(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
academy
academy
noun
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
acemila
acetiam
aclemon
acnemia
acreman
acreman
noun
A leader of a plowing team in medieval England.
acremen
acremen
noun
plural of acreman
acrnema
acumble
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alcmena
alcmene
alcmene
Proper noun
Descendent of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
alembic
alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
almacen
almeric
almuces
almuces
noun
plural of almuce
ambreic
ambsace
ambsace
noun
(archaic) Bad luck, worthlessness.
(archaic) Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
amerced
amerced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amerce
amercer
amercer
noun
One who amerces.
amerces
amerces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amerce
america
amesace
amnesic
amnesic
adj
Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
noun
(dated) A person with amnesia.
A medication with amnesic effects.
amoebic
amoebic
adj
(biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
ampyces
amschel
amyelic
anaemic
anaemic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anemic
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
armenic
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
azimech
beacham
becalms
becalms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becalm
becharm
becharm
verb
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
beckman
becolme
becomed
becomed
adj
(obsolete) proper; decorous
verb
(archaic, nonstandard, poetic) simple past tense and past participle of become
becomes
becomes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of become
becomma
becramp
becrime
beecham
bemercy
bemercy
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with mercy; show mercy to; milse.
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bombace
bombace
noun
(obsolete) cotton; padding
brecham
cacumen
cacumen
noun
(obsolete, physics) The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.
cadmean
cadmean
Adjective
Of or relating to a mythical prince of Thebes, said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet.
cadmide
caedmon
caeomas
caesium
caesium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
cageman
cageman
noun
(Hong Kong) One who lives in a cage home.
calemes
calmest
calmest
adj
superlative form of calm: most calm
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of calm
calmier
calomel
calomel
noun
(inorganic chemistry) mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis
calumet
calumet
noun
A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
camacey
camaieu
camaieu
noun
(art) A cameo (relief carving).
(art) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
(art) A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
camaile
camases
camases
noun
plural of camas
cambaye
cambers
cambers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camber
cambeva
camblet
camboge
camboge
noun
Alternative form of gamboge.
cambrel
cambrel
noun
Obsolete form of gambrel.
cameist
camelia
camelia
noun
Obsolete form of camellia.
camelid
camelid
noun
(zoology) Any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.
camella
camelot
camelot
noun
Alternative form of camlet
camelry
camelry
noun
(military) A military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
camelus
camenae
camenes
cameoed
cameoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cameo
camerae
cameral
cameral
adj
Relating to a chamber, especially to a judicial or legislative one
cameras
cameras
noun
plural of camera
cameron
cameron
Proper noun
and a highland Scottish clan name
name derived from the surname.
name derived from the surname, used since the 1970s also in the spellings Camryn and Kamryn.
A in Arizona
An unincorporated community in Illinois
An unincorporated community in Iowa
A in Louisiana
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Missouri
An unincorporated community in Montana
A town in New York
A town in North Carolina
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A town in South Carolina
A city in Texas
A city in West Virginia
A village and a town in Wisconsin
camille
camises
camises
noun
plural of camis
plural of camise
camlets
camlets
noun
plural of camlet
camoens
camogie
camogie
noun
A women's stick-and-ball sport from Ireland, almost identical to hurling.
campane
campane
noun
(heraldry, usually in the plural) A bell.
(rare) A bell-shaped vessel forming the upper part of an alembic.
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
campine
campine
Proper noun
A region to the east of the city of Antwerp, Belgium (in the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg), and southwest of Eindhoven, the Netherlands (in the province of North Brabant).
Noun
A chicken of a breed originating from the aforementioned region.
campney
camused
camuses
capemay
caramel
caramel
adj
Of a yellow-brown color.
noun
(color) A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
(uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
verb
(transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
carmela
carmele
carmelo
carmena
carmine
carmine
adj
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
noun
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
carmine:
caromed
caromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carom
caromel
caromel
noun
Archaic form of caramel.
caroome
caroome
noun
(obsolete) A licence once issued to grant the right to keep a cart (in the City of London)
caulome
caulome
noun
(botany) A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.
caveman
caveman
noun
(informal, figuratively, derogatory) A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.
(informal, figuratively, derogatory) A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.
(informal, figuratively, derogatory) Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity.
An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
cavemen
cavemen
noun
plural of caveman
ceasmic
cedrium
celemin
celemin
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 L.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
celtdom
celtism
celtium
celtium
noun
(historical) The name originally proposed for chemical element number 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct), but subsequent work demonstrated it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.
cembali
cembalo
cembalo
noun
(music) A harpsichord.
cementa
cements
cements
noun
plural of cement
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cement
cenaeum
centesm
centesm
noun
(obsolete) One hundredth part; one percent.
centime
centime
noun
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
A coin having face value of one centime.
centimo
centimo
noun
A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
centrum
centrum
noun
(seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
A center.
The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
centums
centums
noun
plural of centum
ceramal
ceramal
noun
cermet
ceramic
ceramic
adj
Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
noun
(countable) An object made of this material
(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.
ceriman
ceriman
noun
A large, woody vine native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, Monstera deliciosa, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.
The fruit of this vine.
ceriums
ceriums
noun
plural of cerium
cermets
cermets
noun
plural of cermet
ceromez
cerumen
cerumen
noun
earwax
cesiums
cestrum
chalmer
chamade
chamade
noun
(military, historical) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
chamber
chamber
noun
(UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
(biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
(dated, usually in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.
(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
(firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
(firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
(historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
(obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
A bedroom.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
The private office of a judge.
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
verb
(martial arts) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
(obsolete) To be lascivious.
To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
To enclose in a room.
To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
chambre
chambre
noun
Obsolete spelling of chamber
chametz
chametz
noun
(Judaism) Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover in Judaism.
chamfer
chamfer
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
chamise
chamise
noun
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae
chamite
chamlet
chamlet
noun
Obsolete form of camlet.
champed
champed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champ
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chamuel
chamyne
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
charmed
charmed
adj
(physics) Of a particle: having nonzero charm.
Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.
Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charm
charmel
charmel
noun
(biblical) A fruitful field.
charmer
charmer
noun
A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.