits
noun
plural of boilersuit
bouleuteria
bouleuteria
noun
plural of bouleuterion
bouquetiere
boutonniere
boutonniere
noun
A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
bucerotidae
bucerotinae
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
caquetoires
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
catercousin
caulopteris
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.
cetiosauria
cetiosaurus
cineritious
cineritious
adj
(anatomy) Related to the cinerea.
cinereous
citharoedus
coadjutrice
cocautioner
coexecutrix
coexecutrix
noun
A joint executrix.
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
colletarium
colleterium
colleterium
noun
(zoology) An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
collutories
collutories
noun
plural of collutory
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
commixtures
commixtures
noun
plural of commixture
compositure
computerise
computerise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
computerist
computerist
noun
(dated) A computer user.
computerite
computerize
computerize
verb
(transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
(transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
(transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
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.
congruities
congruities
noun
plural of congruity
constituter
constituter
noun
One who constitutes or appoints.
consumerist
consumerist
adj
Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
noun
A proponent of consumerism.
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
contributes
contributes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute
corbiculate
corbiculate
adj
Having corbiculae
noun
Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket)
corequisite
corequisite
noun
(education) A course that must be or can be taken concurrently with a given course.
corniculate
corniculate
adj
Having processes resembling small horns.
Horned; having horns.
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.
coruscative
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
costumeries
costumeries
noun
plural of costumery
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.
coulometric
coulometric
adj
(physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry
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
courtierism
courtierism
noun
The behaviour or practices of a courtier; obsequiousness.
courtliness
courtliness
noun
The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.
courtzilite
courtzilite
noun
(mineralogy) A type of asphalt allied to uintahite and gilsonite.
couseranite
couturieres
couturieres
noun
plural of couturiere
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.
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.
curiosities
curiosities
noun
plural of curiosity
customaries
customaries
noun
plural of customary
customizers
customizers
noun
plural of customizer
cystiferous
cystigerous
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
deglutitory
deglutitory
adj
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
deleterious
deleterious
adj
(genetics) Having lower fitness.
Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
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
desultorily
desultorily
adv
In a desultory fashion.
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
deuteration
deuteration
noun
(chemistry) deuteriation
deutomerite
deutomerite
noun
The posterior nucleated portion of an attached cephalont in gregarines
dextrosuria
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dinotherium
dinotherium
noun
An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
dioestruses
discounters
discounters
noun
plural of discounter
discourtesy
discourtesy
noun
A rude act.
Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
disjointure
disjointure
noun
An instance or state of being disjoint; separation.
ditrematous
domiculture
domiculture
noun
The art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; the domestic arts.