(botany) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.
candleberry
candleberry
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica.
candymaking
candymaking
noun
The manufacture of candy.
cardiectomy
cardiectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
cardinality
cardinality
noun
(data modeling, databases) The property of a relationship between a database table and another one, specifying whether it is one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
(religion) The status of being cardinalitial
(set theory, of a set) The number of elements a given set contains.
(type theory) The number of terms that can inhabit a type; the possible values of a type.
cardiodynia
cardiodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the heart
cardiolysis
cardiolysis
noun
(surgery) The freeing the heart from its adhesions to the sternal periosteum, typically in adhesive mediastinopericarditis
cardiometry
cardiometry
noun
(medicine) measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cardplayers
cardplayers
noun
plural of cardplayer
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
caryatidean
caryopsides
cecidomyian
ceratohyoid
ceratohyoid
noun
A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
chalcedonyx
chalcedonyx
noun
(mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony.
chardonnays
chardonnays
noun
plural of chardonnay
chelydridae
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chimneyhead
chimneyhead
noun
The upper part of a chimneystack
chiromyidae
chlamydeous
chlamydeous
adj
(botany) That has a perianth
chlamydozoa
chlamydozoa
noun
plural of chlamydozoon
chrysalidal
chrysalides
chrysalides
noun
plural of chrysalis
chrysidella
chrysididae
chrysomonad
chrysomonad
noun
Synonym of chrysophyte
chrysopidae
churchyards
churchyards
noun
plural of churchyard
cladophylls
cladophylls
noun
plural of cladophyll
claybrained
cleidomancy
cleidomancy
noun
Divination by using a hanging key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.
clothesyard
clothesyard
noun
The outdoor area of a house that is used for drying washing
coadjacency
coadjacency
noun
The condition of being coadjacent.
coadjuvancy
coadjuvancy
noun
(rare) cooperation; mutual effort
coccyodynia
coccyodynia
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of coccydynia
cockneyland
codicillary
codicillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a codicil.
colloidally
colloidally
adv
With respect to colloids
collyridian
comedically
comedically
adv
In a comedic manner; using comedy.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
commendably
commendably
adv
In a commendable manner.
commodatary
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
compendiary
concealedly
concealedly
adv
In a concealed or hidden manner; secretly.
concordably
concordancy
concordancy
noun
agreement
condemnably
condemnably
adv
In a condemnable manner.
condolatory
condolatory
adj
Offering condolence.
condylomata
condylopoda
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
containedly
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyreaders
copyreaders
noun
plural of copyreader
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
coracohyoid
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
corycavidin
corydalises
corydalises
noun
plural of corydalis
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
cosymmedian
cotyledonal
cotyledonal
adj
Of or pertaining to a cotyledon.
cotyledonar
cotyledonar
adj
Alternative form of cotyledonary
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
cryohydrate
cryohydrate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt that forms crystals containing water of crystallization only at low temperatures
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
crypturidae
crystalized
crystalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crystalize
crystalloid
crystalloid
adj
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.
noun
(botany) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
(chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
ctenodactyl
cumaldehyde
curtailedly
cyanhydrate
cyanidation
cyanidation
noun
(metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process
cyanidrosis
cyanohydrin
cyanohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound having both a hydroxy and a cyanide functional group, especially one having these groups attached to the same carbon atom
cyanuramide
cyathozooid
cycadaceous
cycadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to, or resembling, the Cycadaceae, a family of plants like the palms but with exogenous wood.
cycadeoidea
cycadophyta
cycadophyte
cycadophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Cycadophyta; a cycad.
cycloganoid
cycloganoid
noun
(zoology) Any of the obsolete taxon Cycloganoidei, a group of fishes which included the bowfin.
cycloidally
cycloidally
adv
In a cycloidal manner.
cyclopaedia
cyclopaedia
noun
(archaic) An encyclopedia.
(archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
cyclopaedic
cyclopaedic
adj
Alternative form of cyclopedic
cyclopedias
cyclopedias
noun
plural of cyclopedia
cylindrella
cylindrical
cylindrical
adj
(cartography) Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.
Shaped like a cylinder.
cylindruria
cylindruria
noun
(pathology) The presence of renal cylinders in the urine
cyphomandra
cyprinoidea
cystadenoma
cystadenoma
noun
A hidrocystoma.
dacryagogue
dacryorrhea
dacryorrhea
noun
excessive lacrimal secretion
dactylogram
dactylogram
Noun
a fingerprint.
dactylology
dactylology
noun
The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf.
dactylonomy
dactylonomy
noun
The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
dactylopius
dactylopore
dactylopore
noun
(biology) A pore in the coenosteum of a hydrozoan, through which the dactylozooids protrude
daemonology
dailynesses
daimonology
daimonology
noun
Alternative form of demonology
daintifying
daintifying
verb
present participle of daintify
daisycutter
daisycutter
noun
Alternative form of daisy cutter
damnability
damnability
noun
damnableness
dandiacally
dandiacally
adv
Like a dandy; foppishly.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dangleberry
dangleberry
noun
An ericaceous flowering plant in the genus Gaylussacia.
The white-bloomed dark blue edible berry of this plant.
daredevilry
daredevilry
noun
reckless boldness.
dasypodidae
daunomycins
daunomycins
noun
plural of daunomycin
dauntlessly
dauntlessly
adv
In a dauntless manner.
daydreamers
daydreamers
noun
plural of daydreamer
daydreaming
daydreaming
noun
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
verb
present participle of daydream
daylighting
daylighting
verb
present participle of daylight
deacetylate
deacetylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation
deadeningly
deadeningly
adv
In a deadening manner.
deafeningly
deafeningly
adv
In a deafening manner.
deathlessly
deathlessly
adv
In a deathless manner.
debatefully
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debonairity
debonairity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.
decagonally
decagonally
adv
In a decagonal manner.
decahydrate
decahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains ten molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
decandently
decanically
decayedness
decayedness
noun
The state or quality of being decayed.
decennially
decennially
adv
Every ten years.
declamatory
declamatory
adj
Having the quality of a declamation.
Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
declaratory
declaratory
adj
Serving to declare or explain
declinatory
declinatory
adj
(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
decussately
decussately
adv
In a decussate manner.
dedicatedly
dedicatedly
adv
In a dedicated manner.
degradingly
degradingly
adv
In a degrading manner.
dehortatory
dehortatory
adj
Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.
dehydratase
dehydratase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the elements of water from a compound, often leaving a double bond.
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
dehydration
dehydration
noun
The act or process of removing water from something.
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
dehydrators
dehydrators
noun
plural of dehydrator
deictically
deictically
adv
In a deictic way.
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deistically
deistically
adv
In a deistic manner.
delineatory
delineatory
adj
That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.