The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
achromat
achromat
noun
(optics) A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.
achromia
achromia
noun
(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
ancohuma
archform
archmock
azohumic
bamboche
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
besmouch
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
camphoid
camphols
camphols
noun
plural of camphol
camphors
camphors
noun
plural of camphor
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
campshot
caschrom
caschrom
noun
The crooked spade; an implement of tillage peculiar to the Highlands, used for turning the ground where a plough cannot work because of stones.
cephalom
chambioa
chambord
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chamisos
chamisos
noun
plural of chamiso
chamonix
chamonix
Proper noun
A town in the département of Haute-Savoie.
chamorro
chamotte
chamotte
noun
A ceramic raw material with a high percentage of silica and alumina.
chamouni
champion
champion
adj
(attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
(attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
(predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
noun
(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Someone who fights for a cause or status.
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To challenge.
(transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
charmion
chatsome
chaumont
chefdoms
chemoses
chemoses
noun
plural of chemosis
chemosis
chemosis
noun
(medicine) Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
chemotic
chemotic
adj
Relating to chemosis.
chemulpo
chessdom
chessdom
noun
The world of chess.
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiliomb
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chimbote
chiromys
chironym
chisholm
chloasma
chloasma
noun
(medicine) melasma; a cutaneous condition with yellow or yellowish-brown pigmented spots
chloroma
chloroma
noun
(oncology) A myeloid sarcoma, often green in tint.
chockman
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
cholemia
cholemia
noun
Alternative form of cholaemia
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
chorioma
chorioma
noun
(pathology) A trophoblastic proliferation
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chrisoms
chrisoms
noun
plural of chrisom
chromate
chromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
verb
To treat with a chromate solution
chromene
chromene
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of 1-benzopyran
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromism
chromism
noun
chromatism
chromite
chromite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium.
chromium
chromium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
chromize
chromize
verb
(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.
chromone
chromone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chromous
chromous
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 2
chromule
chromule
noun
(botany, dated) Any colouring matter in plants other than chlorophyll, and especially in the petals.
chromyls
chromyls
noun
plural of chromyl
chronium
chrotoem
chrysome
chrysome
noun
Alternative form of chrisom
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
coachman
coachman
noun
(South Africa) A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.
A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
coachmen
coachmen
noun
plural of coachman
cohanims
comaetho
comanche
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
comether
comether
noun
(dialect) Alternative form of come-hither
commorth
compathy
complish
complish
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
comptche
copemish
couchman
cromlech
cromlech
noun
A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.
crumhorn
crumhorn
noun
(music) Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
damrosch
dochmiac
dochmiac
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
noun
(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
domenech
duomachy
echogram
echogram
noun
sonogram
echoisms
echoisms
noun
plural of echoism
elohimic
embroche
epochism
epochism
noun
A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
euchrome
famechon
gascromh
hammocks
hammocks
noun
plural of hammock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hammock
harmonic
harmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
(mathematics) used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance
(phonology) Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.
pertaining to harmony
pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
recurring periodically
noun
(CB radio slang) One's child.
(mathematics) One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
(music) The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
hecatomb
hecatomb
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
hemiolic
hemiolic
adj
In the proportion of 1½ to 1, or 3 to 2.
hemiopic
hemiopic
adj
hemianopsic
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
hemocoel
hemocoel
noun
Alternative form of haemocoel
hemocyte
hemocyte
noun
(cytology) Any blood cell, especially that of an invertebrate
hobomoco
hochheim
holcombe
homecome
homeotic
homeotic
adj
Of or pertaining to homeosis
homesick
homesick
adj
(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
homicide
homicide
noun
(countable) A person who kills another.
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
(uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
hommocks
hommocks
noun
plural of hommock
homocerc
homuncio
homuncle
hormetic
hormetic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to hormesis or to a hormetin
hormonic
hormonic
adj
Relating to hormones.
humarock
hummocks
hummocks
noun
plural of hummock
hummocky
hummocky
adj
Having hummocks.
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
insomuch
insomuch
adv
Because of; since; as a result of.
To the extent that.
isochasm
isochasm
noun
(geography) A line connecting places on the Earth's surface that have the same mean frequency of auroras.
isocheim
isocheim
noun
An isotherm connecting points on a map with equal mean winter temperature.
isochime
joachima
joacimah
kimmochi
leechdom
leechdom
noun
(archaic) A medicine; remedy.
lochmere
logomach
logomach
noun
Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
machismo
machismo
noun
exaggerated masculinity
machzors
machzors
noun
plural of machzor
macmahon
mallecho
mallecho
noun
Alternative form of malicho
mashloch
mashloch
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
matchbox
matchbox
noun
A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.
mcintosh
mcintosh
Noun
A cultivar of apple with red and green skin, tart flavor and white flesh that ripens in late September.
The tree that bears this fruit.
medovich
melchior
melchora
merodach
methodic
methodic
adj
(philosophy) Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.