(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
clupeid
clupeid
noun
Any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.
clupein
clupein
noun
(organic chemistry) A protamine found in herring.
clupien
clypeal
clypeal
adj
Of or pertaining to a clypeus
clypeus
clypeus
noun
(entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
coapted
coapted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coapt
coempts
coloppe
colpheg
compage
compage
noun
(obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
(obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
compare
compare
noun
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable) Comparison.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
compear
compear
verb
(law, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
(obsolete) To appear before.
compeer
compeer
noun
(obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
verb
To be equal with; to match.
compels
compels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel
compend
compend
noun
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
compere
compere
noun
(chiefly British, Ireland) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To emcee, to act as compere.
compert
compete
compete
verb
To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
To take part in a contest, game or similar event
compile
compile
noun
(programming) An act of compiling code.
verb
(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
(obsolete) To construct; to build.
(obsolete) To write; to compose.
(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
complex
complex
adj
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
(mathematics) A complex number.
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
A network of interconnected systems.
A problem.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
(transitive) To complicate.
compoed
compoer
compole
compone
compone
verb
(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
compose
compose
verb
(printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
(sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
(transitive) To make something by merging parts.
(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
(transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
compote
compote
noun
A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
A dish used for serving fruit.
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
compted
compted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compt
comptel
compter
compter
noun
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
comptie
compute
compute
noun
(computing, informal) computation
verb
(intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
(transitive) To reckon, calculate.
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
conspue
contemp
coopers
coopers
noun
plural of cooper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooper
coopery
coopery
adj
(obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.
noun
Cooperage (cooper's workshop).
Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
coopted
coopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coopt
copable
copaene
copaene
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily liquid hydrocarbon found in a number of essential oil-producing plants. It is a tricyclic sesquiterpene.
copaiye
copecks
copecks
noun
plural of copeck
copehan
copeman
copeman
noun
(obsolete) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
copepod
copepod
noun
Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.
coperta
copiers
copiers
noun
plural of copier
copihue
copihue
noun
An evergreen climbing plant, Lapageria rosea.
coppell
coppers
coppers
noun
plural of copper
coppery
coppery
adj
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
coppice
coppice
noun
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
verb
(intransitive) To sprout from the stump.
(transitive) To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
coppled
coppled
adj
(obsolete) Rising to a point; conical; copped.
copreus
coprose
copsole
copters
copters
noun
plural of copter
coptine
copulae
corpore
corpses
corpses
noun
plural of corpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corpse
corresp
cotypes
cotypes
noun
plural of cotype
coupage
coupage
noun
The blending (or cutting) of wine.
coupled
coupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of couple
coupler
coupler
noun
(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
couples
couples
noun
plural of couple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couple
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
coupure
coupure
noun
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
cowpeas
cowpeas
noun
plural of cowpea
cowpies
cowpies
noun
plural of cowpie
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cputime
cramped
cramped
adj
Illegible.
Overcrowded or congested.
Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cramp
cramper
crampet
crampet
noun
(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
(military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.
crapped
crapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crap
crapper
crapper
adj
comparative form of crap: more crap
noun
(derogatory, vulgar slang) A rapper, or a performer of rap music.
(vulgar slang) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
(vulgar slang) A lavatory or outhouse.
A half-glass of whiskey.
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.
crapple
crapple
Noun
A claw.
creeper
creeper
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
(cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
(derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
(nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
(often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
A treecreeper.
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.
creepie
creepie
noun
(Scotland) A low stool.
crepier
crepier
adj
comparative form of crepy: more crepy
noun
A hotplate used to make crêpes.
A person who makes crepes, a proprietor of a creperie.
crepine
creping
creping
verb
present participle of crepe
crepons
crepons
noun
plural of crepon
crimped
crimped
adj
With a crimp in it; crushed shut.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crimp
crimper
crimper
noun
(chiefly Britain) A hairdresser.
A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
A person who crimps when climbing.
A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
crimple
crimple
verb
(archaic) to crumple, crimp
crippen
cripple
cripple
adj
(now rare, dated) crippled
noun
(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
(dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) scrapple.
(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
verb
(figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
(figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
(slang, video games) To nerf something which is overpowered.
To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
crisped
crisped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crisp
crispen
crispen
Verb
To make crisp.
To become crisp.
crisper
crisper
adj
comparative form of crisp: more crisp
noun
(archaic) A device for crisping or curling the hair.
A cooled food storage container, used to cool items that do not require complete refrigeration.
An instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth.
The section of a refrigerator used to store fruit and vegetables at a slightly higher temperature than the rest of the refrigerator.
cropped
cropped
adj
Cut very short.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crop
cropper
cropper
noun
(normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
croppie
croppie
noun
(informal) A crop circle enthusiast who believes in the paranormal origin of crop circles.
Alternative form of croppy (“Irish republican rebel”)
The crappie, a food fish.
cropsey
croupes
croupes
noun
plural of croupe
crumped
crumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crump
crumper
crumpet
crumpet
noun
(Britain, slang, countable, uncountable) A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
crumple
crumple
noun
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
verb
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
cruppen
crupper
crupper
noun
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
verb
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
crypted
culpate
culpose
cupcake
cupcake
noun
(slang) A weak or effeminate man.
(slang) An attractive young woman.
A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
To cover; to be abundant.
To eat/feed cupcakes.
To handle/succeed (easily).
To make cupcakes.
To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
cupeled
cupeler
cuphead
cuphead
noun
(engineering) A hemispherical head on a rivet.
cupless
cupless
adj
Without a cup.
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupmate
cupmate
noun
A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
cuppers
cuppers
noun
plural of cupper
cuppier
cuprate
cuprate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCuₘOₙ, many of which are superconductors.
(organic chemistry) Any organocopper compound of general formula R₂Cu.
cuprein
cuprene
cuprene
noun
(organic chemistry) A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
cupride
cuprite
cuprite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper.
cuprose
cupseed
cupseed
noun
The menispermaceous plant Calycocarpum lyonii.
cupulae
cupules
cupules
noun
plural of cupule
curupey
cuspate
cuspate
adj
having cusps
cuspule
cuspule
noun
A small cusp.
cyclope
cydippe
cyperus
cyperus
noun
Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
cyphers
cyphers
noun
plural of cypher
cypraea
cypress
cypress
noun
Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”)
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
cyprine
cyprine
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress.
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.
cypseli
decamps
decamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decamp
decapod
decapod
adj
(zoology) Having ten legs.
noun
(rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.
(zoology) Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
(zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
decrypt
decrypt
noun
A decoded communication.
verb
(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
decuple
decuple
adj
Tenfold.
noun
An amount multiplied by ten.
verb
To multiply by ten.
delphic
delphic
adj
Alternative form of Delphic
Relating to a womb
depeach
depeach
verb
(obsolete) To discharge.
depeche
depicts
depicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depict
deplace
deplace
verb
(transitive, rare) To displace.
depucel
despect
despect
noun
(archaic) Contempt, derision.
verb
(archaic) To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn.