(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aeromancer
aeromancer
noun
A practitioner of aeromancy
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aeronomics
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
amarynceus
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
amercement
amercement
noun
(law) A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
americanum
ancramdale
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
anhydremic
anisomeric
anisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anticamera
antichrome
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
arsenicism
arsenicism
noun
(pathology) A diseased condition produced by gradual arsenic poisoning.
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
calamander
calamander
noun
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita.
calciminer
calciminer
noun
A person who calcimines.
cambresine
cambresine
noun
Alternative form of cambrasine
cameration
cameration
noun
A vaulting or arching over.
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
cameronian
cameronian
Noun
A follower of (1648?–1680), a leader of the militant Presbyterians, known as Covenanters, who resisted attempts by the Stuart monarchs to control the affairs of the Church of Scotland.
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
camphorone
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
capernaism
carbonemia
carcinemia
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
carmarthen
carmencita
carminette
cashmerian
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
cementwork
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
centaurium
centermost
centermost
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of centremost
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
centimeter
centimeter
noun
(American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre
centimetre
centimetre
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centrahoma
centralism
centralism
noun
A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.
centremost
centremost
adj
Closest to the centre
centromere
centromere
noun
(genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
centrosema
centrosome
centrosome
noun
(cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules
cercomonad
cercomonad
noun
(zoology) A small flagellate of the order Cercomonadida, widespread in aqueous habitats and common in soils.
cercomonas
ceremonial
ceremonial
adj
(archaic) Observant of ceremony, ritual, or social forms.
Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony.
noun
A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
ceremonies
ceremonies
noun
plural of ceremony
ceruminous
ceruminous
adj
Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chairmaned
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chamberino
chamberlin
chamberlin
noun
Obsolete form of chamberlain.
chambertin
chambranle
chambranle
noun
(architecture) In architecture, the case or frame used on three sides around a chamber door, large window, or fireplace mantel, and the border decorations.
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
charlemont
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
chemstrand
chiromance
chloramine
chloramine
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of unstable compounds of nitrogen and chlorine R₁R₂NCl; also the parent compound NH₂Cl, used to manufacture hydrazine, and as the antiseptic chloramine-T
chondriome
chondriome
noun
(biology) The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
chromatone
chromogene
chromonema
chromonema
noun
(genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie
chrysamine
chrysamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of quinoid derivatives of a phenylhydrazine (typically (3E)-3-[[4-[4-[(2E)-2-(3-carboxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]phenyl]phenyl]hydrazinylidene]-6-oxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1-carboxylic acid); any yellow azo dye derived from such a compound
ciceronism
cinecamera
cinecamera
noun
Alternative form of cine camera
cinemagoer
cinemagoer
noun
One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
cinerarium
cinerarium
noun
A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
circuitmen
circumcone
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
cleromancy
cleromancy
noun
Divination by casting lots (sortilege).
Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
clipperman
clubmonger
coalmonger
coalmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in coal.
cochairmen
cochairmen
noun
plural of cochairman
coenamored
coercement
coercement
noun
coercion
comanagers
comanagers
noun
plural of comanager
comburendo
commandeer
commandeer
verb
(transitive) To force into military service.
(transitive) To seize for military use.
(transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.
(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).
commanders
commanders
noun
plural of commander
commandery
commandery
noun
(historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
commandrie
commentary
commentary
noun
(usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
commercing
commercing
verb
present participle of commerce
commingler
commingler
noun
A device for noiseless heating of water by steam in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
One who, or that which, commingles.
commorient
commorient
adj
Dying together or at the same time.
noun
Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
companeros
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
concrement
concrement
noun
(obsolete) concretion
concretism
concretism
noun
(art) An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.
reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction like a real entity
condemners
condemners
noun
plural of condemner
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conformate
conformers
conformers
noun
plural of conformer
contermine
contramure
conumerary
conumerous
convertism
coppermine
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
cornishmen
cornmaster
cornmonger
cornmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in corn.
coromandel
coromandel
noun
Synonym of calamander
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
cosmogoner
cosmogoner
noun
One who studies cosmogony.
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
counterman
counterman
noun
(US) A man who serves behind a counter, especially in a diner.
countermen
countermen
noun
plural of counterman
countrymen
countrymen
noun
plural of countryman
cramponnee
craniotome
craniotome
noun
A surgical instrument used in craniotomy to remove part of the skull.