In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
alcapton
alcapton
noun
Alternative spelling of alkapton
aleiptes
aleiptic
alkapton
alkapton
noun
homogentisic acid
allopath
allopath
Noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allotype
allotype
noun
(biochemistry) A genetically determined variant of the amino acid sequence of a protein.
(immunology) An immunoglobulin allotype; the allele of the antibody chains found in an individual.
(zoology, taxonomy) A designated paratype of a species (or lower-order taxon) that is the opposite sex of the holotype.
allotypy
allotypy
noun
The occurrence of multiple allotypes within a single individual.
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
alpinist
alpinist
adj
(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.
Of or pertaining to alpinism.
noun
(skiing) Synonym of alpine skier
(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.
(sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
ampelite
ampelite
noun
(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
(mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
ampliate
ampliate
adj
(zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To enlarge.
ampulate
antelope
antelope
noun
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
(archaic, mythology) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
antilope
antipill
antipill
adj
(finance) Opposing a poison pill.
(not comparable) Preventing or countering the formation of pills on fabric.
Opposing the contraceptive pill.
antipole
antipole
noun
(geography) The opposite pole.
(geometry) A position directly opposite (possibly also used figuratively).
antipolo
antipolo
noun
(archaic) The breadfruit tree.
antipool
antipool
adj
Synonym of antipooling
antislip
antislip
adj
Preventing slipping.
anviltop
apetalae
apholate
aplastic
aplastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to aplasia.
(pathology) Relating to the inability of the body to create new cells, such that tissue cannot grow or regenerate.
aplotomy
aplustra
aplustre
aplustre
noun
(historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
apoblast
apolista
apostils
apostils
noun
plural of apostil
apostles
apostles
noun
(law) Letters dismissory.
plural of apostle
apostoli
applenut
appleton
appleton
Proper noun
Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.
a village in Oxfordshire. Originally in Berkshire.
a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire.
A town in Maine.
A city in Minnesota.
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
A city in Wisconsin
from either of the places.
appliant
apterial
apteryla
aptyalia
aptyalia
noun
(medicine) Reduced secretion of saliva.
armplate
armplate
noun
Plate armour worn on one's arms.
ashplant
ashplant
noun
(Ireland) A walking stick.
A stick kept for administering corporal punishment, a cane.
An ash sapling.
aspartyl
aspartyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical obtained by removal of a hydrogen atom from the carboxylic acid group of aspartic acid
asphalts
asphalts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphalt
atriplex
atypical
atypical
adj
Not conforming to the normal type.
Unusual or irregular.
noun
(pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.
autopolo
autoslip
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
bagplant
baldpate
baldpate
noun
A bald-headed person.
A bird, the American wigeon (Anas americana).
baptlsta
bedplate
bedplate
noun
(engineering) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed.
bellport
betipple
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
bluetops
bluetops
noun
plural of bluetop
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bullpout
bullpout
noun
Any of various bullheads (fish).
calapite
calotype
calotype
noun
A talbotype
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltraps
caltraps
noun
plural of caltrap
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
caluptra
calypter
calypter
noun
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
calyptra
calyptra
noun
(botany) Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
(botany) any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers
(entomology) In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
calyptro
capelets
capelets
noun
plural of capelet
capellet
capellet
noun
A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
capitals
capitals
noun
plural of capital
capitola
capitols
capitols
noun
plural of capitol
capitoul
capitoul
noun
(historical) The former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France.
capitula
capitula
noun
plural of capitulum
catalpas
catalpas
noun
plural of catalpa
catapult
catapult
noun
(UK) A slingshot.
(figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
verb
(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
(intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
(transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
(transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
(transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
centuple
centuple
adj
Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
verb
(intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
centuply
centuply
adv
One hundredfold.
chalkpit
chalkpit
noun
A quarry where chalk is found.
chapelet
chapelet
noun
A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
chapitle
chaplets
chaplets
noun
plural of chaplet
chaptrel
chaptrel
noun
(architecture, obsolete) An impost.
clapholt
clapnest
clapnest
noun
A form of clap net used to capture ground-nesting birds
clapotis
claptrap
claptrap
noun
(historical) A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug.
Empty verbiage or nonsense.
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
clodpate
clodpate
noun
A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
clypeate
clypeate
adj
(botany) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
(zoology) Furnished with a protective plate or shell.
coalpits
coalpits
noun
plural of coalpit
coalport
colpitis
colpitis
noun
inflammation of the vagina
colstrip
coltpixy
coltpixy
noun
Alternative form of coltpixie
compital
compital
adj
(botany) Of the vein of a leaf, intersecting at a wide angle.
Of or pertaining to crossroads.
complant
compleat
compleat
verb
(Late Modern) Archaic spelling of complete.
complect
complect
verb
(archaic, transitive) To embrace.
(archaic, transitive) To join by weaving.
complete
complete
adj
(algebra, of a lattice) In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
(computing theory, of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).
(logic, of a proof system of a formal system with respect to a given semantics) In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.
(mathematical analysis, of a metric space) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
(mathematics, of a category) In which all small limits exist.
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
Generic intensifier.
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
noun
A completed survey.
verb
(poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
(transitive, intransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
complots
complots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complot
comptrol
comptrol
noun
Archaic form of control.
conepatl
conepatl
noun
(obsolete) A kind of skunk.
copalite
copalite
noun
Synonym of copaline
copelata
copelate
copilots
copilots
noun
plural of copilot
copulate
copulate
adj
(grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
(obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
verb
(somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.
coupelet
couplets
couplets
noun
plural of couplet
culprits
culprits
noun
plural of culprit
cupulate
cupulate
adj
Cup-shaped.
Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
cytophil
cytophil
adj
Alternative form of cytophile
decuplet
decuplet
noun
(music) A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
(physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time.
depilate
depilate
verb
To remove hair from the body.
depleted
depleted
adj
Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplete
depletes
depletes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplete
depoliti
dioptral
dioptral
adj
Synonym of dioptric
diplomat
diplomat
noun
(figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
diplonts
diplonts
noun
plural of diplont
dipteral
dipteral
adj
Belonging to the order of insects Diptera.
Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear, often said of a temple.
Having two wings only.
dispetal
displant
displant
verb
(transitive, archaic) To remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
dogplate
droplets
droplets
noun
plural of droplet
drupelet
drupelet
noun
(botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.
dullpate
ecliptic
ecliptic
adj
Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.
noun
(astronomy) Also, the plane in which this great circle lies.
(astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
(geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
ectoloph
ectoloph
noun
A ridge or crest on an upper molar tooth of a horse or rhinoceros.
ecttypal
eelpouts
eelpouts
noun
plural of eelpout
eggplant
eggplant
noun
(Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
(skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
elephant
elephant
noun
(Britain, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
(paper, printing) Synonym of elephant paper
(uncountable, obsolete) Ivory.
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
elliptic
elliptic
adj
(botany, of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.
elpidite
elpidite
Noun
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
endplate
endplate
noun
(anatomy) A modified muscle fibre in the form of a flattened discoid at a neuromuscular junction.
entemple
enthalpy
enthalpy
noun
(physics, chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.
epalpate
epaulets
epaulets
noun
plural of epaulet
epiblast
epiblast
noun
(biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
epicotyl
epicotyl
noun
(botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons.
epilated
epilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epilate
epilator
epilator
noun
An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
epistlar
epistler
epistler
noun
A writer of an epistle.
The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
epistles
epistles
noun
plural of epistle
epistyle
epistyle
noun
(architecture, historical) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
epulotic
epulotic
adj
Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores.
noun
Any agent that promotes the skinning over or healing of sores.
estoppal
estoppal
noun
Misspelling of estoppel.
estoppel
estoppel
noun
(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
etypical
etypical
adj
(biology) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
eucalypt
eucalypt
noun
Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
Any tree of the tribe Eucalypteae of genera related and similar to Eucalyptus, such as Corymbia and Angophora.