(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.
crispin
crispin
Proper noun
A Roman shoemaker, martyr and saint (brother of Crispinian); patron saint of cobblers and tanners.
Noun
A shoemaker.
A variety of apple, the Mutsu.
crisply
crisply
adv
In a crisp manner.
cropman
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
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
croupes
croupes
noun
plural of croupe
croupon
croupon
noun
(obsolete) The croup of a horse or quadruped.
(obsolete) The human buttocks.
crowhop
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.
crumply
crumply
adj
crumpled.
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.
cryptal
cryptal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
crypted
cryptic
cryptic
adj
(biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
(zoology) Serving as camouflage.
(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Involving use of a code or cipher.
Mystified or of an obscure nature.
Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
noun
(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
cryptos
cryptos
noun
plural of crypto
culprit
culprit
noun
(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
cupeler
cupolar
cupolar
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola.
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.
cuproid
cuprose
cuprous
cuprous
adj
(chemistry) Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1.
Of, or of the nature of, copper.
cuprums
cupular
cupular
adj
Shaped like a cupule.
curship
curship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a cur; one who is currish.
curupay
curupey
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.
cyprian
cyprina
cyprine
cyprine
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress.
cypriot
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.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
disrump
disrupt
disrupt
adj
(obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
verb
(transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
(transitive) To interrupt or impede.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
dnieper
dnieper
Proper noun
A large river flowing southerly through Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine into the Black Sea.
doppler
doppler
noun
A Doppler fetal monitor
dopster
dorpers
drapers
drapers
noun
plural of draper
drapery
drapery
noun
(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
(uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
draping
draping
noun
Material used as a drape.
That which drapes.
verb
present participle of drape
drepane
dripped
dripped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drip
dripper
dripper
noun
A dripping cake.
Agent noun of drip; one who drips.
An outlet in the microtubing used in drip irrigation.
Synonym of drip tip.
dripple
dripple
adj
(obsolete) rare
(obsolete) weak
verb
(intransitive) to dribble briskly; to drip with wet
drooped
drooped
adj
Lacking stiffness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of droop
drooper
drooper
noun
One who, or that which, droops.
droplet
droplet
noun
A very small drop.
dropman
dropout
dropout
noun
(cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.
Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
dropped
dropped
adj
(of a phone call) suddenly disconnected.
allowed to drop or fall.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drop
dropper
dropper
noun
(Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
(computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
(fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
(mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
(slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
(tennis, informal) A drop shot.
A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
dropvie
drupose
dryopes
dugspur
dumpers
dumpers
noun
plural of dumper
dumpier
dumpier
adj
comparative form of dumpy: more dumpy
dumpler
dupuyer
earclip
earclip
noun
An earring for people who do not have pierced ears
An identifying tag for cattle
eardrop
eardrop
noun
(archaic) A pendant for the ear; an earring.
(botany) A plant of the genus Ehrendorferia in the family Papaveraceae, native to California.
(pharmacy, chiefly in the plural) Alternative form of ear drop
earflap
earflap
noun
either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears
earlaps
earlaps
noun
plural of earlap
earpick
earpick
noun
An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
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.
ecphore
ecphore
verb
To activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
ecphory
ecphory
noun
An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
ekphore
ekphore
verb
Alternative form of ecphore
ekphory
ekphory
noun
Alternative form of ecphoria
elkport
elopers
elopers
noun
plural of eloper
elpenor
empaler
empaler
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
empaper
empearl
empearl
verb
Alternative form of impearl
emperil
emperil
verb
Dated form of imperil.
emperor
emperor
noun
(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
(entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
(political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
(tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
An emperor penguin.
Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
empires
empires
noun
plural of empire
empiric
empiric
adj
Empirical.
noun
(historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
empirin
emplore
emplore
verb
Obsolete form of implore.
emporia
emporia
noun
plural of emporium
emporte
empover
empower
empower
verb
(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.