The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adhocracy
adhocracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
aeschylus
alchymies
alchymies
noun
plural of alchymy
aldehydic
aldehydic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
allamuchy
amphicyon
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
andrarchy
anonychia
anonychia
noun
(medicine) The absence of nails.
anthocyan
anthocyan
noun
(organic chemistry) anthocyanin
anthracyl
anywhence
anywhence
adv
(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
archduchy
archduchy
noun
The territory (principality) of an archduke.
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
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
archigony
archology
archology
noun
The science of government.
The study of the origins of things.
arhythmic
arhythmic
Adjective
Having no rhythm.
arrythmic
ascochyta
ascochyta
noun
Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
ascyphous
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
ayahausca
ayahuasca
ayahuasca
noun
A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
ballyhack
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
bellyache
bellyache
noun
Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.
verb
To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.
biophysic
bleachery
bleachery
noun
A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brachytic
brachyura
brachyure
branchery
branchery
noun
A system of branches.
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
cacochymy
cacochymy
noun
Alternative form of cacochymia
cacopathy
cacophony
cacophony
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
caddishly
caddishly
adv
In a caddish manner.
calycanth
calycanth
noun
A plant of the family Calycanthaceae.
camphanyl
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
carpophyl
cataphyll
cataphyll
noun
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
catholyte
catholyte
noun
(flow batteries) The liquid cathode
The portion of an electrolyte near a cathode, especially in a cell in which the cathode and anode are in separate compartments
cathyleen
cattishly
cattishly
adv
In a cattish manner.
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
chairlady
chairlady
noun
(chiefly dated) chairwoman
chalukyan
chalybean
chalybean
Adjective
Of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
chalybite
chalybite
noun
(mineralogy) Native iron carbonate.
chambrays
chambrays
noun
plural of chambray
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chancelry
chancelry
noun
Alternative form of chancellery
chandlery
chandlery
noun
A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking.
An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies.
The art or trade of candlemaking.
The merchandise of a chandler.
channelly
chantilly
chaplanry
charcoaly
charcoaly
adj
Resembling, containing, or characteristic of charcoal.
chariotry
charleroy
charmedly
charmedly
adv
In a charmed manner.
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
chatoyant
chatoyant
adj
(jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
noun
(mineralogy) A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.
chattaroy
chayaroot
chayefsky
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
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.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chemolyze
chemotaxy
cherilynn
cherimoya
cherimoya
noun
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
chernobyl
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
cherrylog
cherylene
chevronny
chevronny
adj
Alternative form of chevrony
cheyennes
chicanery
chicanery
noun
(countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
chicayote
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chilotomy
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chinesery
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippeway
chirality
chirality
noun
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
chirimoya
chirimoya
noun
Alternative form of cherimoya
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chironomy
chironomy
noun
(music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
(rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chirotype
chivvying
chivvying
noun
The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.
verb
present participle of chivvy
chlamydes
chlamydes
noun
plural of chlamys
chlamydia
chlamydia
noun
(countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
chlamyses
choachyte
chocolaty
chocolaty
adj
Containing chocolate.
Having some characteristics of chocolate.
choirboys
choirboys
noun
plural of choirboy
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
cholecyst
cholecyst
Noun
The gall bladder.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chordally
chordally
adv
In a chordal manner; in terms of musical chords.
choristry
chorology
chorology
noun
(biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
The spatial equivalent of chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
choyaroot
chrismary
christyna
chrysalid
chrysalid
adj
of or relating to a chrysalis.
noun
Archaic form of chrysalis.
chrysalis
chrysalis
noun
(figurative) A limiting environment or situation.
The cocoon itself.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
chrysazin
chrysazin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysazol
chrysemys
chrysenic
chrysidid
chrysidid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
chryslers
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chrysopee
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chrysorin
chrysotis
chuprassy
churchway
churchway
noun
A customary right of way to the parish church over land lying within the parish.