(anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends pleasurable or beneficial signals.
beneplacit
beterschap
bicapitate
bicapitate
verb
To divide something equally between two people or organisations
bicipitous
bicipitous
adj
(archaic) Having two heads; bicipital.
bioplastic
bioplastic
noun
Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.
bipunctate
bipunctate
adj
Having two punctures or spots.
bipunctual
bipunctual
adj
Having two points.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
blackpatch
blackplate
blackprint
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
branchport
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buttercups
buttercups
noun
plural of buttercup
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
caespitose
caespitose
adj
Alternative form of cespitose
cajeputole
cajuputene
cajuputene
noun
(archaic, organic chemistry) An aromatic oil (mainly limonene) extracted from cajuput
calipatria
caliphates
caliphates
noun
plural of caliphate
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
callityped
calotypist
calotypist
noun
A person who makes calotypes.
calypterae
calyptraea
calyptrata
calyptrate
calyptrate
adj
Having a calyptra
noun
Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
camponotus
campstools
campstools
noun
plural of campstool
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
noun
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
capability
capability
noun
(computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
the power or ability to generate an outcome
capacitate
capacitate
verb
(transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
(transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
(transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
capacities
capacities
noun
plural of capacity
capacitive
capacitive
adj
Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance
capacitors
capacitors
noun
plural of capacitor
capernaite
capernoity
capernutie
capetonian
capetonian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Town, South Africa.
Noun
A person from Cape Town.
capillatus
capillitia
capillitia
noun
plural of capillitium
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capistrano
capistrano
Proper noun
The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
capistrate
capistrate
adj
(zoology, rare) hooded; cowled
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
capitaling
capitalise
capitalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize.
capitalism
capitalism
noun
(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
(economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
capitalist
capitalist
adj
Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
Supporting or endorsing capitalism.
noun
A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.
The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.
capitalize
capitalize
verb
(intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
(intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.
(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
(transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
(transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
capitation
capitation
noun
(India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.
A poll tax.
A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.
Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
capitative
capitative
adj
Of or pertaining to capitation
per head; capitatim
capitellar
capitellar
adj
Relating to the capitellum
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
capitolian
capitolian
Adjective
Capitoline; relating to the Capitol in Ancient Rome.
capitoline
capitolium
capitolium
Noun
An ancient temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, built on hills and other prominent areas in many cities in Italy and the provinces.
capitulant
capitulant
noun
One who capitulates.
capitulars
capitulars
noun
plural of capitular
capitulary
capitulary
adj
Of or related to a chapter, in its various senses.
Of or related to the Capitoulate of Toulouse.
noun
A member of an ecclesiastical chapter
A set of decrees, especially those made by the Frankish kings
capitulate
capitulate
verb
(intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
capotastos
capotastos
noun
plural of capotasto
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
capsulated
capsulated
adj
Enclosed in a capsule
capsulitis
capsulitis
noun
(medicine) Inflammation of a capsule, such as the shoulder capsule or that of the crystalline lens.
captaculum
captaculum
noun
One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).
captainess
captainess
noun
(rare) female captain
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
captiously
captiously
adv
In a captious manner.
captivance
captivance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Captivity.
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
capturable
capturable
adj
That can be captured.
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
carpathian
carpathian
Adjective
From, in or relating to Carpathians.
carpellate
carpellate
adj
(botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).
carpenters
carpenters
noun
plural of carpenter
carpentier
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carpetless
carpetless
adj
Not carpeted
carpetweed
carpetweed
noun
A low-growing North American weed (Mollugo verticillata).
Ajuga reptans (common bugleweed, creeping bugle).
Phyla canescens, of South America.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpintero
carpintero
noun
The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
carpodetus
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
catalepsis
catalepsis
noun
Dated form of catalepsy.
cataleptic
cataleptic
adj
Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.
noun
A person experiencing catalepsy.
cataphasia
cataphasia
noun
A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.
cataphatic
cataphatic
adj
(by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
cataphonic
cataphonic
adj
Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
cataphoria
cataphoric
cataphoric
adj
Of or relating to cataphora.
cataphract
cataphract
adj
(nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
noun
(ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
cataphylla
cataphysic
cataplasia
cataplasia
noun
The degeneration of cells or tissue
cataplasis
catapulted
catapulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catapult
catapultic
catapultic
adj
Characteristic of or resembling the propulsive motion of a catapult.
Pertaining to a catapult or catapults.
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
catchplate
catchplate
noun
Alternative form of catch plate
catchpoled
cathograph
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
catoblepas
catoblepas
noun
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
catoptrics
catoptrics
noun
The branch of optics dealing with reflection.
catoptrite
cattleship
cattyphoid
cellipetal
celtophobe
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
centipedes
centipedes
noun
plural of centipede
centiplume
centipoise
centipoise
noun
A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP.
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
cephalotus
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cetomorpha
chaetopoda
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chapatties
chapatties
noun
plural of chapatty
chapournet
chaptalize
chaptalize
verb
To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
charophyta
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstrap
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.