(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
acesius
acicula
acicula
noun
One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
acilius
acinous
acinous
adj
Alternative spelling of acinose
acinuni
aciurgy
aciurgy
noun
Operative surgery.
acouchi
acouchi
noun
Any of several rodents of the genus Myoprocta of the family Dasyproctidae, smaller than agoutis, which inhabit Amazonia.
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
actious
actious
adj
(obsolete) active; full of activity; full of energy.
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
aikuchi
aleutic
alicula
amicous
amictus
anaudic
aneuric
annicut
annicut
noun
Alternative form of anicut
anticum
anticus
apicula
apiculi
apiculi
noun
plural of apiculus
aquatic
aquatic
adj
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
noun
Any aquatic plant.
arctium
ateuchi
auantic
auction
auction
noun
(bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
verb
To sell at an auction.
augitic
augitic
adj
Containing augite.
auletic
auletic
adj
Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
aulical
auricle
auricle
noun
(anatomy) An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.
(anatomy) Synonym of atrium.
(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
(biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
aurific
aurific
adj
That produces gold
auspice
auspice
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.
(obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.
An omen or a sign.
verb
(transitive) To be patron of; to sponsor.
auspicy
austric
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
avicula
azulmic
baluchi
bauckie
becuiba
beluchi
belucki
biacuru
biscuit
biscuit
noun
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
(UK, Philippines) A cracker.
(US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
(US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
(chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
A light brown colour.
bivouac
bivouac
noun
(dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
(zoology) A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
Any temporary encampment.
verb
To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
To set up camp.
To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
bonucci
bruchid
bruchid
noun
(zoology) Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.
brucina
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
brucins
brucite
brucite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.
bubonic
bubonic
adj
Of or pertaining to buboes.
buccina
buccina
noun
(historical, music) A curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.
buchite
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
buckism
bucklin
bucolic
bucolic
adj
Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
noun
A pastoral poem.
A rustic, peasant.
bucrnia
buddhic
buddhic
Adjective
Buddhist.
bulchin
bulchin
noun
(obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
bulimic
bulimic
adj
Of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa.
Suffering from bulimia nervosa.
noun
A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.
bumicky
burdick
bustics
bustics
noun
plural of bustic
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
butyric
butyric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
cacicus
cacique
cacique
noun
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
cadmium
cadmium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal. # (countable) A single atom of this element.
caducei
caducei
noun
plural of caduceus
caesium
caesium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
cahuita
caingua
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
calcium
calcium
noun
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
calculi
calculi
noun
plural of calculus
calicut
calinut
camaieu
camaieu
noun
(art) A cameo (relief carving).
(art) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
(art) A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
cambium
cambium
noun
(anatomy) Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones
(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
(obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.
camirus
candiru
candiru
noun
A small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river, rumored to swim up male urethras.
caninus
caninus
noun
The caninus muscle.
capulin
capulin
noun
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
cardium
caribou
caribou
noun
Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
carious
carious
adj
Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
carpium
cassius
castuli
casuist
casuist
noun
(ethics) A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour.
cauking
cauline
cauline
adj
(botany) Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
caulite
causing
causing
verb
present participle of cause
caustic
caustic
adj
(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
noun
(informal, chemistry) Caustic soda.
(mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
(optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
caution
caution
noun
(dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
(law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
(soccer) A yellow card.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
Security; guaranty; bail.
verb
(soccer) To give a yellow card
(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
cautivo
cazique
cazique
noun
Alternative spelling of cacique
cedrium
celsius
celsius
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Celsius
celtium
celtium
noun
(historical) The name originally proposed for chemical element number 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct), but subsequent work demonstrated it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.
ceriums
ceriums
noun
plural of cerium
cesious
cesiums
chandui
chaouia
charqui
charqui
noun
(South America, Central America, Western US) jerky
chauvin
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
chergui
chergui
noun
Alternative form of sharqi
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
chillum
chillum
noun
A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.
chilung
chiquia
chirrup
chirrup
noun
(figurative, derogatory) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
verb
(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
(transitive) To express by chirping.
(transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
choupic
choupic
noun
Alternative form of choupique
chuckie
chuckie
noun
Alternative form of chucky (“chicken”)
Alternative form of chucky (“pebble”)
chugiak
chuipek
chukchi
chumawi
chunari
chunnia
churrip
chusite
chuting
chuting
verb
present participle of chute
chutist
chutist
noun
A parachutist.
chuttie
ciaphus
ciboule
ciboule
noun
Alternative form of cibol
ciliium
cilurzo
cimabue
cimbura
cinclus
cingula
cingula
noun
plural of cingulum
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cinuran
circuit
circuit
noun
(Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
(Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
(graph theory) A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed.
(law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
(law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
(motor racing) A track on which a race in held; a racetrack
(obsolete) circumlocution
A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
(transitive, obsolete) To travel around.
circule
circuli
circusy
circusy
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a circus.