Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
berycoidean
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
bhaiyachara
bialystoker
bibliolatry
bibliolatry
noun
Excessive admiration for a book.
Specifically, excessive reverence for, or worship of, the Bible or Koran, especially as taken literally.
bicentenary
bicentenary
noun
A 200th anniversary.
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bihydrazine
bilaterally
bilaterally
adv
In a bilateral manner.
bimaxillary
bimaxillary
adj
Relating to both of the maxillae.
bimillenary
bimillenary
adj
Relating to, or happening every two thousand years
noun
A two-thousandth anniversary
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bipartitely
bipartitely
adv
In a bipartite fashion; into two parts.
bipyramidal
bipyramidal
adj
Having the shape of a bipyramid
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
bisaxillary
biseriately
biseriately
adv
In two rows or series.
biternately
biternately
adj
(botany) In a biternate arrangement.
botryllidae
brabblingly
brachiotomy
brachyceric
brachyprism
braddyville
bradycardia
bradycardia
noun
(medicine) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
bradycardic
bradycardic
adj
Of, pertaining to or afflicted with bradycardia.
bradycrotic
bradycrotic
adj
Having a slow pulse
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
bradypepsia
bradypepsia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of digestion.
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradyphasia
bradyphasia
noun
Synonym of bradylalia
bradyphemia
bradyphemia
noun
(medicine) abnormally slow speech
bradypodoid
brainlessly
brainlessly
adv
in a brainless manner; stupidly; foolishly
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
branchihyal
breathingly
bribability
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
brilliantly
brilliantly
adv
In a brilliant manner; with brilliance.
broadwayite
bromocyanid
bronchially
bronchially
adv
In a bronchial way.
bryantville
bryological
bryological
adj
Of or pertaining to bryology.
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
butyrically
byelorussia
byronically
byronically
Adverb
In a Byronic fashion.
calcinatory
calcinatory
noun
A vessel used in calcination.
calligraphy
calligraphy
noun
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
callynteria
calorically
calorically
adv
In a caloric manner.
calorimetry
calorimetry
noun
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
capercailye
capillarily
capillarily
adv
In a capillary manner.
capillarity
capillarity
noun
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
capitularly
capitularly
adv
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
capiturlary
capreomycin
capreomycin
noun
(pharmacology) A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.
carbocyclic
carbocyclic
adj
(organic chemistry) describing a ring, all of whose atoms are carbon
carbostyril
carbostyril
noun
(organic chemistry) alpha-quinolone
carbylamine
carbylamine
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) an isocyanide
carcinology
carcinology
noun
(zoology) The study of crustaceans.
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
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
careeringly
careeringly
adv
With rapid uncontrollable motion; headlong.
caressingly
caressingly
adv
In a caressing manner; soothingly.
caressively
caressively
adv
In a caressive manner.
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carriageway
carriageway
noun
(UK, Ireland) One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
(UK, Ireland) The part of a road that carries traffic.
caryatidean
caryopilite
caryopilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
caryopsides
caryopteris
caryopteris
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Caryopteris
cassioberry
cassioberry
noun
An American shrub (Viburnum obovatum) or its fruit
castigatory
castigatory
adj
Serving or tending to castigate.
noun
(obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket.
cavillatory
cellularity
cellularity
noun
(medicine) The number and type of cells in a given tissue
centrically
centrically
adv
In a centric manner or direction; centrally
cerargyrite
cerargyrite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver chloride, AgCl, that is a rare ore of silver; horn silver.
ceratohyoid
ceratohyoid
noun
A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
ceremoniary
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
charityless
charityless
adj
Devoid of charity.
chatelainry
cheiromancy
cheiromancy
noun
Alternative form of chiromancy
chelydridae
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chirography
chirography
noun
Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chiromyidae
chiroplasty
chiroplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the hand
chrismatory
chrismatory
noun
A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
christianly
christianly
Adjective
befitting a Christian.
Adverb
In a Christian fashion.
chronically
chronically
adv
In a chronic manner, or to a chronic degree.
chrysalidal
chrysalides
chrysalides
noun
plural of chrysalis
chrysalises
chrysanilin
chrysanisic
chrysarobin
chrysarobin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid.
chrysidella
chrysididae
chrysopidae
chrysopoeia
chrysopoeia
noun
(alchemy) Transmutation into gold.
churchanity
churchanity
noun
Synonym of Churchianity
cinevariety
cinevariety
noun
(historical) A kind of variety show incorporating bioscope film.
circinately
circinately
adv
In a circinate fashion.
circularity
circularity
noun
(countable) A circular object, form or argument.
(uncountable) The state of being circular.
circulatory
circulatory
adj
Circular; going round.
Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
noun
(chemistry) A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
claybrained
clericality
clericality
noun
The condition of being clerical
cleverality
cleverality
noun
(formerly Scotland, now chiefly Ireland) cleverness
coauthority
codicillary
codicillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a codicil.
coercionary
coercionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing coercion
colinearity
colinearity
noun
Alternative form of collinearity
collinearly
collinearly
adv
In a collinear manner
collyridian
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
combinatory
combinatory
adj
Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining.
Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
comminatory
comminatory
adj
Of or pertaining to commination.
communitary
compendiary
compilatory
compilatory
adj
Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
conciliarly
conciliarly
adv
By a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.