Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boguechitto
borotungstic
bourgeoisitic
bourgeoisitic
adj
(rare) bourgeois
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
broncobusting
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bureaucratizing
bureaucratizing
verb
present participle of bureaucratize
busticating
busticating
verb
present participle of busticate
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
caesaraugusta
calculating
calculating
adj
(especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
(not comparable) Having the ability to calculate.
verb
present participle of calculate
calculatingly
calculatingly
adv
In a calculating manner.
calenturing
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
cannulating
cannulating
verb
present participle of cannulate
canulating
canulating
verb
present participle of canulate
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
caraguata
caraguata
noun
Alternative form of caraguatá
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetting
caricaturing
caricaturing
verb
present participle of caricature
cartersburg
cartilagineous
cartilagineous
adj
Archaic form of cartilaginous.
cartilaginous
cartilaginous
adj
(mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
(zoology, of a vertebrate animal) Having a skeleton of cartilage.
Related to or resembling cartilage.
catalogue
catalogue
noun
(US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
(computing, dated) A directory listing.
(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
(singular) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
A list of all the publications in a library.
A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
verb
(philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
To make a catalogue of.
To put into a catalogue.
catalogued
catalogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalogue
cataloguer
cataloguer
noun
(informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
One who catalogues.
cataloguers
cataloguers
noun
plural of cataloguer
catalogues
catalogues
noun
plural of catalogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalogue
cataloguing
cataloguing
noun
(British spelling) The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
verb
present participle of catalogue
cataloguish
cataloguist
cataloguize
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
(uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
catguts
catguts
noun
plural of catgut
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
cattaraugus
cattaraugus
Proper noun
a village in Cattaraugus County, New York State, USA.
caught
caught
adj
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
causticizing
causticizing
verb
present participle of causticize
caustifying
cauterising
cauterising
verb
present participle of cauterise
cauterizing
cauterizing
verb
present participle of cauterize
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
cautionings
cautionings
noun
plural of cautioning
cellulating
cellulating
verb
present participle of cellulate
celtologue
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
centuplicating
centuplicating
verb
present participle of centuplicate
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
cephalothoracopagus
cephalothoracopagus
noun
A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the head and chest.
ceratoglossus
ceratoglossus
noun
(anatomy) Synonym of chondroglossus
(obsolete, anatomy) The posterior part of the hyoglossus
chaetangium
chaetognathous
chandragupta
changeabout
charlottenburg
chateaugay
chateaugray
chaulmoograte
chaulmoograte
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of chaulmoogric acid.
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
cheiropatagium
cheiropterygium
cheiropterygium
noun
(anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
chengtu
chilognathous
chilognathous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the chilognathans
chincoteague
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
chiropterygious
chiropterygium
chitinogenous
chitinogenous
adj
(biology) That secretes chitin
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
chondropterygious
christiansburg
chromatogenous
chromatogenous
adj
Producing colour.
chuckfarthing
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
churchgrith
chuting
chuting
verb
present participle of chute
ciguatera
ciguatera
noun
A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
cincturing
cincturing
verb
present participle of cincture
cingulate
cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a cingulum.
noun
Any mammal of the order Cingulata, the armadillos
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
cingulectomies
cingulectomy
circuiting
circuiting
noun
circuitous movement
verb
present participle of circuit
circulating
circulating
adj
An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on condition of membership.
Moving about freely.
verb
present participle of circulate
circumagitate
circumagitate
verb
(transitive) To agitate on all sides.
circumagitation
circumambulating
circumambulating
verb
present participle of circumambulate
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
circumgenital
circumgenital
adj
Surrounding the genital area.
circumgestation
circumgestation
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of carrying about.
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumgyratory
circumgyratory
adj
Moving in a circle; turning round.
circummigrate
circummigration
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumnutating
circumnutating
verb
present participle of circumnutate
circumpentagon
circumrotating
circumrotating
verb
present participle of circumrotate
circumstancing
circumstancing
verb
present participle of circumstance
circumstantiating
circumstantiating
verb
present participle of circumstantiate
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
circumventing
circumventing
verb
present participle of circumvent
circuting
claught
claughted
claughting
claughts
clearcutting
clearcutting
noun
A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.
cleistogamous
cleistogamous
adj
(botany) Pertaining to cleistogamy.
cleistogamously
cleistogamously
adv
In a cleistogamous fashion.
cleistogenous
cleistogenous
adj
(botany) That has cleistogamous flowers
cloturing
cloturing
verb
present participle of cloture
clouting
clouting
noun
A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
verb
present participle of clout
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.