(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
achaenodon
achenocarp
achenodium
acheronian
acheronian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acheron.
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
almochoden
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
anchoretic
anchoretic
adj
Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
anchorwise
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
angletouch
anomatheca
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
anthoceros
antichrome
antiheroic
antiheroic
adj
(narratology) Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
antiochene
archbeacon
archdeacon
archdeacon
noun
(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.
archegonia
archegonia
noun
plural of archegonium
archipenko
archontate
archontate
noun
The office or position of an archon
ascolichen
ascolichen
noun
Any lichen whose fungal component is an ascomycete
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
athrogenic
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
benchboard
boccherini
boschneger
botchiness
botchiness
noun
The state of being botchy
bouchaleen
bronchiole
bronchiole
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
cacoenthes
cacothelin
camphanone
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
cathection
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
cenanthous
cenanthous
adj
(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
centrahoma
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
cetorhinid
cetorhinid
noun
(zoology) Any basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae.
cetorhinus
chadbourne
chadderton
chadderton
Proper noun
a town in Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
chaetodont
chaetodont
noun
(zoology) A chaetodontid.
chairborne
chairborne
adj
Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job.
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chalcedony
chalcedony
noun
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
chalcosine
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chamaeleon
chamaeleon
noun
Alternative spelling of chameleon
chamberino
chameleons
chameleons
noun
plural of chameleon
champenois
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chancellor
chancellor
noun
(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
(Scotland, law) The foreman of a jury.
(UK politics) Ellipsis of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
(education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
changeover
changeover
noun
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chapournet
chardonnet
charlemont
charleston
charleston
verb
(intransitive) To dance the Charleston.
chatoyance
chatoyance
noun
chatoyancy
chatterton
chaumontel
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheiroline
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chelidonic
chelidonin
chelonidae
chernovtsy
chersonese
chersonese
noun
(geography, uncommon) A peninsula.
cherubicon
cherubikon
chervonets
chervonets
noun
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.
chervonetz
chervontsi
chesterton
chevrotain
chevrotain
noun
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickstone
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chinoidine
chinoidine
noun
Alternative form of quinoidine
chinoleine
chiromance
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chitarrone
chitarrone
noun
Synonym of theorbo
chlidanope
chloramine
chloramine
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of unstable compounds of nitrogen and chlorine R₁R₂NCl; also the parent compound NH₂Cl, used to manufacture hydrazine, and as the antiseptic chloramine-T
chlorinate
chlorinate
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
chlorinize
chlorinize
verb
(transitive) To chlorinate.
chlorodyne
chlorodyne
noun
A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
choanocyte
choanocyte
noun
(cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water
choanosome
choanosome
noun
An inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, that contains the choanocytes
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
choiceness
choiceness
noun
The condition of being choice
cholestane
cholestane
noun
(organic chemistry) The tetracyclic hydrocarbon precursor of most steroids, such as cholesterol.
cholestene
cholestene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of derivatives of cholestanes that have a double bond
choletelin
cholophein
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondriome
chondriome
noun
(biology) The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
chondrites
chondrites
noun
plural of chondrite
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chonicrite
choosiness
choosiness
noun
the state of being choosy
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromatone
chromogene
chromonema
chromonema
noun
(genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie
chronaxies
chronaxies
noun
plural of chronaxie
chronicled
chronicled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
chronicler
chronicler
noun
A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.
chronicles
chronicles
noun
plural of chronicle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chronicle
chronodeik
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.