(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
agaricine
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
angraecum
arcangelo
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archurger
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogaea
arctogean
arctogeic
areologic
areologic
adj
Synonym of areological
arrogance
arrogance
noun
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
becriming
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bescourge
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
bigeneric
bigeneric
adj
(botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.
(taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.
birdcages
birdcages
noun
plural of birdcage
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
bsarcheng
burgensic
cablegram
cablegram
noun
A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
verb
(rare) To communicate by cablegram.
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
cancerlog
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
cantering
cantering
noun
Movement at a canter.
verb
present participle of canter
carageens
carageens
noun
plural of carageen
caragheen
careenage
careenage
noun
(nautical) A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
(nautical) The expense of careening a ship.
careening
careening
noun
The motion of something that careens.
verb
present participle of careen
careering
careering
noun
Rapid, uncontrollable headlong motion.
verb
present participle of career
caressing
caressing
noun
A caress.
verb
present participle of caress
carnegiea
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carpogone
carrageen
carrageen
noun
Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)
carriages
carriages
noun
(dated) Used to specify the time that an event will end (e.g. when people would leave in their carriages)
plural of carriage
carrigeen
carrotage
carrotage
noun
Synonym of carroting (“method of processing animal pelts”)
cartagena
cartagena
Proper noun
An ancient city in Murcia, Spain.
A city in northern Colombia.
cartilage
cartilage
noun
(anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
(anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
cartridge
cartridge
noun
(by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
(obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".
cataloger
cataloger
noun
Alternative spelling of cataloguer
categorem
categorem
noun
A categorematic word.
categoric
categoric
adj
categorical
catrigged
caverning
caverning
verb
present participle of cavern
cecograph
cedarburg
cedaredge
cellarage
cellarage
noun
A fee charged for storing goods in a cellar.
The space or storerooms of a cellar.
cellaring
cellaring
verb
present participle of cellar
censoring
censoring
noun
An act of censorship.
verb
present participle of censor
censuring
censuring
noun
An act of censure.
verb
present participle of censure
centering
centering
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.
(countable) A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
verb
present participle of center
centgener
centgrave
centgrave
noun
(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
(historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.
centigram
centigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻² grams. Symbol: cg
centrings
centrings
noun
plural of centring
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chargable
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chargeman
chargeman
noun
A worker who is in charge; the leader.
chaseburg
cheiragra
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
cherogril
cherogril
noun
(obsolete) A cony; a rabbit.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
cherrylog
chiengrai
chirogale
chloragen
chorotega
chromogen
chromogen
noun
(biology) A strongly pigmented organelle or organism.
(chemistry) Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye.
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
cigarette
cigarette
noun
Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.
verb
(slang, rare) To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them.
cigarless
cigarless
adj
Without a cigar or cigars.
ciguatera
ciguatera
noun
A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
cindering
cindering
verb
present participle of cinder
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
citigrade
citigrade
adj
Characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles citigrada.
clangored
clangored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangor
clarigate
clavering
clavering
verb
present participle of claver
clearings
clearings
noun
plural of clearing
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
cleidagra
clergyman
clergyman
noun
An ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy.
clergymen
clergymen
noun
plural of clergyman
clevenger
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
coarrange
coburgess
coburgher
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cockermeg
cockermeg
noun
An arrangement of pit props used to support a coalface
coengager
coffering
coffering
verb
present participle of coffer
cofighter
cogeneric
cogeneric
adj
congeneric
cognizers
cognizers
noun
plural of cognizer
coleridge
coleridge
Proper noun
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English romantic poet.
Coleridge, North Carolina.
colesburg
collegers
collegers
noun
plural of colleger
comanager
comanager
noun
One who comanages.
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
concierge
concierge
noun
(Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
(obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.
One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
configure
configure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
congealer
congeners
congeners
noun
plural of congener
congeries
congeries
noun
A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
congresso
congridae
congruent
congruent
adj
(algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.
(mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
Corresponding in character; congruous
consigner
consigner
noun
(business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.
The party that consigns.
converged
converged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of converge
converges
converges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of converge
cooperage
cooperage
noun
(countable) A cooper's workshop.
(uncountable) The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker).
(uncountable) The price paid to a cooper for work carried out.
coopering
coopering
noun
The vocation of, or output of, a cooper (barrelmaker): synonym of cooperage.
verb
present participle of cooper
coorieing
coppering
coppering
noun
An envelope or covering of copper.
The act of covering with copper.
verb
present participle of copper
coppinger
corbeling
corbeling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry.
cordigeri
coregence
coregency
coregency
noun
A monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.
coregnant
coregnant
adj
Reigning jointly.
coregonid
coregonid
noun
Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)