Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
noun
(obsolete, poetic) An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
A meat or fish jelly
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot.
atpco
bapco
bapct
becap
bicep
bicep
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A biceps.
calpe
campa
campe
campi
campi
noun
(nonstandard) plural of campus
campo
campo
noun
(US, slang) A police officer assigned to a university campus.
A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.
camps
camps
noun
plural of camp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camp
campy
campy
adj
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
canap
capac
capax
caped
caped
adj
(in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
(rail transport, slang) cancelled
Wearing a cape or capes.
capek
capel
capel
noun
(mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)
Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)
caper
caper
noun
(Scotland) The capercaillie.
(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
A jump while dancing.
A plant of the genus Capparis.
A playful leap or jump.
A prank or practical joke.
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
verb
To engage in playful behaviour.
To jump as part of a dance.
To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
capes
capes
noun
plural of cape
capet
caphs
caphs
noun
plural of caph
capiz
capiz
noun
The shell of this mollusk used in window panes and jewelry.
The windowpane oyster.
capoc
capon
capon
noun
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
verb
(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
capos
capos
noun
plural of capo
capot
capot
noun
(card games) A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
capps
cappy
capra
capri
capri
noun
(colour) A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
capsa
capua
caput
caput
noun
(UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
(anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
(anatomy) The head.
(medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of caput succedaneum..
The top or superior part of a thing.
capys
carap
carap
noun
Any tree of the genus Carapa.
carpe
carpi
carpi
noun
plural of carpus
carpo
carps
carps
noun
plural of carp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carp
caupo
cepes
cepes
noun
plural of cepe
champ
champ
noun
(Ireland) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions
(architecture, obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief
(colloquial) Clipping of champion.
(colloquial, in the plural) Clipping of championship.
(heraldry, obsolete or rare) the field of a shield
(informal) buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address)
(informal) champagne
verb
(transitive, intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
chapa
chape
chape
noun
(archaic) The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).
The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
chaps
chaps
noun
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
plural of chap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chap
chapt
chapt
adj
Obsolete form of chapped.
cheap
cheap
adj
(finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
Low and/or reduced in price.
Of little worth.
Of poor quality.
adv
Cheaply.
noun
(obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
(obsolete) A market; marketplace.
(obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
Price.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
(transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
(transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
(transitive, obsolete) To sell.
cheep
cheep
intj
The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
noun
A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound
verb
Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
To express in a chirping tone.
chelp
chelp
verb
(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn.
chimp
chimp
noun
(informal) Clipping of chimpanzee.
verb
(informal, often derogatory) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.
(informal, often derogatory) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.
chips
chips
noun
(slang) A carpenter.
plural of chip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chip
chirp
chirp
noun
(radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
verb
(Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth.
(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets.
(intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
(transitive, obsolete) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
(transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
chomp
chomp
noun
(computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
The act of chomping (see below)
verb
(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
choop
chopa
chops
chops
noun
(Nigeria, slang) Food.
(plural only, informal) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
(plural only, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(plural only, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plural only, slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery (originally of jazz); musical performance ability.
(slang) Jaws, mouth.
plural of chop
verb
Alternative form of chopse
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chop
choup
chump
chump
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
(colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
verb
Dated form of chomp.
cippi
cippi
noun
plural of cippus
cipus
clamp
clamp
noun
(UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
(dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
(medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
A pile of agricultural produce such as root vegetables or silage stored under a layer of earth or an airtight sheet.
verb
(UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
(intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
(transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
(transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
(transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
(transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
clape
clape
noun
A bird, the northern flicker.
clapp
claps
claps
noun
plural of clap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clap
clapt
clapt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clap
clasp
clasp
noun
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
verb
(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
clepe
clepe
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call.
verb
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
clept
clept
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of clepe
clips
clips
noun
plural of clip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clip
clipt
clipt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clip
clomp
clomp
noun
The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
verb
(intransitive) To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.
(transitive) To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.
cloop
cloop
intj
The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
clops
clops
noun
plural of clop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clop
clump
clump
noun
(historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
A dull thud.
A small group of trees or plants.
A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
verb
(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
(transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
(transitive, intransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather in dense groups.
clype
coapt
coapt
verb
To fit together; often, to fit together and fasten, sometimes with mutual adaptation.
compd
compi
compo
compo
noun
(Australia, slang) Workers' compensation.
(cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
Abbreviation of compensation.
Abbreviation of competition.
Lime cement mortar.
comps
comps
noun
plural of comp
compt
compt
adj
(obsolete) neat; spruce
noun
(obsolete) account; reckoning; computation
Alternative form of compt.
verb
(obsolete) To compute; to count.
coops
coops
noun
plural of coop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coop
coopt
copal
copal
noun
A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
copan
copan
noun
Archaic form of koban (“Japanese coin”).
coped
coped
adj
Clad in a cope.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cope
copei
copei
noun
The copaiba tree.
copen
coper
coper
noun
(Britain) A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.
One who copes.
verb
(Britain) To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.
copes
copes
noun
plural of cope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cope
copht
copia
copis
coppa
coppa
noun
capicola
copps
copps
noun
Obsolete form of copse.
coppy
coppy
adj
(informal) Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
noun
(UK, dialectal) A low stool.
Alternative form of coppice
copra
copra
noun
The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
copse
copse
noun
A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
Any woodland or woodlot.
verb
(transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve.
(transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut.
copsy
copsy
adj
Characterized by copses.
copus
copus
noun
A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
corpl
corpn
corps
corps
noun
(military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
plural of corp
coupe
coupe
noun
(US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
coups
coups
noun
plural of coup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coup
coypu
coypu
noun
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
cramp
cramp
adj
(archaic) cramped; narrow
noun
A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
That which confines or contracts.
verb
(by extension) To bind together; to unite.
(intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
(transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
(transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
(transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
To form on a cramp.
crape
crape
noun
Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
verb
(transitive) To clothe in crape.
(transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
crapo
crapo
noun
Alternative form of crappo (“toad”)
craps
craps
noun
(gambling, dice games) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
(slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea
plural of crap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crap
crapy
crapy
adj
Resembling crape.
creep
creep
noun
(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
(informal, derogatory) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
(informal, derogatory) Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
verb
(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
crepe
crepe
noun
(Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
verb
(transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
(transitive) To frizz (the hair).
crept
crept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of creep
crepy
crepy
adj
Alternative form of crêpy
crfmp
crimp
crimp
adj
(obsolete) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
(obsolete) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
noun
(climbing) A grip on such a hold.
(climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
(obsolete) A card game.
(obsolete) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
(specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
(usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
The natural curliness of wool fibres.
verb
(climbing) to hold using a crimp
(electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
(transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
To bend or mold leather into shape.
To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
cripe
crips
crips
noun
plural of crip
crisp
crisp
adj
(computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
noun
(Britain) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
verb
(intransitive) To become crisp.
(intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
(intransitive, dated) To become curled.
(intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
(intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
(transitive) To make crisp.
(transitive, dated) To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
(transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
(transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
(transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).
crops
crops
noun
plural of crop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crop
croup
croup
noun
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
verb
(obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
crump
crump
adj
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked
(obsolete) Crooked; bent.
noun
The sound of a muffled explosion.
verb
(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
(intransitive, US, medical slang) (of one's health) to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash).
crypt
crypt
noun
(anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
(botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
(botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
(now rare) A cave or cavern.
An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
cspan
culpa
culpa
noun
(law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
cupay
cupel
cupel
noun
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
verb
To refine by means of a cupel.
cupid
cupid
noun
A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.
cuppa
cuppa
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea.
Pronunciation spelling of cup of.
cuppy
cuppy
adj
(of timber) Characterised by cup shakes.
Having indentations or shallow depressions.
Having the form of a cup.
cusps
cusps
noun
plural of cusp
cutup
cutup
noun
(literature) A work produced by the aleatory literary technique of cutting up and rearranging a written text to create a new text.
Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.
cypre
cypro
dcpsk
ddcmp
decap
decap
verb
(biology) To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
(hardware) To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
(military, chiefly nautical) To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
depca
encup
epact
epact
noun
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter