(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
amethyst
amethyst
adj
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
noun
(heraldry) The tincture purpure, when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
(uncountable) A purple colour.
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
anaphyte
anesthyl
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
anywhere
anywhere
adv
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
pron
Any location or an unknown location.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
arabiyeh
arabiyeh
noun
(historical) An Arabic native cart or carriage.
archegay
ashberry
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
ayrshire
ayrshire
Proper noun
A traditional county in Scotland.
Noun
One of a breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland, notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
bayreuth
bayshore
beachboy
beachboy
noun
A male who is a lifeguard or other worker at a beach.
A young male who frequently goes to the beach, especially in sunny climates.
behovely
behovely
adj
(archaic) Necessary; advantageous.
(archaic) Useful.
adv
(archaic) Usefully.
belayneh
bellaghy
benchley
berhymed
berhymed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berhyme
berhymes
berhymes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berhyme
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
beyrouth
bimethyl
bimethyl
noun
Synonym of dimethyl
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
biphenyl
biphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond
bitchery
bitchery
noun
Behavior considered typical of a bitch
blathery
blathery
adj
(chiefly Scotland) Unsubstantial; trashy.
noun
(chiefly Scotland) That which is unsubstantial, trashy, or deceptive.
blithely
blithely
adv
(obsolete) In a kind manner.
In a joyful, carefree manner.
Without care, concern, or consideration.
botchery
botchery
noun
An act of botching.
Something botched; clumsy or careless workmanship.
burghley
busyhead
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cenanthy
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chalybes
chambery
chancery
chancery
adv
(boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
(figurative) In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.
noun
(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
(historical) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
(slang, archaic) Any awkward predicament.
(writing) Short for chancery hand.
In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
chanteys
chanteys
noun
plural of chantey
chapelry
chapelry
noun
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
charleys
charleys
noun
plural of charley
charlyne
chartley
chaseley
chastely
chastely
adv
In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisque manner)
chattery
chattery
adj
Tending to chatter
chauncey
chauncey
Proper noun
of Norman origin from a place name in France.
name, transferred from the surname.
chayotes
chayotes
noun
plural of chayote
cheapery
cheatery
cheatery
noun
(obsolete) Cheating; fraud.
checkery
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
cheepily
cheerily
cheerily
adv
In a cheerful manner; with a cheery demeanour.
cheesery
cheesery
noun
(US) A bakery, cooking house, plant or other factory that specializes in making cheese.
cheesily
cheesily
adv
In a cheesy manner
chelydra
chelydre
chelydre
noun
(obsolete) A fetid water snake.
chemurgy
chemurgy
noun
(chemistry) a branch of applied chemistry that is concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials.
cherilyn
chertsey
chertsey
Proper noun
A town in Surrey, England.
A town in New Zealand.
A municipality in Quebec, Canada.
cheskeys
chestily
chestily
adv
In a chesty manner.
cheverly
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chevying
chevying
verb
present participle of chevy
cheyenne
cheyneys
chickery
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chimbley
chimbley
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of chimney
chimleys
chimleys
noun
plural of chimley
chimneys
chimneys
noun
plural of chimney
chiselly
choicely
choicely
adv
In a preferable or excellent manner; eminently.
With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
chrisney
christye
chryseis
chryseis
Proper noun
Character of the book The Iliad.
chrysene
chrysene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 1,2-benzphenanthrene, containing four fused benzene rings
chrysler
chrysler
Noun
An automobile of the make definition.
chrysome
chrysome
noun
Alternative form of chrisom
chryssee
chrystel
chummery
chummery
noun
(India, historical) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the British Raj.
(South Asia) The shared home of a group of men who are unmarried or working at a distance from their families.
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
chylemia
clayhole
cleruchy
cleruchy
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.
colchyte
conchyle
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
cutchery
cutchery
noun
A spice: kitchery.
Alternative spelling of cutcherry (administration office)
Alternative spelling of kedgeree (dish of fish, rice and eggs)
An Indian dish of rice boiled with split pulse, onions, eggs, butter, and condiments
cychreus
cymaphen
cynanche
cynanche
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty in breathing and swallowing.
cynhyena
cyphella
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
cytherea
dashedly
dashedly
adv
damnably; confoundedly
dayshine
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.
deathify
decarchy
decarchy
noun
(politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
delphyne
demarchy
demarchy
noun
Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
demyship
demyship
noun
A type of scholarship, specifically for Magdalen College, Oxford.
deyhouse
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
diphenyl
diphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of biphenyl
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
dolhenty
dryhouse
dyehouse
dyehouse
noun
A building where dyeing takes place.
dyophone
earlyish
earlyish
adj
Somewhat early
earthily
earthily
adv
In an earthy manner.
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
eighthly
eighthly
adv
In the eighth place; eighth in a row.
elfishly
elfishly
adv
In an elfish manner; mischievously.
elvishly
elvishly
adv
In an elvish manner.
endarchy
endarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts nearest the axis center and spreads outward.
A system in which decision-making is centralized.
endothys
engraphy
enhydris
enhydros
enhydros
noun
A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
enthalpy
enthalpy
noun
(physics, chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.
entohyal
enworthy
eophytic
eophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to eophytes.
eophyton
ephrayim
ephydrid
ephydrid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
ephyrula
epiphany
epiphany
noun
(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany.
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
epiphyll
epiphyte
epiphyte
noun
(biology) A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus); the science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.
epithyme
eriphyle
erysiphe
erytheis
erythema
erythema
noun
Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
erythric
erythric
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling erythrin.
erythrin
erythrin
noun
(organic chemistry) C₂₀H₂₂O₁₀, an organic compound extracted from certain lichens, a derivative of orsellinic acid.
Alternative form of erythrite
erythrol
erythrol
Noun
erythritol
erythron
erythron
noun
All the erythrocytes circulating in the bloodstream together with their precursors
essayish
essayish
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
ethanoyl
etherify
etherify
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.