(archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
(archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
(archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
androcyte
anthracyl
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicyte
arcuately
arcuately
adv
In an arcuate way.
arhythmic
arhythmic
Adjective
Having no rhythm.
aromacity
arrectary
arrectary
noun
(obsolete) A vertical beam or post.
arrythmic
astrocyte
astrocyte
noun
(neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
autocracy
autocracy
noun
(countable) An instance of this government.
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
avocatory
baronetcy
baronetcy
noun
The rank of a baronet.
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
boycotter
boycotter
noun
Someone who engages in a boycott
brachytic
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
cabinetry
cabinetry
noun
High-quality wooden furniture; cabinetwork.
The craft of making high-quality wooden furniture; cabinetmaking.
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
calyptras
calyptras
noun
plural of calyptra
cambistry
cambistry
noun
The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
camsteary
camsteery
camstrary
cantatory
cantatory
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to singing or singers
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or containing cant
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
captainry
captainry
noun
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
cariosity
cariosity
noun
(medicine) caries
carnality
carnality
noun
A preoccupation with sexual desire.
The state of being carnal.
carnosity
carnosity
noun
(countable) A fleshy caruncle or excrescence.
(uncountable) Fleshiness.
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carryouts
carryouts
noun
plural of carryout
carrytale
carrytale
Noun
A talebearer.
cartulary
cartulary
noun
A collection of original documents bound in one volume.
A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.
An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
caryatids
caryatids
noun
plural of caryatid
caryotins
casuistry
casuistry
noun
(derogatory) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
catalyzer
catalyzer
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) That which catalyzes.
A catalytic converter.
caudatory
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
celebrity
celebrity
noun
(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
centenary
centenary
adj
(historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
Occurring every 100 years.
noun
(historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
(historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
(obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
(obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
(obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
(uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.
centrally
centrally
adv
(location) In a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.
cerotypes
cerotypes
noun
plural of cerotype
certainly
certainly
adv
An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
In a way which is certain; with certainty.
Without doubt, surely.
certainty
certainty
noun
A fact or truth unquestionably established.
An instance of being certain.
The state of being certain.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chariotry
chattaroy
chayaroot
chemiatry
chemiatry
noun
iatrochemistry
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
chirality
chirality
noun
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chirotype
choristry
choyaroot
christyna
chrysotis
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chyometer
chyometer
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for measuring liquids, consisting of a tube with a piston inside.
circuitry
circuitry
noun
(countable) A specific system of electrical circuits in a particular device; (uncountable) the design of such a system.
(uncountable) Electrical (or, by extension, other) circuits considered as a group.
(uncountable, figuratively) The brain's neural network.
(linguistics) analysis or division of a rhythmical period into cola
colortype
colortype
noun
(photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).
conditory
conditory
noun
A repository for holding things; a hiding place.
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
contrasty
contrasty
adj
(photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
cordately
cordately
adv
In a cordate form.
corectomy
coronetty
correctly
correctly
Adverb
In a correct manner.
corruptly
corruptly
adv
In a corrupt manner, corruptly
cortelyou
corybants
corynetes
corystoid
cossyrite
cossyrite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for aenigmatite.
costumery
costumery
noun
Costumes in general.
cotterway
counterly
counterly
adv
(heraldry) Having the field divided into two equal parts; party per pale.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
courtenay
courteney
courtiery
courtiery
noun
(obsolete) The manners of a courtier; courtliness.
courtyard
courtyard
noun
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
crayonist
crayonist
noun
(dated) An artist who uses crayons.
credently
credently
adv
In a credent manner.
credulity
credulity
noun
(now nonstandard) Faith, credence; acceptance or maintenance of a belief.
A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
crematory
crematory
adj
Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
noun
The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies.
crenately
cresylate
cresylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of cresylic acid
cresylite
cresylite
noun
An explosive composed of a mixture of trinitrocresol and picric acid
cricotomy
cricotomy
noun
(surgery) incision of the cricoid cartilage
crinatory
crinitory
crinitory
adj
(rare) Of or relating to hair.
crinosity
crinosity
noun
hairiness
crosbyton
crosbyton
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
crotchety
crotchety
adj
Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
crudelity
crustedly
cryolites
cryolites
noun
plural of cryolite
cryometer
cryometer
noun
A thermometer used at very low temperatures.
cryometry
cryometry
noun
The measurement of very low temperatures
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cryostase
cryostats
cryostats
noun
plural of cryostat
cryotrons
cryotrons
noun
plural of cryotron
cryptarch
cryptical
cryptical
adj
cryptic
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cryptonym
cryptonym
noun
A secret name, a code name.
cryptopin
crystaled
crystolon
culpatory
culpatory
adj
Expressing blame; censuring.
curiality
curiality
noun
(obsolete) The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.
curiosity
curiosity
noun
(obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
currently
currently
adv
At this moment, at present, now.
curtseyed
curtseyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curtsey
curtsying
curtsying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsy.
verb
present participle of curtsy
customary
customary
adj
Holding or held by custom
In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage
noun
A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
cutcherry
cutcherry
noun
(India) A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency.
An administration office in India.
Kaempferia galanga, a plant resembling ginger.
cyanurate
cyanurate
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed with cyanuric acid
(biochemistry) The anion formed by the deprotonation of cyanuric acid
cybernate
cybernate
verb
(transitive) To automate (an industrial process, etc.) using a computer system.
cyclotron
cyclotron
noun
An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
cymometer
cymometer
noun
An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specifically, one for determining the frequency of electric wave oscillations, especially in connection with wireless telegraphy.