The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
aphonic
aphonic
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
noun
A person who has aphonia.
apician
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
calapan
calepin
campana
campana
noun
(obsolete, architecture) A drop of a Doric architrave.
(obsolete, architecture) The body of a capital of the Corinthian order.
(obsolete, botany) A bell-shaped flower, particularly the pasque flower.
A bell-shaped vase.
A church bell, particularly a large bell used in medieval church steeples or towers.
campane
campane
noun
(heraldry, usually in the plural) A bell.
(rare) A bell-shaped vessel forming the upper part of an alembic.
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.
campman
campney
campong
campong
noun
Alternative spelling of kampong
campton
canapes
canapes
noun
plural of canape
canepin
canhoop
canopic
canopic
adj
(rare) Relating to a forest canopy.
Alternative form of Canopic (“from the ancient city of Canopus”)
canopid
canopus
canopus
Proper noun
A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.
cantrap
cantrap
noun
Alternative form of cantrip
cantrip
cantrip
noun
A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
capanna
capanne
capelan
capelin
capelin
noun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
capitan
capitan
noun
(historical) Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
capling
caplins
caplins
noun
plural of caplin
capmint
capmint
noun
Synonym of calamint
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
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.
caproin
caprone
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
capstan
capstan
noun
(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
(nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes, cables, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it.
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.
captans
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.
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.
carpent
carpent
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.
carping
carping
adj
complaining excessively.
noun
Excessive complaining.
verb
present participle of carp
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.
catapan
catapan
noun
Alternative form of catepan
catnaps
catnaps
noun
plural of catnap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catnap
catnips
catnips
noun
plural of catnip
chaplin
chaplin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
chapman
chapman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
(obsolete) A purchaser.
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
chappin
cheapen
cheapen
verb
(intransitive) to become cheaper
(transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper
(transitive) to make vulgar
(transitive, obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.
chiopin
chipman
chopine
chopine
noun
(historical, footwear) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
chopins
chopins
noun
plural of chopin
choppin
cipango
ciphony
ciphony
noun
The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.
cipolin
cipolin
noun
(mineralogy) A whitish marble from Rome, containing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
ciprian
clapnet
clapnet
noun
Alternative form of clap net
clapton
clapton
Proper noun
An area of London, in the borough of Hackney (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton)
claypan
claypan
noun
(geology) A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay.
cleanup
cleanup
noun
(baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
The act of cleaning or tidying something.
verb
Misspelling of clean up.
cleping
cleping
verb
present participle of clepe
clopton
clupein
clupein
noun
(organic chemistry) A protamine found in herring.
clupien
cocopan
cocopan
noun
(South Africa) A small minecart.
company
company
noun
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(uncountable) Companionship.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A small group of birds or animals.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
compend
compend
noun
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
comping
comping
noun
(informal, countable) musical accompaniment
(informal, uncountable) The practice of entering many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible.
verb
present participle of comp
complin
complin
noun
Alternative form of compline
compone
compone
verb
(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
compton
compton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
from the placenames.
concept
concept
noun
(generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
verb
to conceive; to dream up
concupy
concupy
noun
(obsolete) concubine
(obsolete, nonce word) concupiscence
conopid
conopid
noun
(zoology) Any fly of the family Conopidae.
conspue
contemp
cooping
cooping
noun
The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
verb
present participle of coop
copaene
copaene
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily liquid hydrocarbon found in a number of essential oil-producing plants. It is a tricyclic sesquiterpene.
copehan
copeman
copeman
noun
(obsolete) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
copings
copings
noun
plural of coping
copland
copland
noun
(obsolete) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
copping
copping
verb
present participle of cop
coppins
coppins
noun
plural of coppin
copsing
copsing
verb
present participle of copse
coptine
copying
copying
noun
(countable) an instance of the making of a copy
(uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies
verb
present participle of copy
copyman
couping
couping
verb
present participle of coup
coupons
coupons
noun
plural of coupon
cowpony
cowpony
noun
A horse ridden by cowboys when controlling cattle
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
craping
craping
verb
present participle of crape
crappin
crepine
creping
creping
verb
present participle of crepe
crepons
crepons
noun
plural of crepon
crippen
crispen
crispen
Verb
To make crisp.
To become crisp.
crispin
crispin
Proper noun
A Roman shoemaker, martyr and saint (brother of Crispinian); patron saint of cobblers and tanners.
Noun
A shoemaker.
A variety of apple, the Mutsu.
cropman
croupon
croupon
noun
(obsolete) The croup of a horse or quadruped.
(obsolete) The human buttocks.
cruppen
cupania
cupidon
cupping
cupping
noun
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
verb
present participle of cup
cuprein
cuprene
cuprene
noun
(organic chemistry) A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
cusping
cusping
noun
(architecture) A formation of cusps.
verb
present participle of cusp
cynipid
cynipid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cynipidae of wasps.
cyprian
cyprina
cyprine
cyprine
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress.
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
encamps
encamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encamp
encarpa
encarpi
encarpi
noun
plural of encarpus
enclasp
enclasp
verb
To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace
encrisp
encrypt
encrypt
verb
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
entopic
entopic
adj
(medicine) in the usual place, referring to medical or anatomical objects.
epicene
epicene
adj
(biology and figuratively) Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.
(by extension) Indeterminate; mixed.
(by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
(by extension, usually derogatory) Of a man: effeminate.
(linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
(linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
noun
(biology and figuratively) An epicene person, whether biologically asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; an androgyne, a hermaphrodite.
(by extension) A transsexual; also, a transvestite.
(by extension, usually derogatory) An effeminate man.
(linguistics) An epicene word; preceded by the: the epicene words of a language as a class.
eupneic
eupneic
adj
Characterized by eupnea; possessing healthy breathing.
hencoop
hencoop
noun
A coop where hens are kept..
henpeck
henpeck
noun
(rare) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.
verb
(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.
incepts
incepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incept
inchpin
incipit
incipit
noun
(music) The first few bars of a piece of music.
The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
inclasp
inclasp
verb
Archaic form of enclasp.
inclips
incompt
increep
increep
verb
(intransitive, poetic) To creep in; to make a furtive entrance.
incrept
incrept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of increep
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.
insculp
insculp
verb
(obsolete, rare) To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.
inspect
inspect
verb
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
To view and examine officially.
japonic
japonic
Proper noun
A language family spoken in Japan, consisting of Japanese proper and the Ryukyuan languages.
kenspac
kingcup
kingcup
noun
(Britain, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
kneecap
kneecap
noun
(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
(roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
verb
(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
knockup
knockup
noun
Alternative form of knock-up
lockpin
lockpin
noun
(chiefly aviation) A pin used to lock a mechanism and prevent it from moving.
lycopin
lycopin
noun
A resinous extract of Lycopus virginicus, formerly used as an internal hemostatic.
manpack
manpack
noun
(usually attributive) An object meant to be carried by a single person.
mcalpin
mincopi
monepic
monepic
adj
Composed of a single word or single-word sentences.