(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchoic
anchors
anchors
noun
plural of anchor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anchovy
anchovy
noun
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.
anchusa
anchusa
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
andoche
angwich
anorchi
antioch
antioch
Proper noun
the name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern-day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey).
A city in California.
A village in Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Posey Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
A ghost town in Nebraska.
A village in Ohio.
anychia
aphonic
aphonic
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
noun
A person who has aphonia.
aquench
arachin
arachin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of arachidic acid
arachne
archean
archine
arching
arching
adj
(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
noun
The arched part of a structure.
verb
present participle of arch
archons
archons
noun
plural of archon Chief magistrates of ancient Athens.
archont
archsin
ashcans
ashcans
noun
plural of ashcan
atechny
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
bachman
badchan
barchan
barchan
noun
An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.
biancha
bianchi
blancha
blanche
blanchi
branchi
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
brechan
brochan
buchman
cachina
caching
caching
verb
present participle of cache
cafeneh
cafeneh
noun
Alternative form of cafenet
cahnite
cahnite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cainish
calahan
calhoun
calhoun
Proper noun
An Irish surname, variant of the Scottish Colquhoun.
A city in that is the of
A village in
A city in that is the county seat of
A city in
The former name of until it was in 1943.
A town in
An in
canchas
canchas
noun
plural of cancha
canhoop
cannach
canthal
canthal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid)
noun
(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cantish
cantish
adj
canting; preaching falsely
casheen
cashing
cashing
verb
present participle of cash
cashion
cashton
cathern
cathine
cathine
noun
A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
verb
(reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.
(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
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
chaingy
chainon
chainon
noun
(geology) A secondary range of mountains.
chalana
chalcon
chalina
chalone
chalone
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones that reversibly inhibit mitosis in the tissues that produce them.
chalons
chalons
noun
plural of chalon
chamian
chamsin
chamsin
noun
Alternative form of khamsin
chamyne
chanaan
chancay
chanced
chanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chance
chancel
chancel
noun
The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
chancer
chancer
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) A scheming opportunist.
chances
chances
noun
plural of chance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chance
chancey
chancey
adj
Alternative spelling of chancy
chanche
chancre
chancre
noun
(pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
chandal
chandam
chandoo
chandoo
noun
An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.
chandos
chandra
chandry
chandry
noun
(obsolete) A chandlery.
chandui
chandul
chanduy
changan
changar
changed
changed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of change
changer
changer
noun
A person employed in changing or discounting money.
Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
Someone or something who changes things.
changes
changes
noun
(music) Short for chord changes.
plural of change
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of change
changos
channel
channel
noun
(Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
(Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
(business, marketing) A distribution channel
(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
(construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
(electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
(electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
(nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
(storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
The navigable part of a river.
The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
verb
(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
(transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
(transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
(transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
channer
channer
noun
(Internet slang) A user of the imageboard site 4chan; a 4channer.
(by extension) A user of other imageboard sites similar to 4chan.
A flat fragment of sandstone, slate, etc. found in soil.
chanoyu
chanoyu
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
chanson
chanson
noun
(obsolete) A religious song.
Any song with French words, but more specifically a classic, lyric-driven French song.
chansoo
chantal
chanted
chanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chant
chanter
chanter
noun
(archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
A priest who sings in a chantry.
One who chants or sings.
The hedge sparrow.
The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
chantey
chantey
noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song).
chantor
chantor
noun
Alternative form of chanter
chantry
chantry
noun
A chapel set up for this purpose
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
chanute
chaplin
chaplin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
chapman
chapman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
(obsolete) A purchaser.
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
chappin
charbon
charbon
noun
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle; anthrax.
chardin
chardon
chargen
charing
charing
verb
present participle of chare
charlyn
charnel
charnel
adj
Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.
noun
(historical) Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate.
A chapel attached to a mortuary.
A repository for dead bodies.
charron
chasing
chasing
noun
Engraved or embossed decoration.
verb
present participle of chase
chassin
chassin
Proper noun
A town in Saint Lucia
chasten
chasten
verb
(archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
To make chaste.
To render humble or restrained.
chatino
chatino
Noun
A member of an indigenous people of southern central Mexico.
Proper noun
Their indigenous Mesoamerican language.
chatons
chatons
noun
plural of chaton
chatwin
chaunce
chaunce
noun
Archaic spelling of chance.
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
chauvin
chawing
chawing
verb
present participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.