(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone
acetoxim
achiotes
achiotes
noun
plural of achiote
achroite
achroite
noun
(mineralogy) A colourless form of tourmaline
acidoses
acidoses
noun
plural of acidosis
acoelomi
acoemeti
aconites
aconites
noun
plural of aconite
acridone
acridone
noun
(organic chemistry) An tricyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from acridine; any derivative of this compound
acrolein
acrolein
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
actioner
actioner
noun
(informal) An action movie.
actiones
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
agricole
albicore
albicore
noun
Alternative form of albacore
alcithoe
alicoche
alicoche
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Echinocereus.
almicore
alnicoes
alopecia
alopecia
noun
(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
(pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
Baldness.
alopecic
alopecic
adj
Relating to or suffering from alopecia.
ameiotic
ameiotic
adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis
anchinoe
anechoic
anechoic
adj
(acoustics) lacking echoes; that absorbs sound
anerotic
angelico
anogenic
anoretic
anoretic
adj
Alternative form of anorexic
anorexic
anorexic
adj
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
apocrine
apocrine
adj
(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
apogaeic
apogaeic
adj
Alternative form of apogeic
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
araeotic
archeion
arecolin
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
autocide
autocide
noun
(agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
(bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
(obsolete, rare) A suicidal person.
An act of killing someone with an automobile.
An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
autoecic
azotemic
azotemic
adj
Of or pertaining to azotemia.
baconize
baconize
verb
(transitive, cooking) To prepare like bacon, by smoking etc.
(transitive, cooking) To prepare with bacon as an ingredient.
becafico
beckiron
becoming
becoming
adj
decent, respectable
pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
noun
(chiefly philosophy) The act or process by which something becomes.
verb
present participle of become
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
betocsin
betonica
betorcin
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bickmore
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bicorned
bicorned
Adjective
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicornes
bicornes
noun
plural of bicorne
binocles
binocles
noun
plural of binocle
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
biochore
biochore
noun
(ecology) A group of similar biotopes.
biocides
biocides
noun
plural of biocide
bioclean
bioclean
adj
Kept free from biological contaminants.
biocycle
biocycle
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological process
Synonym of biorhythm
bioethic
bioethic
noun
A principle or system of bioethics.
biogenic
biogenic
adj
essential for the maintenance of life
produced by living organisms, or by a biological process
bioscope
bioscope
noun
(South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.
An early form of movie projector
biotechs
biotechs
noun
plural of biotech
bisector
bisector
noun
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
boadicea
boarcite
bocasine
bocasine
noun
A sort of fine buckram.
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
booklice
booklice
noun
plural of booklouse
boracite
boracite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl.
botchier
botchier
adj
comparative form of botchy: more botchy
bouchier
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
braciole
braciole
noun
Synonym of braciola
plural of braciola
bricoles
bricoles
noun
plural of bricole
brioches
brioches
noun
plural of brioche
broderic
cabriole
cabriole
noun
A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
cacolike
cadiueio
caesious
caesious
adj
Having a blue color very low in chroma.
calexico
calexico
Proper noun
A city in southern California near the border with Mexico
calicoed
calicoed
adj
Infected by Tobacco mosaic virus.
calicoes
calicoes
noun
plural of calico
calliope
calliope
noun
A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
calories
calories
noun
plural of calorie
plural of calory
calorite
calorize
calorize
verb
(intransitive, dated) To follow a diet that focuses on the number of calories in food.
(transitive) To make (food) with high-calorie ingredients.
(transitive) To provide information about the number of calories in (a food item).
To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
camelion
cameloid
cameloid
adj
Like a camel, or as found in a camel.
noun
Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel.
Misspelling of camelid.
cameoing
cameoing
verb
present participle of cameo
camisole
camisole
noun
(dated) A straitjacket.
(historical) A light jacket with sleeves.
A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
verb
(dated) To straitjacket.
camomile
camomile
noun
Any of several other similar plants. (See below)
Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage.
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.
Short for camomile tea.
camoodie
camoudie
candiote
canioned
canisteo
canoeing
canoeing
noun
A water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks.
verb
present participle of canoe
canoeiro
canoeist
canoeist
noun
A person who travels by canoe.
canonise
canonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize
canonize
canonize
verb
(Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
(by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
(chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
(chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
(figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
canopied
canopied
adj
covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canopy
canopies
canopies
noun
plural of canopy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canopy
canotier
caponier
caponier
noun
(military, historical) A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.
caponise
caponise
verb
Alternative form of caponize
caponize
caponize
verb
(transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
capriole
capriole
noun
A leap or caper, as in dancing.
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
verb
(intransitive) To leap; to caper.
(transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
capriote
caquetio
carioles
carioles
noun
plural of cariole
caroigne
caroigne
Noun
Dead body; carrion.
caroline
caroline
noun
(historical) An old silver coin of Italy.
carriole
carriole
noun
Alternative spelling of cariole
caserios
cassiope
catenoid
catenoid
noun
(geometry) A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
caviteno
cecilton
cecilton
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
cecropia
cecropia
noun
A large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings
Any tree of the genus Cecropia.
cedalion
celation
celloist
celloist
noun
(rare) Synonym of cellist
celosias
celosias
noun
plural of celosia
cenation
cenobian
cenobies
cenobite
cenobite
noun
(fiction) A torturous demon creature made famous by the Hellraiser series.
A monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
cenosite
cenosite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated carbonate / silicate of rare earth elements and calcium present in Scandinavia
cenosity
cenozoic
cenozoic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Cenozoic
Proper noun
A geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.
centimos
centimos
noun
plural of centimo
centroid
centroid
noun
(geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
(geometry, specifically, of a triangle) The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of the three vertices.
(graph theory, of a tree) Given a tree of n nodes, either (1) a unique node whose removal would split the tree into subtrees of fewer than n/2 nodes, or (2) either of a pair of adjacent nodes such that removal of the edge connecting them would split the tree into two subtrees of exactly n/2 nodes.
(mathematical analysis, of a function) An analogue of the centre of gravity of a nonuniform body in which local density is replaced by a specified function (which can take negative values) and the place of the body's shape is taken by the function's domain.
(of a finite set of points) the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of a given finite set of points.
(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.
ceorlish
ceorlish
adj
Characteristic of a ceorl
ceration
ceratoid
ceratoid
adj
Having a horn-like shape or structure.
cercopid
cercopid
noun
(zoology) Any insect in the family Cercopidae, the froghoppers.