A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP.
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
cephalotus
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cetomorpha
chaetopoda
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
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.
chapatties
chapatties
noun
plural of chapatty
chapournet
chaptalize
chaptalize
verb
To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstrap
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chichipate
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiroptera
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
cineplasty
ciphertext
ciphertext
noun
Encoded text, text that is unreadable.
cisplatine
cispontine
cispontine
adj
On this side of the bridge (or bridges).
cityscapes
cityscapes
noun
plural of cityscape
clientship
clientship
noun
The position of a client.
clipsheets
clipsheets
noun
plural of clipsheet
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
cloverport
clypeaster
clypeolate
coacceptor
coapostate
coenotrope
coenotypic
coffeepots
coffeepots
noun
plural of coffeepot
coleoptera
coleoptile
coleoptile
noun
(botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
collotyped
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
colpitises
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
colporteur
colporteur
noun
A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compactile
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatable
compatable
adj
Misspelling of compatible.
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compellent
compendent
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
competence
competence
noun
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
(countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
(dated) A sustainable income.
(geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
(linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
competible
competible
adj
(obsolete) Compatible
competitor
competitor
noun
(obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
compleated
compleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compleat
complected
complected
adj
(US, in combination) Having a specified complexion; complexioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complect
complement
complement
noun
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
verb
(obsolete) Old form of compliment
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
completely
completely
adv
(degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
(manner) In a complete manner
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completest
completest
adj
superlative form of complete: most complete
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
completory
completory
adj
Serving to fulfil.
noun
A compline.
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
complotted
complotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complot
complotter
complotter
noun
One who complots; a conspirator.
components
components
noun
plural of component
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compostela
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
comptonite
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
concaptive
conception
conception
noun
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
The act of conceiving.
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
The start of pregnancy.
The state of being conceived; the beginning.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
conceptual
conceptual
adj
Of or relating to conceptualism.
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
concipient
concipient
noun
One who conceives, who has an idea or concept.
conspectus
conspectus
noun
A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
constipate
constipate
verb
(obsolete) To pack or crowd together.
(transitive) To cause constipation in.
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
contrapone
contrapose
contrapose
verb
(intransitive) To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.
(transitive, logic) To place in contraposition.
contrecoup
contrecoup
noun
(pathology) A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
cooperated
cooperates
cooperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooperate
cooperator
cooperator
noun
One who cooperates; an associate.
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
copartners
copartners
noun
plural of copartner
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
copatentee
copatentee
noun
A joint patentee; one who holds a patent with another.
copesettic
copesettic
adj
Misspelling of copacetic.
coppaelite
copromoted
copromoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copromote
copromoter
copromoter
noun
A joint promoter.
copromotes
copromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copromote
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
copycutter
copyfitter
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
corbiestep
corbiestep
noun
(architecture) A series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.
coreplasty
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
correption
correption
noun
(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
A shortening in pronunciation.
corruptest
corruptest
adj
superlative form of corrupt: most corrupt
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of corrupt
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
coupleteer
coupleteer
noun
One who writes couplets.
cowperitis
cowperitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of Cowper's gland
coxopodite
coxopodite
noun
Synonym of coxa
crankplate
craspedota
craspedote
craspedote
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Craspedota.
crepitated
crepitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crepitate
crispature
crispature
noun
The state of being crispate.
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptolite
cryptomere
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.