Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
achilary
ackerley
acopyrin
acridity
acridity
noun
(figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness or acerbity.
acrimony
acrimony
noun
A sharp and bitter hatred.
acrobacy
acrobacy
noun
acrobatics
acrobats collectively
acrocyst
acrocyst
noun
A chitinous cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids
acrogamy
acrology
acrology
noun
Synonym of acrophony
acronomy
acronych
acronyms
acronyms
noun
plural of acronym
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
acrydium
acrylate
acrylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acrylic acid.
acrylics
acrylics
noun
plural of acrylic
actressy
actressy
adj
Characteristic of an actress
Histrionic or theatrical
aerocyst
aerocyst
noun
An air vesicle.
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alacrity
alacrity
noun
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Promptness; speed.
alytarch
alytarch
noun
An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
ancyrean
ancyrene
ancyroid
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
antarchy
apocarpy
apocarpy
noun
The quality of being apocarpous.
apocryph
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
archcity
archegay
archways
archways
noun
plural of archway
archytas
arctomys
aruspicy
aruspicy
noun
Alternative form of haruspicy
arythmic
arythmic
adj
Alternative spelling of arrhythmic
atrocity
atrocity
noun
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
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).
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
bacilary
backyard
backyard
noun
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
baryonic
baryonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of baryons.
bebryces
berycine
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
bescurvy
bicycler
bicycler
noun
(rare) Bicyclist, cyclist.
bitchery
bitchery
noun
Behavior considered typical of a bitch
botchery
botchery
noun
An act of botching.
Something botched; clumsy or careless workmanship.
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
brackely
brackney
brevetcy
brevetcy
noun
(military) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
bricelyn
brickeys
bricklay
brockway
bryaceae
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
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.
byronics
caducary
caducary
adj
(law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
cajolery
cajolery
noun
cajolement
calamary
calamary
Noun
A squid.
calendry
calendry
noun
A place set aside for calendering.
A specialized calendar or set of calendars.
The calculation and development of calendars, especially the determination of the timing of astronomical movements.
calorify
caloyers
caloyers
noun
plural of caloyer
calypter
calypter
noun
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
calyptra
calyptra
noun
(botany) Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
(botany) any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers
(entomology) In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
calyptro
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
canamary
candroys
candroys
noun
plural of candroy
cannonry
cannonry
noun
Cannons, collectively; battery of cannons.
The firing of cannons.
canreply
canroyer
capromys
capronyl
caprylic
caprylic
adj
Of or pertaining to caprylic acid or its derivatives; octanoic.
caprylin
caprylin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glyceride (especially the triglyceride) of caprylic acid
caprylyl
caprylyl
noun
(oganic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃(CH₂)₆CO- derived from caprylic acid
capybara
capybara
noun
A semi-aquatic South American rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent.
caranday
caranday
noun
Synonym of carnauba
caraways
caraways
noun
plural of caraway
carbamyl
carbamyl
noun
carbamoyl
carbaryl
carbaryl
noun
(chemistry) A white crystalline solid of the carbamate family, a cholinesterase inhibitor used chiefly as an insecticide.
carberry
carbinyl
carbinyl
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) carbenium ion
carboloy
carbonyl
carbonyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.
(organic chemistry) In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
carboxyl
carboxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
carboyed
carboyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carboy
carlynne
carnally
carnally
adv
In a carnal manner.
carneyed
carneyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carney
carolyne
carolynn
carraway
carraway
noun
Alternative form of caraway
carryall
carryall
noun
(Canada, US) A large bag; a holdall
(Canada, US, dated) A light, covered carriage drawn by a single horse
(US) Any of several types of automobile, usually a station wagon or van built on a truck chassis.
carrycot
carrycot
noun
A rectangular, box-shaped bed with handles, in which a baby can be carried while asleep.
carrying
carrying
noun
Transportation.
verb
present participle of carry
carryons
carryons
noun
plural of carryon
carryout
carryout
noun
(US, Scotland) An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.
(US, Scotland) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
carterly
carterly
adj
(obsolete) Of a rude or churlish disposition, like a carter.
caryatic
caryatic
adj
Of or relating to a caryatid.
caryatid
caryatid
noun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
caryatis
caryocar
caryotin
caryotin
noun
Alternative form of karyotin (“chromatin”)
castlery
castlery
noun
Land controlled by a castle
The government of a castle.
catberry
catchcry
catchcry
noun
A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.
category
category
noun
(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
catenary
catenary
adj
Relating to a catena.
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
noun
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.
(geometry) The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces.
(nautical) The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
(transport) A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cavayard
cavitary
cavitary
adj
Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
cavyyard
cedarkey
celerity
celerity
noun
(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
(telecommunications, dated) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Speed, swiftness.
cemetary
cemetary
noun
Misspelling of cemetery.
cemetery
cemetery
noun
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
cenatory
cenatory
adj
Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
ceremony
ceremony
noun
(obsolete) An accessory or object associated with a ritual.
(obsolete) An omen or portent.
(uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
(uncountable) Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
cerotype
cerotype
noun
A print made by this process.
A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
ceroxyle
cerynean
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chairway
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.
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
chattery
chattery
adj
Tending to chatter
chayroot
cheapery
cheatery
cheatery
noun
(obsolete) Cheating; fraud.
checkery
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.
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.
cheverly
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.