(intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
(intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit (with).
(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
(transitive) To supplement with; add to.
(transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).
(transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
To be found at the same time.
acopyrine
acropathy
acropathy
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
acrophony
acrophony
noun
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
actipylea
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
aepyceros
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
allotypic
allotypic
adj
Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
amblyopic
amblyopic
adj
of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
amphicyon
ampycides
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
ancylopod
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antitypic
antitypic
Adjective
antitypical
apocalypt
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
appetency
appetency
noun
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
ascyphous
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
asynaptic
asynaptic
adj
(genetics) Relating to asynapsis
auriscopy
auriscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
autoscopy
autoscopy
noun
The experience of seeing one's body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied.
autotypic
autotypic
adj
Relating to an autotype
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
biophysic
biplicity
biplicity
noun
Doubleness, the state of being double.
The state of being twice folded; reduplication.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
cacopathy
cacophony
cacophony
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
calcipexy
callitype
calotypic
calotypic
adj
Of or relating to calotypes.
calypsist
calypsoes
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
calyptras
calyptras
noun
plural of calyptra
camphanyl
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
campylite
campylite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of mimetite.
canopying
canopying
noun
The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline
verb
present participle of canopy
capillary
capillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
Of or pertaining to hair.
Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).
A narrow tube.
capitally
capitally
adv
(dated) Excellent.
(not comparable) By capital punishment.
Chiefly; principally.
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
caprylene
caprylone
captaincy
captaincy
noun
(historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
The jurisdiction of a captain.
The rank or status of a captain.
captainly
captainly
adj
Befitting a captain.
captainry
captainry
noun
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
capybaras
capybaras
noun
plural of capybara
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
carpogamy
carpology
carpology
noun
the study of the structure of seeds and fruit
carpophyl
caryopses
caryopses
noun
plural of caryopsis
caryopsis
caryopsis
noun
(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
catalepsy
catalepsy
noun
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
cataphyll
cataphyll
noun
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
cataplexy
cataplexy
noun
(medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
cerotypes
cerotypes
noun
plural of cerotype
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chaplanry
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippeway
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chirotype
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chrysopee
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chuprassy
cityscape
cityscape
noun
The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape.
clapeyron
clepsydra
clepsydra
noun
A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world.
clypeated
clypeated
adj
Alternative form of clypeate
clypeolar
coemploys
coenotype
coenotype
noun
(biology) The type of organism in a coenopopulation
collotype
collotype
noun
(countable) An image produced by this process
(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing
collotypy
colophany
colophany
noun
Alternative form of colophony
colophony
colophony
noun
Rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin, used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.
colortype
colortype
noun
(photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).
colpotomy
colpotomy
noun
Surgical creation of a hole through the vagina to the rectouterine pouch, using a scalpel incision to drain the fluid.
compactly
compactly
adv
In a compact manner
complexly
complexly
adv
(mathematics) Involving complex numbers.
In a complex manner.
complying
complying
verb
present participle of comply
coparceny
coparceny
noun
(law) An equal share of an inheritance.
copiosity
copiosity
noun
copiousness
copiously
copiously
adv
In a copious manner; plentifully.
copolymer
copolymer
noun
(chemistry) A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.
coprology
coprology
noun
scatology
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
copyholds
copyholds
noun
plural of copyhold
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
cordyceps
cordyceps
noun
Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi.
coroscopy
coroscopy
Noun
retinoscopy
corporacy
corporify
corporify
verb
To form into a body.
corruptly
corruptly
adv
In a corrupt manner, corruptly
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coryphees
coryphees
noun
plural of coryphee
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cryoprobe
cryoprobe
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery.
cryoscope
cryoscope
noun
A device used to measure the freezing point of a liquid (or the melting point of a solid).
cryoscopy
cryoscopy
noun
(chemistry) The estimation of the molecular weight of a compound by measuring its effect on the freezing point of a solvent.
The measurement of the freezing point of a liquid using a cryoscope.
cryptarch
cryptical
cryptical
adj
cryptic
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cryptonym
cryptonym
noun
A secret name, a code name.
cryptopin
culpatory
culpatory
adj
Expressing blame; censuring.
cumaphyte
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cyanopsia
cyanopsia
noun
A disorder of the vision causing all objects to appear blue, often the temporary consequence of removal of a cataract.
cyanotype
cyanotype
noun
(countable) A photographic print produced by means of this process.
(uncountable) An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.
cyclopean
cyclopean
adj
(image) Created by combining two images
(masonry) Fitted together of huge irregular stones.
Massive in stature.
Suggestive of a cyclops.
cyclopism
cyclopite
cyclopoid
cyclopoid
noun
Any copepod of the order Cyclopoida
cydippian
cydippida
cymagraph
cymagraph
noun
An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings.
cymaphyte
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
cymoscope
cymoscope
noun
(wireless telegraphy, disused) A detector of electromagnetic waves.
cynipidae
cynoclept
cynophile
cynophile
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
cynophobe
cynophobe
noun
A person with cynophobia.
cyphellae
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
cypraeoid
cypressed
cypresses
cypresses
noun
plural of cypress
cypridina
cyprinids
cyprinids
noun
plural of cyprinid
cyprinine
cyprinoid
cyprinoid
adj
Belonging to the suborder Cyprinoidei of the order Cypriniformes.