(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
absorbency
absorbency
noun
(obsolete) The action of absorbing.
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acetopyrin
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acetylenyl
acetylenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any radical derived from an acetylene, but especially ethynyl
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aeschylean
aeschylean
Adjective
Of or relating to Aeschylus, an ancient Greek dramatic poet.
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
alcyonacea
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
allegiancy
allegiancy
noun
Alternative form of allegiance
alliciency
alliciency
noun
(obsolete) attractive power; attractiveness
amarynceus
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
anemically
anemically
adv
In an anemic manner.
anhydremic
anisocycle
annoyancer
annoyances
annoyances
noun
plural of annoyance
anoxyscope
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
appellancy
appellancy
noun
Capability of appeal.
appendancy
appendancy
noun
Alternative form of appendance
appendency
appendency
noun
(obsolete) Something that is appendant.
(obsolete) State of being appendant.
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascescency
assistency
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
azocyanide
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.
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
bellypinch
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
berecyntia
besanctify
bounceably
brachypnea
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
caenostyly
camphylene
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
caneyville
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
canyonside
canyonside
noun
The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capernoity
carlyleian
castellany
castellany
noun
(historical) The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.
(historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
cateringly
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
cecutiency
cecutiency
noun
(obsolete) Partial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
celiodynia
censurably
censurably
adv
In a censurable manner.
centeredly
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
centrality
centrality
noun
(mathematics) Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.
A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
The state of being central.
centricity
centricity
noun
The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
cessionary
cessionary
noun
The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
chalcedony
chalcedony
noun
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
chanceably
chanceably
adv
(obsolete) by chance
chandlerly
chandlerly
adj
(obsolete) Like a chandler; in a petty situation.
changeably
changeably
adv
In a changeable manner.
chanteyman
chapellany
chapellany
noun
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chatellany
chatellany
noun
Alternative form of castellany
chatoyance
chatoyance
noun
chatoyancy
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
cheeringly
cheeringly
adv
In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
With cheering.
chelyuskin
chernovtsy
chestnutty
chestnutty
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
cheventayn
chimmesyan
chimneying
chimneying
verb
present participle of chimney
chimneyman
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chinaberry
chinaberry
noun
(US) Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
(US) The bead tree or azedarac, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
(US) The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
chlorodyne
chlorodyne
noun
A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
choanocyte
choanocyte
noun
(cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water
chrysaline
chrysaline
adj
Relating to a chrysalis.
chrysamine
chrysamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of quinoid derivatives of a phenylhydrazine (typically (3E)-3-[[4-[4-[(2E)-2-(3-carboxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]phenyl]phenyl]hydrazinylidene]-6-oxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1-carboxylic acid); any yellow azo dye derived from such a compound
cinenchyma
cinenchyma
noun
laticiferous tissue, consisting of irregularly branching and anastomosing vessels
cineplasty
cinnamenyl
cinnamenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of styryl
cionectomy
citynesses
claybourne
cleavingly
cleavingly
adv
In a cleaving manner
cleromancy
cleromancy
noun
Divination by casting lots (sortilege).
Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
cloyedness
cloyedness
noun
The condition of being cloyed
cockernony
cockernony
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockneyese
cockneyess
cockneyess
noun
A female cockney.
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyize
cockneyize
verb
To make vulgar and tasteless.
To pronounce with a cockney accent.
coeminency
coenenchym
coenenchym
noun
(zoology) The common tissue uniting the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral.
coenocytic
coenocytic
adj
Relating to coenocytes or to coenocysts
coenotypic
coetaneity
coetaneity
noun
The condition of being coetaneous.
coeternity
coeternity
noun
Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
coherently
coherently
adv
In a coherent manner.
coidentity
coidentity
noun
(category theory) The identity element of a cogroup.
collencyte
collencyte
noun
(cytology) A type of branched cell present in collenchyma
colonopexy
combinedly
combinedly
adv
In combination; jointly
commandery
commandery
noun
(historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
commentary
commentary
noun
(usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
concededly
concededly
Adverb
admittedly
concessory
concessory
adj
Conceding; permissive.
concretely
concretely
adv
In a concrete manner, physically, definitely
condensary
condensary
noun
Alternative spelling of condensery
condensery
condensery
noun
(US) A place in which condensed milk is manufactured
condensity
conenchyma
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.