(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
chagoma
chagoma
noun
An inflammatory nodule at the bite site of the reduviid bug which transmits Chagas disease.
chamiso
chamiso
noun
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum.
An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
chamois
chamois
adj
Chamois-colored.
noun
(cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
Short for chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
The traditional colour of chamois leather.
verb
(transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
chamoix
charmco
chiloma
chimayo
cholame
chomage
chomage
noun
(obsolete) A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
coahoma
cohanim
cohanim
noun
plural of cohen
coheman
gombach
hammock
hammock
noun
(US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
verb
(intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
(transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
(transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
(transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
hochman
hogmace
holcman
hommack
humacao
iachimo
joachim
joachim
Proper noun
The father of Virgin Mary in apocryphal gospels.
name, always rare in English.
komarch
machado
machaon
machogo
machzor
machzor
noun
(Judaism) A prayerbook for a Jewish holiday.
mahopac
malicho
malicho
noun
(obsolete) mischief
malloch
manouch
mcmahon
mcmahon
Proper noun
An Irish surname derived from the Gaelic patronymic Mac Mhathúna in the Native Irish Language; sometimes transliterated as Matthews.
michabo
michoac
mihalco
mochica
mochila
mochila
noun
(US, especially Western US) A large leather flap that covers the saddle tree.
mochras
mochras
noun
An astringent gum-resin obtained from Bombax ceiba.
mohacan
mohican
mohican
Proper noun
An indigenous people of New England; the Mahicans.
The Mohegan people.
Noun
A member of this tribe; a Mahican.
A Mohegan.
A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end: a Mohawk.
monacha
monachi
monarch
monarch
noun
(Aboriginal English) A police officer.
(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
The chief or best thing of its kind.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
nomarch
nomarch
noun
(historical) The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy.