(psychology) Withdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus.
acacine
acacine
noun
Alternative spelling of acacin
acarine
acarine
adj
(medicine) Of or caused by acari or mites.
noun
(zoology) Synonym of acarid.
accinge
accinge
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
acetine
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
acetoin
acetoin
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound 3-hydroxybutanone CH₃-CO-CH(OH)-CH₃ that is one of the constituents of the flavour of butter
achenia
achenia
noun
plural of achenium
acineta
acinose
acinose
adj
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
acnemia
aconine
aconine
noun
(biochemistry) An amorphous, bitter, non-poisonous alkaloid, derived from the decomposition of aconitine.
aconite
aconite
noun
(toxicology) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
acraein
acraein
noun
A distasteful substance produced by some butterflies as a defence mechanism
adience
aganice
aidance
aidance
noun
Aid; assistance; help.
aliency
amnesic
amnesic
adj
Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
noun
(dated) A person with amnesia.
A medication with amnesic effects.
anaemic
anaemic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anemic
ancelin
anciens
ancient
ancient
adj
(history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
(obsolete) Experienced; versed.
(obsolete) Former; sometime.
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
noun
(UK, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
(heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
(obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
(obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign
A person who is very old.
A person who lived in ancient times.
ancille
ancille
Noun
A maidservant; a handmaid.
anconei
anconei
noun
plural of anconeus
andesic
anergic
anergic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of anergy.
aneuric
angelic
angelic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
(topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
anglice
anoetic
anoetic
adj
(rare) unthinkable; incapable of being thought
Of or relating to anoesis.
anstice
antoeci
antoeci
noun
The inhabitants at two points on the globe that share a longitude and for which the sum of their degrees of latitude equals zero.
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
archine
arcsine
arcsine
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin⁻¹
arecain
aricine
aricine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in white cinchona bark.
armenic
arsenic
arsenic
adj
(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.
noun
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
Arsenic trioxide.
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
behenic
behenic
adj
Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives.
bencion
bencite
bendick
bendict
benedic
benefic
benefic
adj
Favorable; beneficent.
noun
(astrology) a favorable planet
benicia
benisch
benthic
benthic
adj
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun
Any organism that lives on the seafloor
benzoic
benzoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzoic acid or its derivatives.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
bernice
bickern
bickern
noun
An anvil with two projecting taper ends.
bicorne
bicorne
noun
Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”)
binocle
binocle
noun
A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable the viewing of an object with both eyes at once; a double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
birchen
birchen
adj
Made from birch wood.
bonnice
brichen
bricken
bricken
adj
(archaic) Made of brick.
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
cabined
cabined
adj
Circumscribed; restricted; having a narrow scope
Confined at close quarters
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cabin
cabinet
cabinet
noun
(Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
(archaic) A small chamber or private room.
(dialectal, Rhode Island) Milkshake.
(historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
(obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
(often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
(politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
A cupboard.
A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
caelian
caffein
caffein
noun
Alternative spelling of caffeine
cahnite
cahnite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cailean
cainite
cainite
Noun
A descendant of Cain.
A member of a Gnostic sect that honored Cain.
cairene
cairene
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cairo.
cairned
cairned
adj
Possessed of a cairn.
calcine
calcine
noun
Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
verb
(alchemy, historical) To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
(by extension) To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
(chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
(intransitive, chemistry) Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
To purify or refine (something).
calepin
calesin
campine
campine
Proper noun
A region to the east of the city of Antwerp, Belgium (in the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg), and southwest of Eindhoven, the Netherlands (in the province of North Brabant).
Noun
A chicken of a breed originating from the aforementioned region.
candice
candide
candied
candied
adj
(figurative) Pleasing, flattering.
coated or encrusted with sugar
preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent
verb
simple past tense and past participle of candy
candiel
candier
candies
candies
noun
plural of candie
plural of candy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of candy
candite
candite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark variety of spinel.
canepin
canidae
canille
canines
canines
noun
plural of canine
cannice
cannier
cannier
adj
comparative form of canny: more canny
capelin
capelin
noun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
caprine
caprine
adj
Goatlike.
Of or relating to goats.
noun
Alternative form of caprin
Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
carbine
carbine
noun
A rifle with a short barrel.
carinae
carline
carline
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.
A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.
Alternative form of caroline (“an old silver Italian coin”)
Carline thistle.
carmine
carmine
adj
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
noun
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
carmine:
carnied
carnied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carny
carnies
carnies
noun
plural of carnie
plural of carny
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carny
caseine
caseine
noun
Dated form of casein.
caseins
caseins
noun
plural of casein
casinet
casinet
noun
Alternative form of cassinette
cassine
castine
cathine
cathine
noun
A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.
catline
catvine
cauline
cauline
adj
(botany) Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
ceasing
ceasing
noun
A cessation.
verb
present participle of cease
cedrine
cedrine
adj
Of or relating to the cedar tree.
ceiling
ceiling
noun
(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
(aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
(finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
(mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
(meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
(nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
The overhead closure of a room.
The upper limit of an object or action.
verb
present participle of ceil
celemin
celemin
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 L.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
celinda
celinka
celling
celling
noun
(in combination) confinement in a cell
verb
present participle of cell
cellini
celsian
celsian
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon monoclinic feldspar mineral, barium aluminosilicate, found in contact metamorphic rocks with significant barium content.
censing
censing
verb
present participle of cense
censive
centiar
centile
centile
noun
Clipping of percentile.
centime
centime
noun
(historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
A coin having face value of one centime.
centimo
centimo
noun
A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
centric
centric
adj
(of diatoms) Being a member of the subclass Coscinodiscophyceae (corresponding to the Centrales.)
(physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre.
Being in the centre; central.
cerasin
cerasin
noun
(chemistry) A gummy mucilaginous substance; bassorin or tragacanthin.
(chemistry) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; meta-arabinic acid.
ceratin
ceratin
noun
Alternative form of keratin
ceresin
ceresin
noun
A refined form of ozocerite that is used in polishes and to make candles
ceriman
ceriman
noun
A large, woody vine native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, Monstera deliciosa, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.
The fruit of this vine.
cerning
cerosin
cerosin
noun
(organic chemistry) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane.
cerotin
cerotin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance, C₂₇H₅₅.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol.
certain
certain
adj
(obsolete) Determined; resolved.
Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
Sure, positive, not doubting.
Unfailing; infallible.
det
Having been determined but not specified.
pron
(with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
cervine
cervine
adj
Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.
noun
A deer of the subfamily Cervinae; an Old World deer.
cessing
cessing
verb
present participle of cess
cession
cession
noun
A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
That which is ceded.
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
cetinje
cetinje
Proper noun
A city in the southwest of Montenegro, the historical capital of Montenegro (1878-1918).
cetonia
chaiken
chained
chained
adj
(computing, of data items) Linked in a chain.
Bound with chains.
Wearing or adorned with a chain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chain
chainer
chainer
noun
One who chains.
chaines
chaines
noun
plural of chaine
chainey
checani
cheiron
chemins
chenica
chenier
chenier
noun
(Louisiana) An area of scrub oak growing in an accumulation of alluvial soil in a stream, creek, bayou, marsh or river.
A beach ridge consisting of sand or crushed shells raised above mudflats forming part of a strand plain
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
cherian
chetnik
chetnik
noun
(now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.
chewing
chewing
noun
(drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
(drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
verb
present participle of chew
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chicane
chicane
noun
(card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
(road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
verb
(intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
chicken
chicken
adj
(informal) Cowardly.
noun
(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.
(countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
(countable, slang) A coward.
(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
The game of dare.
verb
(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
chidden
chidden
adj
chided, reproved, rebuked, scolded
verb
past participle of chide
chilean
chilean
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
Noun
A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.
chimane
chimene
chimney
chimney
noun
(Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
verb
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.