(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.
capelet
capelet
noun
A small cape worn over the shoulders by women.
capital
capital
adj
(comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.
(crime) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
Of or relating to the head.
Of prime importance.
Uppercase.
used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
noun
(countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
(countable) An uppercase letter.
(countable) The most important city in the field specified.
(countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
(countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
(uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
capitle
capitol
capitol
noun
(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
(historical) Alternative form of Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
(historical) Alternative form of capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.
caplets
caplets
noun
plural of caplet
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
catalpa
catalpa
noun
Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.
chaplet
chaplet
noun
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A garland or circlet for the head.
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A small chapel or shrine.
Alternative form of chapelet
chiplet
chiplet
noun
(electronics) Any of the integrated circuits making up a multi-chip module (MCM).
clapnet
clapnet
noun
Alternative form of clap net
clapton
clapton
Proper noun
An area of London, in the borough of Hackney (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton)
clatsop
clatsop
Noun
A member of a small tribe of Chinookan-speaking Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
clopton
clumpst
coalpit
coalpit
noun
(US) A place where charcoal is made.
A pit where coal is extracted.
colport
colport
verb
To work as a colporteur
complot
complot
noun
(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To plot together; conspire.
comptel
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
copilot
copilot
noun
A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft.
verb
To serve as relief or assistant pilot.
coplots
coplots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coplot
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
cryptal
cryptal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
culpate
culprit
culprit
noun
(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
cutlips
ectypal
ectypal
adj
(philosophy) Corresponding to external reality.
Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
epactal
epactal
adj
intercalated; supernumerary
flatcap
flatcap
noun
Alternative form of flat cap (“headgear”)
giltcup
glyptic
glyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to engraving, especially on precious stones.
kleptic
octapla
octapla
name
A text presented in eight parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented in such a fashion by Origen.
octuple
octuple
adj
eightfold
noun
An eightfold amount or number
verb
(intransitive) To increase eightfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by eight.
octuply
octuply
adv
In an eightfold manner
optical
optical
adj
Designed to assist or enhance sight
Incorporating light-sensitive devices.
Of, or relating to optics.
Of, or relating to sight; visual.
Of, or relating to visible light.
noun
(film) Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film.
opticly
pacolet
palatic
palatic
adj
(Tyneside) Syncopic form of paralytic (“very drunk”).
(anatomy) palatal; palatine
noun
A palatal.
paltock
paltock
noun
(historical) A type of short doublet or tunic with sleeves, sometimes worn beneath armour.
pelitic
pelitic
adj
Relating to, or containing, pelite.
pelitic schists
phtalic
piculet
piculet
noun
A small woodpecker of the genus Picumnus and other genera in subfamily Picumninae.
piltock
placate
placate
verb
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
placent
placets
placets
noun
plural of placet
placket
placket
noun
(historical) A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel.
(historical) An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate.
(obsolete) A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat.
(obsolete) A woman's pocket.
(obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
plastic
plastic
adj
(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
(dated) Creative, formative.
(figurative, informal, of a person) fake; insincere.
(medicine, now rare) Producing tissue.
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
Inferior or not the real thing.
Made of plastic.
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
noun
(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
(colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
(figurative, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
playact
playact
verb
Alternative form of play-act.
plectra
plectra
noun
plural of plectrum
plectre
plectre
noun
(obsolete, music) plectrum
plicate
plicate
adj
(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
verb
(chiefly biology) To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).
plumcot
plumcot
noun
A hybrid fruit of plum and apricot.
polecat
polecat
noun
(US, dialects, including Appalachia) A skunk.
(television) A tubular device used to support lights on a set.
A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
politic
politic
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
(archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious
(archaic, of things) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong.
Artful, crafty or cunning.
Discreet and diplomatic.
Shrewd, prudent and expedient.
noun
(archaic) A politician.
verb
Alternative spelling of politick
polyact
polyact
adj
(zoology) polyactinal
polycot
polycot
noun
(botany) A polycotyledon.
potlach
potlach
noun
Alternative spelling of potlatch
potluck
potluck
noun
(by extension) Whatever is available in a particular situation.
(dated) A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.
(obsolete) The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.
(originally Canada, US) A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a potluck, where each participant brings a meal to be shared by all.
prelect
prelect
verb
(intransitive) To discourse publicly; to lecture.
proctal
pulicat
punctal
punctal
adj
(anatomy) relating to a punctum
(mathematics) relating to a point
putlock
putlock
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of putlog
sculpts
sculpts
noun
plural of sculpt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sculpt
splatch
splatch
noun
A blot or splash.
verb
To manipulate roughly or crudely.
To mark with a splatch.
To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material.
splotch
splotch
noun
An irregular-shaped spot or stain.
verb
To mark with splotches.
teplica
topical
topical
adj
(medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
(medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
Local to a particular place
Relating to a particular topic or subject.
Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
noun
(pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.
(philately) A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.
A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.
A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
typical
typical
adj
(taxonomy) Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.
Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.