(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
almeric
ambreic
ambrica
amchoor
amerced
amerced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amerce
amercer
amercer
noun
One who amerces.
amerces
amerces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amerce
america
amharic
amicron
amlacra
amoraic
amtrack
amtracs
amtracs
noun
plural of amtrac
aramaic
aramaic
Proper noun
A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to):
The language of the Aramaeans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
The language of the administration in the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Galilean Aramaic.
The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds.
The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
Adjective
Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.
arcanum
arcanum
noun
A mystery or deep secret.
An elixir or secret remedy.
arcform
arctium
armenic
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armoric
armoric
Adjective
Relating to Armorica; Armorican.
Proper noun
The language spoken by the Gauls of Armorica, the ancestor of Breton.
armrack
armrack
noun
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
ascyrum
becharm
becharm
verb
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
becramp
becrime
bemercy
bemercy
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with mercy; show mercy to; milse.
brahmic
brahmic
Adjective
Related or belonging to a certain family of abugidas used to write many languages of South and Southeast Asia, descended from the
brecham
buckram
buckram
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
cadmarr
calamar
calamar
noun
(dated) A squid.
calmier
camargo
camarin
camaron
camaron
noun
Alternative form of cammaron
camauro
camauro
noun
A cap, of crimson velvet, trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope.
cambers
cambers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camber
cambrai
cambrel
cambrel
noun
Obsolete form of gambrel.
cambria
cambria
Proper noun
Wales.
cambric
cambric
noun
A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
camelry
camelry
noun
(military) A military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
camerae
cameral
cameral
adj
Relating to a chamber, especially to a judicial or legislative one
cameras
cameras
noun
plural of camera
cameron
cameron
Proper noun
and a highland Scottish clan name
name derived from the surname.
name derived from the surname, used since the 1970s also in the spellings Camryn and Kamryn.
A in Arizona
An unincorporated community in Illinois
An unincorporated community in Iowa
A in Louisiana
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Missouri
An unincorporated community in Montana
A town in New York
A town in North Carolina
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A town in South Carolina
A city in Texas
A city in West Virginia
A village and a town in Wisconsin
camfort
camirus
camorra
campari
campari
Noun
an Italian mildly bitter apéritif, coloured with cochineal, often drunk with soda water or orange juice
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
cancrum
caramba
caramba
intj
(non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!
caramel
caramel
adj
Of a yellow-brown color.
noun
(color) A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
(uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
verb
(transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
cardium
cariama
cariama
noun
Alternative form of seriema
carlism
carlism
Noun
A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne
carmela
carmele
carmelo
carmena
carmina
carmine
carmine
adj
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
noun
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
carmine:
carmita
caromed
caromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carom
caromel
caromel
noun
Archaic form of caramel.
caroome
caroome
noun
(obsolete) A licence once issued to grant the right to keep a cart (in the City of London)
carpium
carroms
carroms
noun
plural of carrom
cartman
cartman
noun
(New York) A private garbage collection and haulage worker or contractor.
(dated) A person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman.
cascrom
cascrom
noun
(Scotland, Highlands) A type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.
casimir
castrum
castrum
noun
(historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
cedrium
centrum
centrum
noun
(seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
A center.
The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
ceramal
ceramal
noun
cermet
ceramic
ceramic
adj
Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
noun
(countable) An object made of this material
(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.
ceriman
ceriman
noun
A large, woody vine native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, Monstera deliciosa, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.
The fruit of this vine.
ceriums
ceriums
noun
plural of cerium
cermets
cermets
noun
plural of cermet
ceromez
cerumen
cerumen
noun
earwax
cestrum
chakram
chakram
noun
(historical) An old Indian coin from Travancore.
A disc-like throwing weapon originally from India.
chalmer
chamber
chamber
noun
(UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
(biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
(dated, usually in the plural) Rooms in a lodging house.
(figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
(firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
(firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
(historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
(obsolete) Ellipsis of chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers.
A bedroom.
Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
The private office of a judge.
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
verb
(martial arts) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
(obsolete) To be lascivious.
To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
To enclose in a room.
To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
chambre
chambre
noun
Obsolete spelling of chamber
chambry
chamfer
chamfer
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
charism
charism
noun
(Christianity, theology) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.
charmco
charmed
charmed
adj
(physics) Of a particle: having nonzero charm.
Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.
Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charm
charmel
charmel
noun
(biblical) A fruitful field.
charmer
charmer
noun
A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
An enchanter or magician.
chaumer
chermes
chermes
noun
Alternative form of kermes
chetrum
chetrum
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum
chimars
chimera
chimera
noun
(Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
(architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
(figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
(figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
(figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
(mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
(zoology) Alternative form of chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.
chimere
chimere
noun
(ecclesiastical) The upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
Obsolete form of chimera.
chimers
chimers
noun
plural of chimer
chirmed
chirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirm
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chorism
chrisma
chrisms
chrisms
noun
plural of chrism
chrisom
chrisom
noun
(historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Short for chrisom child.
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
chromed
chromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chrome
chromel
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
chromic
chromic
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
chromid
chromid
noun
(zoology) One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.
chromos
chromos
noun
plural of chromo
chromyl
chromyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The divalent radical CrO₂: or cation CrO₂²⁺
chummer
chummer
noun
One who fishes by casting chum into the water to attract the fish.
cimbric
cimbric
Adjective
Relating to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe that invaded the Roman Empire around 110 BC. The tribe has been associated with Jutland in Denmark as well as northern Germany.
Proper noun
The language of the Cimbri.
cimbura
cimeter
cimeter
noun
Alternative spelling of scimitar
cirsium
claimer
claimer
noun
A claiming race.
A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
A pretender to a royal title.
A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
clamber
clamber
noun
The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
clammer
clammer
noun
One who digs for clams.
clamors
clamors
noun
plural of clamor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamor
clamour
clamour
noun
British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
clamper
clamper
noun
(electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
One who, or that which, clamps.
verb
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
To complain in an irritating manner.
To crimp.
To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
cleamer
climber
climber
noun
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
(climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
(cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
(ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
Something that is used for climbing.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
cloamer
clumber
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
clurman
cneorum
codworm
codworm
noun
Synonym of caddisworm
The marine parasitic worm Lernaeocera branchialis
coimbra
colmars
colorum
colorum
noun
(Philippines) A public transport vehicle operating without a franchise.
(Philippines) A rebel organization characterized by religious fanaticism or a member thereof.
comaker
comaker
noun
(finance) A person who endorses a promissory note.
comarca
comarca
noun
A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.