(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
carphophis
carpophaga
carpophore
carpophore
noun
(botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
(mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.
carpophyll
carpophyll
noun
(botany) Synonym of carpel
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
carvership
cashkeeper
cataphasia
cataphasia
noun
A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.
cataphatic
cataphatic
adj
(by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
cataphonic
cataphonic
adj
Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
cataphoria
cataphoric
cataphoric
adj
Of or relating to cataphora.
cataphract
cataphract
adj
(nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
noun
(ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
cataphylla
cataphysic
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
catchplate
catchplate
noun
Alternative form of catch plate
catchpoled
cathograph
cattleship
cattyphoid
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
cephaeline
cephaeline
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid that induces vomiting, related to emetine.
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
cephalalgy
cephalalgy
noun
Dated form of cephalalgia.
cephalemia
cephalexin
cephalexin
noun
Alternative form of cefalexin
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
cephalodia
cephalodia
noun
plural of cephalodium
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
cephalopod
cephalopod
noun
Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
cephalotus
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
cetomorpha
chachapuya
chaetopoda
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
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
chapacuran
chaparajos
chaparajos
noun
chaps (item of clothing)
chaparejos
chaparejos
noun
chaps (trousers)
chaparrals
chaparrals
noun
plural of chaparral
chapatties
chapatties
noun
plural of chapatty
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chapellage
chapellany
chapellany
noun
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chapelries
chapelries
noun
plural of chapelry
chapelward
chapelward
adv
Toward a chapel.
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chaplaincy
chaplaincy
noun
A building, for example on a university campus, catering to people's religious needs.
The role or position of a chaplain.
chaplainry
chaplainry
noun
A chaplaincy.
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
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
charophyta
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
cheapishly
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkstrap
chemigraph
chemopause
chesapeake
chesapeake
Noun
Any member of a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as in Virginia, United States.
chichipate
chilopodan
chimaphila
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.
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chinquapin
chinquapin
noun
A chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
A water chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
chionaspis
chippeways
chirograph
chirograph
noun
(law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
(law, historical) A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
(obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
chiroptera
chirospasm
chirospasm
noun
Alternative form of cheirospasm
chlidanope
chloropsia
chloropsia
noun
(pathology) A visual defect in which objects appear to have a greenish tinge
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chorograph
chorograph
noun
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
chromaphil
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromopsia
chrosperma
chrysophan
chrysophan
noun
Archaic form of chrysophane.
chuprassie
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
cibophobia
cibophobia
noun
The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
ciliophora
cipherable
cipherable
adj
able to be ciphered (calculated)
cladophora
cladophyll
cladophyll
noun
(botany) A phyllode
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
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
cochampion
cochampion
noun
joint champion
coleophora
collophane
colpindach
colpindach
noun
(Scotland, law, obsolete) A two-year-old heifer.
colporrhea
commiphora
coniophora
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
copperhead
copperhead
noun
(derogatory) Someone with ginger hair.
Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
cormophyta
coryphaena
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
coryphasia
corypphaei
crashproof
crashproof
adj
(computing) Resistant to crashes (failure of software programs).
(of a vehicle) Resistant to the damaging effects of a collision.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crosspatch
crosspatch
noun
A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
crotaphion
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
crotophaga
cryptarchy
cryptarchy
noun
a secret government or rulership
ctenophora
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cumaphytic
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
cyanopathy
cyanopathy
noun
(medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cyaphenine
cyathaspis
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cymaphytic
cymophobia
cynography
cynomorpha
cynophobia
cynophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.