Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
acanthite
acanthite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
acephalan
acephalan
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Acephala.
noun
Acephal.
achenodia
acheulean
acheulean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
Noun
A lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
acheulian
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
achillean
achillean
Adjective
Resembling or relating to Achilles, the hero of the Iliad.
Invincible with only one small weakness (an Achilles heel), which becomes one's downfall.
Guided by emotional motives, especially rage, rather than reason.
Of or relating to a Roman-era Greek writer.
Pertaining to the Achilles tendon.
Of or relating to male homosexuals or male homosexuality, in the style of Achilles' relationship with Patroclus.
achillein
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
aeschines
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alchornea
anachoret
anachueta
anamelech
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchize
anarchize
verb
To reduce or elevate to a state of anarchy.
anchietea
anchietin
anchistea
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.
anchorate
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchorite
anchorite
noun
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
anchormen
anchormen
noun
plural of anchorman
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchusine
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
antechoir
antechoir
noun
The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.
The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
anteporch
anthraces
anywhence
anywhence
adv
(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
arachnean
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”)
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archebanc
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
archfelon
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
archknave
archwench
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
ashchenaz
asthenics
asthenics
noun
plural of asthenic
auchenium
auchenium
noun
(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
avalanche
avalanche
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
verb
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
bacchante
bacchante
noun
a female bacchanal
a priestess of Bacchus
baccheion
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
bechances
bechances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechance
bechuanas
beechmont
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
benchless
benchless
adj
Without a bench or benches.
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
bermensch
berrichon
bianchite
blanchers
blanchers
noun
plural of blancher
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
bleachman
blechnoid
blenchers
blenchers
noun
plural of blencher
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
brainache
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
branchery
branchery
noun
A system of branches.
branchiae
branchiae
noun
plural of branchia
branchier
branchier
adj
comparative form of branchy: more branchy
branchlet
branchlet
noun
A small branch; a twig or sprig.
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
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.
bsarcheng
buchanite
buchonite
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
cachinate
caithness
caithness
Proper noun
a historic county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.
camphenes
camphenes
noun
plural of camphene
camphines
camphines
noun
plural of camphine
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
caragheen
catchline
catchline
noun
(printing) A temporary note at the top of a page or galley proof to identify it.
A short line of text designed to catch the eye, especially one used as an advertising slogan.
catchment
catchment
noun
(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
A catchment area, or the people it serves.
verb
To divide into catchment areas.
catechins
catechins
noun
plural of catechin
catharine
catharine
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling variant of Catherine.
cathepsin
cathepsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
catherina
catherine
cathexion
cathexion
noun
cathexis
cathidine
cathinine
cathyleen
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
ceanothus
ceanothus
noun
Any of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
cenchrias
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
centranth
cephalina
cephaline
cephaline
adj
Relating to protozoans of the suborder Cephalina
noun
Archaic form of cephalin.
cephalins
cephalins
noun
plural of cephalin
chaconnes
chaconnes
noun
plural of chaconne
chaeronea
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chainette
chainless
chainless
adj
Without a chain.
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chainsmen
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
chalcedon
chalcogen
chalcogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
chalinine
chalkline
challenge
challenge
noun
(US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
(law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
A bid to overcome something.
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
verb
(Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
(US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
(law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
(military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
(obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
(obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
(transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
(transitive) To dare (someone).
(transitive) To dispute (something).
(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
To call something into question or dispute.
chalybean
chalybean
Adjective
Of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
chameleon
chameleon
adj
Describing something that changes color.
noun
(physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
chaminade
chamoline
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
chanceful
chanceful
adj
(obsolete) hazardous
chanceled
chancelor
chancelry
chancelry
noun
Alternative form of chancellery
chanceman
chancemen
chancered
chanciest
chanciest
adj
superlative form of chancy: most chancy
chandelle
chandelle
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
verb
To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
chandlers
chandlers
noun
plural of chandler
chandlery
chandlery
noun
A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking.
An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies.