(film, television) A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
A feature that shows something to be authentic.
One who authenticates.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autocephalous
autocephalous
adj
(Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church.
(Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
(comparable) Independent; self-directed.
autoecholalia
autoecholalia
noun
A form of echolalia in which a person repeats his own words
autohemolytic
automechanism
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
autoschediaze
autoschediaze
verb
To act in an autoschediastic manner
brachelytrous
brachelytrous
adj
(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
bronchobuster
camphoraceous
camphoraceous
adj
Of, relating to, similar to, or containing camphor.
cardiorrheuma
carpocephalum
carpocephalum
noun
An organelle, in some liverworts, that carries the spore cases
caudocephalad
caudocephalad
adj
In a direction from the tail toward the head
caulophylline
cauthornville
centauromachy
centauromachy
noun
(art) A fight in which centaurs take part; a common theme in ancient relief sculpture.
cephalanthous
cephalocaudal
cephalocaudal
Adjective
Between head and tail.
cephalocereus
cephalodiscus
cephalopodous
cephalopodous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
cephalopterus
ceratophyllum
cercopithecus
chaetophorous
chalaziferous
chalaziferous
adj
Having or bearing chalazas.
chapournetted
charterhouses
charterhouses
noun
plural of charterhouse
chaulmoograte
chaulmoograte
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of chaulmoogric acid.
cheirotherium
chelidosaurus
chemosurgical
chemosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
chiastoneural
chitinogenous
chitinogenous
adj
(biology) That secretes chitin
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
chloroleucite
chloroleucite
noun
A chloroplastid.
cholerigenous
cholerigenous
adj
Causing cholera.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondroseptum
chondrosteous
chordacentrum
chordacentrum
noun
The centrum of a vertebra
chorepiscopus
chorepiscopus
noun
A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
choripetalous
choripetalous
adj
(botany) Having separate, unconnected petals; polypetalous.
chorisepalous
choristoneura
chromoleucite
chromoleucite
noun
(botany) A chromoplastid.
chronogeneous
chronogeneous
adj
Synonym of chronogenetic
cichoriaceous
cichoriaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cichoriaceae.
cinchonaceous
cinchonaceous
adj
Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.
cirrhopetalum
claustrophobe
claustrophobe
noun
One who suffers from claustrophobia.
clearinghouse
clearinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of clearing house
clinocephalus
clistothecium
cnemidophorus
coburghership
cochlospermum
coelacanthous
coelacanthous
adj
Relating to coelacanths
coffeehousing
coffeehousing
noun
(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
colleagueship
colleagueship
noun
The state of being a colleague
colocephalous
concubinehood
coracohumeral
coracohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the humerus.
counselorship
counselorship
noun
The function and rank or office of a counselor.
counterambush
counterambush
noun
An ambush set up in response to another ambush.
counteravouch
counterbranch
counterchange
counterchange
noun
(obsolete) An exchange of one thing for another.
(obsolete) Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation.
verb
To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.
To give and receive; C; to exchange.
countercharge
countercharge
noun
An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.
An thrust or charge against an enemy in response to their previous attack.
verb
(heraldry) To reverse the colors.
counterflight
counterlathed
counterlathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterlath
counterphobic
counterphobic
adj
Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
counterpreach
counterpreach
verb
To preach against something.
countertheory
countertheory
noun
A contrasting theory put forward as a response to another theory.
counterthreat
counterthreat
noun
A threat made in response to an earlier threat by another party
counterthrust
counterthrust
noun
A thrust made against another; a counterblow.
countertrench
countertrench
noun
A military trench dug in opposition to an enemy trench.
counterwarmth
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
countinghouse
countinghouse
noun
(dated) An office used by a business to house its accounts department.
courtesanship
courtesanship
noun
The state of being a courtesan; harlotry.
courtezanship
courtezanship
noun
Alternative form of courtesanship
creatophagous
crounotherapy
crounotherapy
noun
(medicine) The drinking of mineral water to treat a condition.
ctenocephalus
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
noun
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
cuneoscaphoid
curmudgeonish
cushionflower
cushlamochree
cushlamochree
noun
Alternative form of cushlamachree
cyanophyceous
cynocephalous
decamethonium
decamethonium
noun
(pharmacology) Synonym of decamethonium bromide.
deuteropathic
deuteropathic
adj
Of or pertaining to deuteropathy.
deutochloride
dichlamydeous
dichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corolla.
diplocephalus
dothideaceous
dothideaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Dothideaceae.
dracocephalum
dracocephalum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum, the dragonheads.
duodecahedral
duodecahedron
duodecahedron
noun
Alternative form of dodecahedron
echinospermum
ectobronchium
ectobronchium
noun
A dorsal branch of the avian mesobronchium or prolongation
electrophorus
electrophorus
noun
(dated, physics) An early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity.
enchylematous
endosiphuncle
entobronchium
entobronchium
noun
One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
equianchorate
eremochaetous
erythroglucin
erythroglucin
Noun
erythritol
euchlorhydria
euchlorhydria
noun
The presence of the normal concentration of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juices
eumeromorphic
euphorbiaceae
eurycephalous
exencephalous
ferrochromium
ferrochromium
noun
An alloy of iron and chromium
galeopithecus
ganocephalous
ganocephalous
adj
(paleontology) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala, a former group of temnospondyls.
glaucochroite
glaucochroite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral occurring in metamorphosed limestones.
glaucophanite
glaucophanite
noun
(geology) A rock consisting mostly of glaucophane
glaucophanize
gynecophorous
hallucinogens
hallucinogens
noun
plural of hallucinogen
hauchecornite
hauchecornite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, nickel, and sulfur.
hederaceously
helvellaceous
helvellaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Helvellaceae.
hematocyturia
hemicellulose
hemicellulose
noun
(biochemistry) A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol.
hemicephalous
hemicholinium
hemicholinium
noun
Synonym of hemicholine
hemidactylous
hemoleucocyte
heptachronous
heterocarpous
heterocarpous
adj
(botany) Exhibiting heterocarpy
heteroclinous
heteroclitous
heteroclitous
adj
(obsolete) heteroclitic
heterocoelous
heterocoelous
adj
(biology) Relating to, or characteristic of syconoid sponges of the taxonomic group Heterocoela.
(medicine) Relating to vertebrae with centra having saddle-shaped articulations.
heterocystous
heterocystous
adj
Having heterocysts.
heteronuclear
heteronuclear
adj
(chemistry) On different rings of a polycyclic organic molecule
(physics) Having atoms or nuclei of different type