(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
accutron
aceturic
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
acounter
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
actuator
actuator
noun
(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
Something that actuates something else.
adductor
adductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
aeroduct
aeroduct
noun
A proposed form of ramjet that harnesses charged particles in the upper atmosphere
anuretic
anuretic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
arcature
arcature
noun
(architecture) A small arched passageway.
archlute
archlute
noun
A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.
arcturia
arcturus
arcturus
Proper noun
A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth brightest star in the night sky.
arcuated
arcuated
adj
Alternative form of arcuate
arculite
ascupart
autarchy
autarchy
noun
A condition of absolute power.
Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)
Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
autarkic
autarkic
adj
Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.
autocarp
autocrat
autocrat
noun
A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
An absolute ruler with infinite power.
Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack of conflicts of interest and an indication of grandeur and power.
bacubert
becrusts
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
belcourt
bruceton
bructeri
brushcut
brushcut
noun
Alternative form of brush cut
bucentur
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
bullcart
burchett
butchers
butchers
noun
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
buttrick
caluptra
calutron
calutron
noun
(physics) A form of mass spectrometer used to separate the isotopes of uranium.
capercut
capiatur
captured
captured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capture
capturer
capturer
noun
One who, or that which, captures.
captures
captures
noun
plural of capture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capture
caratunk
carburet
carburet
noun
(chemistry, dated) A carbide.
verb
(transitive) To mix (air) with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine.
(transitive) To react with carbon.
carryout
carryout
noun
(US, Scotland) An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.
(US, Scotland) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
cartouch
cartouch
noun
Alternative form of cartouche
carucate
carucate
noun
(historical) The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.
causator
causator
noun
(obsolete) One who causes something; a causer.
ceinture
ceinture
noun
A belt or girdle.
celature
celature
noun
(obsolete) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
centauri
centaurs
centaurs
noun
plural of centaur
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
centrums
centuria
ceratium
ceratium
noun
(rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).
cernauti
cerusite
cerusite
noun
Alternative form of cerussite
chabutra
chabutra
noun
(India) A paved terrace attached to a house or garden.
chaetura
chanteur
chanteur
noun
A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
chartula
chartula
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A small piece of paper for the storage of one dose of a medicinal powder.
chaunter
chaunter
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
chetrums
chetrums
noun
plural of chetrum
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
cicurate
cicurate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To tame, domesticate.
cincture
cincture
noun
(architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
verb
(viniculture) To girdle (stunt or kill by cutting).
To encircle, or surround.
circuits
circuits
noun
plural of circuit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circuit
circuity
circuity
noun
(countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
(transport, countable) A measure of the ratio of road miles to air miles between two locations.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being circuitous.
circulet
circulet
noun
Obsolete form of circlet.
circuted
citreous
citreous
adj
Of the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
citruses
citruses
noun
plural of citrus
clairaut
clathrus
clauster
claustra
claustra
noun
plural of claustrum
clotured
clotured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloture
clotures
clotures
noun
plural of cloture
clouters
clouters
noun
plural of clouter
clubroot
clubroot
noun
(phytopathology) A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.
A root thus affected.
clubster
clubster
noun
(dialect, Northern England, East Anglia) Synonym of stoat
Synonym of clubman (a member of a social club)
clusters
clusters
noun
plural of cluster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cluster
clustery
clustery
adj
Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
clutcher
clutcher
noun
One who clutches.
clutters
clutters
noun
plural of clutter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutter
cluttery
cluttery
adj
Cluttered; full of clutter.
Resembling or characteristic of clutter.
coauthor
coauthor
noun
An author who collaborates with another to write something.
verb
To write something in collaboration with another author.
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
colature
colature
noun
(obsolete) A strainer.
(obsolete) The matter that is strained.
(obsolete) The process of straining.
commuter
commuter
noun
(Philippines) Using public transport.
(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.
(transport) Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)
One who commutes (etymology 1).
computer
computer
noun
(by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
construe
construe
noun
A translation.
verb
(grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
(grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
(transitive) To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
(transitive) To translate.
To infer.
contours
contours
noun
plural of contour
contrude
coquetry
coquetry
noun
(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
cornuate
cornuate
adj
(medicine, zoology) Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus.
cornuted
cornuted
adj
Bearing horns; horned.
Horn-shaped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornute
cornutin
cornutos
cornutos
noun
plural of cornuto
cornutus
corrupts
corrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt
corythus
costumer
costumer
noun
(informal) A costume drama.
A person who designs, makes or supplies theatrical costumes; a costumier.
A person who wears a costume or takes part in cosplay.
cosuitor
cosurety
cosurety
noun
One who is surety with another.
cotarius
cotenure
cotenure
noun
(rare) joint tenure
cothurni
cothurni
noun
plural of cothurnus
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
coturnix
coulters
coulters
noun
plural of coulter
counters
counters
noun
plural of counter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counter
countour
countree
countree
noun
(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of country, used when poetic meter demands a stress on the final syllable.
countrie
countrie
noun
Obsolete spelling of country
courante
courante
noun
(music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
(music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
couranto
couranto
noun
Alternative form of coranto
courants
courants
noun
plural of courant
courtage
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
courters
courters
noun
plural of courter
courtesy
courtesy
adj
Given or done as a polite gesture.
Supplied free of charge.
noun
(countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
(law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
(uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
(uncountable) Polite behavior.
(uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
A curtsey.
verb
Alternative form of curtsey
courtier
courtier
noun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.
A person in attendance at a royal court.
A person who flatters in order to seek favour.
courting
courting
noun
courtship; amorous advances
verb
present participle of court
courtlet
courtlet
noun
A petty court.
courtman
courtnay
courtney
courtney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
courtois
courtrai
courtund
couthier
couthier
adj
comparative form of couthie: more couthie
coutures
coutures
noun
plural of couture
couverte
cowbrute
crateful
crateful
noun
(informal) As much as a crate would hold
craythur
craythur
noun
(Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
Whiskey.
creature
creature
noun
(now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
(sometimes derogatory) A human.
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
A living being; an animal.
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
crepitus
crepitus
noun
(medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
cretheus
creutzer
creutzer
noun
Alternative form of kreutzer
cricetus
cricotus
critique
critique
noun
(obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
A point made to criticize something.
An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
The art of criticism.
verb
To review something; to criticize.
critturs
critturs
noun
plural of crittur
croquets
croquets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croquet
crosscut
crosscut
noun
(mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
A crosscut saw.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
verb
(film) To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut across something.
crotalum
crotalum
noun
(music) A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.