(according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
(obsolete) Causing an excess of choler.
Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
Showing or expressing anger.
noun
A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).
A person with a choleric temperament.
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
cholines
cholines
noun
plural of choline
cholinic
cholinic
adj
Relating to, or obtained from, bile; cholic.
choluria
choluria
noun
(pathology) The presence of bile pigments in the urine.
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chondria
chondric
chondrin
chondrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water.
chongjin
chongjin
Proper noun
The third largest city in North Korea.
chookies
chookies
noun
plural of chookie
choosier
choosier
adj
comparative form of choosy: more choosy
choosing
choosing
noun
The act of making a choice.
verb
present participle of choose
chopines
chopines
noun
plural of chopine
choppier
choppier
adj
comparative form of choppy: more choppy
choppily
choppily
adv
In a choppy manner.
chopping
chopping
adj
(obsolete) stout; large; plump
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
noun
The action by which something is chopped.
verb
present participle of chop
choragic
choragic
adj
Of or pertaining to a choragus.
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chordoid
chordoid
adj
Relating to, resembling or composed of chordomas
choregic
choregic
adj
Of or relating to a choregus.
choreoid
choreoid
Adjective
Resembling chorea.
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
chorines
chorines
noun
plural of chorine
chorioid
chorioid
noun
Alternative form of choroid
chorioma
chorioma
noun
(pathology) A trophoblastic proliferation
chorions
chorions
noun
plural of chorion
chorisis
chorisis
noun
(botany) The separation of a leaf (or petal or sepal) into two more parts
chorisos
chorizos
chorizos
noun
plural of chorizo
choroids
choroids
noun
plural of choroid
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chowries
chowries
noun
plural of chowry
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chrisoms
chrisoms
noun
plural of chrisom
christos
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromism
chromism
noun
chromatism
chromite
chromite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium.
chromium
chromium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
chromize
chromize
verb
(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.
chronica
chronics
chronics
noun
plural of chronic
chronist
chronist
noun
A chronicler, a person who produces a chronological account.
chronium
chthonic
chthonic
adj
Dwelling within or under the earth.
chylosis
chylosis
noun
(pathology) The formation and subsequent digestion and transport of chyle
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
cichloid
cichocki
cinchona
cinchona
noun
(medicine) Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
cirrhose
cirrhose
adj
(botany, of leaves) Ending in a tendril at the apex.
cirrhous
cirrhous
adj
Alternative form of cirrhose
clinchco
cloddish
cloddish
adj
Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.
Of or pertaining to lumpy soil.
clothier
clothier
noun
A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
clothing
clothing
noun
(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
verb
present participle of clothe
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
coaching
coaching
noun
(attributive) Relating to horse-drawn stagecoaches, also to railway carriages (or coaches).
(uncountable, historical) The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business.
The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction.
verb
present participle of coach
coahuila
coahuila
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
coarsish
coarsish
adj
Somewhat coarse.
cobishop
cobishop
noun
A joint or coadjutant bishop.
cochairs
cochairs
noun
plural of cochair
cochlite
cochylis
cohabits
cohabits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit
cohanims
cohenite
cohenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellowish white mineral containing carbon, cobalt, iron, and nickel.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
cohesion
cohesion
noun
(biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
(linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
(physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
(software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
State of cohering, or of working together.
cohesive
cohesive
adj
Having cohesion.
noun
(linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text
A substance that provides cohesion
cohligan
coinhere
coinhere
verb
(intransitive) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
colbaith
colchian
colchian
Adjective
Of or relating to Colchis.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Colchis.
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
complish
complish
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
conchies
conchies
noun
plural of conchy
conchita
conchite
conchite
noun
(paleontology) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
conchoid
conchoid
noun
(geology) A conchoidal fracture in rock.
(mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
coolibah
coolibah
noun
Any of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia, in particular Eucalyptus microtheca.
copalchi
copemish
cophosis
cophosis
noun
(pathology) total deafness
copihues
copihues
noun
plural of copihue
corkhill
corniche
corniche
noun
A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
cothurni
cothurni
noun
plural of cothurnus
couching
couching
noun
(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
(textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
The act of one who couches.
verb
present participle of couch.
coughing
coughing
noun
A cough; the act of coughing.
verb
present participle of cough
coughlin
couthier
couthier
adj
comparative form of couthie: more couthie
couthily
cowhided
cowhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowhide
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
cowichan
cowichan
Noun
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Adjective
Of or relating to this tribe.
Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.
crachoir
crichton
croighle
cropshin
crouchie
cuchillo
cushions
cushions
noun
plural of cushion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cushion
cushiony
cushiony
adj
Like a cushion; soft and yielding.
cyathoid
cyphosis
cyphosis
noun
Dated form of kyphosis.
cytophil
cytophil
adj
Alternative form of cytophile
delichon
diadoche
diadochi
diadochi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Diadochi
diadochy
diadochy
noun
the capability of an atom to replace another in a particular crystal structure
dichlone
dichlone
Noun
A particular fungicide.
dichoree
dichoree
noun
A double choree.
dichotic
dichotic
adj
That stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness
dichroic
dichroic
adj
Exhibiting dichroism.
Exhibiting dichromatism; dichromatic.
noun
A dichroic filter
discoach
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
dithioic
ditrocha
dobchick
dochmiac
dochmiac
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
noun
(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
dolichos
dolichos
noun
(historical) A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games.
Any plant of the genus Dolichos.
dopchick
douching
douching
noun
A washing or irrigation with a douche.
verb
present participle of douche
drochuil
echikson
echinoid
echinoid
adj
Resembling a sea urchin.
noun
(zoology) Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
echinops
echoisms
echoisms
noun
plural of echoism
echoized
echoized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of echoize
echowise
ecphoria
ecphoria
noun
A stage in memory retrieval in which a latent engram is activated
elohimic
enchoric
enchoric
adj
Alternative form of enchorial
ensophic
eolithic
eolithic
adj
(archaeology) of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
eophytic
eophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to eophytes.
epochism
epochism
noun
A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
epochist
ethionic
ethionic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to ethionic acid and its derivatives
ethiopic
ethiopic
Adjective
Ethiopian
Proper noun
Ge'ez language.
ethnicon
ethnicon
noun
name of a tribe; ethnonym
euchroic
euphonic
euphonic
adj
Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
euphoric
euphoric
adj
Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Productive of euphoria, causing great joy
noun
A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.
euphotic
euphotic
adj
Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible