(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.
alcmaon
amicron
ammonic
ammonic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cornu ammonis.
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to ammonia.
anosmic
anosmic
adj
(pathology) Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.
(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs; anosmatic.
noun
(pathology) A person with anosmia; a person lacking a sense of smell.
caconym
caconym
noun
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
caedmon
camagon
camagon
noun
The reddish wood of this tree.
camaron
camaron
noun
Alternative form of cammaron
cambion
cambion
noun
(mythology) The offspring of either an incubus and a female human or a succubus and a male human.
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
camions
camions
noun
plural of camion
camoens
campion
campion
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
campong
campong
noun
Alternative spelling of kampong
campton
centimo
centimo
noun
A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
chelmno
clemons
clemson
clemson
Proper noun
A in both and that is home to
cloamen
cloamen
adj
(regional) earthenware (attributive)
clomben
clonism
clonism
noun
(medicine) clonus; clonic spasm
(rare) Prejudice against genetic clones.
cneorum
coaming
coaming
noun
(nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.
A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.
codamin
coffman
cohanim
cohanim
noun
plural of cohen
coheman
cokeman
cokeman
noun
A worker at a cokeworks.
coleman
coleman
Proper noun
derived from the given name Colman.
for a coal man, who burnt coal.
name transferred from the surnames.
A city in Florida
A city in Michigan
A community in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A city in Texas
A village in Wisconsin
columna
columns
columns
noun
(juggling) pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
plural of column
comanic
combind
combine
combine
noun
(American football) A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
(art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
A combine harvester
An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
verb
(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
(intransitive) To come together; to unite.
(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
combing
combing
noun
(in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
Alternative spelling of coaming
The act by which something is combed.
verb
present participle of comb
comecon
comecon
Proper noun
of, a multinational economic organization that existed in the Eastern Bloc from 1949 to 1991.
comenic
cominch
comines
comings
comings
noun
plural of coming
command
command
noun
(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
A command performance.
A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
An order to do something.
Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.
(transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
(transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
(transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
(transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
(transitive, intransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
(transitive, intransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
commend
commend
noun
(obsolete) Commendation; praise.
(obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
verb
(transitive) To congratulate or reward.
(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
(transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
(transitive) To praise or acclaim.
(transitive) To recommend.
(transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.
comment
comment
noun
(linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
(uncountable) The act of commenting.
A spoken or written remark.
verb
(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
(transitive) To remark.
(transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
(transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
(transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
commons
commons
noun
(chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
(euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse.
(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
(obsolete, UK, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common.
A dining hall, usually at a college or university.
Food in general; rations.
The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
plural of common
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of common
communa
commune
commune
noun
(historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
(obsolete) The commonalty; the common people.
(uncountable, obsolete) Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
A local political division in many European countries.
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
verb
(Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
(intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
comonte
comorin
comourn
company
company
noun
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(uncountable) Companionship.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A small group of birds or animals.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
compend
compend
noun
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
comping
comping
noun
(informal, countable) musical accompaniment
(informal, uncountable) The practice of entering many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible.
verb
present participle of comp
complin
complin
noun
Alternative form of compline
compone
compone
verb
(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
compton
compton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
from the placenames.
comtian
comtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1798–1857), French philosopher and founder of sociology and positivism.
conamed
conamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coname
condemn
condemn
verb
(transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
(transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
(transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
(transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
(transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
(transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
(transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
condoms
condoms
noun
plural of condom
confirm
confirm
verb
(transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
conform
conform
verb
(intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
(intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
(transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
coniums
coniums
noun
plural of conium
consomm
consume
consume
verb
(economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
(transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
(transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
(transitive) To destroy completely.
(transitive) To eat.
(transitive) To use up.
consumo
contemn
contemn
verb
(law) To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).
(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
contemp
copeman
copeman
noun
(obsolete) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
copyman
corneum
corneum
noun
(anatomy) The outermost layer of the skin.
cosmine
cosmine
noun
A continuous layer of dentine, covered by a layer of enamel, that takes the place of scales in some ancient fish.
cotonam
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
craniom
cremona
cremona
Proper noun
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
Town and capital of Cremona.
A village in Alberta, Canada
Noun
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
cremone
crimson
crimson
adj
Having a deep red colour.
Immodest.
noun
A deep, slightly bluish red.
verb
(intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
(transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
cromona
cropman
cuminol
cuminol
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic alcohol (4-propan-2-ylphenyl)methanol
cynomys
demonic
demonic
adj
Extremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant.
Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
Pertaining to dæmons in ancient Greek thought; concerning supernatural ‘genius’.
dinomic
dockman
dockman
noun
A man who works on a dock.
domenic
dominic
dominic
Proper noun
name, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.
domonic
economy
economy
adj
Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money; economical.
adv
(US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.
noun
(US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
(archaic) Management of one’s residency.
(obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
(obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
(obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.
(obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
(theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)
Frugal use of resources.
The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
encomia
encomia
noun
plural of encomium (“praise”)
encomic
ennomic
entomic
entomic
adj
(zoology) Relating to insects; entomological.
eomecon
genomic
genomic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to a genome.
gonimic
gonimic
adj
Relating to gonimia.
hochman
holcman
huchnom
iconism
iconism
noun
The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
iconium
imsonic
imsonic
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that the words or names for things are formed by imitating the sounds associated with those things.
incomer
incomer
noun
An outsider who moves to a community or a place; (used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants).
One who comes in.
incomes
incomes
noun
plural of income
incompt
limacon
limacon
noun
Alternative form of limaçon
lockman
lockman
noun
(Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
(Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
locoman
locoman
noun
(dated) Someone who works on a locomotive.
(historical) A person in Suriname thought to be a clairvoyant or a sorcerer.
macaron
macaron
noun
Any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.
macdona
macedon
machaon
macigno
macigno
noun
A soft sandstone with calcareous cement.
maconne
macrons
macrons
noun
plural of macron
malacon
malonic
malonic
adj
Of or pertaining to malonic acid or its derivatives
mancino
mancono
mancono
noun
Alternative form of mangkono
manicon
manioca
manioca
noun
Alternative form of manioc
maniocs
maniocs
noun
plural of manioc
manouch
marcion
marconi
marconi
noun
(dated) A marconigram; a message sent via radio.
verb
(dated, transitive) To contact (someone) via radio.
(dated, transitive) To send (a message) via radio.
mascons
mascons
noun
plural of mascon
masonic
masonic
adj
Of or pertaining to freemasonry.
Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
mccondy
mccowyn
mcgowan
mcmahon
mcmahon
Proper noun
An Irish surname derived from the Gaelic patronymic Mac Mhathúna in the Native Irish Language; sometimes transliterated as Matthews.
meccano
meconic
meconic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to meconium.
(rare) Of or pertaining to opium poppies (mecon).
meconin
meconin
noun
(chemistry) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, found in opium.
menorca
mesonic
mesonic
adj
Of or pertaining to mesons
metonic
metonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to
miconia
microns
microns
noun
plural of micron
miction
miction
noun
urination
mincopi
minorca
minorca
Proper noun
One of the Balearic Islands of Spain.
A breed of poultry.
miocene
miscoin
mocking
mocking
adj
derisive or contemptuous
teasing or taunting
noun
mockery
verb
present participle and gerund of mock
mocmain
mohacan
mohican
mohican
Proper noun
An indigenous people of New England; the Mahicans.
The Mohegan people.
Noun
A member of this tribe; a Mahican.
A Mohegan.
A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end: a Mohawk.
momence
monacan
monacan
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, Monaco
Of, or pertaining to, the Native America tribe of the Monacans
Noun
Somebody from Monaco.
A member of the Native American tribe of the Monacans
monacha
monachi
monacid
monacid
adj
(chemistry) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid.