A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
adaptor
adaptor
noun
Alternative form of adapter
adepter
adepter
adj
(archaic) comparative form of adept: more adept
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adpress
adpress
verb
Alternative form of appress
airdrop
airdrop
noun
(cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
verb
To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
alphard
alphard
Proper noun
An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae,
apandry
apardon
apprend
aproned
aproned
adj
Wearing an apron.
aspired
aspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspire
aspread
aspread
adj
spread out
aspredo
bedrape
bedrape
verb
(archaic) To dress, clothe.
To drape, cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
bepride
bopyrid
bopyrid
noun
(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.
capered
capered
adj
(cooking) Prepared or served with capers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caper
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chopdar
coppard
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
crapaud
crapaud
noun
(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A French person.
(obsolete) A toad.
crapped
crapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crap
crimped
crimped
adj
With a crimp in it; crushed shut.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crimp
crisped
crisped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crisp
cropped
cropped
adj
Cut very short.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crop
crumped
crumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crump
crypted
cupride
cuproid
dampers
dampers
noun
plural of damper
dampier
dampier
Proper noun
A port in the north-west of Western Australia
dapifer
dapifer
noun
The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.
The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
darapti
decrypt
decrypt
noun
A decoded communication.
verb
(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
deipara
demirep
demirep
noun
(colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
departs
departs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depart
deperms
deperms
noun
plural of deperm.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deperm
depeter
deplore
deplore
verb
(obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
(transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
(transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
deponer
deponer
noun
One who depones.
deporte
deports
deports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deport
deposer
deposer
noun
One who deposes.
deprave
deprave
verb
(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
(transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
depress
depress
verb
(economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
(mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To press down.
deprest
deprest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of depress
deprint
deprive
deprive
verb
(transitive) To bereave.
(transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
(transitive) To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
deprome
depurge
deripia
despair
despair
noun
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which causes despair.
That which is despaired of.
verb
(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
(transitive) To cause to despair.
(transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
despert
dewdrop
dewdrop
noun
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
A droplet of water formed as dew.
The plant Dalibarda repens.
diapers
diapers
noun
plural of diaper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diaper
diapery
diapirs
diapirs
noun
plural of diapir
diasper
digraph
digraph
noun
(computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
(divination of the Taixuanjing) a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
(graph theory) A directed graph.
(linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
dimorph
dimorph
noun
Either of a pair of dimorphous substances
diopter
diopter
noun
(obsolete) A surgical speculum.
(obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
(obsolete) An alidade.
(obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
(obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
(photography, dated) A lens element attached to the front of a photographic lens to shorten the lens's minimum focus distance; also called a "close-up filter".
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
dioptra
dioptra
noun
Alternative form of diopter
dioptre
dioptre
noun
Alternative spelling of diopter
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
dipolar
dipolar
adj
(physics) Having north and south magnetic poles.
(physics, chemistry) Possessing a dipole.
diporpa
diporpa
noun
(zoology) A juvenile diplozoid that has not yet coupled with another individual.
dippers
dippers
noun
plural of dipper
dippier
dippier
adj
comparative form of dippy: more dippy
diptera
dipware
dirempt
dirempt
adj
(obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
verb
(transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
discerp
discerp
verb
To separate; to disunite.
To tear into pieces; to rend.
dispair
dispair
verb
(transitive) To separate (a pair).
dispark
dispark
verb
(archaic, transitive) To open (a private enclosure, park, etc.) to the public.
dispart
dispart
noun
A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.
(transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
(transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
(transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
disport
disport
noun
(countable, archaic) Anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport.