(figuratively) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
(oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
(slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
cantorous
carbonous
carbonous
adj
Of, relating to, or containing carbon.
carousing
carousing
noun
carousal
verb
present participle of carouse
cauldrons
cauldrons
noun
plural of cauldron
cavernous
cavernous
adj
(anatomy, zootomy) Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
(dentistry) Having cavities.
Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
centrotus
chancrous
chancrous
adj
(medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
cinderous
cinderous
adj
relating to, or composed of cinders; cindery
cinereous
cinereous
adj
Containing ashes.
Like ashes.
Of an ash-gray colour.
citrinous
clangours
clangours
noun
plural of clangour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clangour
closuring
coendures
coendures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coendure
coinsured
coinsured
noun
A person covered by coinsurance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coinsure
coinsurer
coinsurer
noun
A provider of coinsurance (joint insurer-client assumed risk).
coinsures
coinsures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure
concourse
concourse
noun
(obsolete) concurrence; cooperation
A large group of people; a crowd.
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
Airport terminal.
An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
concursus
conducers
conducers
noun
plural of conducer
confusers
confusers
noun
plural of confuser
confuters
confuters
noun
plural of confuter
congruism
congruism
noun
(theology) congruity
congruist
congruous
congruous
adj
Corresponding in character.
Harmonious.
conilurus
conjurers
conjurers
noun
plural of conjurer
conjurors
conjurors
noun
plural of conjuror
conourish
construal
construal
noun
The act of construing or interpreting; interpretation.
construct
construct
noun
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
A concept or model.
Something constructed from parts.
verb
(transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
construed
construed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of construe
construer
construer
noun
Someone who construes something
construes
construes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of construe
consulary
consulary
adj
Obsolete form of consular.
consulter
consulter
noun
One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
consultor
consultor
noun
One who gives counsel; an adviser, especially in the Catholic Church.
consumers
consumers
noun
plural of consumer
conversus
conversus
noun
(chiefly historical) A lay brother.
coregonus
corinthus
cornelius
cornemuse
cornemuse
noun
A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
cornhouse
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
coronopus
corundums
corundums
noun
plural of corundum
coruscant
coruscant
adj
Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
cothurnus
cothurnus
noun
(figurative) The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.
A buskin used in ancient tragedy.
coumarins
coumarins
noun
plural of coumarin
counselor
counselor
noun
(US) A children’s supervisor, usually at camp.
(education) A school counselor, often in a specialty such as careers, education, or health.
(law) An attorney.
(politics) A high ranking diplomat, usually just below an ambassador or minister.
A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
countries
countries
noun
plural of country.
courantes
courantes
noun
plural of courante
courantos
coursings
coursings
noun
plural of coursing
courtesan
courtesan
noun
(archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
(dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
cretinous
cretinous
adj
Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
criminous
criminous
adj
(archaic) criminal
cruentous
cruentous
adj
(obsolete) bloody; cruentate
culberson
cuniforms
cuniforms
noun
plural of cuniform
curbstone
curbstone
noun
US spelling of kerbstone
cynareous
cynosural
cynosural
adj
Of or pertaining to a cynosure.
cynosures
cynosures
noun
plural of cynosure
cynosurus
decurions
decurions
noun
plural of decurion
decursion
decursion
noun
(obsolete) A flowing.
(obsolete) A hostile incursion.
enclosure
enclosure
noun
(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
(countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
(religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
(uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
(uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
entrochus
entrochus
noun
Synonym of entrochite
excursion
excursion
noun
(aviation) An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usally during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
(phonetics) A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
verb
(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
fructosan
fructosan
noun
inulin
hircinous
hircinous
adj
(book word, rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine
inclosure
inclosure
noun
(now uncommon) Alternative spelling of enclosure
inclusory
incurious
incurious
adj
Apathetic or indifferent.
Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested.
incursion
incursion
noun
An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.
incurvous
inductors
inductors
noun
plural of inductor
inocarpus
iridoncus
larcenous
larcenous
adj
Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
Resembling theft, often applied to legal actions that seem unfair.
murchison
nectarous
nectarous
adj
Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet.
neurotics
neurotics
noun
plural of neurotic
nocturnes
nocturnes
noun
plural of nocturne
nonrescue
nonrescue
adj
Not involved in rescues.
noun
Failure to rescue.
nonrustic
nonrustic
adj
Not rustic.
nonsuccor
obscurant
obscurant
adj
Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
noun
A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.
One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
obscuring
obscuring
verb
present participle of obscure
osnabruck
outrances
outrances
noun
plural of outrance
outscorns
outscorns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outscorn
postcornu
postcornu
noun
(anatomy) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
proconsul
proconsul
noun
(in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
rancorous
rancorous
adj
Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
reclusion
reclusion
noun
Life as a recluse.
reconfuse
reconfuse
verb
(transitive) To confuse again.
reconsult
reconsult
verb
(transitive) To consult again.
recounsel
recursion
recursion
noun
(mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
(programming) The invocation of a procedure from within itself.
The act of recurring.
recushion
recushion
verb
(transitive) To fit with new cushions.
recussion
recussion
noun
The act of beating or striking back.
renounces
renounces
noun
plural of renounce
scoundrel
scoundrel
noun
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
scourging
scourging
noun
A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
verb
present participle of scourge
scourings
scourings
noun
plural of scouring
scrouging
scrouging
verb
present participle of scrouge
scrounged
scrounged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrounge
scrounger
scrounger
noun
One who scrounges.
scrounges
scrounges
noun
plural of scrounge
senocular
senocular
adj
Having six eyes.
struction
subcantor
subcantor
noun
Synonym of succentor
submicron
submicron
adj
(physics) Smaller than micron-scale
noun
A unit smaller than a micron.
succentor
succentor
noun
A person who sings the responses to a precentor in a cathedral.
succoring
succoring
verb
present participle of succor
suctorian
suctorian
noun
A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.
sunscorch
surgeoncy
surgeoncy
noun
(now chiefly India) The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
trouncers
trouncers
noun
plural of trouncer
turcomans
turncoats
turncoats
noun
plural of turncoat
unanchors
unanchors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unanchor
unchrisom
unciforms
unciforms
noun
plural of unciform
uncoursed
uncoursed
adj
(masonry) Not placed in courses.
uncrossed
uncrossed
adj
Not crossed (in various senses).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncross
uncrosses
uncrosses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uncross