(historical) An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
alabarch
alabarch
noun
The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
alberich
albrecht
alytarch
alytarch
noun
An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
anarchal
anarchal
adj
(archaic) lawless; anarchic
archaeol
archaeol
noun
(organic chemistry) Di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.
archbald
archbold
archdolt
archearl
archelon
archfool
archfool
noun
(archaic) An extremely foolish person.
archical
archical
adj
(obsolete) chief; primary; primordial
archilla
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archliar
archlute
archlute
noun
A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.
archpall
arzachel
atrochal
bachelor
bachelor
noun
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
bechtler
belchers
belchers
noun
plural of belcher
blancher
blancher
noun
(obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
A machine for blanching or whitening.
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
bleacher
bleacher
noun
(US, television, usually in the plural, by extension) The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.
(US, usually in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.
One who, or that which, bleaches.
blencher
blencher
noun
(obsolete) One who flinches or shrinks back.
(obsolete) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.
bluchers
bluchers
noun
plural of blucher
brachial
brachial
adj
Of the nature of an arm.
Pertaining or belonging to the arm.
noun
(zoology) Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell
brechtel
britchel
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
cashgirl
ceorlish
ceorlish
adj
Characteristic of a ceorl
chackler
chaldron
chaldron
noun
(archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
Alternative form of chawdron
chalkier
chalkier
adj
comparative form of chalky: more chalky
chalmers
chambrel
chandler
chandler
noun
(historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
A person who makes or sells candles.
chapelry
chapelry
noun
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
chaptrel
chaptrel
noun
(architecture, obsolete) An impost.
charales
charcoal
charcoal
adj
Made of charcoal.
Of a dark gray colour.
noun
(countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
(countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
A very dark gray colour.
verb
To cook over charcoal.
To draw with charcoal.
chariclo
charlady
charlady
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
charlean
charleen
charlena
charlene
charleys
charleys
noun
plural of charley
charlies
charlies
noun
plural of charlie
charline
charlock
charlock
noun
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).
charlton
charlton
Proper noun
Any of many place names in England, Australia and the United States, including:
a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, England, and the home of Charlton Athletic F.C.
a village between Shepperton and Ashford, Surrey, England.
derived from the English place name.
Charlton Athletic football club.
charlyne
charmful
charmful
adj
Abounding with charms.
charnels
charnels
noun
plural of charnel
chartlet
chartley
chartula
chartula
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A small piece of paper for the storage of one dose of a medicinal powder.
cheerful
cheerful
adj
Bright and pleasant.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
cheerily
cheerily
adv
In a cheerful manner; with a cheery demeanour.
cheerled
chelator
chelator
noun
(chemistry) A chelating agent
chelicer
chelifer
chelifer
noun
book-scorpion
chelydra
chelydre
chelydre
noun
(obsolete) A fetid water snake.
cherilyn
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheverel
cheverel
adj
(obsolete) Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
noun
(obsolete) Kid, as used to make leather.
cheveril
cheveril
adj
(obsolete) Made of cheveril; pliant.
noun
(obsolete) Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheverly
cheweler
chiclero
chilaria
chilaria
noun
plural of chilarium
childers
childers
noun
plural of childer
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chillers
chillers
noun
plural of chiller
chillier
chillier
adj
comparative form of chilly: more chilly
chilmark
chiltern
chiltern
Proper noun
a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Chiltern Hills (the Chilterns).
a town in Victoria, Australia.
chimeral
chimeral
adj
Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses)
chirolas
chirpily
chirpily
adv
In a chirpy way.
chiseler
chiseler
noun
(informal) A cheat; a swindler; a con artist.
(informal, Ireland, 20th-century inner-city Dublin slang) A child.
One who uses a chisel for carving.
chitrali
chitrali
Noun
An inhabitant of Chitral, in particular of the Kho ethnic group.
Adjective
Relating or pertaining to Chitral, characteristic of Chitral.
chivalry
chivalry
noun
(UK, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
(now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
chlorals
chlorals
noun
plural of chloral
chlorate
chlorate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
chloride
chloride
noun
(chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
chlorids
chlorids
noun
plural of chlorid
chlorine
chlorine
noun
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
chlorins
chlorins
noun
plural of chlorin
chlorion
chlorion
noun
(archaic) A chlorine ion.
chlorite
chlorite
noun
(chemistry, countable) Any salt of chlorous acid.
(mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
chlorize
chlornal
chloroid
chloroid
adj
Resembling chlorine.
yellow-green in color.
chloroma
chloroma
noun
(oncology) A myeloid sarcoma, often green in tint.
chlorous
chlorous
adj
(chemistry) Of a compound, containing chlorine with a lower oxidation number than equivalent chloric compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 3.
(obsolete) Relating to, or resembling, the electronegative character of chlorine; hence, electronegative; opposed to basylous or zincous.
chockler
choleras
choleras
noun
plural of cholera
choleric
choleric
adj
(according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
(obsolete) Causing an excess of choler.
Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
Showing or expressing anger.
noun
A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).
A person with a choleric temperament.
chollers
chollers
noun
plural of choller
choluria
choluria
noun
(pathology) The presence of bile pigments in the urine.
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chorales
chorales
noun
plural of chorale
chorally
chorally
adv
In a choral manner; as a choir.
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
chortler
chortler
noun
Someone who chortles
chortles
chortles
noun
plural of chortle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chortle
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
chremsel
chremsel
noun
(Judaism) A fried dumpling made of matzo meal and filled with fruit, typically prunes, and eaten on Passover.
chremzel
chrimsel
chrimsel
noun
Alternative form of chremsel
chrismal
chrismal
adj
Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
noun
A veil used in christening.
A vessel for holding chrism; a chrismatory.
christal
christel
christly
christly
Adjective
Christlike
chroatol
chromule
chromule
noun
(botany, dated) Any colouring matter in plants other than chlorophyll, and especially in the petals.
chromyls
chromyls
noun
plural of chromyl
chrysler
chrysler
Noun
An automobile of the make definition.
chrystal
chrystal
noun
Obsolete spelling of crystal
chrystel
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
churchly
churchly
adj
Characteristic of a church; churchy.
Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
churlier
churlish
churlish
adj
(of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
Rude, surly, ungracious.
Stingy or grudging.
churnful
churnful
noun
As much as a churn will hold.
chyluria
chyluria
noun
A medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine.
clarsach
clarsach
noun
A small triangular wire-strung harp of Gaelic origin.
clarsech
clarseth
clashers
clashers
noun
plural of clasher
clathrus
clearish
cleghorn
clencher
clencher
noun
One who clenches.
clerihew
clerihew
noun
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
clerkish
clerkish
adj
Like or resembling a clerk.
cleruchy
cleruchy
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.
clincher
clincher
noun
(cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.
clithral
clithral
adj
(architecture) Alternative form of cleithral
clochard
clochard
noun
A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
clothier
clothier
noun
A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
clougher
clutcher
clutcher
noun
One who clutches.
cochlear
cochlear
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.