A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
amputee
amputee
noun
A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
ampyces
ampyxes
apemius
apertum
aphemia
aphemia
noun
A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
apodema
apodema
noun
Alternative form of apodeme
apodeme
apodeme
noun
(anatomy) An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.
apostem
apothem
apothem
noun
(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
(geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
apotome
apotome
noun
(mathematics, geometry) The difference between two quantities or lengths commensurable only in power, as between 1 and the square root of 2, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
(zoology) A distinct division of an insect which is divided from the other divisions by a pinch point.
apozema
appaume
attempt
attempt
noun
An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
The action of trying at something.
verb
(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
(archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
(obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
To try.
becramp
bedlamp
bedlamp
noun
A bedside lamp.
bestamp
campane
campane
noun
(heraldry, usually in the plural) A bell.
(rare) A bell-shaped vessel forming the upper part of an alembic.
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
campine
campine
Proper noun
A region to the east of the city of Antwerp, Belgium (in the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg), and southwest of Eindhoven, the Netherlands (in the province of North Brabant).
Noun
A chicken of a breed originating from the aforementioned region.
campney
capemay
champed
champed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champ
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
clamped
clamped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clamp
clamper
clamper
noun
(electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
One who, or that which, clamps.
verb
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
To complain in an irritating manner.
To crimp.
To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
compage
compage
noun
(obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
(obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
compare
compare
noun
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable) Comparison.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
compear
compear
verb
(law, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
(obsolete) To appear before.
copeman
copeman
noun
(obsolete) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
cramped
cramped
adj
Illegible.
Overcrowded or congested.
Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cramp
cramper
crampet
crampet
noun
(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
(military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.
cupmate
cupmate
noun
A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
dampens
dampens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dampen
dampers
dampers
noun
plural of damper
dampest
dampest
adj
superlative form of damp: most damp
dampier
dampier
Proper noun
A port in the north-west of Western Australia
decamps
decamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decamp
dewdamp
dumpage
dumpage
noun
A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.
A heap of dumped matter.
The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter.
empaled
empaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empale
empaler
empaler
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
empales
empales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empale
empanel
empanel
noun
(law) A list of jurors; a panel.
verb
Alternative spelling of impanel
empaper
empasma
empasma
noun
Alternative form of empasm
empathy
empathy
noun
(obsolete slang) MDMA.
(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
empearl
empearl
verb
Alternative form of impearl
emphase
emplace
emplace
verb
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
emplane
emplane
verb
Alternative form of enplane
emplead
emplead
verb
(archaic, transitive) To accuse; to indict.
empodia
empodia
noun
plural of empodium
emporia
emporia
noun
plural of emporium
empresa
empusae
empusae
noun
plural of empusa
empyema
empyema
noun
(medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
encamps
encamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encamp
enstamp
enstamp
verb
(transitive) To stamp or mark; to impress deeply.
ephraim
epigram
epigram
noun
(obsolete) An inscription in stone.
A brief but witty saying.
A short, witty or pithy poem.
example
example
noun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
A person punished as a warning to others.
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
verb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
exempla
exempla
noun
plural of exemplum
fapesmo
gramper
hampden
hampden
Proper noun
A town in Maine
A town and county in Massachusetts
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A settlement in New Zealand
A city in North Dakota
A township municipality in Quebec, Canada
hampers
hampers
noun
plural of hamper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamper
haplome
haplome
noun
(genetics) A haplotype contig
hemapod
heppman
humpage
hyphema
hyphema
noun
(pathology) The presence of blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
impages
impaled
impaled
adj
Pinned to something by piercing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impale
impaler
impaler
noun
One who impales.
impales
impales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impale
impanel
impanel
verb
To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
impasse
impasse
noun
(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
impaste
impaste
verb
(art) To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.
(transitive, archaic) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
impeach
impeach
verb
(law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
impearl
impearl
verb
(transitive, poetic) To decorate as if with pearls.
(transitive, poetic) To form into pearls, or make pearly.
imperia
imperia
noun
plural of imperium
impeyan
implate
implate
verb
(transitive) To cover with plates; to sheathe.
implead
implead
verb
(law) to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant
impresa
impresa
noun
(heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
ipomoea
ipomoea
noun
(botany) Any of various twining plants of the genus Ipomoea with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.
lampate
lampate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A supposed salt of lampic acid.
lampern
lampern
noun
1382, Wyclif's Bible, prologue to Job, page 671:
1589, Thomas Coghan, Haven of Health (1636), page 165:
1799, John Price, The Worcester Guide, page 55:
1936, Charles Tate Regan, Natural History, Ward Lock, page 194:
1956, R. Morris, "The Osmoregulatory Ability of the Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis L.) in Sea Water during the Course of Its Spawning Migration", Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 33, page 235:
The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.
lampers
lampers
noun
Alternative form of lampas
lampert
lamplet
lamplet
noun
A little lamp.
lampmen
lampmen
noun
plural of lampman
lamprel
lamprel
noun
(obsolete) The lamprey.
lampret
lamprey
lamprey
noun
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.
lempira
lempira
noun
The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos.
lepisma
leproma
leproma
noun
(pathology) An area of inflammation in the skin symptomatic of leprosy
lipemia
lipemia
noun
(medicine, pathology) An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.
lopeman
lopeman
noun
(obsolete) A tightrope walker.
magpied
magpied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magpie
magpies
magpies
noun
plural of magpie
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magpie
maipure
makeups
makeups
noun
plural of makeup
maniple
maniple
noun
(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.
(Christianity, chiefly historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.
(obsolete) A handful.
(obsolete, informal) A hand; a fist.
manrope
manrope
noun
(nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
mapache
maplike
maplike
adj
Having the characteristics of a map.
mappers
mappers
noun
plural of mapper
mapuche
mapwise
mapwise
adv
In terms of a map.
In the manner of a map.
mashpee
mashpee
Proper noun
A town in Massachusetts.
maspero
maypole
maypole
noun
(euphemistic) A penis, especially a large one.
(idiomatic) A very tall girl or young lady.
(ornithology) A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
mazeppa
megapod
megapod
noun
megapode
meropia
meropia
noun
Partial blindness
metepas
metopae
mispage
mispage
verb
(transitive) To paginate incorrectly.
mophead
mophead
noun
Alternative spelling of mop head
morphea
morphea
noun
(medicine) localized scleroderma
mpangwe
nymphae
nymphae
noun
plural of nympha
omphale
packmen
packmen
noun
plural of packman
paestum
paestum
Proper noun
(the site of) a Graeco-Roman city on the coast of present-day Campania
pagedom
pagedom
noun
The realm or sphere of pages (serving-boys).
palamae
paleman
palermo
palermo
Proper noun
A province of Sicily, Italy.
The capital city of the province of Palermo and of Sicily.
A district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
palmate
palmate
adj
(botany) (leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
(chiefly botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
(rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
(rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.
palmers
palmers
noun
plural of palmer
palmery
palmery
noun
A palm tree plantation.
palmier
palmier
adj
comparative form of palmy: more palmy
noun
A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
palmite
palmite
noun
Ellipsis of palmite rush. (Prionium serratum), a robust evergreen semiaquatic flowering plant of southern Africa.
palmore
pamella
pamment
pampean
pampean
adj
Relating to the pampas.
noun
A native or inhabitant of the pampas.
pampero
pampero
noun
A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.