(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
brehonship
bromphenol
brompicrin
brompicrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO₂Br₃.
bronstrops
brownprint
buonaparte
buonaparte
Proper noun
Bonaparte
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campanular
campanular
adj
campanulate; bell-shaped
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
cannophori
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
caparisons
caparisons
noun
plural of caparison
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caparison
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capernaism
capernaite
capernoity
capernutie
capistrano
capistrano
Proper noun
The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
caponniere
caprelline
capreoline
capreoline
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.
capricorni
capricorns
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
carpathian
carpathian
Adjective
From, in or relating to Carpathians.
carpenters
carpenters
noun
plural of carpenter
carpentier
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.
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
carpomania
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
chapacuran
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chaplainry
chaplainry
noun
A chaplaincy.
chapournet
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirpiness
chirpiness
noun
the state or quality of being chirpy
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
chrysophan
chrysophan
noun
Archaic form of chrysophane.
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
clinoprism
clinospore
clipperman
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
coenotrope
companator
companeros
comparison
comparison
noun
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
(phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
(rhetoric) A simile.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
coniophora
conocarpus
conscripts
conscripts
noun
plural of conscript
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conscript
conspiracy
conspiracy
noun
(by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
(law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
(linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
A group of lemurs.
A group of ravens.
The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
verb
(rare, proscribed) To conspire.
conspirant
conspirant
adj
(obsolete) that conspires
noun
conspirator
conspirers
conspirers
noun
plural of conspirer
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
contrapone
contrapose
contrapose
verb
(intransitive) To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.
(transitive, logic) To place in contraposition.
contraprop
contrecoup
contrecoup
noun
(pathology) A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
conuropsis
cooperancy
coparcenar
coparcener
coparcener
noun
Any of several people who share an inheritance; a parcener.
coparenary
copartners
copartners
noun
plural of copartner
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
copernican
copernican
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer.
Or of pertaining to one or more of his theories.
Proper noun
The epoch in the that occurred between 1.1 billion years ago to the present day.
copernicia
copernicus
coppermine
coppernose
copperskin
copperwing
copresence
copresence
noun
The situation of being copresent
coprisoner
coprisoner
noun
A fellow prisoner.
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
coriparian
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
cornucopia
cornucopia
noun
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
An abundance or plentiful supply.
corpulence
corpulence
noun
The state or characteristic of being corpulent.
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
correption
correption
noun
(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
A shortening in pronunciation.
correspond
correspond
verb
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
(obsolete) To have sex with.
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
corruption
corruption
noun
(computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
(usage prescription) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, assigned a value judgment as being debased, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing.
Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity
The decomposition of biological matter.
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.
coryphaena
coryphodon
cosplendor
cosponsors
cosponsors
noun
plural of cosponsor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cosponsor
cottonport
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
cramponnee
crankplate
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
crappiness
crappiness
noun
The state or condition of being crappy.
crapulence
crapulence
noun
intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence
sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking
crapulency
creepiness
creepiness
noun
The state of being creepy.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crimpiness
criosphinx
criosphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a ram.
crippingly
crispation
crispation
noun
(archaic) A slight twitch of a muscle.
(archaic) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
crispiness
crispiness
noun
The state of being crispy
crispinian
crosspoint
crosspoint
noun
The point at which two things (especially electrical wires) cross.
crotaphion
croupiness
croupiness
noun
The state or quality of being croupy.
crownpiece
crownpiece
noun
A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
cryptozoon
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.