(archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
circuitman
circuitmen
circumanal
circumanal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the anus
circumcone
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
citrulline
citrulline
noun
(biochemistry) An amino acid, first isolated from watermelons, that is an intermediate in the urea cycle.
clamouring
clamouring
noun
A sound that clamours.
verb
present participle of clamour
clangorous
clangorous
adj
Making a clangor.
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clarenceux
claybourne
clubmonger
clubridden
cluricaune
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
A grouping of a number of similar things.
verb
present participle of cluster
cluttering
cluttering
noun
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
An instance of cluttered speech.
The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.
verb
present participle of clutter
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinsuring
coinsuring
verb
present participle of coinsure
collunaria
colubrinae
comburendo
comminutor
comminutor
noun
(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
comournful
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.
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
concarneau
concluders
concluders
noun
plural of concluder
conclusory
conclusory
adj
(law) Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
Of or pertaining to a conclusion; conclusive.
concourses
concourses
noun
plural of concourse
concurrent
concurrent
adj
(computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
(geometry) Meeting in one point.
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
noun
One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
concurring
concurring
verb
present participle of concur
concursion
concursion
noun
(archaic) A sudden solidification.
conductors
conductors
noun
plural of conductor
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
condurango
condurango
noun
(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
condurrite
condurrite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
conflexure
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confutator
congruence
congruence
noun
(algebra) More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
(mathematics, geometry) The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
(mathematics, linear algebra) Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
congruency
congruency
noun
(mathematics) The state of being congruent
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
conjecture
conjecture
noun
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, linguistics) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
(obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.
verb
(formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
(transitive) To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
conjugator
conjugator
noun
An automated process or written aid for giving the conjugation table of verbs.
conjunctur
conjurator
conjurator
noun
(obsolete, law) A person who swears an oath along with others
conjurison
connatural
connatural
adj
(obsolete) inborn; inherent; natural
Similar in nature.
conocarpus
conorhinus
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
constructs
constructs
noun
plural of construct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of construct
construers
construers
noun
plural of construer
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
constuctor
consultary
consultary
adj
(law) Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.
consultory
consultory
adj
Alternative form of consultatory
contexture
contexture
noun
A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
A weaving together of parts.
Context.
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
The structural character of a thing.
continuers
continuers
noun
plural of continuer
contouring
contouring
noun
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
the building up of muscles with exercise
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation
verb
present participle of contour
contractus
contramure
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.
contribute
contribute
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
conumerary
conumerous
conundrums
conundrums
noun
plural of conundrum
conuropsis
conversusi
copernicus
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
corenounce
coriandrum
coriolanus
cornaceous
cornaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Cornaceae of trees and shrubs including dogwoods and tupelos.
corncutter
corncutter
noun
A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for cattle feed.
An implement consisting of a long blade attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cornicular
cornicular
adj
Being or relating to a horn angle.
noun
A secretary or clerk.
corniculer
corniculum
corniculum
noun
(anatomy) A small horn-like part or process.
cornigeous
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
cornucopia
cornucopia
noun
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
An abundance or plentiful supply.
cornulites
coroutines
coroutines
noun
plural of coroutine
corpulence
corpulence
noun
The state or characteristic of being corpulent.
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
corruption
corruption
noun
(computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
(usage prescription) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, assigned a value judgment as being debased, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing.
Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity
The decomposition of biological matter.
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.
corybulbin
cosingular
cosingular
adj
(algebra) Having the same singularities.
cothurnate
cothurnate
adj
Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
Wearing a cothurn.
cothurnian
coulterneb
coulterneb
Noun
The puffin.
coumarinic
coumarinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from a coumarin
coumarouna
councillor
councillor
noun
A member of a council.
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor
councilors
councilors
noun
plural of councilor
counsellor
counsellor
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of counselor
counselors
counselors
noun
plural of counselor
counteract
counteract
noun
An action performed in opposition to another action.
verb
To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate
To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
countercry
countercry
noun
A cry raised in opposition to another.
counterend
counterfix
countering
countering
verb
present participle of counter
counterion
counterion
noun
(chemistry) Any ion of opposite charge to another in a solution or other electrochemical system
counterlaw
counterlaw
noun
A law that counteracts or opposes another law.
counterlit
counterman
counterman
noun
(US) A man who serves behind a counter, especially in a diner.
countermen
countermen
noun
plural of counterman
countersea
countersea
noun
(nautical) A sea running in an opposite direction from the wind.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
countersue
countersue
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To sue a person or entity who is suing one.
countersun
countertug
countertug
noun
A tug in the opposite direction.
countryish
countryish
adj
(music) Having characteristics of country music
countryman
countryman
noun
(Ireland, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
Somebody from a certain country.
Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
countrymen
countrymen
noun
plural of countryman
courantoes
courantoes
noun
plural of couranto
courantyne
courtesans
courtesans
noun
plural of courtesan
cousinries
cousinries
noun
plural of cousinry
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
craniniums
crannequin
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
crapulence
crapulence
noun
intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence
sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking