(biochemistry) A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants
apison
apodis
apoise
apoise
adv
poised; balanced
aposia
appius
appius
Proper noun
name, notably borne by a Roman politician of the 4th and 3rd century BC, builder of the Appian Way
arispe
ashpit
ashpit
noun
(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".
A pit for the disposal of ashes.
aspics
aspics
noun
plural of aspic
aspide
aspire
aspire
verb
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
(intransitive, archaic, literary) To move upward; to be very tall.
(transitive, obsolete) To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
aspish
aspish
adj
Pertaining to, or like, an asp.
bespin
bespin
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
biceps
biceps
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
(prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
biopsy
biopsy
noun
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
verb
To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
bipeds
bipeds
noun
plural of biped
bipods
bipods
noun
plural of bipod
bippus
bishop
bishop
noun
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
(UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
(US, archaic) A bustle.
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
(religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
verb
(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
(Christianity) To make a bishop.
(Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
(UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
(UK, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
(by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
(by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
biskop
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
boopis
capias
capias
noun
(law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
capris
capris
noun
capri pants
capsid
capsid
noun
The outer protein shell of a virus
chimps
chimps
noun
plural of chimp
chirps
chirps
noun
plural of chirp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirp
ciapas
cippus
cippus
noun
(historical) The stocks.
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
clipse
copies
copies
noun
plural of copy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copy
copist
copist
noun
(obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
coptis
crepis
crepis
noun
The central spicule of a sponge, upon which silica is deposited.
crespi
crimps
crimps
noun
plural of crimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crimp
cripes
cripes
intj
(euphemistic) A mild curse or expression of surprise.
cripps
crispa
crispi
crisps
crisps
noun
plural of crisp
crispy
crispy
adj
Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
noun
(informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.
cupids
cupids
noun
plural of cupid
cuspid
cuspid
noun
A tooth with a single cusp; a canine tooth.
cuspis
cuspis
noun
A point; a sharp end.
cynips
cypris
cypris
noun
cyprid
depsid
despin
despin
noun
The process of despinning.
verb
To stop or slow rotation.
dimpsy
dimpsy
adj
Alternative form of dimpsey
dipsas
dipsey
dipsey
noun
(US, dialect) A line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing.
(US, dialect) A sinker attached to a fishing line.
(nautical, slang) A deep-sea lead.
(nautical, slang, attributive) Deep sea.
dipsie
dipsie
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of dipsey
dipsos
dipsos
noun
plural of dipso
dislip
dispar
dispel
dispel
noun
An act or instance of dispelling.
verb
(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
disple
disple
verb
(obsolete) To discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes.
dripps
dupuis
epirus
epirus
Proper noun
A traditional geographic region lying partly in northwestern Greece (where it includes Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia) and partly in southern Albania (an area known as Northern Epirus).
A larger historical kingdom in roughly the same region, widely extended by the Greek general and king Pyrrhus during the early Hellenistic period.
One of the thirteen peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece.
epoist
eprise
epulis
epulis
noun
(medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.
equips
equips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equip
esopgi
espial
espial
noun
(obsolete) A scout; a spy.
An act of noticing or observing.
The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
espied
espied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of espy
espier
espier
noun
One who espies.
espies
espies
noun
(obsolete) plural of espy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of espy
espino
esprit
esprit
noun
A wit.
Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.
Spirit, enthusiasm.
exship
fixups
fixups
noun
plural of fixup
genips
genips
noun
plural of genip
gipons
gipser
gipser
noun
(historical) A kind of pouch worn at the girdle.
gipson
gispin
gossip
gossip
noun
(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
(now only historical) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of a child.
(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.
(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
verb
(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
(intransitive) To talk idly.
(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
gripes
gripes
noun
plural of gripe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gripe
gypsie
gypsie
noun
Archaic spelling of gypsy.
hippos
hippos
noun
plural of hippo
hippus
hippus
noun
pupillary athetosis; spasmodic dilation and contraction of the pupil between the sphincter and dilator muscles.
hispid
hispid
adj
(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs; bristly.
hissop
huspil
impels
impels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impel
impers
impest
impest
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To afflict with pestilence.
impies
impish
impish
adj
mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
impose
impose
verb
(intransitive) to be an inconvenience (on or upon)
(transitive) To establish or apply by authority.
To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
impost
impost
noun
(architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
(chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
(horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.
inpush
inputs
inputs
noun
plural of input
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of input
inship
inship
verb
(transitive) Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”)
(transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import.
(transitive, dated) To put aboard a ship.
inspan
inspan
verb
(transitive) To yoke (oxen).
To bring or force into service.
instep
instep
noun
(anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.
A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot.
In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint.
instop
instop
verb
(transitive) To stop; close; shut; make fast.
isopag
isopod
isopod
noun
Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.
isopor
isopor
noun
(geomagnetism) A line on a map that joins places of equal annual change in a geomagnetic property; an isoporic line.
japish
japish
adj
Full of japes; jesting.
jaspis
jaspis
noun
Obsolete form of jasper.
jurisp
kalpis
kalpis
noun
A kind of Ancient Greek water jug.
kempis
kipnis
kipsey
kpuesi
krepis
lapies
lapins
lapins
noun
plural of lapin
limpas
limpsy
limpsy
adj
(US, dialect) limp; flexible; flimsy
lipase
lipase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids.
lipids
lipids
noun
plural of lipid
lipins
lipins
noun
plural of lipin
lipsey
lipski
lipson
lisped
lisped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lisp
lisper
lisper
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Lisper
One who has a lisp.
lupins
lupins
noun
plural of lupin
mespil
milpas
milpas
noun
plural of milpa
mishap
mishap
noun
An accident, mistake, or problem.
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
verb
(archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.
mispay
mispay
verb
(obsolete) To dissatisfy.
(transitive) To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
mispen
mispen
verb
To pen badly or wrongly.
misput
misput
verb
(transitive, rare) To put badly or wrongly.
(transitive, rare, US, dialect) To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
mixups
mixups
noun
plural of mixup
mopish
mopish
adj
Given to moping.
obispo
okapis
okapis
noun
plural of okapi
ophism
ophism
Noun
The doctrines and rites of the Ophites.
opiism
opines
opines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opine
opiums
opiums
noun
plural of opium
opolis
opsins
opsins
noun
plural of opsin
optics
optics
noun
(figuratively) Perception, image, public relations, especially in politics.
(physics) The physics of light and vision.
The light-related aspects of a device.
plural of optic
orpins
oxlips
oxlips
noun
plural of oxlip
paints
paints
noun
plural of paint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paint