(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
accepts
accepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accept
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
acepots
acepots
noun
Synonym of acepot
aceship
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
alcippe
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
ampyces
apaches
apaches
noun
plural of apache
apeptic
apeptic
adj
Having or relating to apepsy.
apercus
apercus
noun
plural of apercu
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.
apieces
apieces
adv
(obsolete) Into pieces.
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
apochae
apocope
apocope
noun
(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
(phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apogeic
apogeic
adj
(figuratively) Climactic.
Pertaining to the apogee.
apothec
appeach
appeach
verb
(archaic) To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
asclepi
aseptic
aseptic
adj
(food industry) pasteurised.
(medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
Free of disease-causing microbes.
aspects
aspects
noun
plural of aspect
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.
bechirp
beclasp
beclasp
verb
(dated) To clasp.
becramp
becreep
becreep
verb
(transitive) To creep up on; stalk
beparch
bepiece
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
bespice
bespice
verb
(transitive) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.
biplace
bluecap
bluecap
noun
(colloquial) A Scotsman.
A bird, the blue titmouse.
A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
bluecup
brephic
byplace
caapeba
caapeba
noun
A South American plant, Piper umbellatum (formerly Pothomorphe umbellata), with medicinal roots.
cacoepy
cacoepy
noun
The mispronunciation of words.
cajeput
cajeput
noun
Alternative form of cajuput
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.
campane
campane
noun
(heraldry, usually in the plural) A bell.
(rare) A bell-shaped vessel forming the upper part of an alembic.
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
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.
campney
canapes
canapes
noun
plural of canape
canepin
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.
capanne
capcase
capcase
noun
(obsolete) A chest or trunk.
A small case or bandbox.
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
capemay
capered
capered
adj
(cooking) Prepared or served with capers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caper
caperer
caperer
noun
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
capette
capette
noun
Synonym of caponette
caphite
capitle
capless
capless
adj
Without a cap.
caplets
caplets
noun
plural of caplet
capoche
capotes
capotes
noun
plural of capote
cappers
cappers
noun
plural of capper
cappier
caprate
caprate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of capric acid
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
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.
caprone
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.
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.
captate
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.
capture
capture
noun
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
verb
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
(transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
capuche
capuche
noun
A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
capwell
caraipe
caraipe
noun
A Brazilian tree of the genus Caraipa; the timber of this tree
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
carpent
carpent
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.
carpers
carpers
noun
plural of carper
carpets
carpets
noun
plural of carpet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carpet
catpipe
catstep
catstep
noun
Synonym of terracette
cecrops
cephala
cepheid
cepheid
adj
(astronomy) Relating to cepheid variables.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae
noun
(astronomy) A cepheid variable.
(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae
cepheus
cepheus
Proper noun
Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.
ceporah
ceriops
ceriphs
ceriphs
noun
plural of ceriph
cesspit
cesspit
noun
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
champed
champed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champ
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chapeau
chapeau
intj
well done, a verbal representation of a hat tip
noun
(heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
A hat.
In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
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
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
chapote
chapped
chapped
adj
(in combination) Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.
(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chap
chapper
chappie
chappie
noun
Alternative spelling of chappy
chapter
chapter
noun
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
A bishop's council.
A chapter house
A community of canons or canonesses.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
verb
(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
(transitive) To take to task.
To divide into chapters.
To put into a chapter.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
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.
cheaper
cheaper
adj
comparative form of cheap: more cheap
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.
cheaply
cheaply
adv
(cricket, by extension) For a low score.
In a cheap manner; without expending much money.
cheapos
cheapos
noun
plural of cheapo
checkup
checkup
noun
A routine inspection.
A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
cheeped
cheeped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheep
cheeper
cheeper
noun
An immature bird.
cheslep
chetopa
chiplet
chiplet
noun
(electronics) Any of the integrated circuits making up a multi-chip module (MCM).
chipley
chipped
chipped
adj
(automotive, not comparable) Having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power.
(not comparable) Having had a microchip fitted.
Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chip
chipper
chipper
adj
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
noun
(Ireland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
(US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
(golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
(slang) A deep frier.
(sports) A player who chips the ball.
A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
verb
(UK, dialect) To chirp or chirrup.
chippie
chippie
noun
(US, slang) An officer of the California Highway Patrol. See CHiP
Alternative spelling of chippy
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chirper
chirper
noun
(Canada, slang, mildly derogatory) A person who speaks with a distinct English or Welsh accent.
(obsolete, slang) A chirping cup; an alcoholic drink.
A thing or animal that makes a chirping sound.
chomped
chomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chomp
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
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.
chopped
chopped
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
(chiefly of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
(slang) Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop.
(slang) High on drugs.
Cut or diced into small pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chop
chopper
chopper
noun
(Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
(baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball.
(electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
(informal) A helicopter.
(informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs.
(slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
verb
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
chuipek
chumped
chumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chump
ciphers
ciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cipher
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.
cleping
cleping
verb
present participle of clepe
clipeus
clipeus
noun
A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.
clipped
clipped
adj
(informal) Circumcised.
(of speech) With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.
Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clip
clipper
clipper
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
(electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
(entomology) The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
(historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
(informal) An Alberta clipper.
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
(slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
Anything that clips.
verb
(transitive) To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.
clippie
clippie
noun
(Britain, slang) A female bus conductor.
clomped
clomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clomp
clopped
clopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clop
closeup
closeup
noun
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.