(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
accomplish
accomplish
verb
(transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
amphibrach
amphibrach
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
amphicarpa
amphichrom
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphimacer
amphimacer
noun
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic
amphisarca
amphithect
amphodarch
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
ampicillin
ampicillin
noun
(pharmacology) A semisynthetic form of penicillin C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₄S that is effective against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and is used to treat infections of the urinary, respiratory, and intestinal tracts.
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
anacampsis
anacamptic
anacamptic
adj
Reflecting or reflected.
anamorphic
anamorphic
adj
(mycology) Of or relating to the anamorph, an asexual stage in the development of certain fungi.
Producing various optically distorted images.
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
aphorismic
aphorismic
adj
Relating to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apochromat
apochromat
noun
(optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
apolegamic
apopemptic
apopemptic
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
noun
(obsolete) A farewell or parting address.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apozemical
appomattoc
archiplasm
archisperm
archoplasm
archoplasm
noun
(cytology, dated) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
archoptoma
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
baphometic
biomorphic
biomorphic
adj
Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
bioplasmic
bioplasmic
adj
Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.
brompicrin
brompicrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO₂Br₃.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
calocarpum
calyphyomy
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
cameograph
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
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.
campanella
campanella
noun
(historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campanilla
campanular
campanular
adj
campanulate; bell-shaped
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
camphanone
campholide
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camphorize
camphorone
camphoroyl
camphylene
campignian
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
campobello
campodeoid
camponotus
camporeale
campstools
campstools
noun
plural of campstool
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
capernaism
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
capitalism
capitalism
noun
(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
(economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
capitolium
capitolium
Noun
An ancient temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, built on hills and other prominent areas in many cities in Italy and the provinces.
capnomancy
capnomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy.
caprimulgi
captaculum
captaculum
noun
One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).
carpomania
carposperm
carposperm
noun
(biology) The egg of a red alga
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
celeomorph
celiolymph
centiplume
cephalemia
cetomorpha
chamaerops
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
champenois
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chemigraph
chemopause
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chimaphila
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chimpanzee
chimpanzee
noun
(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which is also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
chirospasm
chirospasm
noun
Alternative form of cheirospasm
chromaphil
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromophil
chromophil
noun
Alternative form of chromophile
chromophor
chromophyl
chromopsia
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chromotypy
chromotypy
noun
The production of chromotypes
chrosperma
chumpiness
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
clinoprism
clipperman
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
cochampion
cochampion
noun
joint champion
cocomposer
cocomposer
noun
One who jointly composes a work with somebody else.
coelosperm
coemployed
coemployee
coemployee
noun
Synonym of coworker
comeupance
comeupance
noun
Alternative form of comeuppance
commiphora
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
compactile
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compaction
compaction
noun
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
compactors
compactors
noun
plural of compactor
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compagnies
companable
companable
Adjective
companionable; sociable
companator
companeros
companions
companions
noun
plural of companion
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
comparable
comparable
adj
(grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
(often with to) Able to be compared (to).
(often with to) Similar (to); like.
noun
Something suitable for comparison.
comparably
comparably
adv
In a comparable manner.
comparator
comparator
noun
(computing) An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.
(law) anything that serves comparison
An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
comparison
comparison
noun
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
(phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
(rhetoric) A simile.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.