Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
aegiochus
agallochum
agallochum
noun
agalloch
agriochoerus
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
amphicarpogenous
anatomicochirurgical
angletouch
anthropurgic
anticholagogue
anticholagogue
noun
(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.
arachnophagous
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archegosaurus
archicleistogamous
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
archmystagogue
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archsynagogue
argyrocephalous
autarchoglossa
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autopsychology
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
auxographic
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
benzophloroglucinol
biologicohumanistic
bleachground
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
boguechitto
brachigerous
brachiofaciolingual
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
cancrophagous
carcinophagous
cardiopneumograph
cardophagus
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
cataloguish
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
cephalothoracopagus
cephalothoracopagus
noun
A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the head and chest.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
chaetognathous
changchowfu
changeabout
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
charlottenburg
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chaulmoogra
chaulmoogra
noun
A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, which yields an oil that was formerly used as a treatment for leprosy.
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
chaulmoograte
chaulmoograte
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of chaulmoogric acid.
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
cheirogaleus
cheiropatagium
cheiropterygium
cheiropterygium
noun
(anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
chemosurgery
chemosurgery
noun
(medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances; used especially in the treatment of the skin.
chemosurgical
chemosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
chilognathous
chilognathous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the chilognathans
chincoteague
chincough
chincough
noun
whooping cough
chiriguano
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
chiropterygious
chiropterygium
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chitinogenous
chitinogenous
adj
(biology) That secretes chitin
chloragogue
chloragogue
adj
Relating to or characteristic of chloragogen cells
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
chlorophylligenous
chlorophylligerous
cholagogue
cholagogue
noun
(obsolete, medicine) Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
cholerigenous
cholerigenous
adj
Causing cholera.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygious
choragium
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choraguses
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
choreguses
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chorussing
chough
chough
noun
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
choughs
choughs
noun
plural of chough
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
chromatogenous
chromatogenous
adj
Producing colour.
chromogenous
chromogenous
adj
Alternative form of chromogenic
chronogeneous
chronogeneous
adj
Synonym of chronogenetic
chughole
chughole
noun
(US) pothole
churchgo
churchgoer
churchgoer
noun
One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
churchgoers
churchgoers
noun
plural of churchgoer
churchgoing
churchgoing
adj
Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
noun
The practice of regularly attending church.
churchgoings
churchgoings
noun
plural of churchgoing
churrigueresco
circumesophagal
circumesophageal
circumesophageal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the esophagus.
circumoesophagal
clearinghouse
clearinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of clearing house
clearinghouses
clearinghouses
noun
plural of clearinghouse
cloghaun
clough
clough
noun
(Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
(dialectal) A wood; weald.
(dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
(historical) Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”)
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
clougher
cloughs
cloughs
noun
plural of clough
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
coalheugh
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coburgher
coburghership
coffeehousing
coffeehousing
noun
(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
colleagueship
colleagueship
noun
The state of being a colleague
colleaguesmanship
compsognathus
conemaugh
connaught
contradistinguish
contradistinguish
verb
(transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
coploughing
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
couching
couching
noun
(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
(textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
The act of one who couches.
verb
present participle of couch.
couchings
couchings
noun
plural of couching
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
cough
cough
noun
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.
verb
(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.