The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
aceship
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
alcippe
aliptic
apathic
apeptic
apeptic
adj
Having or relating to apepsy.
aphacia
aphacia
noun
Dated form of aphakia.
aphacic
aphacic
adj
Dated form of aphakic.
aphakic
aphakic
adj
(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
aphasic
aphasic
adj
(speech pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
noun
(speech pathology) One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
aphetic
aphetic
adj
(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
(phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
aphonic
aphonic
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
noun
A person who has aphonia.
aphotic
aphotic
adj
Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
aphthic
aphthic
adj
Of or relating to aphtha.
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apicals
apicals
noun
plural of apical
apicial
apician
apicula
apiculi
apiculi
noun
plural of apiculus
apieces
apieces
adv
(obsolete) Into pieces.
aplitic
aplitic
adj
(geology) Composed of, or relating to, aplite.
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
apogaic
apogeic
apogeic
adj
(figuratively) Climactic.
Pertaining to the apogee.
apomict
apomict
noun
(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.
apraxic
apraxic
adj
(neurology) Relating to or exhibiting apraxia.
apricot
apricot
adj
Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
noun
(color) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
(slang, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.
(sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
aptotic
aptotic
adj
(biology, rare) Misspelling of apoptotic.
(grammar, linguistics, now rare) Uninflected.
asaphic
asclepi
ascript
aseptic
aseptic
adj
(food industry) pasteurised.
(medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
Free of disease-causing microbes.
atropic
auspice
auspice
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.
(obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.
An omen or a sign.
verb
(transitive) To be patron of; to sponsor.
auspicy
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
biplace
calepin
calipee
calipee
noun
A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
caliper
caliper
noun
(automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.
(usually plural only) Uncommon form of calipers.
verb
(transitive) To use calipers to measure the size of.
caliphs
caliphs
noun
plural of caliph
campagi
campari
campari
Noun
an Italian mildly bitter apéritif, coloured with cochineal, often drunk with soda water or orange juice
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
campily
campily
adv
In a campy manner.
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.
camping
camping
noun
(countable) The act of setting up a camp.
(uncountable) The recreational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation, usually in the wilderness.
verb
present participle of camp
campion
campion
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
canepin
canopic
canopic
adj
(rare) Relating to a forest canopy.
Alternative form of Canopic (“from the ancient city of Canopus”)
canopid
cantrip
cantrip
noun
A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
capelin
capelin
noun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
caphite
capicha
capilli
capital
capital
adj
(comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.
(crime) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
Of or relating to the head.
Of prime importance.
Uppercase.
used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
noun
(countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
(countable) An uppercase letter.
(countable) The most important city in the field specified.
(countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
(countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
(uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
capitan
capitan
noun
(historical) Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
capitle
capitol
capitol
noun
(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
(historical) Alternative form of Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
(historical) Alternative form of capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.
capling
caplins
caplins
noun
plural of caplin
capmint
capmint
noun
Synonym of calamint
cappier
capping
capping
noun
(Internet slang) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.
(Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
(geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
(mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
(slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.
The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
verb
present participle of cap
caprice
caprice
noun
(music) A capriccio.
A brief romance.
A disposition to be impulsive.
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
caprine
caprine
adj
Goatlike.
Of or relating to goats.
noun
Alternative form of caprin
Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
caproic
caproic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid
caproin
capsian
capsian
Adjective
of or pertaining to a Paleolithic culture of North Africa (named after primary findings there, in the now southern Tunisian oasis Gafsa) and southern Europe
capsids
capsids
noun
plural of capsid
capsize
capsize
noun
The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning.
verb
(intransitive, nautical) To overturn.
(intransitive, of knots) To deform under stress.
(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.
captain
captain
noun
(Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
A chief or leader.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
The head boy of a school.
The leader of a group of workers.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
verb
(intransitive) To act as captain
(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
caption
caption
noun
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
(law) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
(obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
(typography) The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
verb
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
To add captions to a text or illustration.
captiva
captive
captive
adj
Held prisoner; not free; confined.
Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
noun
(figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
One held prisoner.
One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.
capulin
capulin
noun
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
caraipa
caraipe
caraipe
noun
A Brazilian tree of the genus Caraipa; the timber of this tree
caraipi
caraipi
noun
Alternative form of caraipe
carping
carping
adj
complaining excessively.
noun
Excessive complaining.
verb
present participle of carp
carpium
caspian
caspian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Caspian Sea or the region around it.
Noun
A member of the ancient people dwelling along the southern and southwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, in the region which was called Caspiane after them.
catnips
catnips
noun
plural of catnip
catpipe
chapati
chapati
noun
A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
chaplin
chaplin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
chappie
chappie
noun
Alternative spelling of chappy
chappin
charpai
charpai
noun
Alternative form of charpoy.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
charpit
cheapie
cheapie
adj
(informal) Cheap; inferior.
noun
(informal) A person who is stingy, a miser.
(informal) An item of poor quality.
(informal) An item which is inexpensive.
chiapas
chiapas
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
chipman
chiripa
ciaphus
cipango
ciprian
coalpit
coalpit
noun
(US) A place where charcoal is made.
A pit where coal is extracted.
copaiba
copaiba
noun
An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative.
Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera
copaiva
copaiye
copiapo
crampit
crampit
noun
Alternative form of crampet
craping
craping
verb
present participle of crape
crappie
crappie
noun
A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis. Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish.
crappin
crispas
cupania
cupiuba
cyprian
cyprina
dapicho
diacope
diacope
noun
(grammar) tmesis
dipcoat
dipcoat
noun
A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.
diptyca
discamp
discamp
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To drive away from a camp.
dispace
dispace
verb
(obsolete) To wander, to roam, move about.
earclip
earclip
noun
An earring for people who do not have pierced ears
An identifying tag for cattle
earpick
earpick
noun
An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
ectopia
ectopia
noun
(pathology) The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
edaphic
edaphic
adj
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.
encarpi
encarpi
noun
plural of encarpus
epacrid
epacrid
noun
Any of the family Ericaceae (syn. Epacridaceae) of heathers.
epacris
epacris
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Epacris of shrubs.
epicarp
epicarp
noun
(botany) Exocarp.
episcia
episcia
noun
(botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Episcia; a flame violet.
giacopo
graphic
graphic
adj
(geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
Drawn, pictorial.
Vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
noun
(mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
A drawing or picture.
haircap
haircap
noun
Any of various mosses of the family Polytrichaceae.
haptics
haptics
noun
(computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
(medicine) The study of the sense of touch.
hepatic
hepatic
adj
Acting on or occurring in the liver.
Of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
Of or relating to the liver.
noun
A liverwort (kind of plant)
Any compound that acts on the liver.
icecaps
icecaps
noun
plural of icecap
icespar
icespar
noun
Alternative form of ice spar
impacts
impacts
noun
plural of impact
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impact
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.
inclasp
inclasp
verb
Archaic form of enclasp.
inscape
inscape
noun
A landscape of an indoor setting.
The distinctive design that constitutes individual identity; a concept derived by Gerard Manley Hopkins from the ideas of the medieval philosopher Duns Scotus.
ipecacs
ipecacs
noun
plural of ipecac
ipocras
ipocras
noun
Obsolete form of hippocras.
isopach
isopach
noun
(geology) A line on a chart joining parts of a stratigraphic unit that have the same thickness; an isopachous line.
jalapic
japonic
japonic
Proper noun
A language family spoken in Japan, consisting of Japanese proper and the Ryukyuan languages.
kipchak
kipchak
Noun
A member of a nomadic Turkic tribal confederation that overran the Eurasian steppe in mid-11th century.
Adjective
of or relating to the Kipchak people or their language
Proper noun
the Turkic language of the Kipchak people
mcalpin
mcphail
nascapi
oilcamp
opacify
opacify
verb
(transitive) To make opaque.
opacite
opacite
noun
(geology) A small, dark grain, of doubtful origin, in an igneous rock