The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adhocracy
adhocracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
adiaphory
adiaphory
noun
(obsolete) indifference
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
airworthy
airworthy
adj
Meeting standards for safe flight
allworthy
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
andrarchy
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anthracyl
anthranyl
anywheres
anywheres
adv
(US, nonstandard, slang or dialectal) anywhere
anywither
anywither
adv
Archaic form of anywhither.
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
archduchy
archduchy
noun
The territory (principality) of an archduke.
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicyte
archigony
archology
archology
noun
The science of government.
The study of the origins of things.
arhythmia
arhythmia
noun
Alternative spelling of arrhythmia
arhythmic
arhythmic
Adjective
Having no rhythm.
arrhythmy
arrhythmy
noun
Lack of rhythm.
arrythmia
arrythmic
arythmias
arythmias
noun
plural of arythmia
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
athyridae
athyrosis
athyrosis
noun
Synonym of athyroidism
authority
authority
noun
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
aylsworth
baryphony
bearishly
bearishly
adv
In a bearish manner.
beerishly
beerishly
adv
In a beerish manner.
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
berrybush
bharatiya
bharatiya
Proper noun
Indian; A person nationally identified with India.
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
biorhythm
biorhythm
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
birthdays
birthdays
noun
plural of birthday
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birthday
bleachery
bleachery
noun
A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
boarishly
boarishly
adv
in a boarish manner
bodyshirt
boorishly
boorishly
adv
In a boorish manner; uncultured.
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
boweryish
brachytic
brachyura
brachyure
branchery
branchery
noun
A system of branches.
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
breathily
breathily
adv
In a breathy manner.
britishly
britishly
Adverb
In a British manner; in a way characteristic of the British.
bromethyl
brothelry
brothelry
noun
prostitution, especially in brothels
brotherly
brotherly
adj
Of or characteristic of brothers.
adv
In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
brutishly
brutishly
adv
In a brutish manner.
bryanthus
brynathyn
bryophyta
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
carpophyl
chairlady
chairlady
noun
(chiefly dated) chairwoman
chambrays
chambrays
noun
plural of chambray
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chancelry
chancelry
noun
Alternative form of chancellery
chandlery
chandlery
noun
A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking.
An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies.
The art or trade of candlemaking.
The merchandise of a chandler.
chaplanry
charcoaly
charcoaly
adj
Resembling, containing, or characteristic of charcoal.
chariotry
charleroy
charmedly
charmedly
adv
In a charmed manner.
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
chattaroy
chayaroot
chemiatry
chemiatry
noun
iatrochemistry
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
cherilynn
cherimoya
cherimoya
noun
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
chernobyl
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
cherrylog
cherylene
chevronny
chevronny
adj
Alternative form of chevrony
chicanery
chicanery
noun
(countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
chinesery
chirality
chirality
noun
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
chirimoya
chirimoya
noun
Alternative form of cherimoya
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chironomy
chironomy
noun
(music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
(rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chirotype
choirboys
choirboys
noun
plural of choirboy
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chordally
chordally
adv
In a chordal manner; in terms of musical chords.
choristry
chorology
chorology
noun
(biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
The spatial equivalent of chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
choyaroot
chrismary
christyna
chrysalid
chrysalid
adj
of or relating to a chrysalis.
noun
Archaic form of chrysalis.
chrysalis
chrysalis
noun
(figurative) A limiting environment or situation.
The cocoon itself.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
chrysazin
chrysazin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysazol
chrysemys
chrysenic
chrysidid
chrysidid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
chryslers
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chrysopee
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chrysorin
chrysotis
chuprassy
churchway
churchway
noun
A customary right of way to the parish church over land lying within the parish.
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chyometer
chyometer
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for measuring liquids, consisting of a tube with a piston inside.
cochleary
cochleary
adj
(obsolete) spiral-shaped
coherency
coherency
noun
The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship.
conhydrin
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coryphees
coryphees
noun
plural of coryphee
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
crotchety
crotchety
adj
Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
crunchily
crunchily
adv
In a crunchy manner.
cryochore
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground