Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
cabinetwork |
noun |
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture. |
cachectical |
adjective |
Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. |
cacodoxical |
adjective |
Heretical. |
cacogastric |
adjective |
Troubled with bad digestion. |
cacographic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled. |
cacophonous |
adjective |
Alt. of Cacophonious |
cacophonies |
plural |
of Cacophony |
caffetannic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. |
caking coal |
|
See Coal. |
calamistrum |
noun |
A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs. |
calcedonian |
adjective |
See Chalcedonic. |
calceolaria |
noun |
A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. |
calciferous |
adjective |
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. |
calcigenous |
adjective |
Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc. |
calcigerous |
adjective |
Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth. |
calcimining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Calcimine |
calcination |
noun |
The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime., The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation. |
calcinatory |
noun |
A vessel used in calcination. |
calcivorous |
adjective |
Eroding, or eating into, limestone. |
calcography |
noun |
The art of drawing with chalk. |
calc-sinter |
noun |
See under Calcite. |
calculating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Calculate, Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations., Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition., The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results. |
calculation |
noun |
The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate., An expectation based on circumstances. |
calculative |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. |
calculatory |
adjective |
Belonging to calculation. |
calefacient |
adjective |
Making warm; heating., A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard. |
calefaction |
noun |
The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies., The state of being heated. |
calefactive |
adjective |
See Calefactory. |
calefactory |
adjective |
Making hot; producing or communicating heat., An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room., A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with. |
calendaring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Calendar |
calendarial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar. |
calendering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Calender |
calendrical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a calendar. |
calibration |
noun |
The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument. |
californian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to California., A native or inhabitant of California. |
caligraphic |
adjective |
See Calligraphic. |
calisthenis |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to calisthenics. |
calligraphy |
noun |
Fair or elegant penmanship. |
callosities |
plural |
of Callosity |
calorifiant |
adjective |
See Calorificient. |
calorimeter |
noun |
An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc., An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam. |
calorimetry |
noun |
Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies. |
calorimotor |
noun |
A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects. |
calumniated |
imp. & past participle |
of Calumniate |
calumniator |
noun |
One who calumniates. |
calvessnout |
noun |
Snapdragon. |
calvinistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Calvinistical |
calyculated |
adjective |
Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx. |
campaniform |
adjective |
Bell-shaped. |
campanology |
noun |
The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art. |
campanulate |
adjective |
Bell-shaped. |
campbellite |
noun |
A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3. |
campestrian |
adjective |
Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground. |
canaanitish |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites. |
canaliculus |
noun |
A minute canal. |
canary bird |
|
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch. |
cancellated |
adjective |
Crossbarred; marked with cross lines., Open or spongy, as some porous bones. |
canceration |
noun |
The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. |
candelabrum |
noun |
A lamp stand of any sort., A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, — frequently a votive offering to a temple., A large candlestick, having several branches. |
candescence |
noun |
See Incandescence. |
candidating |
noun |
The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. |
candidature |
noun |
Candidacy. |
candle coal |
|
See Cannel coal. |
candlelight |
noun |
The light of a candle. |
candlestick |
noun |
An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle. |
canker rash |
|
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat. |
cannel coal |
|
A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. |
cannibalism |
noun |
The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. |
cannonading |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cannonade |
cannon bone |
|
See Canon Bone. |
cannonering |
noun |
The use of cannon. |
canonically |
adverb |
In a canonical manner; according to the canons. |
cantharidal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster. |
cantharides |
noun pl. |
See Cantharis., of Cantharis |
cantharidin |
noun |
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. |
capableness |
noun |
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. |
capacitated |
imp. & past participle |
of Capacitate |
caparisoned |
imp. & past participle |
of Caparison |
capillament |
noun |
A filament., Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves. |
capillarity |
noun |
The quality or condition of being capillary., The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction. |
capillation |
noun |
A capillary blood vessel. |
capillature |
noun |
A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. |
capilliform |
adjective |
In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. |
capitalized |
imp. & past participle |
of Capitalize |
capitalness |
noun |
The quality of being capital; preeminence. |
capitellate |
adjective |
Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula. |
capitularly |
adverb |
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. |
capitulated |
imp. & past participle |
of Capitulate |
capitulator |
noun |
One who capitulates. |
caprigenous |
adjective |
Of the goat kind. |
captainship |
noun |
The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander., Military skill; as, to show good captainship. |
captivating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Captivate, Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. |
captivation |
noun |
The act of captivating. |
caravansary |
noun |
A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. |
carbazotate |
noun |
A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate. |
carbonadoed |
imp. & past participle |
of Carbonade |
carbonadoes |
plural |
of Carbonado |
carbonarism |
noun |
The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari. |
carbonizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Carbonize |
carbostyril |
noun |
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids. |
carbuncular |
adjective |
Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed. |
carburetted |
|
of Carburet |
carbureting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Carburet |
carburetant |
noun |
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases. |
carburizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Carburize |
carcavelhos |
noun |
A sweet wine. See Calcavella. |
carcel lamp |
|
A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork. |
carcinology |
noun |
The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); — called also malacostracology and crustaceology. |
cardiagraph |
noun |
See Cardiograph. |
cardinalate |
noun |
The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. |
cardinalize |
verb t. |
To exalt to the office of a cardinal. |
cardiograph |
noun |
An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart’s movements. |
cardiometry |
noun |
Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation. |
carefulness |
noun |
Quality or state of being careful. |
caressingly |
ad. |
In caressing manner. |
caricatured |
imp. & past participle |
of Caricature |
carminative |
adjective |
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic., A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence. |
carnalizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Carnalize |
carnationed |
adjective |
Having a flesh color. |
carnivorous |
adjective |
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics. |
carousingly |
adverb |
In the manner of a carouser. |
carpologist |
noun |
One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology. |
cartography |
noun |
The art or business of forming charts or maps. |
cartularies |
plural |
of Cartulary |
carunculous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles. |
carunculate |
adjective |
Alt. of Carunculated |
carvelbuilt |
adjective |
Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel. |
cascarillin |
noun |
A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla. |
cashmerette |
noun |
A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere. |
casse paper |
|
Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. |
cassioberry |
noun |
The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida. |
cassiterite |
noun |
Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black. |
cassowaries |
plural |
of Cassowary |
cassumuniar |
noun |
A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies. |
castellated |
adjective |
Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated., Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle. |
castigating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Castigate |
castigation |
noun |
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism., Emendation; correction. |
castigatory |
adjective |
Punitive in order to amendment; corrective., An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; — called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. |
castor bean |
|
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) |
castrensial |
adjective |
Belonging to a camp. |
castrensian |
adjective |
Castrensial. |
casuistieal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry. |
catabaptist |
noun |
One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. |
catacaustic |
adjective |
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a., A caustic curve formed by reflection of light. |
catachresis |
noun |
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” Young. |
cataclysmal |
adjective |
Alt. of Cataclysmic |
cataclysmic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm. |
catacoustic |
noun |
That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics. |
catadromous |
adjective |
Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; — said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous., Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; — opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel. |
cataloguing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Catalogue |
cataphonics |
noun |
That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics. |
cataractous |
adjective |
Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract. |
catastaltic |
adjective |
Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities. |
catasterism |
noun |
A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. |
catastrophe |
noun |
An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune., The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy., A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. |
catch-basin |
noun |
A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer. |
catchweight |
adverb |
Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight. |
catechetics |
noun |
The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers. |
catechising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Catechise |
catechismal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical. |
catechistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Catechistical |
categorical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a category., Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer. |
caterpillar |
noun |
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm., A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars. |
caterwauled |
imp. & past participle |
of Caterwaul |
cat-harping |
noun |
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards. |
cathedralic |
adjective |
Cathedral. |
cathedrated |
adjective |
Relating to the chair or office of a teacher. |
catheterism |
noun |
Alt. of Catheterization |
catheterize |
verb t. |
To operate on with a catheter. |
catholicism |
noun |
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity., Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view., The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto., The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto. |
catholicity |
noun |
The state or quality of being catholic; universality., Liberality of sentiments; catholicism., Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy., Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves. |
catholicize |
verb t. & i. |
To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic. |
catoptrical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. |
cauda galli |
|
A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. |
cauliflower |
noun |
An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable., The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. |
causatively |
adverb |
In a causative manner. |
caustically |
adverb |
In a caustic manner. |
causticness |
noun |
The quality of being caustic; causticity. |
cauterizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cauterize |
cavalierish |
adjective |
Somewhat like a cavalier. |
cavalierism |
noun |
The practice or principles of cavaliers. |
cavernulous |
adjective |
Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. |
cavillation |
noun |
Frivolous or sophistical objection. |
celebrating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Celebrate |
celebration |
noun |
The act, process, or time of celebrating. |
celebrities |
plural |
of Celebrity |
celestially |
adverb |
In a celestial manner. |
celestinian |
noun |
A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry. |
celliferous |
adjective |
Bearing or producing cells. |
celtiberian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus)., An inhabitant of Celtiberia. |
cementation |
noun |
The act or process of cementing., A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand. |
cementatory |
adjective |
Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly. |
cenobitical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a cenobite. |
centenarian |
adjective |
Of or relating to a hundred years., A person a hundred years old. |
centenaries |
plural |
of Centenary |
centerboard |
noun |
Alt. of Centreboard |
centreboard |
noun |
A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States |
centerpiece |
noun |
Alt. of Centrepiece |
centrepiece |
noun |
An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. |
centifidous |
adjective |
Divided into a hundred parts. |
centigramme |
noun |
The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram. |
centralized |
imp. & past participle |
of Centralize |
centrifugal |
adjective |
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center., Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster., Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos., A centrifugal machine. |
centripetal |
adjective |
Tending, or causing, to approach the center., Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit., Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos., Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. |
centriscoid |
adjective |
Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example. |
centrobaric |
adjective |
Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. |
centumviral |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir. |
centuriator |
noun |
Alt. of Centurist |
cephalalgia |
noun |
Alt. of Cephalalgy |
cephalalgic |
adjective |
Relating to, or affected with, headache., A remedy for the headache. |
cephalaspis |
noun |
A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points. |
cephalology |
noun |
The science which treats of the head. |
cephalomere |
noun |
One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. |
cephalopode |
noun |
One of the Cephalopoda. |
cephalopoda |
noun pl. |
The highest class of Mollusca. |
cephalosome |
noun |
The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. |
cephalotome |
noun |
An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery. |
cephalotomy |
noun |
Dissection or opening of the head., Craniotomy; — usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw. |
cerargyrite |
noun |
Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver). |
cerebellous |
adjective |
Pertaining to the cerebellum. |
cerebellums |
plural |
of Cerebellum |
cerebralism |
noun |
The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only. |
cerebralist |
noun |
One who accepts cerebralism. |
cerebration |
noun |
Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious. |
cerebricity |
noun |
Brain power. |
cerebriform |
adjective |
Like the brain in form or substance. |
cerebrology |
noun |
The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain. |
ceremonious |
adjective |
Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.], According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. |
cerographic |
adjective |
Alt. of Cerographical |
ceroplastic |
adjective |
Relating to the art of modeling in wax., Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure. |
certainness |
noun |
Certainty. |
certainties |
plural |
of Certainty |
certificate |
noun |
A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior., A written declaration legally authenticated., To verify or vouch for by certificate., To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher. |
cestraciont |
noun |
A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples., Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion. |
cetological |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cetology. |
chaetognath |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha. |
chargrining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Chagrin |
chain wheel |
|
A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel., An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
chalcedonic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to chalcedony. |
chalcid fly |
|
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects. |
chalkcutter |
noun |
A man who digs chalk. |
challenging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Challenge |
chamberlain |
noun |
An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers., An upper servant of an inn., An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court., A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. |
chambermaid |
noun |
A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc., A lady’s maid. |
championing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Champion |
chancellery |
noun |
Chancellorship. |
channelling |
|
of Channel |
chanterelle |
noun |
A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. |
chanticleer |
noun |
A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. |
chaotically |
adverb |
In a chaotic manner. |
chaperoning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Chaperon |
chaperonage |
noun |
Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. |
charactered |
imp. & past participle |
of Character |
chargehouse |
noun |
A schoolhouse. |
charismatic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a charism. |
charlatanic |
adjective |
Alt. of Charlatanical |
charlatanry |
noun |
Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. |
chartaceous |
adjective |
Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery. |
chartomancy |
noun |
Divination by written paper or by cards. |
chartometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring charts or maps. |
chastisable |
adjective |
Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. |
chazy epoch |
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An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; — so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology. |
checkerwork |
noun |
Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials., Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. |
checkmating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Checkmate |
checkstring |
noun |
A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver. |
cheerisness |
noun |
Cheerfulness. |
cheiroptera |
noun pl. |
An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat. |
cheirosophy |
noun |
The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand. |
chekelatoun |
noun |
See Ciclatoun. |
chelidonius |
noun |
A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. — anciently worn as a medicinal charm. |
cheliferous |
adjective |
Having cheliform claws, like a crab. |
chemosmosis |
noun |
Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane. |
chemosmotic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. |
cherishment |
noun |
Encouragement; comfort. |
chess-apple |
noun |
The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). |
chesterlite |
noun |
A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
cheverliize |
verb i. |
To make as pliable as kid leather. |
chevronwise |
adverb |
In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise. |
chiaroscuro |
noun |
Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro |
chiastolite |
noun |
A variety of andalusite; — called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal. |
chichevache |
noun |
A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. |
chickabiddy |
noun |
A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. |
chicken pox |
|
A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. |
chief baron |
|
The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. |
chieftaincy |
noun |
Alt. of Chieftainship |
chiff-chaff |
noun |
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); — called also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
chilognatha |
noun pl. |
One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together. |
chiragrical |
adjective |
Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. |
chirography |
noun |
The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography., The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand. |
chirologist |
noun |
One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers. |
chiromancer |
noun |
One who practices chiromancy. |
chiromanist |
noun |
Alt. of Chiromantist |
chiromantic |
adjective |
Alt. of Chiromantical |
chiropodist |
noun |
One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions. |
chirurgical |
adjective |
Surgical |
chitterling |
noun |
The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. |
chlamyphore |
noun |
A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine. |
chloraurate |
noun |
See Aurochloride. |
chlorhydric |
adjective |
Same as Hydrochloric. |
chlorhydrin |
noun |
One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. |
chlorimetry |
noun |
See Chlorometry. |
chlorinated |
imp. & past participle |
of Chlorinate |
chloriodine |
noun |
A compound of chlorine and iodine. |
chlorometer |
noun |
An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime. |
chlorometry |
noun |
The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine. |
chlorophane |
noun |
A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light., The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane. |
chlorophyll |
noun |
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. |
chlorpicrin |
noun |
A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. |
chockablock |
adjective |
Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting. |
chokecherry |
noun |
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit. |
choke-strap |
noun |
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place. |
cholecystis |
noun |
The gall bladder. |
choledology |
noun |
A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. |
choleriform |
adjective |
Resembling cholera. |
cholesteric |
adjective |
Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. |
cholesterin |
noun |
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones. |
cholochrome |
noun |
See Bilirubin. |
cholophaein |
noun |
See Bilirubin. |
chondrodite |
noun |
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. |
chondrology |
noun |
The science which treats of cartilages. |
chondromata |
plural |
of Chondroma |
chondrostei |
noun pl. |
An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; — so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous. |
chondrotomy |
noun |
The dissection of cartilages. |
choregraphy |
noun |
The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. |
chorography |
noun |
the mapping or description of a region or district. |
chrismation |
noun |
The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. |
chrismatory |
noun |
A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept. |
christcross |
noun |
The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, — sometimes as the sign of 12 o’clock on a dial., The beginning and the ending. |
christening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Christen |
christendom |
noun |
The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it., The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation., That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands., The whole body of Christians. |
christianly |
adverb |
In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion., Christianlike. |
christology |
noun |
A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ. |
chromascope |
noun |
An instrument for showing the optical effects of color. |
chromatical |
adjective |
Chromatic. |
chromatrope |
noun |
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored., A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects. |
chromoblast |
noun |
An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell. |
chromogenic |
adjective |
Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria. |
chromograph |
noun |
An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; — called also hectograph. |
chromophane |
noun |
A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. |
chromophore |
noun |
Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. |
chronicling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Chronicle |
chronograph |
noun |
An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity., Same as Chronogram, 1., A chronoscope. |
chronologer |
noun |
Same as Chronologist., A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. |
chronologic |
adjective |
Alt. of Chronological |
chronometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper., A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; — intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc., A metronome. |
chronometry |
noun |
The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions. |
chronoscope |
noun |
An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc. |
chrysalides |
plural |
of Chrysalis |
chrysarobin |
noun |
A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid. |
chrysoberyl |
noun |
A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem. |
chrysocolla |
noun |
A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color. |
chrysoidine |
noun |
An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper. |
chrysophane |
noun |
A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. |
chrysoprase |
noun |
An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry. |
chrysosperm |
noun |
The seed of gold; a means of creating gold. |
chubbedness |
noun |
The state of being chubby. |
chucklehead |
noun |
A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. |
churchgoing |
adjective |
Habitually attending church., Summoning to church. |
churchmanly |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. |
chylaqueous |
adjective |
Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; — said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals. |
chyliferous |
adjective |
Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels. |
chylopoetic |
adjective |
Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs. |
chymiferous |
adjective |
Bearing or containing chyme. |
cicatricial |
adjective |
Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. |
cicatrisive |
adjective |
Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound. |
cicatrizant |
noun |
A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix. |
cicatrizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cicatrize |
cinefaction |
noun |
Cineration; reduction to ashes. |
cinematical |
adjective |
See Kinematic. |
cineraceous |
adjective |
Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous. |
cinerescent |
adjective |
Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes. |
cineritious |
adjective |
Like ashes; having the color of ashes, — as the cortical substance of the brain. |
cinnabarine |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand. |
cinquecento |
noun & adjective |
The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style. |
cinque-pace |
noun |
A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. |
circination |
noun |
An orbicular motion., A circle; a concentric layer. |
circularity |
noun |
The quality or state of being circular; a circular form. |
ciorculated |
imp. & past participle |
of Circulate |
circulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Circulate |
circulation |
noun |
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began., The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission., Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin., The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper., The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants. |
circulative |
adjective |
Promoting circulation; circulating. |
circulatory |
adjective |
Circular; as, a circulatory letter., Circulating, or going round., Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases., A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation. |
circumcised |
imp. & past participle |
of Circumcise |
circumciser |
noun |
One who performs circumcision. |
circumflant |
adjective |
Blowing around. |
circumflect |
verb t. |
To bend around., To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. |
circumpolar |
adjective |
About the pole; — applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars. |
circumspect |
adjective |
Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary. |
circumstant |
adjective |
Standing or placed around; surrounding. |
circumvolve |
verb t. |
To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion., To roll round; to revolve. |
cirriferous |
adjective |
Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals. |
cirrigerous |
adjective |
Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages. |
cisatlantic |
adjective |
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; — used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. |
citharistic |
adjective |
Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara. |
citizenship |
noun |
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. |
citrination |
noun |
The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher’s stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color. |
civilizable |
adjective |
Capable of being civilized. |
clairvoyant |
adjective |
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses., One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses. |
clamatorial |
adjective |
Like or pertaining to the Clamatores. |
clancularly |
adverb |
privately; secretly. |
clandestine |
adjective |
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. |
clanjamfrie |
noun |
Same as Clamjamphrie. |
clapperclaw |
verb t. |
To fight and scratch., To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold. |
clarencieux |
noun |
See King-at-arms. |
classically |
adverb |
In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors., In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets. |
classifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Classify |
clavellated |
adjective |
Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. |
clavicornes |
noun pl. |
A group of beetles having club-shaped antennae. |
clavigerous |
adjective |
Bearing a club or a key. |
cleanliness |
noun |
State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. |
clearedness |
noun |
The quality of being cleared. |
clearstarch |
verb t. |
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin. |
cleptomania |
noun |
See Kleptomania. |
clericalism |
noun |
An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism. |
clerkliness |
noun |
Scholarship. |
clientelage |
noun |
See Clientele, n., 2. |
climacteric |
adjective |
Relating to a climacteric; critical., A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year., Any critical period. |
climatizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Climatize |
climatology |
noun |
The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. |
clinanthium |
noun |
The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; — also called clinium. |
clinometric |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer., Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems. |
clodhopping |
adjective |
Boorish; rude. |
cloistering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cloister |
closefisted |
adjective |
Covetous; niggardly. |
closehanded |
adjective |
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. |
closehauled |
adjective |
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; — said of a sailing vessel. |
closereefed |
adjective |
Having all the reefs taken in; — said of a sail. |
close-stool |
noun |
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover. |
clothesline |
noun |
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. |
cloud-built |
adjective |
Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. |
cloud-burst |
noun |
A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once. |
club-shaped |
adjective |
Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects. |
coachfellow |
noun |
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. |
coadjutress |
noun |
Alt. of Coadjutrix |
coadjuvancy |
noun |
Joint help; cooperation. |
coadunation |
noun |
Union, as in one body or mass; unity. |
coadunition |
noun |
Coadunation. |
coadventure |
noun |
An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers., To share in a venture. |
coagulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Coagulate |
coagulation |
noun |
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification., The substance or body formed by coagulation. |
coagulative |
adjective |
Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent. |
coagulatory |
adjective |
Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. |
coalescence |
noun |
The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. |
coalitioner |
noun |
A coalitionist. |
coarctation |
noun |
Confinement to a narrow space., Pressure; that which presses., A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice. |
co-assessor |
noun |
A joint assessor. |
cobblestone |
noun |
A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; — used for paving streets and for other purposes. |
cocciferous |
adjective |
Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants. |
coccosphere |
noun |
A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths. |
cochin fowl |
|
A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam). |
cock-a-hoop |
adjective |
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially. |
cockaleekie |
noun |
A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes. |
cockcrowing |
noun |
The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning. |
cockleshell |
noun |
One of the shells or valves of a cockle., A light boat. |
codefendant |
noun |
A joint defendant. |
codicillary |
adjective |
Of the nature of a codicil. |
coeducation |
noun |
An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races. |
coefficient |
adjective |
Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect., That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect., A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x., A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. |
coenenchyma |
noun |
The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral. |
coessential |
adjective |
Partaking of the same essence. |
coexecutrix |
noun |
A joint executrix. |
coexistence |
noun |
Existence at the same time with another; — contemporary existence. |
coextending |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Coextend |
coextension |
noun |
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. |
coextensive |
adjective |
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. |
coffeehouse |
noun |
A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation. |
cognateness |
noun |
The state of being cognate. |
cognoscence |
noun |
Cognizance. |
cognoscenti |
plural |
of Cognoscente |
cognoscente |
noun |
A connoisseur. |
cognoscible |
adjective |
Capable of being known., Liable to judicial investigation. |
coincidence |
noun |
The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc., The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson., Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. |
coincibency |
noun |
Coincidence. |
coinheritor |
noun |
A coheir. |
coinquinate |
verb t. |
To pollute. |
cointension |
noun |
The condition of being of equal in intensity; — applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension. |
coleopteral |
adjective |
Alt. of Coleopterous |
coleopteran |
noun |
One of the order of Coleoptera. |
coleridgian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics. |
collagenous |
adjective |
Containing or resembling collagen. |
collar bone |
|
The clavicle. |
collationer |
noun |
One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc. |
collectanea |
verb t. |
Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology. |
collectedly |
adverb |
Composedly; coolly. |
collectible |
adjective |
Capable of being collected. |
collegatary |
noun |
A joint legatee. |
collenchyma |
noun |
A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated. |
colleterial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. |
colleterium |
noun |
An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova. |
colliflower |
noun |
See Cauliflower. |
colligating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Colligate |
colligation |
noun |
A binding together., That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. |
collimating |
past participle & vb. noun |
of Collimate |
collimation |
noun |
The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. |
colliquable |
adjective |
Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. |
colliquated |
imp. & past participle |
of Colliquate |
collitigant |
adjective |
Disputing or wrangling., One who litigates or wrangles. |
collocating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Collocate |
collocation |
noun |
The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement. |
collocution |
noun |
A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. |
colluctancy |
noun |
A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. |
colocynthin |
noun |
The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside. |
colonelship |
noun |
Colonelcy. |
colophonite |
noun |
A coarsely granular variety of garnet. |
coloradoite |
noun |
Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. |
color-blind |
adjective |
Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n. |
colorimeter |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. |
columbarium |
noun |
A dovecote or pigeon house., A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns. |
columbaries |
plural |
of Columbary |
columnarity |
noun |
The state or quality of being columnar. |
combination |
noun |
The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things., The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; — usually in a bad sense., The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds., The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. |
comb-shaped |
adjective |
Pectinate. |
combustible |
adjective |
Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable., Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible., A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. |
combustious |
adjective |
Inflammable. |
comessation |
noun |
A reveling; a rioting. |
comforting. |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Comfort |
comfortable |
adjective |
Strong; vigorous; valiant., Serviceable; helpful., Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope., In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life., Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; — used of a sick person., A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. |
comfortably |
adverb |
In a comfortable or comforting manner. |
comfortless |
adjective |
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. |
comfortment |
noun |
Act or process of administering comfort. |
comfortress |
noun |
A woman who comforts. |
commandable |
adjective |
Capable of being commanded. |
commandment |
noun |
An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate., One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai., The act of commanding; exercise of authority., The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. |
commandress |
noun |
A woman invested with authority to command. |
commaterial |
adjective |
Consisting of the same material. |
commemorate |
verb t. |
To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. |
commendable |
adjective |
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. |
commendator |
noun |
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. |
commentator |
noun |
One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator. |
commination |
noun |
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance., An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God’s anger and judgments against sinners. |
comminatory |
adjective |
Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. |
commingling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Commingle |
comminuting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Comminute |
comminution |
noun |
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted., Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces., Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. |
commiserate |
verb t. |
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. |
commissural |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a commissure. |
committable |
adjective |
Capable of being committed. |
committible |
adjective |
Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. |
commodities |
plural |
of Commodity |
commonition |
noun |
Advice; warning; instruction. |
commonitive |
adjective |
Monitory. |
commonitory |
adjective |
Calling to mind; giving admonition. |
commonplace |
adjective |
Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation., An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude., A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to., To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads., To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. |
commoration |
noun |
The act of staying or residing in a place. |
communalism |
noun |
A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism. |
communalist |
noun |
An advocate of communalism. |
communicant |
noun |
One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper; a church member., One who communicates., Communicating. |
communicate |
verb i. |
To share in common; to participate in., To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank., To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one., To administer the communion to., To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy., To give alms, sympathy, or aid., To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery., To partake of the Lord’s supper; to commune. |
communistic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories., Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds. |
communities |
plural |
of Community |
commutation |
noun |
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation., The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange., The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment., A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. |
commutative |
adjective |
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. |
compactedly |
adverb |
In a compact manner. |
compactible |
adjective |
That may be compacted. |
compactness |
noun |
The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density. |
compaginate |
verb t. |
To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. |
companiable |
adjective |
Companionable; sociable. |
comparation |
noun |
A making ready; provision. |
comparative |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to comparison., Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy., Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state., Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright., The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives., An equal; a rival; a compeer., One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. |
compartment |
noun |
One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden., One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads. |
compassable |
adjective |
Capable of being compassed or accomplished. |
compassless |
adjective |
Having no compass. |
compellable |
adjective |
Capable of being compelled or constrained. |
compellably |
adverb |
By compulsion. |
compendiate |
verb t. |
To sum or collect together. |
compendious |
adjective |
Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. |
compendiums |
plural |
of Compendium |
compensated |
imp. & past participle |
of Compensate |
compensator |
noun |
One who, or that which, compensates; — a name applied to various mechanical devices., An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship’s attraction on the needle. |
competently |
adverb |
In a competent manner; adequately; suitably. |
competition |
noun |
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; — followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. |
competitive |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination. |
competitory |
adjective |
Acting in competition; competing; rival. |
competitrix |
noun |
A competitress. |
compilation |
noun |
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources., That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. |
compilement |
noun |
Compilation. |
complacence |
noun |
Alt. of Complacency |
complacency |
noun |
Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification., The cause of pleasure or joy., The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. |
complaining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Complain |
complainant |
noun |
One who makes complaint., One who commences a legal process by a complaint., The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law. |
complaisant |
adjective |
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. |
complexness |
noun |
The state of being complex; complexity. |
compliantly |
adverb |
In a compliant manner. |
complicated |
imp. & past participle |
of Complicate |
complotting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Complot |
complotment |
noun |
A plotting together. |
comportable |
adjective |
Suitable; consistent. |
comportance |
noun |
Behavior; comport. |
comportment |
noun |
Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. |
composition |
noun |
The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients., The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music., The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below., The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc., The setting up of type and arranging it for printing., The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment., A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition., A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; — often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise., Consistency; accord; congruity., Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement., The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment., Synthesis as opposed to analysis. |
compositive |
adjective |
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. |
compositous |
adjective |
Belonging to the Compositae; composite. |
compossible |
adjective |
Able to exist with another thing; consistent. |
compotation |
noun |
The act of drinking or tippling together. |
compounding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Compound |
compressing |
p. pr & vb. noun |
of Compress |
compression |
noun |
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. |
compressive |
adjective |
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force. |
compressure |
noun |
Compression. |
compromised |
imp. & past participle |
of Compromise |
compromiser |
noun |
One who compromises. |
compunction |
noun |
A pricking; stimulation., A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience. |
compunctive |
adjective |
Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. |
compurgator |
noun |
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. |
computation |
noun |
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning., The result of computation; the amount computed. |
comradeship |
noun |
The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship. |
concamerate |
verb t. |
To arch over; to vault., To divide into chambers or cells. |
concatenate |
verb t. |
To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another. |
concavation |
noun |
The act of making concave. |
concaveness |
noun |
Hollowness; concavity. |
concavities |
plural |
of Concavity |
concealable |
adjective |
Capable of being concealed. |
concealment |
noun |
The act of concealing; the state of being concealed., A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation., A secret; out of the way knowledge., Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. |
conceitedly |
adverb |
In an egotistical manner., Fancifully; whimsically. |
conceitless |
adjective |
Without wit; stupid. |
conceivable |
adjective |
Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. |
concentered |
imp. & past participle |
of Concentre |
concentring |
|
of Concentre |
concentrate |
verb t. |
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention., To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; — opposed to dilute., To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities. |
conceptacle |
noun |
That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle., A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles., One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae. |
conceptible |
adjective |
Capable of being conceived; conceivable. |
conceptious |
adjective |
Apt to conceive; fruitful. |
concernedly |
adverb |
In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. |
concertante |
noun |
A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts. |
conchometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire. |
conchometry |
noun |
The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry. |
conchylious |
adjective |
Conchylaceous. |
conciliable |
noun |
A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature., Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. |
conciliated |
imp. & past participle |
of Conciliate |
conciliator |
noun |
One who conciliates. |
concionator |
noun |
An haranguer of the people; a preacher., A common councilman. |
conciseness |
noun |
The quality of being concise. |
concitation |
noun |
The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. |
concludency |
noun |
Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. |
conclusible |
adjective |
Demonstrable; determinable. |
concolorous |
adjective |
Of the same color throughout. |
concomitant |
adjective |
Accompanying; conjoined; attending., One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. |
concordable |
adjective |
Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious. |
concordance |
noun |
Agreement; accordance., Concord; agreement., An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place., A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book. |
concordancy |
noun |
Agreement. |
concrescive |
adjective |
Growing together, or into union; uniting. |
concubinacy |
noun |
The practice of concubinage. |
concubinage |
noun |
The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine., A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. |
concubinary |
adjective |
Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage., One who lives in concubinage. |
concubinate |
noun |
Concubinage. |
concultated |
imp. & past participle |
of Conculcate |
concurrence |
noun |
The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination., A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; — implying joint approbation., Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation., A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts. |
concurrency |
noun |
Concurrence. |
condemnable |
|
Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable. |
condensable |
adjective |
Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable. |
condensated |
imp. & past participle |
of Condensate |
condensible |
adjective |
Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold. |
condignness |
noun |
Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness. |
condisciple |
noun |
A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. |
conditioned |
imp. & past participle |
of Condition, Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man., Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute. |
conditional |
adjective |
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise., Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense., A limitation., A conditional word, mode, or proposition. |
conditionly |
adverb |
Conditionally. |
conditories |
plural |
of Conditory |
condolatory |
adjective |
Expressing condolence. |
condolement |
noun |
Condolence., Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. |
condonation |
noun |
The act of condoning or pardoning., Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. |
condottieri |
plural |
of Condottiere |
condottiere |
noun |
A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest. |
conductible |
adjective |
Capable of being conducted. |
conductress |
noun |
A woman who leads or directs; a directress. |
condylomata |
plural |
of Condylome |
cone pulley |
|
A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape. |
confabulate |
verb i. |
To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. |
confederacy |
noun |
A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance., The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation., A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. |
confederate |
adjective |
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied., Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money., One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense., A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865)., To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally., To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. |
conferrable |
adjective |
Capable of being conferred. |
confessedly |
adverb |
By confession; without denial. |
confidently |
adverb |
With confidence; with strong assurance; positively. |
configurate |
verb i. |
To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. |
configuring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Configure |
confineless |
adjective |
Without limitation or end; boundless. |
confinement |
noun |
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion., Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in. |
confirmable |
adjective |
That may be confirmed. |
confirmance |
noun |
Confirmation. |
confirmator |
noun |
One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. |
confirmedly |
adverb |
With confirmation. |
confiscable |
adjective |
Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture. |
confiscated |
imp. & past participle |
of Confiscate |
confiscator |
noun |
One who confiscates. |
conflagrant |
adjective |
Burning together in a common flame. |
conflicting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Conflict, Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing. |
conflictive |
adjective |
Tending to conflict; conflicting. |
confluxible |
adjective |
Inclined to flow or run together. |
conformable |
adjective |
Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; — usually followed by to., Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant., Parallel, or nearly so; — said of strata in contact. |
conformably |
adverb |
With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. |
conformance |
noun |
Conformity. |
confounding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Confound |
confronting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Confront |
confutation |
noun |
The act or process of confuting; refutation. |
confutative |
adjective |
Adapted or designed to confute. |
confutement |
noun |
Confutation. |
congealable |
adjective |
Capable of being congealed. |
congealment |
noun |
The act or the process of congealing; congeliation., That which is formed by congelation; a clot. |
congelation |
noun |
The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing., The state of being congealed., That which is congealed. |
congeneracy |
noun |
Similarity of origin; affinity. |
congenerous |
adjective |
Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. |
congenially |
adverb |
In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed. |
conglaciate |
verb t. & i. |
To turn to ice; to freeze. |
conglobated |
imp. & past participle |
of Conglobate |
congo snake |
|
An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma. |
congregated |
imp. & past participle |
of Congregate |
congression |
noun |
A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. |
congressive |
adjective |
Encountering, or coming together. |
congressmen |
plural |
of Congressman |
congressman |
noun |
A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives. |
congruities |
plural |
of Congruity |
congruously |
adverb |
In a congruous manner. |
conicalness |
noun |
State or quality of being conical. |
conirostral |
adjective |
Belonging to the Conirostres. |
conirostres |
noun pl. |
A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches. |
conjectural |
adjective |
Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. |
conjectured |
imp. & past participle |
of Conjecture |
conjecturer |
noun |
One who conjectures. |
conjubilant |
adjective |
Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. |
conjugality |
noun |
The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. |
conjugating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Conjugate |
conjugation |
noun |
the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage., Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple., The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections., A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb., A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner., A kind of sexual union; — applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed. |
conjunction |
noun |
The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league., The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6., A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. |
conjunctiva |
noun |
The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. |
conjunctive |
adjective |
Serving to unite; connecting together., Closely united. |
conjuncture |
noun |
The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination., A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions. |
conjuration |
noun |
The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration., The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment., A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. |
conjurement |
noun |
Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. |
connascence |
noun |
Alt. of Connascency |
connascency |
noun |
The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together., That which is born or produced with another., The act of growing together. |
connectedly |
adverb |
In a connected manner. |
connoisseur |
noun |
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. |
connotation |
noun |
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted. |
connotative |
adjective |
Implying something additional; illative., Implying an attribute. See Connote. |
conquadrate |
verb t. |
To bring into a square. |
conquassate |
verb t. |
To shake; to agitate. |
conquerable |
adjective |
Capable of being conquered or subdued. |
conscienced |
adjective |
Having a conscience. |
consciously |
adverb |
In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one’s own mental operations or actions. |
consecrated |
imp. & past participle |
of Consecrate |
consecrater |
noun |
Consecrator. |
consecrator |
noun |
One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. |
consecution |
noun |
A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence., A succession or series of any kind. |
consecutive |
adjective |
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years., Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding., Having similarity of sequence; — said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. |
consentient |
adjective |
Agreeing in mind; accordant. |
consequence |
noun |
That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result., A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference., Chain of causes and effects; consecution., Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. |
conservable |
adjective |
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury. |
conservancy |
noun |
Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. |
conservator |
noun |
One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver., An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff., One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate. |
considering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Consider |
considerate |
adjective |
Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other., Having respect to; regardful. |
consignment |
noun |
The act of consigning; consignation., The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc., That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance., The writing by which anything is consigned. |
consilience |
noun |
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. |
consimility |
noun |
Common resemblance. |
consistence |
noun |
Alt. of Consistency |
consistency |
noun |
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity., A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude., That which stands together as a united whole; a combination., Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency., Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. |
consociated |
imp. & past participle |
of Consociate |
consolation |
noun |
The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit. |
consolatory |
adjective |
Of a consoling or comforting nature., That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. |
consolidant |
adjective |
Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm. |
consolidate |
adjective |
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated., To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm., To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic., To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound., To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. |
consonantal |
adjective |
Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants. |
consonantly |
adverb |
In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably. |
consortable |
adjective |
Suitable for association or companionship. |
consortship |
noun |
The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. |
conspecific |
adjective |
Of the same species. |
conspersion |
noun |
The act of sprinkling. |
conspicuity |
noun |
The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness. |
conspicuous |
adjective |
Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye., Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault. |
conspirator |
noun |
One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. |
conspurcate |
verb t. |
To pollute; to defile. |
constablery |
noun |
The constabulary., The district or jurisdiction of a constable. |
constabless |
noun |
The wife of a constable. |
constellate |
verb i. |
To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light., To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars., To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens. |
constipated |
imp. & past participle |
of Constipate |
constituent |
adjective |
Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component., Having the power of electing or appointing., The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs., That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element., One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; — correlative to representative., A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. |
constituted |
imp. & past participle |
of Constitute |
constituter |
noun |
One who constitutes or appoints. |
constrained |
imp. & past participle |
of Constrain, Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone. |
constrainer |
noun |
One who constrains. |
constricted |
imp. & past participle |
of Constrict, Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped., Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others. |
constrictor |
noun |
That which constricts, draws together, or contracts., A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter., A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor. |
constringed |
imp. & past participle |
of Constringe |
constructed |
imp. & past participle |
of Construct |
constructer |
noun |
One who, or that which, constructs or frames. |
constructor |
noun |
A constructer. |
constuprate |
verb t. |
To ravish; to debauch. |
consumingly |
adverb |
In a consuming manner. |
consummated |
imp. & past participle |
of Consummate |
consumption |
noun |
The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction., The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay., A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; — called also pulmonary consumption. |
consumptive |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting., Affected with, or inclined to, consumption., One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. |
contagioned |
adjective |
Affected by contagion. |
containable |
adjective |
Capable of being contained or comprised. |
containment |
noun |
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. |
contaminate |
verb t. |
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile., Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. |
contamitive |
adjective |
Tending or liable to contaminate. |
contemplant |
adjective |
Given to contemplation; meditative. |
contemplate |
verb t. |
To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study., To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend., To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate. |
contendress |
noun |
A female contestant. |
contenement |
noun |
That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance. |
contentious |
adjective |
Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome., Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention., Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. |
contentless |
adjective |
Discontented; dissatisfied. |
contentment |
verb t. |
The state of being contented or satisfied; content., The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible., Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. |
conterminal |
adjective |
Conterminous. |
contestable |
adjective |
Capable of being contested; debatable. |
contextural |
adjective |
Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. |
contextured |
adjective |
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. |
continental |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a continent., Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition., Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money., A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3. |
continently |
adverb |
In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately. |
contingence |
noun |
See Contingency. |
contingency |
noun |
Union or connection; the state of touching or contact., The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass., An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance., An adjunct or accessory., A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. |
continuable |
adjective |
Capable of being continued |
continually |
adverb |
Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually., In regular or repeated succession; very often. |
continuance |
noun |
A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay., Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation., A holding together; continuity., The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another., The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record. |
continuator |
noun |
One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. |
continuedly |
adverb |
Continuously. |
contorniate |
noun |
Alt. of Contorniate, A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; — supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. |
contrabasso |
noun |
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone. |
contracting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Contract |
contractile |
adjective |
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. |
contraction |
noun |
The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold., The process of shortening an operation., The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease., Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; — as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc., The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne’er for never; can’t for can not; don’t for do not; it’s for it is., A marriage contract. |
contractive |
adjective |
Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting. |
contracture |
noun |
A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles. |
contradance |
noun |
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. |
contrariant |
adjective |
Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. |
contrariety |
noun |
The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism., Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency. |
contrarious |
adjective |
Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. |
contrasting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Contrast |
contratenor |
noun |
Counter tenor; contralto. |
contravened |
imp. & past participle |
of Contravene |
contravener |
noun |
One who contravenes. |
contrayerva |
noun |
A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. |
contretemps |
noun |
An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch. |
contributed |
imp. & past participle |
of Contribute |
contributer |
noun |
One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine. |
contristate |
verb t. & i. |
To make sorrowful. |
contrivance |
noun |
The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning., The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement. |
controlling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Control |
controlment |
noun |
The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence., Opposition; resistance; hostility. |
controverse |
noun |
Controversy., To dispute; to controvert. |
controversy |
noun |
Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions., Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference., A suit in law or equity; a question of right. |
contubernal |
adjective |
Alt. of Contubernial |
contumacies |
plural |
of Contumacy |
convalesced |
imp. & past participle |
of Convalesce, Convalescent. |
convallaria |
noun |
The lily of the valley. |
convallarin |
noun |
A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley. |
convenience |
noun |
Alt. of Conveniency |
conveniency |
noun |
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety., Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation., That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one’s wants; an accommodation., A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one’s convenience. |
conventical |
adjective |
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. |
conventicle |
noun |
A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly., An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; — often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. |
convergence |
noun |
Alt. of Convergency |
convergency |
noun |
The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. |
conversable |
adjective |
Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. |
conversably |
adverb |
In a conversable manner. |
conversance |
noun |
The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. |
conversancy |
noun |
Conversance |
conversible |
adjective |
Capable of being converted or reversed. |
convertible |
adjective |
Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable., Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. |
convertibly |
adverb |
In a convertible manner. |
convexities |
plural |
of Convexity |
conveyancer |
noun |
One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. |
convicinity |
noun |
Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. |
convincible |
adjective |
Capable of being convinced or won over., Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. |
convivially |
adverb |
In a convivial manner. |
convocating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Convocate |
convocation |
noun |
The act of calling or assembling by summons., An assembly or meeting., An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs., An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. |
convolution |
noun |
The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion., The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself., An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain. |
convolvulin |
noun |
A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties. |
convolvulus |
noun |
A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea. |
cool-headed |
adjective |
Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. |
cooperating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cooperate |
cooperation |
noun |
The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor., The association of a number of persons for their benefit. |
cooperative |
adjective |
Operating jointly to the same end. |
coordinance |
noun |
Joint ordinance. |
coordinated |
imp. & past participle |
of Coordinate |
coparcenary |
noun |
Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. |
cope-chisel |
noun |
A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. |
copiousness |
noun |
The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. |
copper-nose |
noun |
A red nose. |
copperplate |
noun |
A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved., An impression on paper taken from such a plate. |
coppersmith |
noun |
One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. |
copple dust |
|
Cupel dust. |
copplestone |
noun |
A cobblestone. |
coprophagan |
noun |
A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung. |
coralliform |
adjective |
resembling coral in form. |
coralligena |
noun pl. |
Same as Anthozoa. |
corallinite |
noun |
A fossil coralline. |
coralloidal |
adjective |
resembling coral; coralloid. |
cordialness |
noun |
Cordiality. |
co-relation |
noun |
Corresponding relation. |
corivalship |
noun |
Joint rivalry. |
cork fossil |
|
A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork. |
corking pin |
|
A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman’s headdress to a cork mold. |
cormophytes |
noun pl. |
Alt. of Cormophyta |
corniferous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York. |
cornigerous |
adjective |
Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. |
cornsheller |
noun |
A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob. |
cornucopias |
plural |
of Cornucopia |
corollaries |
plural |
of Corollary |
corporality |
noun |
The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; — opposed to spirituality., A confraternity; a guild. |
corporately |
adverb |
In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body., In, or as regarda, the body. |
corporation |
noun |
A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual. |
corporature |
noun |
The state of being embodied; bodily existence. |
corporeally |
adverb |
In the body; in a bodily form or manner. |
corpulently |
adverb |
In a corpulent manner. |
corpuscular |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. |
correctible |
adjective |
Alt. of Correctable |
correctable |
adjective |
Capable of being corrected. |
correctness |
noun |
The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. |
correctress |
noun |
A woman who corrects. |
correlating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Correlate |
correlation |
noun |
Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. |
correlative |
adjective |
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation., One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing., The antecedent of a pronoun. |
corrigendum |
noun |
A fault or error to be corrected. |
corrivation |
noun |
The flowing of different streams into one. |
corroborant |
adjective |
Strengthening; supporting; corroborating., Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. |
corroborate |
verb t. |
To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen., To make more certain; to confirm; to establish., Corroborated. |
corrovaline |
noun |
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart. |
corrugating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Corrugate |
corrugation |
noun |
The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. |
corrumpable |
adjective |
Corruptible. |
corruptible |
adjective |
Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay., Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation., That which may decay and perish; the human body. |
corruptless |
adjective |
Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. |
corruptness |
noun |
The quality of being corrupt. |
corruptress |
noun |
A woman who corrupts. |
corticiform |
adjective |
Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind. |
coruscation |
noun |
A sudden flash or play of light., A flash of intellectual brilliancy. |
corymbosely |
adverb |
In corymbs. |
corypheuses |
plural |
of Corypheus |
coryphodont |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon. |
cosignitary |
adjective |
Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers., One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin. |
cosmogonist |
noun |
One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony. |
cosmogonies |
plural |
of Cosmogony |
cosmography |
noun |
A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. |
cosmologist |
noun |
One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology. |
cosmopolite |
noun |
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world., Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal., Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world., See Cosmopolitan. |
cosmosphere |
noun |
An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. |
cosmotheism |
noun |
Same as Pantheism. |
cosmothetic |
adjective |
Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. |
cosovereign |
noun |
A joint sovereign. |
costiferous |
adjective |
Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae. |
costiveness |
noun |
An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation., Inability to express one’s self; stiffness. |
co-sufferer |
noun |
One who suffers with another. |
cotemporary |
adjective |
Living or being at the same time; contemporary., One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary. |
coterminous |
adjective |
Bordering; conterminous; — followed by with. |
cothurnated |
adjective |
Wearing a cothurn., Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave. |
cotqueanity |
noun |
The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. |
cotyledonal |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. |
couch grass |
|
See Quitch grass. |
counselling |
|
of Counsel |
counselable |
adjective |
Willing to receive counsel or follow advice., Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. |
countenance |
verb t. |
To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet., To make a show of; to pretend. |
counterbore |
noun |
A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head., A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; — used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth., To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore. |
counterbuff |
verb t. |
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front., A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil. |
countercast |
noun |
A trick; a delusive contrivance. |
counterdrew |
imp. |
of Counterdraw |
counterdraw |
verb t. |
To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance. |
counterfeit |
adverb |
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed., Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin., Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist., That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart., That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit., One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat., To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person., To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc., To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend., To make counterfeits. |
counterfoil |
noun |
That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; — called also counterstock., The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued. |
counterfort |
noun |
A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall., A spur or projection of a mountain. |
countergage |
noun |
An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. |
countermand |
verb t. |
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods., To prohibit; to forbid., To oppose; to revoke the command of., A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. |
countermark |
noun |
A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths’ Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy., An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age., To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse’s teeth. |
countermine |
noun |
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy., A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated., To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine., To frustrate or counteract by secret measures., To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. |
countermove |
verb t. & i. |
To move in a contrary direction to., Alt. of Countermovement |
countermure |
noun |
A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure., To fortify with a wall behind another wall. |
counterpane |
noun |
A coverlet for a bed, — originally stitched or woven in squares or figures., A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; — now called counterpart. |
counterpart |
noun |
A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile., One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate., A person who closely resembles another., A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. |
counterplot |
verb t. |
To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem., A plot or artifice opposed to another. |
counterpole |
noun |
The exact opposite. |
counterseal |
verb t. |
To seal or ratify with another or others. |
countersign |
verb t. |
To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing., The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity., A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword. |
countersunk |
imp. & past participle |
of Countersink, Chamfered at the top; — said of a hole., Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt., Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead. |
countersink |
verb t. |
To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw., To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork., An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt., A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes. |
counterstep |
noun |
A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action. |
countersway |
noun |
A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. |
counterterm |
noun |
A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; — the opposite of synonym; as, “foe” is the counterterm of “friend”. |
countertime |
noun |
The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse., Resistance; opposition. |
counterturn |
noun |
The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. |
countervail |
verb t. |
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate., Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. |
counterview |
noun |
An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other., A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. |
countervote |
verb t. |
To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote. |
counterwait |
verb t. |
To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. |
counterwork |
verb t. |
To work in opposition to; to counteract. |
countrified |
p. adjective |
Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude. |
countryside |
noun |
A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. |
count-wheel |
noun |
The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
coupe-gorge |
noun |
Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. |
court-baron |
noun |
An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron’s court; — now fallen into disuse. |
court-craft |
noun |
The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. |
courteously |
adverb |
In a courteous manner. |
courtesying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Courtesy |
courtehouse |
noun |
A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings., A county town; — so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. |
courtliness |
noun |
The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners. |
covenanting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Covenant, Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. |
cover-point |
noun |
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports “point.” |
cover-shame |
noun |
Something used to conceal infamy. |
cowleeching |
noun |
Healing the distemper of cows. |
cow parsley |
|
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre). |
cow parsnip |
|
A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America). |
coxcombical |
adjective |
Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. |
crackleware |
noun |
See Crackle, n., 3. |
cracovienne |
noun |
A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time. |
cradgedness |
noun |
The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess. |
cranberries |
plural |
of Cranberry |
cranioclasm |
noun |
The crushing of a child’s head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. |
cranioclast |
noun |
An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases. |
craniognomy |
noun |
The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. |
craniometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the size of skulls. |
craniometry |
noun |
The art or act of measuring skulls. |
cranioscopy |
noun |
Scientific examination of the cranium. |
crateriform |
adjective |
Having the form of a shallow bowl; — said of a corolla. |
cream-faced |
adjective |
White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. |
cream-fruit |
noun |
A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice. |
cream-slice |
noun |
A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream. |
cream-white |
adjective |
As white as cream. |
creationism |
noun |
The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; — opposed to traducianism. |
creatorship |
noun |
State or condition of a creator. |
cratureless |
adjective |
Without created beings; alone. |
credibility |
noun |
The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses. |
credulously |
adverb |
With credulity. |
cremaillere |
noun |
An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment. |
cremasteric |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery. |
crematories |
plural |
of Crematory |
crematorium |
noun |
Alt. of Crematory |
crenelating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Crenelate |
crenelation |
noun |
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. |
crenulation |
noun |
A minute crenation., The state of being minutely scalloped. |
crepitating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Crepitate |
crepitation |
noun |
The act of crepitating or crackling., A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air., A crepitant rale. |
crepuscular |
adjective |
Alt. of Crepusculous |
crestfallen |
adjective |
With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed., Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; — said of a horse. |
crib-biting |
noun |
Same as Cribbing, 4. |
criminalist |
noun |
One versed in criminal law. |
criminality |
noun |
The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. |
criminating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Criminate |
crimination |
noun |
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. |
criminative |
adjective |
Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. |
criminatory |
adjective |
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience. |
criminology |
noun |
A treatise on crime or the criminal population. |
crinigerous |
adjective |
Bearing hair; hairy. |
crippleness |
noun |
Lameness. |
crithomancu |
noun |
A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims. |
criticaster |
noun |
A contemptible or vicious critic. |
criticising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Criticise |
crocidolite |
noun |
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; — called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers. |
crocodilian |
adjective |
Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile., One of the Crocodilia. |
crocodility |
noun |
A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. |
crookedness |
noun |
The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness. |
crop-tailed |
adjective |
Having the tail cropped. |
cross-armed |
adjective |
With arms crossed. |
crossbarred |
adjective |
Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars., Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin. |
cross-birth |
noun |
Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
crossbowman |
noun |
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest. |
crosslegged |
adjective |
Having the legs crossed. |
cross-spale |
noun |
Alt. of Cross-spall |
cross-spall |
noun |
One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl. |
cross-staff |
noun |
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies., A surveyor’s instrument for measuring offsets. |
cross-stone |
noun |
See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
crotaphitic |
noun |
Pertaining to the temple; temporal. |
crotonylene |
noun |
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid. |
crown wheel |
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A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; — called also a contrate wheel or face wheel. |
crow’s-feet |
plural |
of Crow’s-foot |
crow’s-foot |
noun |
The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes., A caltrop., Same as Bird’s-mouth. |
crow’s-nest |
noun |
A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout. |
cruciferous |
adjective |
Bearing a cross., Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc. |
crucifixion |
noun |
The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment., The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross., Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. |
crucigerous |
adjective |
Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. |
crustaceous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell., Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. |
cryohydrate |
noun |
A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. |
cryptically |
adverb |
Secretly; occultly. |
cryptogamia |
noun |
The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. |
cryptogamic |
adjective |
Alt. of Cryptogamous |
cryptograph |
noun |
Cipher; something written in cipher. |
crystalline |
adjective |
Consisting, or made, of crystal., Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture., Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized., Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid., A crystalline substance., See Aniline. |
crystallite |
noun |
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc. |
crystallize |
verb t. |
To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form., To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction. |
crystalloid |
adjective |
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal., A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; — opposed to colloid., One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; — called also protein crystal. |
ctenophoric |
adjective |
Alt. of Ctenophorous |
cubicalness |
noun |
The quality of being cubical. |
cucurbitive |
adjective |
Having the shape of a gourd seed; — said of certain small worms. |
culs-de-sac |
plural |
of Cul-de-sac |
cullibility |
noun |
Gullibility. |
culmiferous |
adjective |
Having jointed stems or culms., Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal. |
culminating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Culminate |
culmination |
noun |
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit., Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. |
culpability |
noun |
The state of being culpable. |
cultivating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cultivate |
cultivation |
noun |
The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage., Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care., The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture. |
cultureless |
adjective |
Having no culture. |
culverhouse |
noun |
A dovecote. |
cunningness |
noun |
Quality of being cunning; craft. |
cupellation |
noun |
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. |
cupriferous |
adjective |
Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver. |
curatorship |
noun |
The office of a curator. |
curialistic |
adjective |
Pertaining to a court., Relating or belonging to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church. |
curiosities |
plural |
of Curiosity |
curiousness |
noun |
Carefulness; painstaking., The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance., Inquisitiveness; curiosity. |
currentness |
noun |
The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception., Easiness of pronunciation; fluency. |
curriculums |
plural |
of Curriculum |
cursitating |
adjective |
Moving about slightly. |
cursoriness |
noun |
The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view. |
curtail dog |
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A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting. |
curtailment |
noun |
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. |
curvilinead |
noun |
An instrument for drawing curved lines. |
curvilineal |
adjective |
Alt. of Curvilinear |
curvilinear |
adjective |
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure. |
curvinerved |
adjective |
Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; — called also curvinervate and curve-veined. |
curviserial |
adjective |
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. |
cushionless |
adjective |
Hot furnished with a cushion. |
customarily |
adverb |
In a customary manner; habitually. |
customhouse |
noun |
The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared. |
cuttle bone |
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The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc. |
cycadaceous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example. |
cycloganoid |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei., One of the Cycloganoidei. |
cyclopaedia |
noun |
The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia. |
cyclopedist |
noun |
A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia. |
cyclostylar |
adjective |
Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. |
cylindrical |
adjective |
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. |
cymophanous |
adjective |
Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. |
cynanthropy |
noun |
A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal. |
cynicalness |
noun |
The quality of being cynical. |
cyperaceous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type. |
cyphonautes |
noun |
The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa. |
cyprinodont |
noun |
One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow. |
cypripedium |
noun |
A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady’s slipper. |
cypseliform |
adjective |
Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae.) |
cysticercus |
noun |
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; — called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). |
cystolithic |
adjective |
Relating to stone in the bladder. |
cytogenesis |
noun |
Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell. |
cytogenetic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development. |
czarowitzes |
plural |
of Czarowitz |