| bryophytic | (adjective) relating to plants of the division Bryophyta | - |
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| bunchy | (adjective) occurring close together in bunches or clusters | - |
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| bushy | (adjective) resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading | - |
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| (adjective) used of hair; thick and poorly groomed | Synonyms: shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired, shaggy |
| cacography | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: scratch, scrawl, scribble |
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| calligraphy | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: chirography, penmanship |
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| campeachy | (noun) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree |
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| carbohydrate | (noun) an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: saccharide, sugar |
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| cardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: electrocardiography |
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| cardiomyopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: myocardiopathy |
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| cardiopathy | (noun) a disease of the heart | Synonyms: heart disease |
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| cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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| caryophyllaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae | - |
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| cataphyll | (noun) a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development | - |
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| catathymia | (noun) A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions. | - |
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| catchy | (adjective) likely to attract attention | Synonyms: attention-getting |
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| (adjective) having concealed difficulty | Synonyms: tricky |
| cerography | (noun) the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping. | - |
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| chinchy | (adjective) embarrassingly stingy | Synonyms: cheap, chintzy |
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| chirography | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, penmanship |
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| chlorenchyma | (noun) parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts | - |
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| chlorophyl | (noun) any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms | Synonyms: chlorophyll |
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| chlorophyll | (noun) any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms | Synonyms: chlorophyl |
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| chlorophyllose | (adjective) relating to or being or containing chlorophyll | Synonyms: chlorophyllous |
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| chlorophyllous | (adjective) relating to or being or containing chlorophyll | Synonyms: chlorophyllose |
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| chlorophyte | (noun) algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water | Synonyms: green algae |
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| cholangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | - |
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| chondrodystrophy | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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| (noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
| (noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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| chylaceous | (adjective) consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | Synonyms: chylous |
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| chyle | (noun) a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats | - |
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| chylifactive | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactory, chylific |
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| chylifactory | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactive, chylific |
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| chyliferous | (adjective) transmitting chyle | - |
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| chylific | (adjective) producing or converting into chyle | Synonyms: chylifactive, chylifactory |
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| chyloderma | (noun) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction | Synonyms: elephantiasis scroti |
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| chylomicron | (noun) a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood | - |
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| chylous | (adjective) consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | Synonyms: chylaceous |
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| chyme | (noun) a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum | - |
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| chymosin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: rennin |
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| cinematography | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography |
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| cladophyll | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladode, phylloclad, phylloclade |
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| coelophysis | (noun) one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic | - |
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| cosmography | (noun) a representation of the earth or the heavens | - |
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| (noun) the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) | - |
| couthy | (adjective) (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial | Synonyms: couthie |
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| creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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| cryopathy | (noun) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene | Synonyms: frostbite |
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| cryptography | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: coding, secret writing, steganography |
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| (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology |
| cryptophyte | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptomonad |
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| crystallography | (noun) the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals | - |
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| cushy | (adjective) not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | Synonyms: easygoing, soft |
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| cyanohydrin | (noun) any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom | - |
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| cyanophyte | (adjective) relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria | Synonyms: cyanobacterial |
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| cyclothymia | (noun) a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time | Synonyms: cyclic disorder, cyclothymic disorder |
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| cyclothymic | (adjective) of or relating to or exhibiting cyclothymia | - |
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| dehydrate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: desiccate, dry up, exsiccate |
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| (verb) remove water from | Synonyms: desiccate |
| (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: desiccate |
| dehydrated | (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: desiccated, dried |
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| (adjective) suffering from excessive loss of water from the body | - |
| dehydration | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: desiccation, drying up, evaporation |
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| (noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: desiccation |
| (noun) depletion of bodily fluids | - |
| dehydrogenate | (verb) remove hydrogen from | - |
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| dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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| demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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| deoxythymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: thymidine |
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| dermatophytosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatomycosis |
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| diaphyseal | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphysial |
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| diaphysial | (adjective) relating to the diaphysis of a bone | Synonyms: diaphyseal |
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| diaphysis | (noun) the main (mid) section of a long bone | Synonyms: shaft |
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| diarchy | (noun) a form of government having two joint rulers | Synonyms: dyarchy |
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| diethylmalonylurea | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, veronal |
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| diethylstilbesterol | (noun) synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | Synonyms: DES, stilbesterol |
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| diethylstilbestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| diethylstilboestrol | (noun) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry | Synonyms: DES, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol |
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| dihybrid | (noun) a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each | - |
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| dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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| dihydroxyphenylalanine | (noun) amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | Synonyms: dopa |
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| dimenhydrinate | (noun) antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Dramamine |
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| dimethylglyoxime | (noun) a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel | - |
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| dinghy | (noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | Synonyms: dory, rowboat |
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| diphenhydramine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Benadryl |
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| diphenylhydantoin | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative | Synonyms: Dilantin, phenytoin |
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| discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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| dishy | (adjective) (informal British) sexually attractive | - |
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| dithyramb | (noun) (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) | - |
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| (noun) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing | - |
| dithyrambic | (adjective) of or in the manner of a dithyramb | - |
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| doughy | (adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking | Synonyms: soggy |
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| duchy | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: dukedom |
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| dyarchy | (noun) a form of government having two joint rulers | Synonyms: diarchy |
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| dysthymia | (noun) mild chronic depression | Synonyms: dysthymic depression |
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| dystrophy | (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition | - |
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| (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Synonyms: muscular dystrophy |
| earthy | (adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, gross, vulgar |
| (adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature | - |
| (adjective) sensible and practical | Synonyms: down-to-earth |
| (adjective) hearty and lusty | - |
| ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
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| (noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
| echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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| echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
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| echography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound |
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| ectomorphy | (noun) slender, weak, and lightweight | Synonyms: asthenic type |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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| empathy | (noun) understanding and entering into another's feelings | - |
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| emphysema | (noun) an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age | Synonyms: pulmonary emphysema |
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