a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
antipolice
antipolice
adj
Opposed to or prejudiced against the police
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apoplectic
apoplectic
adj
(archaic) Effused with blood.
(medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
noun
A person suffering from apoplexy.
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apotihecal
cajeputole
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
noun
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capitoline
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
catchpoled
catoblepas
catoblepas
noun
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
celtophobe
cephalotus
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
cloverport
clypeolate
coleoptera
coleoptile
coleoptile
noun
(botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
collotyped
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
colpitises
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
colporteur
colporteur
noun
A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
compactile
compatable
compatable
adj
Misspelling of compatible.
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compellent
competible
competible
adj
(obsolete) Compatible
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
compleated
compleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compleat
complected
complected
adj
(US, in combination) Having a specified complexion; complexioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complect
complement
complement
noun
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
verb
(obsolete) Old form of compliment
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
completely
completely
adv
(degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
(manner) In a complete manner
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completest
completest
adj
superlative form of complete: most complete
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
completory
completory
adj
Serving to fulfil.
noun
A compline.
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
complotted
complotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complot
complotter
complotter
noun
One who complots; a conspirator.
compostela
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
conceptual
conceptual
adj
Of or relating to conceptualism.
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
coppaelite
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
coreplasty
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
coupleteer
coupleteer
noun
One who writes couplets.
cryptolite
ctenoplana
despotical
despotical
adj
Despotic.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
dodecuplet
dodecuplet
noun
(music) A group of twelve notes, typically to be played in place of eight
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
entoptical
entoptical
adj
Alternative form of entoptic
eolotropic
eolotropic
adj
Alternative spelling of aeolotropic
epiglottic
epiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
epitomical
epitomical
adj
epitomic
epollicate
epollicate
adj
Not pollicate.
eucalyptol
eucalyptol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
extropical
geopolitic
geopolitic
adj
Alternative form of geopolitical
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
hepatocele
hepatocele
noun
(medicine) hernia of the liver
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptacolic
hypothecal
hypothecal
adj
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
incomplete
incomplete
adj
(botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Not complete; not finished
noun
(Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
(Usenet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
A designation of being incomplete.
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
lactoscope
lactoscope
noun
An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity
laeotropic
laeotropic
adj
Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral)
lecotropal
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leiotropic
leptochroa
leptoclase
leptoclase
noun
(geology) A thin fracture, in sedimentary rocks, either normal or oblique to the bedding plane
leptomatic
leptorchis
leptosomic
leucoplast
leucoplast
noun
(biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.
lipopectic
lithoscope
lithoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the refractive indices of crystal materials.
lumpectomy
lumpectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
lymphocyte
lymphocyte
noun
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.
mercaptole
mercaptole
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) dithioketal
metropolic
neoplastic
neoplastic
adj
of or relating to a neoplasm, neoplastics, neoplasty or neoplasia
opalescent
opalescent
adj
Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.
operatical
operatical
adj
Alternative form of operatic
operculata
operculate
operculate
adj
Having an operculum.
noun
Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum
otocephaly
otocephaly
noun
A lethal cephalic disorder involving the total or near-total absence of the lower jaw.
pachnolite
pachnolite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
pectorales
pectoralis
pectoralis
noun
(anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight
pectorally
pectorally
adv
In a pectoral manner; in connection with the breast.
peculation
peculation
noun
(law, chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
peculators
peculators
noun
plural of peculator
peptolytic
peptolytic
adj
Relating to peptolysis.
percolated
percolated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of percolate
percolates
percolates
noun
plural of percolate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of percolate
percolator
percolator
noun
A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
perlection
perlection
noun
the reading through of something.
petrolific
petrolific
adj
Yielding petroleum.
petrologic
petrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
phonetical
phonetical
adj
of, or pertaining to phonetics.
photocells
photocells
noun
plural of photocell
pinacolate
pinacolate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of pinacol in which an atom is attached to the two oxygen atoms of pinacol
placentoid
placentoma
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
plecoptera
plecotinae
plectopter
pleomastic
pleonastic
pleonastic
adj
(grammar) Redundant.
(linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.
(not comparable) Of, or relating to pleonasm.
pleonectic
pleonectic
adj
Greedy; covetous.
pleromatic
pleromatic
adj
Pertaining to pleroma.
pleuronect
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
pocketable
pocketable
adj
Able to be put in one's pocket
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketless
pocketless
adj
Without pockets.
pocketlike
pocketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pocket.
pocketsful
podothecal
poecilitic
poecilitic
adj
(geology) Mottled with various colours; variegated; spotted.
(geology, specifically) Of or relating to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colours.
poetically
poetically
adv
In a poetic manner.
polatouche
polatouche
noun
A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.
polemicist
polemicist
noun
A person who puts forward controversial views
A person who writes polemics
politicise
politicise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of politicize.
politicize
politicize
verb
(intransitive) To discuss politics
(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue
(transitive) To make someone politically active or aware
politicked
politicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of politic
simple past tense and past participle of politick
politicker
politicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A politician; one who employs politics.
One who politicks; one who engages in politicking to increase their stature or power within a (non-governmental) business, organization, profession, etc.
politicoes
polyactine
polyactine
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
polychaeta
polychaeta
noun
Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta
polychaete
polychaete
noun
Alternative spelling of polychete
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.