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.
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.
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
archigony
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.
cacophony
cacophony
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
calycanth
calycanth
noun
A plant of the family Calycanthaceae.
camphanyl
cathyleen
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
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.
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
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
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.
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
cherilynn
chernobyl
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
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.
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
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.
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.
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chivvying
chivvying
noun
The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.
verb
present participle of chivvy
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
christyna
chrysazin
chrysazin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysenic
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chrysorin
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cinenchym
coherency
coherency
noun
The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship.
colocynth
colocynth
noun
A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.
The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative.
colophany
colophany
noun
Alternative form of colophony
colophony
colophony
noun
Rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin, used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.
conchylia
conhydrin
conyngham
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
couchancy
couchancy
noun
The state of lying down for repose, being couchant.
crunchily
crunchily
adv
In a crunchy manner.
cuttyhunk
cuttyhunk
noun
(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
cynanchum
cynophile
cynophile
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
cynophobe
cynophobe
noun
A person with cynophobia.
cynthiana
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
cytherean
cytherean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus.
Of or pertaining to the planet Venus; Venusian.
Venereal.
diachrony
diachrony
noun
The study of change over time, especially changes to language
diachylon
diachylon
noun
(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
diptychon
duncishly
duncishly
adv
In a duncish manner.
dysphonic
dysphonic
adj
Having or relating to dysphonia.
noun
A person who has dysphonia.
echinomys
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
elephancy
enchylema
enchylema
noun
The semifluid, nearly transparent, and homogeneous matter forming the cell sap, or nuclear sap, supported by the linin network and constituting with it the cytoplasm or nucleoplasm.
enchytrae
entelechy
entelechy
noun
(Aristotelian metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.
(chiefly philosophy) A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being; the need to actualize one's beliefs; having both a personal vision and the ability to actualize that vision from within.
(specifically) In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 BCE) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz).
eschynite
eschynite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium.
ethnarchy
ethnarchy
noun
A population and area of land governed by a single ruler, called an ethnarch, and in which the population is of homogeneous ethnicity and the political unit is of insufficient size to be considered a kingdom or nation.
ethnicity
ethnicity
noun
(casual, euphemistic) Race; common ancestry.
An ethnic group.
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
ethnodicy
ethylenic
ethylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene
eutychian
eutychian
Adjective
Pertaining to Eutyches, to Eutychianism, or to Eutychians.
Noun
One who believes in Eutychianism.
frenchify
frenchify
verb
(intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
(transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way.
(transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
frenchily
geochrony
geochrony
noun
(obsolete) Geochronology.
gonytheca
gynarchic
gynarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to gynarchy.
habitancy
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
halcyonic
halomancy
halomancy
noun
Divination by use of salt.
handycuff
harrycane
hemicrany
hemicrany
noun
Dated form of hemicrania.
hercynian
hercynian
Adjective
Of or relating to the an extensive forest in ancient Germany.
hercynite
hercynite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, iron, and oxygen.
hesitancy
hesitancy
noun
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hockmoney
hologynic
homonymic
homonymic
adj
Having the same form (orthographic/phonetic) but unrelated meaning.
honeycomb
honeycomb
noun
(aviation) Manufactured material used to manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.
(by extension) Any structure resembling a honeycomb.
(construction) Voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
(geometry) A space-filling packing of polytopes in 3- or higher-dimensional space.
(solar cell) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
verb
To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
hyacintha
hyacinthe
hyacinths
hyacinths
noun
plural of hyacinth
hydantoic
hydantoic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin.
hydnaceae
hydrachna
hydrocyon
hygiantic
hygienics
hygienics
noun
The science of hygiene
hyoscines
hyoscines
noun
plural of hyoscine
hypercone
hypercone
noun
(geometry) A four-dimensional surface related to the three-dimensional cone
hypericin
hypericin
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) A red-coloured anthraquinone derivative, extracted from St John's wort or prepared synthetically, used as an antidepressant and antiviral agent.
hypinotic
hypinotic
adj
Relating to hypinosis.
hypnaceae
hypnocyst
hypnocyst
noun
(biology) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily enclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food.
hypnoetic
hypnotics
hypnotics
noun
plural of hypnotic
hypochnus
hypoconid
hypoconid
noun
(dentistry) One of the main cusps, at the posterolabial side.
hypogenic
hypogenic
adj
Of or relating to a process that acts from below.
hypogynic
hypomanic
hypomanic
adj
afflicted with a mild state of mania
noun
A person afflicted with hypomania.
hyponomic
hyponomic
adj
Of or relating to the hyponome
hyponymic
hyponymic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
hypotonic
hypotonic
adj
(medicine) Showing less than normal tension in the muscles or muscle tissue.
(of a solution) Having a lower osmotic pressure than another.
hyracodon
hyrcanian
hyrcanian
Adjective
Of or relating to Hyrcania.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Hyrcania.
ichnology
ichnology
noun
(paleontology) A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
ichthyian
incharity
incharity
noun
(obsolete) Lack of charity.
inherency
inherency
noun
The condition of being inherent
isochrony
isochrony
noun
The state of being isochronous.
itchingly
itchingly
adv
With an itching sensation.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
knaydlach
lychnises
lychnises
noun
plural of lychnis
lycophron
lynchable
lynchable
adj
Punishable by lynching.
lynchburg
lynchburg
Proper noun
a former settlement in California, USA.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Mississippi, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Dakota, USA.
a village in and Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in South Carolina, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
an independent city in Virginia, USA.
lynchings
lynchings
noun
plural of lynching
machinely
machinery
machinery
noun
(figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.