(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceratherium
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
amphicyrtous
amphithecium
amyloleucite
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anthoclinium
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
arceuthobium
aristomachus
autochemical
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
automaticity
automaticity
noun
(medicine) The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
The process of one thing automatically following another.
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
autosymbolic
biscuitmaker
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
cacumination
calamitously
calamitously
adv
In a calamitous manner.
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
calumniation
calumniation
noun
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
calumniative
calumniators
calumniators
noun
plural of calumniator
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
catamountain
catamountain
noun
(also attributively) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
(by extension) A man living in the mountains.
causationism
causationism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a first cause.
cementitious
cementitious
adj
Resembling or having some properties of cement.
centauridium
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
chamaecistus
chemiculture
chimonanthus
chimonanthus
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
chirotherium
chuquicamata
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cingulectomy
circumaction
circumarctic
circumarctic
adj
Lying around the Arctic.
circumaviate
circumcenter
circumcenter
noun
(geometry) The center of a circumcircle (the circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle or other cyclic polygon).
circumducted
circumducted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumduct
circumferent
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
circumjacent
circumjacent
adj
(archaic, literary) Lying or located in the area around something.
circumlental
circumlocute
circumlocute
verb
To use circumlocution.
circumnatant
circumnutate
circumnutate
verb
(botany) to bend in a direction that is continuously moving in a horizontal direction
circumrotate
circumrotate
verb
(intransitive) To revolve
circumscript
circumscript
adj
Limited, circumscribed.
circumstance
circumstance
noun
An event; a fact; a particular incident.
Circumlocution; detail.
Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
verb
To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
citharexylum
collectarium
collectarium
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A book that contains the collects (type of prayer).
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
columniation
columniation
noun
(architecture) An arrangement or grouping of columns
comburimeter
comburimeter
noun
(obsolete) An instrument for measuring how comburivorous a substance is.
comburimetry
comburimetry
noun
(obsolete) The measurement of how comburivorous a substance is.
combustibles
combustibles
noun
plural of combustible
combustively
comminutions
comminutions
noun
plural of comminution
communalists
communalists
noun
plural of communalist
communicants
communicants
noun
plural of communicant
communicated
communicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communicate
communicatee
communicatee
noun
The person who is communicated to, or who receives a communication.
communicates
communicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate
communicator
communicator
noun
(science fiction) A usually portable communications device.
Any of several electronic devices that allow people with various disabilities to communicate via displays or artificial speech.
Someone who, or something that communicates.
communionist
communionist
noun
(Christianity) One who takes part in Holy Communion; a communicant.
communistery
commutations
commutations
noun
plural of commutation
commutuality
commutuality
noun
The quality of being commutual.
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complicitous
complicitous
adj
Complicit.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
compunctions
compunctions
noun
plural of compunction
compunctious
compunctious
adj
Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
computations
computations
noun
plural of computation
computerised
computerised
adj
Functioning upon or through the medium of computers; digital.
Having undergone computerisation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of computerise
computerises
computerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerise
computerists
computerists
noun
plural of computerist
computerized
computerized
adj
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of computerised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of computerize
computerizes
computerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
coniothyrium
consumerists
consumerists
noun
plural of consumerist
consummating
consummating
verb
present participle of consummate
consummation
consummation
noun
(law) The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction.
Termination; the end (as of the world or of life); an end or resulting state.
The achievement of perfection.
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consumptible
consumptions
consumptions
noun
plural of consumption
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
conterminous
conterminous
adj
Alternative form of coterminous
contubernium
contumacious
contumacious
adj
(law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
contumelious
contumelious
adj
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
cosmonautics
cosmonautics
noun
The activities of cosmonauts; Soviet/Russian astronautics.
coulometries
coulometries
noun
plural of coulometry
counterclaim
counterclaim
noun
(law) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.
verb
(intransitive) To file a counterclaim.
counterimage
counterimage
noun
An image that counters or contradicts another.
countermined
countermined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermine
countermines
countermines
noun
plural of countermine
countersmile
countersmile
noun
A smile in response to another person's smile.
crematoriums
crepitaculum
crepitaculum
noun
A clapper or noisemaker sometimes used in place of an altar bell.
cruciformity
cubitopalmar
culminations
culminations
noun
plural of culmination
culteranismo
culteranismo
noun
(literature) A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.
cumulatively
cumulatively
adv
In a cumulative manner.
cuneiformist
cuneiformist
noun
A specialist or expert in cuneiform.
curtailments
curtailments
noun
plural of curtailment
customizable
customizable
adj
Able to be customized.
cymotrichous
cymotrichous
adj
(anthropology) Having wavy hair.
cysticarpium
damnificatus
dematiaceous
dematiaceous
adj
(mycology) Of or relating to a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls, giving them a characteristic brown colour when grown on agar.
deuteronomic
deutoplasmic
diatomaceous
diatomaceous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing diatoms or their coverings.
dichapetalum
disaccustoms
disaccustoms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disaccustom
discomfiture
discomfiture
noun
(obsolete) Defeat in battle
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.
discommunity
discommunity
noun
A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.
diverticulum
diverticulum
noun
(anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
dorcatherium
ductilimeter
ductilimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the ductility of metals.
dumbstricken
dumontiaceae
ectocuniform
ectopatagium
ecumenicists
ecumenicists
noun
plural of ecumenicist
eequinoctium
emasculating
emasculating
verb
present participle of emasculate
emasculation
emasculation
noun
(medicine) The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).
The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness.