(European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
(archaic, also figurative) A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.
(by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
(by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
(fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton.
changement
changeover
changeover
noun
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
channeling
channeling
noun
Alternative form of channelling
verb
present participle of channel
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chapellage
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeable
chargeable
adj
(of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.
(rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).
imputable
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
chargeless
chargeless
adj
(physics) Without charge.
chargeling
chargeling
noun
A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
charterage
charterage
noun
A charge paid for chartering a vessel.
The chartering of a vessel.
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chateaugay
chatterbag
chatterbag
noun
(UK, dialect, informal) Synonym of chatterbox (“talkative person”)
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
chattermag
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
chemigraph
chillagite
chillagite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of wulfenite
chivareing
cholagogue
cholagogue
noun
(obsolete, medicine) Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
choraguses
clothesbag
clothesbag
noun
Alternative form of clothes bag
coheritage
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
cynghanedd
cynghanedd
noun
(prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
discharged
discharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discharge
dischargee
dischargee
noun
One who is discharged.
discharger
discharger
noun
Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm
discharges
discharges
noun
plural of discharge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discharge
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
ectognatha
enchaining
enchaining
verb
present participle of enchain
enchanting
enchanting
adj
Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
noun
An act of enchantment.
verb
present participle and gerund of enchant
encharging
encharging
verb
present participle of encharge
eoghanacht
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
escheatage
escheatage
noun
The right of succeeding to an escheat.
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
euchologia
euchologia
noun
plural of euchologion
exchanging
exchanging
verb
present participle of exchange
exchangite
galeorchis
gaucheness
gaucheness
noun
The quality of being gauche.
gaucheries
gaucheries
noun
plural of gaucherie
genethliac
genethliac
adj
Of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth
noun
A birthday poem.
A person who casts horoscopes.
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
glycohemia
goniotheca
gonothecae
gonothecae
noun
plural of gonotheca
gonothecal
gonothecal
adj
Related to the gonotheca.
gorsehatch
graecophil
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
gravecloth
guacharoes
guacharoes
noun
plural of guacharo
guaguanche
gynarchies
gynarchies
noun
plural of gynarchy
hackleburg
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hatcheling
hectograms
hectograms
noun
plural of hectogram
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hendecagon
hendecagon
noun
(geometry) a polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles.
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hygienical
hygienical
adj
Relating to hygiene.
hylegiacal
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
itcheoglan
lightfaced
lightfaced
adj
Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space.
logomacher
logomacher
noun
Synonym of logomachist
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
megachilid
megachilid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.
megalithic
megalithic
adj
Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
michigamea
michigamme
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
mischarged
mischarged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mischarge
mischarges
mischarges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mischarge
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
neognathic
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
overcharge
overcharge
noun
An excessive charge in an account.
An excessive load or burden.
Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
verb
(transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
(transitive, dated) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
(transitive, dated) To exaggerate.
(transitive, dated) To fill too full; to crowd.
(transitive, intransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
phagedenic
phagedenic
adj
Relating to phagedena.
phagocyter
phascogale
phascogale
noun
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
precharged
precharged
adj
charged in advance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precharge
rechanging
rechanging
verb
present participle of rechange
recharging
recharging
noun
The act by which something is recharged.
verb
present participle of recharge
recharting
recharting
verb
present participle of rechart
rectigraph
reexchange
reexchange
noun
(finance) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft that has been dishonoured in a foreign country and returned to its country of origin, and then taken up.