Any of the genus Acalypha of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
achilary
achingly
achingly
adv
In an aching manner; sorely.
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
acronych
alytarch
alytarch
noun
An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
antarchy
apocryph
apsychia
aptychus
aptychus
noun
(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
archcity
archegay
archways
archways
noun
plural of archway
archytas
arythmic
arythmic
adj
Alternative spelling of arrhythmic
autarchy
autarchy
noun
A condition of absolute power.
Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)
Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
ayacucho
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
backachy
bathybic
bathybic
adj
(archaic) Living in the depths of the water, or near the bottom under the deep water.
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.
benchley
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
bitchery
bitchery
noun
Behavior considered typical of a bitch
bitchily
bitchily
adv
(vulgar) In a bitchy manner.
botchery
botchery
noun
An act of botching.
Something botched; clumsy or careless workmanship.
botchily
botchily
adv
In a botchy manner.
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
bunchily
bunchily
adv
In a bunchy manner.
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.
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
cassytha
catchcry
catchcry
noun
A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
cathayan
cathayan
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cathay, or China.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cenanthy
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chairway
chaityas
chaityas
noun
plural of chaitya
chalukya
chalybes
chambery
chambray
chambray
noun
A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
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.
chancily
chancily
adv
In a chancy manner.
chanteys
chanteys
noun
plural of chantey
chaology
chaology
noun
(physics, mathematics) The study of chaos and chaotic systems
chapatty
chapelry
chapelry
noun
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
charlady
charlady
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
charleys
charleys
noun
plural of charley
charlyne
charpoys
charpoys
noun
plural of charpoy
chartley
chaseley
chastely
chastely
adv
In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisque manner)
chastity
chastity
noun
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
chattery
chattery
adj
Tending to chatter
chattily
chattily
adv
In a chatty manner.
chauncey
chauncey
Proper noun
of Norman origin from a place name in France.
name, transferred from the surname.
chayotes
chayotes
noun
plural of chayote
chayroot
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
chiccory
chiccory
noun
Dated form of chicory.
chickery
chickory
chickory
noun
Alternative spelling of chicory
chiclayo
chiclayo
Proper noun
A city in the northwest of Peru, in the region of Lambayeque
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.
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chillily
chillily
adv
in a chilly manner
chimbley
chimbley
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of chimney
chimleys
chimleys
noun
plural of chimley
chimneys
chimneys
noun
plural of chimney
chipyard
chipyard
noun
(US) A storage area for sawdust and small pieces of wood at a sawmill.
chirayta
chiromys
chironym
chirpily
chirpily
adv
In a chirpy way.
chirrupy
chirrupy
adj
making chirruping noises
chirurgy
chirurgy
noun
(archaic) surgery.
chiselly
chivalry
chivalry
noun
(UK, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
(now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
chivying
chivying
verb
present participle of chivy
choicely
choicely
adv
In a preferable or excellent manner; eminently.
With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
choirboy
choirboy
noun
(figurative) A piously innocent person.
A boy chorister.
choppily
choppily
adv
In a choppy manner.
chorally
chorally
adv
In a choral manner; as a choir.
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
choyroot
chrisney
christly
christly
Adjective
Christlike
christye
chromyls
chromyls
noun
plural of chromyl
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
chrysaor
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
chrysopa
chrysops
chryssee
chrystal
chrystal
noun
Obsolete spelling of crystal
chrystel
chubbily
chubbily
adv
In a chubby manner.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
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.
chummily
chummily
adv
In a chummy manner
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
chupatty
chupatty
noun
Archaic spelling of chapatti.
churchly
churchly
adj
Characteristic of a church; churchy.
Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
churoyan
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
chylemia
chylific
chylific
adj
That produces chyle
chylosis
chylosis
noun
(pathology) The formation and subsequent digestion and transport of chyle
chyluria
chyluria
noun
A medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine.
chymists
chymists
noun
plural of chymist
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
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.
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
coachway
cochylis
colchyte
compathy
conchyle
copyhold
copyhold
noun
(property law, historical) A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
corythus
couthily
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)