(astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
apices
apices
noun
plural of apex
apidae
apiece
apiece
adv
Each by itself; for or to each one
apinae
apiole
apiole
noun
(organic chemistry) A phenylpropene found in the essential oil (apiol) of parsley
apiose
apiose
noun
(biochemistry) A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants
aplace
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
aplome
aplome
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.
apneal
apneal
adj
Alternative form of apnoeal
apneas
apneas
noun
plural of apnea
apneic
apneic
adj
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
apnoea
apnoea
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of apnea
apodes
apodes
noun
plural of apode
apogee
apogee
noun
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
(astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
(figuratively) The highest point.
(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
apoise
apoise
adv
poised; balanced
apozem
apozem
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
appale
appeal
appeal
noun
(cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
(figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
(figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
(historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
(historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
(historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
(historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
(rhetoric) A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
verb
(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
(intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
(intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
(intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
(intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
(transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
(transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
(transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
(transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
(transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
appear
appear
verb
(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
(intransitive) To come before the public.
(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
(intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
(transitive) To bring into view.
appels
appels
noun
plural of appel
append
append
noun
(computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
verb
(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
appere
appert
appete
appled
appled
adj
Made from or flavored by apples.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apple
apples
apples
noun
(Australia, Australian rhyming slang) Nice, fine.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Stairs. Clipping of apples and pears.
(slang) Testicles.
plural of apple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apple
appose
appose
verb
(transitive) To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
(transitive) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
aprile
aptate
aptera
aptest
aptest
adj
superlative form of apt: most apt
aptote
aptote
noun
(grammar, obsolete) A noun (broadly speaking) which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
apulse
apulse
adj
Pulsing.
arispe
arpens
arpens
noun
plural of arpen
arpent
arpent
noun
A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.
A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
arrope
arrope
noun
A form of grape concentrate, typically produced in Spain, made by boiling unfermented grape juice into a syrup. It may be added to dark, sweet wines.
ascape
asleep
asleep
adj
(euphemistic) Dead.
(of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
(slang) Inattentive.
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
aslope
aslope
adj
(archaic) Slanted or sloping.
adv
(archaic, figurative) In an unintended or unfavourable direction.
prep
(archaic) Diagonally over or across.
aspace
aspect
aspect
noun
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
(rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
(religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
One's appearance or expression.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
verb
(Wicca) To channel a divine being.
(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
(obsolete) To look at.
aspens
aspens
noun
plural of aspen
aspern
aspers
aspers
noun
plural of asper
aspide
aspire
aspire
verb
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
(intransitive, archaic, literary) To move upward; to be very tall.
(transitive, obsolete) To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
asteep
atopen
atopen
noun
(obsolete, immunology) Anything that induces an atopic allergy
auspex
awhape
awhape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
bebops
bebops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bebop
bebump
bebump
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
becaps
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
bedamp
bedamp
verb
(transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
bedcap
bedpad
bedpan
bedpan
noun
A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
bedrip
bedrip
noun
(UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
(UK dialectal) A crowd.
verb
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
bedrop
bedrop
verb
(archaic) To cover with drops; to splash or spatter.
beeped
beeped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beep
beeper
beeper
noun
A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
A simple computer speaker.
beflap
behelp
behelp
verb
(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
bejape
bejape
verb
(transitive, rare, UK dialectal) To play a trick on; trick or befool.
beleap
beleap
verb
(transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover.
belpre
bepaid
bepale
bepart
bepelt
bepelt
verb
(transitive) To pelt soundly.
bepile
bepill
bepity
bepity
verb
(archaic) To pity greatly.
bepray
bepuff
bepuff
verb
(archaic) To puff out.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
berapt
beslap
beslap
verb
(transitive) To slap around or about; slap all over; slap soundly or completely.
besped
besped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeed
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bespin
bespin
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
bespot
bespot
verb
(transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
betrap
betrap
verb
(transitive) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
(transitive) To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.
beweep
beweep
verb
(intransitive) To weep.
(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
bewept
bewept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beweep
bewrap
bewrap
verb
(obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
biceps
biceps
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
(prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
bipeds
bipeds
noun
plural of biped
bleeps
bleeps
noun
plural of bleep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleep
blypes
blypes
noun
plural of blype
bopeep
bopeep
noun
Alternative form of bo-peep
bopped
bopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bop
bopper
bopper
noun
(informal, dated) A person who dances the bop.
bumped
bumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bump
bumpee
bumpee
noun
An airline passenger who is bumped to a later flight.
bumper
bumper
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
noun
(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
Someone or something that bumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
burped
burped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burp
camped
camped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camp
camper
camper
adj
comparative form of camp: more camp
noun
(video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
cample
cample
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To contend; argue; talk noisily.
canape
canape
noun
Alternative spelling of canapé
capels
capels
noun
plural of capel
capers
capers
noun
plural of caper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caper
capite
capite
noun
(historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.
caplet
caplet
noun
(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
capone
capote
capote
noun
(historical) A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
(historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
A long coat or cloak with a hood.
cappae
cappae
noun
plural of cappa
capped
capped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cap
capper
capper
noun
(Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer.
(US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".