In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
accepter
accepter
noun
(law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
(obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
A person who accepts; a taker.
acceptor
acceptor
noun
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
One who accepts.
accipter
adapters
adapters
noun
plural of adapter
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
airports
airports
noun
plural of airport
airposts
airstrip
airstrip
noun
An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
ametrope
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antipart
antirape
antirape
adj
Opposed to rape
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
apartado
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apasttra
apaturia
aperient
aperient
adj
Having a gentle laxative effect.
noun
A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
aperitif
aperitif
noun
Alternative form of apéritif
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
aperture
aperture
noun
(astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
(mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
(optics) A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
(space flight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
apiarist
apiarist
noun
beekeeper
aplustra
aplustre
aplustre
noun
(historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
apocrita
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
apparats
apparats
noun
plural of apparat
apparent
apparent
adj
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
apprompt
apractic
apractic
adj
(neurology) Relating to apraxia
apreynte
apricate
apricate
verb
(intransitive, rare) To bask in the sun.
(transitive, also figuratively, rare) To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun.
apricots
apricots
noun
plural of apricot
aproctia
apsyrtus
apterial
apterium
apterium
noun
(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
apteroid
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apteryla
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
archpoet
armplate
armplate
noun
Plate armour worn on one's arms.
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
artotypy
ascapart
ascupart
askapart
aspartic
aspartic
adj
Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives
aspartyl
aspartyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical obtained by removal of a hydrogen atom from the carboxylic acid group of aspartic acid
asperate
asperate
adj
rough
verb
To make rough or harsh.
asperite
asperity
asperity
noun
(countable) An area that protrudes from a surface.
(countable) Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
(countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
aspirant
aspirant
adj
Seeking advancement.
Striving for recognition.
noun
Someone who aspires to high office, etc.
aspirata
aspirate
aspirate
adj
Synonym of aspirated.
noun
(linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
verb
(transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
(transitive, intransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
1887, James Frederick Hodgetts, Greater England, page 33
asterope
atreptic
atriplex
atrophia
atrophia
noun
Archaic form of atrophy.
atrophic
atrophic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
atropine
atropine
noun
(toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
atropins
atropism
atropism
noun
(pathology) atropine poisoning
atropous
atropous
adj
(botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
attemper
attemper
verb
(archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.
To mitigate, assuage.
To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
attempre
attempre
verb
Obsolete form of attemper.
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
autocarp
autoharp
autoharp
noun
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
autopore
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bapparts
baptizer
baptizer
noun
One who baptizes.
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
bellport
bepester
bepester
verb
(transitive) To vex or pester greatly.
bepretty
bespirit
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestripe
bhatpara
biparted
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bothrops
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
bricktop
bridport
bridport
Proper noun
A town in Dorset, England
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browpost
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltraps
caltraps
noun
plural of caltrap
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
caluptra
calypter
calypter
noun
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
calyptra
calyptra
noun
(botany) Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
(botany) any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers
(entomology) In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
calyptro
cantraip
cantraps
cantraps
noun
plural of cantrap
cantrips
cantrips
noun
plural of cantrip
capercut
capiatur
capitare
capretto
capretto
noun
meat from a kid, or young goat
capriote
caproate
caproate
noun
(organic chemistry) A hexanoate.
captress
captress
noun
a female captor.
captured
captured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capture
capturer
capturer
noun
One who, or that which, captures.
captures
captures
noun
plural of capture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capture
carapato
carapato
noun
A South American tick of the genus Amblyamma.
caripeta
carpeted
carpeted
adj
(of a room in a building) Floored with a carpet.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpet
carpitis
carpitis
noun
inflammation of the carpal joint
carports
carports
noun
plural of carport
cartwhip
cartwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a cart.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a cartwhip.
catercap
catnaper
catnaper
noun
Alternative spelling of catnapper
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
ceratops
cerotype
cerotype
noun
A print made by this process.
A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
champart
champart
noun
(historical) The division of the produce of land, the right of the feudal lord.
champert
chapiter
chapiter
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
(architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
Obsolete form of chapter.
chapters
chapters
noun
plural of chapter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chapter
chaptrel
chaptrel
noun
(architecture, obsolete) An impost.
chepster
citicorp
claptrap
claptrap
noun
(historical) A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug.
Empty verbiage or nonsense.
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
coalport
coemptor
colstrip
comparts
comparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compart
competer
comports
comports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comport
compotor
comprest
comprest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of compress
comprint
comprint
verb
(UK, law, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
To print together.
comptoir
comptrol
comptrol
noun
Archaic form of control.
computer
computer
noun
(by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
coparent
coparent
noun
Alternative form of co-parent
copastor
copastor
noun
One who shares the role of pastor with another person.
copatron
copatron
noun
A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation.