One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anemoclastic
anisodactyle
anticyclones
anticyclones
noun
plural of anticyclone
antilacrosse
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
ascolichenes
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
belicoseness
blennostatic
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
callisection
callisection
noun
(dated) painless vivisection
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
cancelations
cancelations
noun
plural of cancelation
carbonisable
castellation
castellation
noun
(countable) Any of a set of slots or grooves in an object, often machined into a metal part, as for example on a castellated nut.
(uncountable) The act or process of making a building into a castle.
(uncountable) The addition of battlements to a building, as for example when a feudal manor house needed fortification against border-raider attacks.
catholicness
catholicness
noun
The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.
celebrations
celebrations
noun
plural of celebration
censoriously
censoriously
adv
In a censorious manner.
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
cephalothins
cephalothins
noun
plural of cephalothin
cerviconasal
chalcedonies
chalcedonies
noun
plural of chalcedony
championless
championless
adj
Without a champion.
chlorinities
chlorinities
noun
plural of chlorinity
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
chlorospinel
chlorospinel
noun
(mineralogy) A green form of spinel
choleokinase
cholericness
cholericness
noun
The state or quality of being choleric.
chronologies
chronologies
noun
plural of chronology
citronellals
citronellals
noun
plural of citronellal
citronellols
citronellols
noun
plural of citronellol
cladogenesis
cladogenesis
noun
(genetics) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade
clinoclasite
cloddishness
cloddishness
noun
The quality or state of being cloddish.
cloisonnisme
closefitting
closefitting
adj
Alternative form of close-fitting
clotheslined
clotheslined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clothesline
clotheslines
clotheslines
noun
plural of clothesline
cloudinesses
cloudinesses
noun
plural of cloudiness
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cocounseling
cocounseling
verb
present participle of cocounsel
coenoblastic
coenoblastic
adj
Relating to, or composed of coenoblasts
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
cohesionless
cohesionless
adj
(geology, soil science) Lacking cohesion among particles, such as in the case of sand
collinsville
colocentesis
colonelships
colonelships
noun
plural of colonelship
colonialised
colonialised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colonialise
colonializes
colonializes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colonialize
colonialness
colonialness
noun
The state or quality of being colonial.
comelinesses
comelinesses
noun
plural of comeliness
commensalism
commensalism
noun
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
The act of eating together; table fellowship.
commensalist
commensalist
adj
Alternative form of commensalistic
noun
(biology) Any organism that practices commensalism
commensality
commensality
noun
The act of eating together.
commonalties
commonalties
noun
plural of commonalty
communalised
communalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communalise
communaliser
communalizes
communalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communalize
complaisance
complaisance
noun
The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.
compliancies
compliancies
noun
plural of compliancy
concessional
concessional
adj
Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary
concessively
concessively
adv
By way of concession.
conchologies
conchologies
noun
plural of conchology
conclusively
conclusively
adv
In a conclusive manner; with finality.
concrescible
concrescible
adj
Capable of growing together.
concussively
concussively
adv
In a concussive manner.
confessingly
confessingly
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
confessional
confessional
adj
In the manner or style of a confession.
Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
(reality television) A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
A confession.
conflictless
conflictless
adj
Without conflict.
congelations
congelations
noun
plural of congelation
congresional
conioselinum
connersville
conphaseolin
conphaseolin
noun
(organic chemistry) A protein found with phaseolin in Phaseolus.
conscionable
conscionable
adj
In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper.
consentingly
consentingly
adv
in a consenting manner, showing consent
consentively
considerable
considerable
adj
Large in amount.
Significant; worth considering.
noun
(obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
considerably
considerably
adv
Significantly; to a degree worth considering.
consimilated
consistently
consistently
adv
(frequency) constantly; always.
(manner) In a consistent manner.
consolidated
consolidated
adj
(finance) Including financial data of the parent and all subsidiary companies.
Having been consolidated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consolidate
consolidates
consolidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultively
consumptible
contestingly
contestingly
adv
In a contesting or contending manner.
continentals
continentals
noun
plural of continental
contumelious
contumelious
adj
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
convalescing
convalescing
verb
present participle of convalesce
conventicles
conventicles
noun
plural of conventicle
conversional
conversional
adj
Relating to conversion.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
convulsively
convulsively
adv
In a convulsive manner.
cornersville
cornwallises
corpulencies
corpulencies
noun
plural of corpulency
correlations
correlations
noun
plural of correlation
costlinesses
costlinesses
noun
plural of costliness
counsellings
counsellings
noun
plural of counselling
counterfoils
counterfoils
noun
plural of counterfoil
countersmile
countersmile
noun
A smile in response to another person's smile.
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
craniologies
craniologies
noun
plural of craniology
crenelations
crenelations
noun
plural of crenelation
crenulations
crenulations
noun
plural of crenulation
croquignoles
culteranismo
culteranismo
noun
(literature) A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.
cupellations
cupellations
noun
plural of cupellation
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
cyclazocines
cyclazocines
noun
plural of cyclazocine
cyclogenesis
cyclogenesis
noun
(meteorology) The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.
cycloolefins
cycloolefins
noun
plural of cycloolefin
cycloserines
cycloserines
noun
plural of cycloserine
cyclosporine
cyclosporine
noun
(pharmacology) Alternative form of ciclosporin.
declamations
declamations
noun
plural of declamation
declarations
declarations
noun
plural of declaration
declensional
declensional
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to declension.
declinations
declinations
noun
plural of declination
decollations
decollations
noun
plural of decollation
decolonising
decolonising
verb
present participle of decolonise
decolorising
decolorising
verb
present participle of decolorise
deescalation
deescalation
noun
Alternative spelling of de-escalation
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
delectations
delectations
noun
plural of delectation
delocalising
delocalising
verb
present participle of delocalise
derelictions
derelictions
noun
plural of dereliction
descensional
descensional
adj
Relating to descension.
desiliconize
devocalising
devocalising
verb
present participle of devocalise
dicotyledons
dicotyledons
noun
plural of dicotyledon
disallowance
disallowance
noun
(law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation.
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
discolorment
discolorment
noun
A loss of color.
disconsolate
disconsolate
adj
Cheerless, dreary.
Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
noun
(obsolete) Disconsolateness.
discountable
discountable
adj
That can be discounted (in all senses).
discretional
discretional
adj
discretionary
dissectional
dissectional
adj
Relating to dissection.
doxycyclines
doxycyclines
noun
plural of doxycycline
echinologist
echinologist
noun
One who studies echinology.
ecumenopolis
ecumenopolis
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A city spanning an entire planet.
efflorescing
efflorescing
verb
present participle of effloresce
ejaculations
ejaculations
noun
plural of ejaculation
elatinaceous
elatinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Elatinaceae.
electioneers
electioneers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electioneer