(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acrindolin
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
adminicula
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
almochoden
aluconidae
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
anchorhold
anchorhold
noun
(figurative) Firm hold; security.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancramdale
ancylopoda
anderlecht
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anglicized
anglicized
adj
Alternative spelling of anglicised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicize
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
antidactyl
anucleated
anucleated
adj
From which the nucleus has been removed.
Not nucleated; anucleate.
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
arcadianly
arecolidin
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
asclepidin
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
backliding
balantidic
baldachini
baldachino
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
belamcanda
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
branchdale
branchland
buchenwald
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
calamander
calamander
noun
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita.
calamondin
calamondin
noun
A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
calcimined
calcimined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcimine
caledonian
caledonian
Adjective
In or from Caledonia.
In or from New Caledonia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
calendared
calendared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calendar
calendarer
calendarer
noun
One who prepares a calendar or schedule.
calendaric
calendaric
adj
Alternative form of calendrical
calendered
calendered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calender
calenderer
calenderer
noun
One who operates a calender.
calendulas
calendulas
noun
plural of calendula
calendulin
calendulin
noun
(organic chemistry) A gummy or mucilaginous substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
calentured
calentured
adj
Afflicted with calenture.
calliandra
calliandra
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.
callidness
calodaemon
calydonian
candelabra
candelabra
noun
(nonstandard) A single candelabrum.
plural of candelabrum
candelilla
candelilla
noun
wax plant
candleball
candlebeam
candlebeam
noun
(architecture, UK, regional, archaic) A rood beam.
candlebomb
candlebomb
noun
A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
candlerent
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candlewood
candlewood
noun
Dacryodes excelsa, a tree native to Puerto Rico.
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus, a medium-sized evergreen tree indigenous to South Africa.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cannelated
cannelured
cannelured
adj
Having cannelures
cannulated
cannulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cannulate
canoodling
canoodling
noun
amorous pettings or caresses
verb
present participle of canoodle
cantilated
carbanilid
carbondale
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
cardinalic
cardinalic
adj
Of or relating to a cardinal.
cardinalis
cardinally
cardinally
adv
In a cardinal manner; fundamentally.
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
carnalized
carnalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnalize
castorland
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
celandines
celandines
noun
plural of celandine
celiodynia
centeredly
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
chalcedony
chalcedony
noun
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
chalcidian
chalinidae
challenged
challenged
adj
(euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill ; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of challenge
chancelled
chandelier
chandelier
noun
(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
(surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
chandelled
chandelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chandelle
chandelles
chandelles
noun
plural of chandelle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chandelle
chandlerly
chandlerly
adj
(obsolete) Like a chandler; in a petty situation.
changedale
changedale
noun
(Ireland, historical) A system of land tenure in which fields were reallotted when they went out of cultivation.
channelled
channelled
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of channel
chelidonic
chelidonin
chelonidae
chiliadron
chilinidae
chilopodan
chlidanope
chlorodyne
chlorodyne
noun
A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
chondrilla
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chronicled
chronicled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
cicindelid
cicindelid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the former family Cicindelidae, now considered to be the carabid subfamily Cicindelinae; a tiger beetle.
cinderella
cinderella
noun
Alternative form of Cinderella
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
cladoceran
cladoceran
noun
Any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera
cladonioid
cladonioid
adj
Relating to the genus Cladonia of cup lichen.
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
claudianus
claudicant
claudicant
adj
(medicine) limping
noun
(medicine) One who limps.
clinandria
clinandria
noun
plural of clinandrium
cloddiness
cloddiness
noun
The condition of being cloddy
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
cloudiness
cloudiness
noun
The property of being murky (e.g. liquid, style).
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
cloyedness
cloyedness
noun
The condition of being cloyed
clubridden
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops