(historical, religion) An official in charge of religious ceremonies.
calamariaceous
calamitousness
calamitousness
noun
The state or quality of being calamitous.
calumniousness
calumniousness
noun
calumny
calycanthemous
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
campanulaceous
campanulaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae, a family of plants including the harebell.
campulitropous
campylotropous
campylotropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
carminophilous
castanospermum
casuariiformes
cecidomyiidous
centauromachia
centauromachia
noun
Alternative form of centauromachy
cephalohumeral
cephalosporium
ceruminiferous
cervicohumeral
cervicohumeral
adj
Relating to the neck and the shoulder.
chalicotherium
chamecephalous
cheiropatagium
chemicocautery
chilostomatous
chilostomatous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
chiropterygium
chlamydosaurus
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chromatogenous
chromatogenous
adj
Producing colour.
chrysosplenium
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
cingulectomies
circumaviation
circumcallosal
circumcallosal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the corpus callosum
circumcolumnar
circumcolumnar
adj
Surrounding a column.
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumgyratory
circumgyratory
adj
Moving in a circle; turning round.
circumlittoral
circumlittoral
adj
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
circumlocution
circumlocution
noun
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
circumlocutory
circumlocutory
adj
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
circumnutation
circumnutation
noun
(botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
circumpentagon
circumposition
circumposition
noun
(chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
(linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
The act of circumposing.
circumrotating
circumrotating
verb
present participle of circumrotate
circumrotation
circumrotation
noun
rotation or revolution around an axis
circumrotatory
circumrotatory
adj
Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
circumspection
circumspection
noun
Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolutory
circumvolutory
adj
Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution.
cleistothecium
cleistothecium
noun
(botany) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
coharmoniously
colletotrichum
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
colloquiquiums
columelliaceae
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
commelinaceous
commelinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Commelinaceae.
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
commensurating
commensurating
verb
present participle of commensurate
commensuration
commensuration
noun
The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.
commissurotomy
commissurotomy
noun
(medicine) The surgical division of a commissure or similar structure.
commodiousness
commodiousness
noun
The state or quality of being commodious.
communications
communications
noun
Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
plural of communication
communisteries
commutableness
commutableness
noun
The quality of being commutable or interchangeable.
compoundedness
compoundedness
noun
The state or quality of being compounded.
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsatorily
compulsatorily
adv
In a compulsatory manner.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compulsoriness
compulsoriness
noun
The state or quality of being compulsory.
compunctionary
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
compurgatorial
compurgatorial
adj
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
conductimetric
conductimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the endpoint is determined by measuring conductivity
(physics) Of or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity
conductometric
conductometric
adj
Of or pertaining to conductometry
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
confricamentum
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
consummatively
contemperature
contemperature
noun
(obsolete) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture.
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contrastimulus
contrastimulus
noun
Synonym of counterstimulus
contumaciously
contumaciously
adv
In a contumacious manner.
contumeliously
contumeliously
adv
In a contumelious, insolent manner.
cosmotellurian
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneous
cotemporaneous
adj
Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
counterclaimed
counterclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim
countercommand
countercommand
noun
A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
verb
(transitive) To countermand (a person or group).
(transitive) To countermand (a previous command).
countercompany
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
counterdemands
counterdemands
noun
plural of counterdemand
counterembargo
counterembargo
noun
An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterferment
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
counterimitate
counterimitate
verb
To react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
countermanding
countermanding
noun
The act of something being countermanded.
verb
present participle of countermand
countermeasure
countermeasure
noun
(military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy.
Any action taken to counteract or correct another.
countermessage
countermessage
noun
A message that refutes the content of another message.
countermissile
countermission
countermission
noun
A mission whose goal is to disrupt or retaliate against another mission.