(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
Relating to both polar regions.
Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
noun
(countable) A bipolar cell.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of bipolar disorder.
biprism
biprism
noun
(mathematics) A fusion of two triangular prisms.
(physics) An optical device of this construction used to generate interference fringes.
biprong
bispore
bispore
noun
(biology) Either of a pair of asexual spores produced by some red algae
blooper
blooper
noun
(US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).
(US, military, slang) The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
(baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.
(informal) A blunder, an error.
(nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
boppers
boppers
noun
plural of bopper
bopster
bopyrid
bopyrid
noun
(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.
bopyrus
bottrop
brakpan
breakup
breakup
noun
(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
brephic
brushup
brushup
noun
Alternative form of brush-up
bspharm
bumpers
bumpers
noun
plural of bumper
bumpier
bumpier
adj
comparative form of bumpy: more bumpy
bumtrap
bumtrap
noun
(obsolete, slang, rare) A bailiff.
burlaps
burlaps
noun
plural of burlap
burnips
burping
burping
noun
The act by which a baby, or a container of fermenting substance, is burped.
The sound of a burp.
verb
present participle of burp
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.
caltrap
caltrap
noun
Archaic form of caltrop.
caltrop
caltrop
noun
(colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
(heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
campari
campari
Noun
an Italian mildly bitter apéritif, coloured with cochineal, often drunk with soda water or orange juice
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
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.
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.
caphtor
caporal
caporal
noun
(Latin America) A foreman or overseer.
A type of shag tobacco.
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.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caproic
caproic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid
caproin
caprone
caproyl
caproyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from caproic acid by loss of the hydroxy group; hexanoyl
captors
captors
noun
plural of captor
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.
caraipa
caraipe
caraipe
noun
A Brazilian tree of the genus Caraipa; the timber of this tree
caraipi
caraipi
noun
Alternative form of caraipe
carapax
carapax
noun
(zoology) Alternative form of carapace
carapus
carhops
carhops
noun
plural of carhop
carpale
carpale
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
carpals
carpals
noun
plural of carpal
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
carping
carping
adj
complaining excessively.
noun
Excessive complaining.
verb
present participle of carp
carpium
carpool
carpool
noun
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
The group of people who participate in such a pool.
verb
To travel together in such a pool.
carport
carport
noun
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
carshop
cecrops
ceporah
ceriops
ceriphs
ceriphs
noun
plural of ceriph
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chapper
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.
charops
charpai
charpai
noun
Alternative form of charpoy.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
charpit
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
cheaper
cheaper
adj
comparative form of cheap: more cheap
cheeper
cheeper
noun
An immature bird.
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.
chiripa
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.
chirrup
chirrup
noun
(figurative, derogatory) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
verb
(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
(transitive) To express by chirping.
(transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chopdar
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.
churrip
ciphers
ciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cipher
ciprian
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.
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.
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.
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.
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
colport
colport
verb
To work as a colporteur
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).
compart
compart
verb
(transitive) To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts.
(transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
(transitive, obsolete) To divide and share with others.
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.
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
compoer
comport
comport
noun
(obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
verb
(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
compter
compter
noun
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
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).
coparty
coperta
copiers
copiers
noun
plural of copier
copolar
copolar
adj
At the same pole.
coppard
coppers
coppers
noun
plural of copper
coppery
coppery
adj
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
coppras
coppras
noun
Obsolete form of copperas.
coprahs
coprahs
noun
plural of coprah
copreus
coprose
copters
copters
noun
plural of copter
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
corpora
corpora
noun
plural of corpus
corpore
corpses
corpses
noun
plural of corpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corpse
corresp
corrump
corrump
verb
(obsolete) To corrupt.
corrupt
corrupt
adj
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
(transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
corupay
corypha
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.
coupure
coupure
noun
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
crackup
crackup
noun
A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.
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.
crampit
crampit
noun
Alternative form of crampet
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.
crapaud
crapaud
noun
(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A French person.
(obsolete) A toad.
craping
craping
verb
present participle of crape
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.
crappin
crapple
crapple
Noun
A claw.
crapula
crapula
noun
(obsolete or literary) Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.
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.