Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chiromyidae
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chlorhydric
chlorhydric
adj
(chemistry) Alternative form of hydrochloric
chlorimetry
chlorimetry
noun
Alternative form of chlorometry
chrismatory
chrismatory
noun
A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
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.
chromolysis
chromolysis
noun
Alternative form of chromatolysis
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
chronically
chronically
adv
In a chronic manner, or to a chronic degree.
chrysarobin
chrysarobin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid.
chrysoeriol
chrysoeriol
noun
(organic chemistry) The flavone methylluteolin
chrysoidine
chrysoidine
noun
A yellow-orange crystalline dye, C₆H₅N₂.C₆H₃(NH₂)₂.
Any of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine.
chrysolites
chrysolites
noun
plural of chrysolite
chrysolitic
chrysomelid
chrysomelid
noun
Any leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae
chrysopidae
chrysopoeia
chrysopoeia
noun
(alchemy) Transmutation into gold.
chrysothrix
chrysotiles
chrysotiles
noun
plural of chrysotile
chylidrosis
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chylomicron
chylomicron
noun
(biology) A microscopic globule of lipoprotein, found in blood and lymph, that is associated with the digestion of fats
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
chytridiose
chytridiose
adj
Relating to chytridiosis
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.
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
coauthority
codicillary
codicillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a codicil.
coercionary
coercionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing coercion
cogrediency
colinearity
colinearity
noun
Alternative form of collinearity
collinearly
collinearly
adv
In a collinear manner
collyridian
colorimetry
colorimetry
noun
(analytical chemistry) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.
The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
colpeurysis
colpeurysis
noun
(obsolete, medicine) The dilation of the vagina, as by a colpeurynter.
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
colymbiform
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.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
comminatory
comminatory
adj
Of or pertaining to commination.
communitary
compendiary
competitory
competitory
adj
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
conciliarly
conciliarly
adv
By a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
contrariety
contrariety
noun
Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
convertibly
convertibly
adv
in a convertible manner
conveyorise
conveyorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
conveyorize
conveyorize
verb
(transitive, rare) To streamline (an industrial operation) by means of conveyors.
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.
copolymeric
copolymeric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to a copolymer
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
copyrighter
copyrighter
noun
One who obtains the copyright on a work.
copywriters
copywriters
noun
plural of copywriter
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
coracohyoid
corduroying
corduroying
verb
present participle of corduroy
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
coriamyrtin
coriamyrtin
noun
A neurotoxin obtained from berries of the shrub Coriaria myrtifolia
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
corporality
corporality
noun
(obsolete) A confraternity; a guild.
(obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence.
corporosity
corporosity
noun
(US, slang, dated) One's body; hence, one's state of health.
corrivality
corrodingly
corrodingly
adv
In a manner that corrodes.
corrosively
corrosively
adv
In a corrosive manner.
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
corruptibly
corruptibly
adv
(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.
In a corruptible way.
corybantian
corybantine
corybantine
adj
Synonym of corybantic
corybantish
corybulbine
corycavidin
corydalises
corydalises
noun
plural of corydalis
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
corymbiform
corymbiform
adj
(pathology, of a lesion) clustered
Having the form of a corymb
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
cosignatory
cosignatory
adj
signed or signing jointly
noun
Any of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
cosignitary
councillary
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
craniectomy
craniectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure
craniognomy
craniognomy
noun
(dated) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.
craniognosy
craniometry
craniometry
noun
The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
craniopathy
craniopathy
noun
cranial disease
cranioscopy
cranioscopy
noun
(dated) Phrenology.
(rare) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull.
creationary
creationary
adj
Of or relating to creation.
criminatory
criminatory
adj
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
criminology
criminology
noun
The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
criminously
criminously
adv
In a criminous manner.
crithomancy
crithomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
crocodility
crocodility
noun
(logic, archaic) A sophistical mode of arguing.
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
cryobiology
cryobiology
noun
the study of the effects of low temperature on living organisms
cryological
cryoscopies
cryoscopies
noun
plural of cryoscopy
cryospheric
cryospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryosphere.
crypteronia
cryptococci
cryptococci
noun
plural of cryptococcus
cryptodeist
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptogenic
cryptogenic
adj
(of a disease) Of uncertain cause.
(of an organism) Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
(of epilepsy) Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
cryptologic
cryptologic
Adjective
Of or relating to cryptology.
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
cryptonymic
cryptonymic
adj
Of or pertaining to cryptonyms.
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
cryptorchis
cryptorchis
noun
(countable) Synonym of cryptorchid
(uncountable) Synonym of cryptorchidism
cryptozoite
cryptozoite
noun
The exoerythrocytic stage of a malarial parasite
cryptozonia
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.
cuscohygrin
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
cyanidrosis
cyanochroia
cyanochroic
cyanohydrin
cyanohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound having both a hydroxy and a cyanide functional group, especially one having these groups attached to the same carbon atom
cyanometric
cyanometric
adj
Relating to cyanometry.
cyanophoric
cybernation
cybernation
noun
A large online community that operates like a nation, or state.
The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer.
cyclindroid
cyclometric
cyclometric
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to the inverse trigonometric functions: arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arccotangent, arcsecant, and arccosecant.
cyclomyaria
cyclophoria
cyclophoria
noun
A form of strabismus involving a rotating movement of the eye.
cyclophoric
cyclophoric
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, cyclophoria.
cycloserine
cycloserine
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₃H₆N₂O₂ produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces orchidaceus) and used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis.
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cynomorphic
cynomorphic
adj
doglike
cypraeiform
cypridinoid
cypriniform
cypriniform
noun
Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches
cyprinodont
cyprinodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
cyprinoidea
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)