(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
aeroplaner
aeroplaner
noun
(archaic) An aeroplane pilot.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
alanbrooke
alboranite
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
alessandro
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
alipterion
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alteration
alteration
noun
The act of altering or making different.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
alternator
alternator
noun
(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androlepsy
anelytrous
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
antedorsal
antemortal
anteocular
anteocular
adj
Positioned in front of the eye
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antrorsely
antrorsely
adv
(biology) In an antrorse fashion.
appledrone
apresoline
araneology
araneology
noun
(zoology) The study of the spider, a branch of arachnology.
arecolidin
arenicolor
areolation
areolation
noun
An areola, or a similar form of a space surrounded by something of a different colour.
arsenhemol
arsenolite
arsenolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of arsenic trioxide.
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
ballooners
ballooners
noun
plural of ballooner
balloonery
balneatory
balneatory
adj
(obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a bath
banderoled
banderoles
banderoles
noun
plural of banderole
bandoleers
bandoleers
noun
plural of bandoleer
bandoleros
bandoleros
noun
plural of bandolero
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
barcellona
barcelonas
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
bartonella
bartonella
noun
Any parasitic bacterium of the genus Bartonella
belaboring
belaboring
verb
present participle of belabor
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
benzofuryl
bernalillo
bernalillo
Proper noun
a town in New Mexico, USA
bernouilli
bertolonia
betorcinol
bipersonal
bipersonal
adj
Relating to, or consisting of, two persons.
bladenboro
blazonries
blazonries
noun
plural of blazonry
blennorhea
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bluestoner
bolstering
bolstering
noun
The act by which something is bolstered; support.
verb
present participle of bolster
bondholder
bondholder
noun
(finance) The registered owner of a financial bond.
boneflower
bonnerdale
borderland
borderland
noun
Land near a border; marches.
borderline
borderline
adj
Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
Showing bad taste.
nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
adv
Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.
noun
(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.
(countable) An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
(uncountable) Short for borderline personality disorder.
verb
(transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
borolanite
borolanite
noun
(mineralogy) A pyroxene-melanite containing nepheline syenite
borophenol
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
bowldering
bransolder
brombenzyl
bromphenol
bronchiole
bronchiole
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small cartilage-less branches of a bronchus.
brontolite
bronxville
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownsdale
brownville
bufflehorn
calzoneras
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
capreoline
capreoline
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.
carbondale
carbonless
carbonless
adj
Without carbon.
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
censorable
censorable
adj
Capable of being censored.
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.
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
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.
ceremonial
ceremonial
adj
(archaic) Observant of ceremony, ritual, or social forms.
Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony.
noun
A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
cerulignol
chancellor
chancellor
noun
(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
(Scotland, law) The foreman of a jury.
(UK politics) Ellipsis of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
(education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
charlemont
charleston
charleston
verb
(intransitive) To dance the Charleston.
cheiroline
chloramine
chloramine
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of unstable compounds of nitrogen and chlorine R₁R₂NCl; also the parent compound NH₂Cl, used to manufacture hydrazine, and as the antiseptic chloramine-T
chlorinate
chlorinate
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
chlorinize
chlorinize
verb
(transitive) To chlorinate.
chlorodyne
chlorodyne
noun
A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chronicled
chronicled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
chronicler
chronicler
noun
A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.
chronicles
chronicles
noun
plural of chronicle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chronicle
citronella
citronella
noun
A tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon nardus, that has citrus-scented leaves.
An essential oil obtained from this plant, often used as an insect repellent.
citronelle
cladoceran
cladoceran
noun
Any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
claybourne
cleromancy
cleromancy
noun
Divination by casting lots (sortilege).
Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
clinospore
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clowneries
clowneries
noun
plural of clownery
clubmonger
coalmonger
coalmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in coal.
coelectron
coelectron
noun
(physics, archaic) A positive free ion left behind when other electrons have joined onto other ions and become negative.
coelentera
coelentera
noun
plural of coelenteron
coherently
coherently
adv
In a coherent manner.
coislander
coislander
noun
An inhabitant of the same island.
colbertine
colbertine
noun
(obsolete) A kind of lace.
collarbone
collarbone
noun
The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.
colonizers
colonizers
noun
plural of colonizer
colubrinae
commingler
commingler
noun
A device for noiseless heating of water by steam in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
One who, or that which, commingles.
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
concealers
concealers
noun
plural of concealer
concluders
concluders
noun
plural of concluder
concretely
concretely
adv
In a concrete manner, physically, definitely
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
conflexure
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
contritely
contritely
adv
In a contrite manner.
controlled
controlled
adj
(in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.
(medicine, sciences, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of control
controller
controller
noun
(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
(electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
(espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
(linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
(nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
(video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
One who controls something.
conversely
conversely
adv
(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.
(often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.
corbelling
corbelling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
verb
present participle of corbel
cordelling
corelating
corelation
corelation
noun
(mathematics) The dual of a relation.
A corresponding relationship.
Alternative form of correlation
cornbottle
corncockle
corncockle
noun
Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.