(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
anchesmius
angletouch
anischuria
anschauung
anschauung
noun
(philosophy, Kantianism) Sense-perception.
antechurch
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthriscus
antichorus
antichurch
antichurch
adj
Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution.
antilochus
antimachus
archeunuch
archgunner
arthroncus
auchinleck
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
autochthon
autochthon
noun
(geology) A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation.
The earliest inhabitant of an area; an aborigine.
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
blanchinus
bouchaleen
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
branchipus
branchiura
brunnichia
buchbinder
buchenwald
buchmanism
buchmanite
buchnerite
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
bunchiness
bunchiness
noun
The quality or condition of being bunchy.
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
canephorus
carthusian
carthusian
Noun
A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
Adjective
Of, or relating to this order.
catechumen
catechumen
noun
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
cenanthous
cenanthous
adj
(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil
cerianthus
cetorhinus
chadbourne
changuinan
channelure
chanteuses
chanteuses
noun
plural of chanteuse
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chapacuran
chapournet
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chaucerian
chaucerian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
Noun
A poet influenced by Chaucer.
chaumontel
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chauvinist
chauvinist
adj
(derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Pertaining to chauvinism.
noun
(derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
chebulinic
chebulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to chebulinic acid or its derivatives
chelyuskin
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
cherubicon
cherubikon
chestnutty
chestnutty
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
chichituna
chinquapin
chinquapin
noun
A chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
A water chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
chiriguano
chironomus
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chlorinous
chlorinous
adj
Containing chlorine.
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chopunnish
chorussing
chosunilbo
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
chubbiness
chubbiness
noun
the state or quality of being chubby
chuckingly
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chuffiness
chuffiness
noun
The quality of being chuffy.
chumminess
chumminess
noun
The state of being chummy.
chumpiness
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
churnstaff
chutzpanik
claughting
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
conchylium
conolophus
conorhinus
consulship
consulship
Noun
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
The term of office of a consul.
coonhounds
coonhounds
noun
plural of coonhound
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cothurnate
cothurnate
adj
Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
Wearing a cothurn.
cothurnian
cottonbush
couchantly
countryish
countryish
adj
(music) Having characteristics of country music
cousinhood
cousinhood
noun
(uncountable) Cousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.
Relationship as of cousins.
The state or quality of being a cousin.
cousinship
cousinship
noun
The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
couthiness
couthiness
noun
(Scotland) The quality of being couthie.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
craunching
craunching
verb
present participle of craunch
cruikshank
crunchable
crunchable
adj
That can be crunched.
crunchiest
crunchiest
adj
superlative form of crunchy: most crunchy
crunchweed
crushingly
crushingly
adv
So as to belittle; dishearteningly.
So as to defeat overwhelmingly.
cuchulainn
cuchullain
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cunningham
cunningham
noun
(nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail, used for tightening the luff.
cushioning
cushioning
verb
present participle of cushion
cyclanthus
dachshound
dachshound
noun
Archaic form of dachshund.
dachshunde
dachshunde
noun
Alternative form of dachshund
dachshunds
dachshunds
noun
plural of dachshund
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
decarhinus
dichronous
echinulate
echinulate
adj
(biology) Having small spines or similar projections
elychnious
enschedule
enschedule
verb
(transitive) To insert into a schedule.
epicanthus
epicanthus
noun
(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
escutcheon
escutcheon
noun
(heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
(heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms.
(medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
(nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
euchlorine
euchlorine
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A yellow or greenish-yellow gas, supposed to consist of chlorine dioxide with some free chlorine.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
eunuchised
eunuchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eunuchise
eunuchized
eunuchized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eunuchize
euornithic
euphonetic
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
eustachian
eustachian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Eustachian
eusynchite
eutechnics
euthanasic
euthanasic
adj
Of, or pertaining to euthanasia
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
frenchburg
gaucheness
gaucheness
noun
The quality of being gauche.
gesithcund
gesithcund
adj
Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born.
guachanama
guaguanche
gymnarchus
haemonchus
haimsucken
hallucined
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.