(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
adelops
adelphe
adelphi
adelpho
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adolphe
alcippe
alepine
alepine
noun
Alternative form of alépine
alepole
alepole
noun
(obsolete) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
alewhap
aliipoe
aliipoe
noun
The plant Canna indica.
alipeds
alipeds
noun
plural of aliped
aliptae
aliptes
alopeke
alphaea
alphean
alpheus
alpheus
Proper noun
A river in Hades.
The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
name, of mostly historical usage.
alpines
alpines
noun
plural of alpine
alpiste
alypine
ampalea
ampelis
ampelos
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
amplest
amplest
adj
superlative form of ample: most ample
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
apatela
apelike
apelike
adj
Given to servile imitation.
Similar to an ape in appearance or movement.
apeling
apeling
noun
A small, young, or immature ape.
apelles
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
apetaly
apetaly
noun
(botany) The condition of having no petals
aphelia
aphelia
noun
(astronomy) plural of aphelion
apiales
aplenty
aplenty
adj
(postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
adv
Enough or more than enough.
aplites
aplites
noun
plural of aplite
apnoeal
apnoeal
adj
(pathology) Of or characterized by apnoea.
apogeal
apogeal
Adjective
Connected with the apogee.
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
apoplex
apoplex
noun
Obsolete form of apoplexy.
apopyle
apopyle
noun
A pore through which water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge
apostle
apostle
noun
(law) A letter dismissory.
(law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
(law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
(obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
apparel
apparel
noun
(figurative) Aspect, guise, form.
(nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
Clothing.
verb
(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
(transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
(transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
appeals
appeals
noun
plural of appeal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appeal
apperil
apperil
noun
(obsolete) peril
appleby
appleby
Proper noun
A place name.
Historical county town of Westmoreland, UK.
Village in North Lincolnshire, UK.
Any number of settlements named after those in Britain.
from the English place name.
applied
applied
adj
Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
Put into practical use.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apply
applier
applier
noun
A person or device that applies something.
applies
applies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apply
appulse
appulse
noun
(astronomy) A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.
An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
apteral
apteral
adj
(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
(zoology) apterous, wingless
aripple
aripple
adj
rippling
asclepi
aseptol
asperly
beclasp
beclasp
verb
(dated) To clasp.
bedlamp
bedlamp
noun
A bedside lamp.
beleaps
beleaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beleap
beleapt
beleapt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleap
belknap
bepearl
bepearl
verb
To deck with pearls or shiny objects resembling pearls.
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
bipedal
bipedal
adj
Having two feet or two legs; biped.
Pertaining to a biped.
biplace
biplane
biplane
adj
(aviation) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aerocurves, etc.
Composed of, or relating to, two planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).
noun
(aviation) An airplane that has two main wings, one above the other and supported by struts.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To fly in a biplane.
bluecap
bluecap
noun
(colloquial) A Scotsman.
A bird, the blue titmouse.
A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
byplace
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.
capable
capable
adj
(obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
capelan
capelet
capelet
noun
A small cape worn over the shoulders by women.
capelin
capelin
noun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
capella
capello
capitle
capless
capless
adj
Without a cap.
caplets
caplets
noun
plural of caplet
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
capsule
capsule
noun
(anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
(anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
(attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
(chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
(physiology) A membranous envelope.
(winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
verb
(transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
(transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
capwell
carpale
carpale
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
carpels
carpels
noun
plural of carpel
cephala
chapell
chapels
chapels
noun
plural of chapel
chaplet
chaplet
noun
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A garland or circlet for the head.
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A small chapel or shrine.
Alternative form of chapelet
cheaply
cheaply
adv
(cricket, by extension) For a low score.
In a cheap manner; without expending much money.
clamped
clamped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clamp
clamper
clamper
noun
(electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
One who, or that which, clamps.
verb
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
To complain in an irritating manner.
To crimp.
To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
clapnet
clapnet
noun
Alternative form of clap net
clapped
clapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clap
clapper
clapper
noun
(cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
(ice hockey) A slapshot
(obsolete) A rabbit burrow.
(sewing) A pounding block.
(slang, obsolete) A person's tongue, as a source of chatter or nagging.
A clapstick (musical instrument).
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
The chattering damsel of a mill.
verb
(transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
clasped
clasped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clasp
clasper
clasper
noun
(botany) The tendril of a plant.
(zoology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation.
Anything that clasps.
cleanup
cleanup
noun
(baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
The act of cleaning or tidying something.
verb
Misspelling of clean up.
clypeal
clypeal
adj
Of or pertaining to a clypeus
copable
copulae
crapple
crapple
Noun
A claw.
culpate
cupulae
cypsela
cypsela
noun
(botany) An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.
dappled
dappled
adj
Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dapple
dapples
dapples
noun
plural of dapple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dapple
delapse
delapse
verb
(obsolete) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
(obsolete) To sink down.
delphia
deplace
deplace
verb
(transitive, rare) To displace.
deplane
deplane
verb
To disembark from an airplane.
deplant
deplant
verb
(transitive) To take up plants; to transplant.
deposal
deposal
noun
The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.
dewlaps
dewlaps
noun
plural of dewlap
diaplex
dupable
dupable
adj
Capable of being duped.
earclip
earclip
noun
An earring for people who do not have pierced ears
An identifying tag for cattle
earflap
earflap
noun
either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears
earlaps
earlaps
noun
plural of earlap
earplug
earplug
noun
A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
verb
(transitive) To fit with earplugs.
ectypal
ectypal
adj
(philosophy) Corresponding to external reality.
Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
elapids
elapids
noun
plural of elapid
elapine
elapine
adj
Pertaining to the Elapidae, a taxonomic group including cobras.
elapoid
elapoid
noun
Any snake of the superfamily Elapoidea
elapsed
elapsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elapse
elapses
elapses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elapse
elepaio
elephas
eliphaz
empaled
empaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empale
empaler
empaler
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
empales
empales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empale
empanel
empanel
noun
(law) A list of jurors; a panel.
verb
Alternative spelling of impanel
empearl
empearl
verb
Alternative form of impearl
emplace
emplace
verb
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
emplane
emplane
verb
Alternative form of enplane
emplead
emplead
verb
(archaic, transitive) To accuse; to indict.
enclasp
enclasp
verb
To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace
endplay
endplay
noun
(bridge) A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks
verb
(bridge) To make an endplay.
enoplan
enoplan
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the worms of the class Enopla.
noun
(zoology) Any worm of the class Enopla.
enplane
enplane
verb
to board an airplane
epactal
epactal
adj
intercalated; supernumerary
epaulet
epaulet
noun
Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”)
epaxial
epaxial
adj
(anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline)
noun
Such a muscle
eperlan
eperlan
noun
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)
ephoral
ephoral
adj
Pertaining to an ephor.
epigeal
epigeal
adj
(biology) Living near the surface of the ground
(botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated
epihyal
epihyal
noun
(anatomy) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
epilate
epilate
verb
To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.