An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
ambolic
ambreic
ambrica
amoebic
amoebic
adj
(biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
becrime
bigamic
bochism
brahmic
brahmic
Adjective
Related or belonging to a certain family of abugidas used to write many languages of South and Southeast Asia, descended from the
buckism
bulimic
bulimic
adj
Of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa.
Suffering from bulimia nervosa.
noun
A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.
bumicky
cabimas
cacimbo
cambial
cambial
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to a cambium.
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to commercial exchange.
cambion
cambion
noun
(mythology) The offspring of either an incubus and a female human or a succubus and a male human.
cambism
cambism
noun
(rare) The business of currency exchange.
cambist
cambist
noun
A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
cambium
cambium
noun
(anatomy) Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones
(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
(obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.
cambrai
cambria
cambria
Proper noun
Wales.
cambric
cambric
noun
A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
cembali
chimble
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
cimabue
cimbric
cimbric
Adjective
Relating to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe that invaded the Roman Empire around 110 BC. The tribe has been associated with Jutland in Denmark as well as northern Germany.
Proper noun
The language of the Cimbri.
cimbura
climbed
climbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of climb
climber
climber
noun
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
(climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
(cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
(ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
Something that is used for climbing.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
coimbra
colombi
combind
combine
combine
noun
(American football) A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
(art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
A combine harvester
An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
verb
(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
(intransitive) To come together; to unite.
(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
combing
combing
noun
(in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
Alternative spelling of coaming
The act by which something is combed.
verb
present participle of comb
combite
crambid
crambid
noun
Any member of the Crambidae, a family of grass moths.
crimble
crimble
Proper noun
Christmas.
cubisms
cubisms
noun
plural of cubism
cumbria
cumbria
Proper noun
A county of Northern England bordering Lancashire, North Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland.
cymbium
cymbium
noun
(zoology) The tarsus of the copulatory pedipalp in certain spiders.
cymblin
diambic
diambic
adj
(poetry) Alternative form of diiambic
discumb
embelic
embolic
embolic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
embrica
hebamic
iambics
iambics
noun
plural of iambic
impubic
lambric
limbeck
limbeck
noun
(obsolete) An alembic.
liscomb
maibach
mcbride
michabo
microbe
microbe
noun
(microbiology) Any microorganism, but especially a harmful bacterium.
minicab
minicab
noun
(Britain) An unlicensed taxi.
(Britain, originally) A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab).
verb
(intransitive) To drive a minicab.
plumbic
plumbic
adj
(chemistry) Specifically, of compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds.
reclimb
reclimb
verb
(transitive) To climb again.
rhombic
rhombic
adj
Having the characteristics of a rhombus.
umbilic
umbilic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus
noun
(geometry) An umbilicus.
The navel; the center.
umbonic
umbonic
adj
Pertaining to an umbo.
unclimb
unclimb
verb
(transitive) To undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.