A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adderspit
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
aftership
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
airstrips
airstrips
noun
plural of airstrip
alipteria
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
ametropia
ametropia
noun
(medicine) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability.
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia
amphitron
amphitruo
anatropia
anatropia
noun
(medicine) A disorder of the vision. Deviation of the visual axis of one eye upwards when the other eye is fixing; anaphoria.
(medicine) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
anotropia
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anticreep
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antipater
antipolar
antipolar
adj
Diametrically opposed.
Relating to or located at an antipole.
antiprime
antiprime
noun
(number theory) Synonym of highly composite number
antiprism
antiprism
noun
A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
antipyrin
antipyrin
noun
Alternative form of antipyrine
antipyryl
antitrope
antitropy
antitropy
noun
(botany) A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apatornis
apenteric
aperients
aperients
noun
plural of aperient
aperitifs
aperitifs
noun
plural of aperitif
aperitive
aperitive
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
aphrizite
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
aphrolite
apiarists
apiarists
noun
plural of apiarist
aplustria
apolarity
apolarity
noun
The condition of being apolar
aportoise
apparitor
apparitor
noun
(historical) An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
appertain
appertain
verb
To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
appertise
appetiser
appetiser
noun
Alternative spelling of appetizer.
appetizer
appetizer
noun
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
appointer
appointer
noun
A person who appoints (in any sense).
appointor
appointor
noun
(law) The person who selects the appointee.
apportion
apportion
verb
(transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
aprilette
apriorist
apriorist
noun
(philosophy) A believer in apriorism.
apriority
apriority
noun
(philosophy) The quality or state of being known a priori
arapahite
arapahite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.
arhatship
arhatship
Noun
The state of being an arhat.
arreption
arreption
noun
(obsolete) The act of taking away.
aspirants
aspirants
noun
plural of aspirant
aspiratae
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
aspirates
aspirates
noun
plural of aspirate
aspirator
aspirator
noun
A pooter (device for collecting insects).
A pump for removing gases or liquids.
A pump which draws gas through a liquid.
astrophil
astrophil
noun
Obsolete form of astrophile.
athrepsia
athrepsia
noun
(pathology) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
atriopore
atriopore
noun
a hole in a lancelet through which water exits the body
atrophias
atrophias
noun
plural of atrophia
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
atropidae
atropines
atropines
noun
plural of atropine
atropisms
backstrip
bapistery
baptistry
baptistry
noun
(Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.
An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion.
baptizers
baptizers
noun
plural of baptizer
baptornis
belesprit
bephilter
bepicture
bipartile
bipartile
adj
divisible into two parts
bipartite
bipartite
adj
(botany, of leaves) Divided into two at the base.
(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)
(of an agreement or contract) Having two participants; joint.
Having two parts.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bootprint
bootprint
noun
The impression left by a boot while walking
bothropic
bothropic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.
bowsprits
bowsprits
noun
plural of bowsprit
bramantip
breastpin
breastpin
noun
An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
bridgepot
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
buprestis
cantraips
cantraips
noun
plural of cantraip
capacitor
capacitor
noun
(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
caphtorim
capitular
capitular
adj
(botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
noun
a member of a chapter
an act passed in a chapter
the head or prominent part
caprizant
caprizant
adj
(pathology, of a pulse, obsolete, rare) Having irregular, leaping beats.
captainry
captainry
noun
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carpathia
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carpolite
carpolite
noun
(dated) A fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
carpolith
carpolith
noun
Synonym of carpolite
catharpin
catharpin
noun
(nautical) A short rope, or iron cramp, used to stop the shrouds interfering with the yards.
catoptric
catoptric
adj
Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections.
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapitral
chiropter
chiropter
noun
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
chirotype
chirpiest
chirpiest
adj
superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
christoph
citropsis
citropten
citropten
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin, 5,7-dimethoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one found in oil of yellow citron.
compotier
compotier
noun
A dish for holding fruit or compotes.
compriest
compromit
compromit
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To compromise.
(obsolete, transitive) To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
conscript
conscript
adj
Drafted into a military service or similar.
Enrolled; written; registered.
noun
A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang.
One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
verb
(transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
cooperite
cooperite
noun
(mineralogy) A grey mineral consisting mostly of platinum sulfide (PtS).
copatriot
copatriot
noun
A joint patriot.
coportion
coportion
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) equal share
coprolite
coprolite
noun
A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
coprolith
coprolith
noun
(rare) coprolite
fecaloma
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
cotripper
courtship
courtship
noun
(by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
(countable, uncountable, obsolete) Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy.
(figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
(obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.
(uncountable, obsolete) The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft.
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
crappiest
crappiest
adj
superlative form of crappy: most crappy
creepiest
creepiest
adj
superlative form of creepy: most creepy
crepeiest
crepitant
crepitant
adj
crackling; rattling
crepitate
crepitate
verb
(medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.
(medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate.
crepitous
crepitous
adj
grating, crackling or popping
crimpiest
crispated
crispated
adj
crispate
crispiest
crispiest
adj
superlative form of crispy: most crispy
cristophe
crotaphic
croupiest
croupiest
adj
superlative form of croupy: most croupy
cryptical
cryptical
adj
cryptic
cryptopin
cupertino
cypriotes
dandiprat
dandiprat
noun
(dated) An insignificant or contemptible person
(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
deperdite
depicters
depicters
noun
plural of depicter
depictors
depictors
noun
plural of depictor
depicture
depicture
noun
(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
(transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
(transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
(transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
depilator
depilator
noun
One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair.
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
depositor
depositor
noun
A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.