(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
albumoses
albumoses
noun
plural of albumose
almshouse
almshouse
noun
A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.
aluminose
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
amoebaeum
amoebaeum
noun
(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
amoreuxia
amounters
amourette
amourette
noun
A cupid.
A petty love affair.
The love grass, or quaking grass.
angouleme
anoestrum
anomalure
anomalure
noun
A rodent of any species of the family Anomaluridae, having membranes between their front and hind legs like those of a flying squirrel (Sciuridae), found in central Africa
apneumona
aposthume
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
armourers
armourers
noun
plural of armourer
armouries
armouries
noun
plural of armoury
aspermous
aspermous
adj
(botany) Lacking seeds.
athermous
athermous
adj
Alternative form of athermanous
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
aumoniere
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
autodrome
autodrome
noun
A circuit used for motor sports events, but not for high-speed racing
autoecism
autoecism
noun
(botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.
(ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
autohemic
automaker
automaker
noun
One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.
automated
automated
adj
Made automatic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automate
automates
automates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate
automedon
automelon
automelon
noun
(Christianity) A composition used in Orthodox Christianity to create other hymns, following its melody and rhythm.
autometry
autometry
noun
(mathematics) An isometry of a metric space to itself
automower
automower
noun
An automatic lawnmower.
autoserum
autoserum
noun
A serum obtained from a patient's own blood and then used for autoserotherapy
autosomes
autosomes
noun
plural of autosome
autotimer
autotimer
noun
An automatic timer.
auxometer
auxometer
noun
An instrument measuring the magnifying power of lenses.
beamhouse
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
beclamour
beclamour
verb
Alternative form of beclamor
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
bellmouth
bellmouth
noun
A bell-shaped extension at the end of a pipe.
brumstone
bumbledom
bumbledom
noun
bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.
buncombes
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
butlerdom
butlerdom
noun
The status or sphere of butlers.
buttwomen
buxomness
buxomness
noun
(now rare) Happiness, gaiety.
(obsolete) Obedience.
Voluptuousness.
calembour
calembour
noun
A pun.
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
castoreum
castoreum
noun
(archaic) A hat made from beaver fur.
The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers.
clamoured
clamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clamour
clamourer
clamourer
noun
One who clamours.
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
coalmouse
coalmouse
noun
A species of small titmouse with a black head; the coaltit, Parus ater.
coassumed
coassumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coassume
coassumes
coassumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coassume
coaugment
coelarium
coenobium
coenobium
noun
(biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe
Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”)
colemouse
colemouse
noun
Alternative form of coalmouse
coliseums
coliseums
noun
plural of coliseum
collegium
collegium
noun
(in Ancient Rome) Any of several legal associations
(in Russia) A committee or council
colosseum
colosseum
noun
Alternative spelling of coliseum
columbate
columbate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate.
columbeia
columbier
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.
columbite
columbite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
columbyne
columella
columella
noun
(anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.
(biology) Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.
(comparative anatomy) In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from the tympanum to the inner ear.
(coral science) The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together.
(malacology) In gastropods, the structure that extends down the middle of the whorls of the shell.
(mycology) The central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi.
(palynology) A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.
columnate
columnate
verb
to provide with, or put in the form of, columns
columnize
columnize
verb
(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
comatulae
combretum
combretum
noun
Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
comburent
combusted
combusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combust
comecrudo
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comminute
comminute
noun
Pulverized material.
verb
(medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).
(transitive) To break into smaller portions.
(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
communise
communise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of communize.
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.
commutate
commutate
verb
(intransitive, mathematics) To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands.
(transitive) To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form.
(transitive, electronics) To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.
(transitive, electronics) To reverse the direction of (a current).
(transitive, finance) To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment.
(transitive, law) To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on
commuters
commuters
noun
plural of commuter
comourner
complexus
complexus
noun
(anatomy) A large muscle of the back, passing from the spine to the head.
(dated) A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.
composure
composure
noun
(obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
(obsolete) Frame; make; temperament.
(obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
(obsolete) Something which is composed; a composition.
(obsolete) The act of composing
Calmness of mind or temperament
compulsed
compulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compulse
computate
computate
verb
(obsolete) To compute
computers
computers
noun
plural of computer
conemaugh
congoleum
consumate
consumate
adj
Misspelling of consummate.
consumers
consumers
noun
plural of consumer
contumely
contumely
noun
Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
cornamute
cornamute
noun
Obsolete form of cornemuse.
cornemuse
cornemuse
noun
A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
costumers
costumers
noun
plural of costumer
costumery
costumery
noun
Costumes in general.
costumier
costumier
noun
A person who supplies or designs costumes.
costumire
couchmate
couchmate
noun
A person with whom one shares a couch.
coumarane
coumarate
coumarate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of coumaric acid
coumarone
coumarone
noun
(organic chemistry) The bicyclic heterocycle benzofuran.
coutumier
ctenolium
cumaceous
cundeamor
cundeamor
noun
A certain variety of forastero cocoa bean.
Ipomoea quamoclit (cypress vine).
Momordica balsamina (balsam apple), a vine species found in Africa.
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.
curvesome
curvesome
adj
(dated) curvy
(of a woman) curvaceous
customers
customers
noun
plural of customer
customize
customize
verb
To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
damageous
damageous
adj
(obsolete) damaging, hurtful, injurious
damoiseau
damoiseau
noun
(historical) A young gentleman who was not yet a knight but aspired to be one; a young nobleman accompanying his lord or lady to hunt, walk, travel, etc.
damourite
damourite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
deciduoma
deciduoma
noun
(pathology) An intrauterine tumor composed of decidual tissue
demagogue
demagogue
noun
(derogatory) A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
(historical) A leader of the people.
verb
(intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
demeanour
demeanour
noun
UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada spelling of demeanor
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.
demodocus
demounted
demounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demount
demulsion
demulsion
noun
Something which has a soothing effect.
denotatum
denotatum
noun
(linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
depositum
depositum
noun
(finance, obsolete) A deposit.
desmodium
desmodium
noun
Any member of the genus Desmodium of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, containing mostly inconspicuous legumes but some with bright or large flowers.
desmoncus
deutomala
dioestrum
documents
documents
noun
plural of document
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of document
dominique
dominique
Noun
An American breed of chicken with a rose comb and a heavy plumage of irregularly striped black-and-white feathers.
dompteuse
doubtsome
doubtsome
adj
Characterised or marked by doubt; doubtful
doumergue
douziemes
duennadom
dufferdom
dufferdom
noun
The realm or sphere of duffers.
dulcimore
dulcimore
noun
Synonym of Appalachian dulcimer
dumontite
dumontite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
duodecimo
duodecimo
noun
(paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
(printing) A book having pages of that size.
A sheet or page of that size.
duodenums
durometer
durometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of an elastomer, such as rubber. A simple durometer consists of a movable tip on a spring with a dial gauge.
The measurement of the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of plastic or rubber.
ectropium
ectropium
noun
ectropion
edematous
edematous
adj
(medicine) Afflicted with edema.
embosture
emolument
emolument
noun
(formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
empetrous
emporiums
emulation
emulation
noun
(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.