(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acuminous
acuminous
adj
Characterized by acumen; keen.
adlumidin
akuammine
akuammine
noun
(organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
alcyonium
alcyonium
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
alimentum
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
almuredin
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminish
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
aluminium
aluminium
noun
(slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.
A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
aluminize
aluminize
verb
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
aluminose
aluminous
aluminous
adj
(chemistry) of or pertaining to alumina or alum
aluminums
aluminums
noun
plural of aluminum
alumniate
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
amianthus
amianthus
noun
A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
aminoquin
ammoniums
ammoniums
noun
plural of ammonium
amounting
amounting
verb
present participle of amount
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
aneurisms
aneurisms
noun
plural of aneurism
angoumian
angoumois
angoumois
Proper noun
A former county and province of France, nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente département, with Angoulême as its capital.
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
animacule
anthidium
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
anthurium
anthurium
noun
Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.
antihuman
antihuman
adj
(immunology, not comparable) Describing an antibody that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant degree of specificity to) humans.
Opposed to humanity.
noun
A being that opposes, or typifies the opposite of, the human race.
antiopium
antiopium
adj
Opposing the drug opium.
antirumor
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antitumor
antitumor
adj
(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
noun
Any substance that inhibits tumors.
apulmonic
apulmonic
adj
Not pulmonic; lacking, or not using, the lungs.
armouring
armouring
noun
Armour or shielding.
verb
present participle of armour
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
auchenium
auchenium
noun
(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.
aumoniere
aurantium
automania
automania
noun
(US) An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.
autonomic
autonomic
adj
(neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.
(neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
autumnian
autumnian
adj
(archaic) autumnal
autumnity
autumnity
noun
autumn
middle age
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
azoxonium
barnumism
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
biclinium
bienniums
bienniums
noun
plural of biennium
bigeminum
bilihumin
botulinum
botulinum
noun
An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
bronchium
bronchium
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) A bronchial tube; a subdivision of the bronchus.
brunizems
brunonism
bucranium
bucranium
noun
The head of an ox.
bullimong
bullimong
noun
(UK, obsolete) A mixture of oats, barley, etc. sown to provide cattle feed.
bumblings
bumblings
noun
plural of bumbling
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
bumpkinet
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
buonamani
burmannia
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
cacuminal
cacuminal
adj
(linguistics, phonology) Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
noun
(linguistics, phonology) A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
calumnies
calumnies
noun
plural of calumny
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumny
canangium
capnodium
carbonium
carbonium
noun
(dated, chemistry, deprecated) Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
ceruminal
ceruminal
adj
Relating to cerumen
chimakuan
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cnemidium
coenobium
coenobium
noun
(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe
Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”)
columbian
columbian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the discoverer of America, or his life or time.
Of or from any of the places called
American, from the United States of America
Noun
An inhabitant of any place called
An American, a person from the United States of America.
A stamp from the stamps.
A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
columbine
columbine
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
noun
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
columning
columnist
columnist
noun
A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper
columnize
columnize
verb
(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
comminute
comminute
noun
Pulverized material.
verb
(medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).
(transitive) To break into smaller portions.
(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
communing
communing
noun
The act of one who communes; a communion.
verb
present participle of commune
communion
communion
noun
(Christianity) Holy Communion.
(Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
communiqu
communise
communise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of communize.
communism
communism
noun
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.
Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.
communist
communist
adj
Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
noun
(nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
community
community
noun
(Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
(countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
(uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
(uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
communize
communize
verb
To become or be made communistic.
To come under public ownership or control.
To impose Communist ideals upon.
To make something the property of a community.
commuting
commuting
adj
Causing, or involved in commutation
noun
(Philippines) travel by public transportation such as by jeepney
travel between home and workplace
verb
present participle of commute
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
comunidad
concilium
congruism
congruism
noun
(theology) congruity
conjugium
connubium
consuming
consuming
adj
Holding one's attention or interest.
noun
consumption; the process by which something is consumed
verb
present participle of consume
contagium
contagium
noun
(archaic) contagion; contagious matter
continuum
continuum
noun
(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
A continuous extent.
A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
costuming
costuming
noun
Material for making costumes.
The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
verb
present participle of costume
coumarins
coumarins
noun
plural of coumarin
criminous
criminous
adj
(archaic) criminal
crumbling
crumbling
noun
Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
verb
present participle and gerund of crumble
crumpling
crumpling
noun
A crumpled shape or structure.
A small crump
The act by which something crumples.
verb
present participle of crumple
ctenidium
ctenidium
noun
(zoology) A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
(zoology) A row of spines in some insects
ctenolium
culminant
culminant
adj
(by extension) predominant
being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
culminate
culminate
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the culmen
verb
(US, military, of an offensive, etc) To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
(intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
(transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumengite
cumengite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
cuminseed
cuneiform
cuneiform
adj
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
(anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
cuniforms
cuniforms
noun
plural of cuniform
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
customing
customing
verb
present participle of custom
dardanium
decennium
decennium
noun
Synonym of decade: a ten year period.
degumming
degumming
noun
The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
demihuman
demihuman
noun
(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
demilunes
demilunes
noun
plural of demilune
demulsion
demulsion
noun
Something which has a soothing effect.
demurring
demurring
noun
demurral
verb
present participle of demur
dentalium
dentalium
noun
Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
diazonium
diazonium
noun
(organic chemistry) any univalent cation, of general formula R-N₂⁺; diazonium salts are used to manufacture azo dyes, and take part in the Sandmeyer reaction
dictamnus
dictamnus
noun
(botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
diminuent
diminuent
adj
lessening
diminutal
diminutal
adj
Indicating or causing diminution.
diminuted
disinhume
disinhume
verb
To disinter; to dig up from the earth.
dismounts
dismounts
noun
plural of dismount
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismount
disnumber
dominikus
dominique
dominique
Noun
An American breed of chicken with a rose comb and a heavy plumage of irregularly striped black-and-white feathers.
dominiums
doronicum
doronicum
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Doronicum, including some called leopardsbane.
drepanium
drepanium
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme whose successive pedicels are aligned on the same plane.
drumbling
drumbling
verb
present participle of drumble
dumminess
dumminess
noun
(archaic) A disease in horses, characterised by immobility and a hanging position of the head, the result of acute encephalitis.
(colloquial) The quality of being silly or foolish.