A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
aphidius
aphodius
applauds
applauds
noun
plural of applaud
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of applaud
aptitude
aptitude
noun
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
The condition of being suitable.
aspidium
aspidium
noun
(dated, countable) Synonym of dryopteris: a genus of ferns or a member of the genus, including the male fern.
(dated, medicine, uncountable) A vermifuge prepared from the dried male fern.
bardulph
beplumed
beplumed
adj
Decked with feathers.
bepuddle
bepuddle
verb
(by extension) To soil or debase.
To cover or fill with puddles.
bepuffed
bepuffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepuff
bicuspid
bicuspid
adj
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
bradypus
bridecup
budapest
buildups
buildups
noun
plural of buildup
bumpered
bumpered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bumper
campused
campused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campus
capsuled
capsuled
adj
enclosed within a capsule
captured
captured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capture
capuched
capuched
adj
(obsolete) Covered with, or as if with, a hood.
catadupe
catadupe
noun
Waterfall; cataract.
cloudcap
clupeids
clupeids
noun
plural of clupeid
clupeiod
clupeoid
clupeoid
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
compound
compound
adj
(mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
(chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
(rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
An enclosure for secure storage.
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Anything made by combining several things.
Short for compound exercise.
verb
(horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
(intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
(transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
(transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
(transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
computed
computed
adj
Calculated, determined by computation.
Derived rather than measured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compute
coupland
couponed
couponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coupon
croupade
croupade
noun
A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
crumpled
crumpled
adj
Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crumple
cupboard
cupboard
noun
(obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]
(obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]
(obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
verb
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
cupelled
cupelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cupel
cupidity
cupidity
noun
Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
cupidone
cupolaed
cupolaed
adj
Having one or more cupolas.
cuspated
cuspated
adj
Ending in a point.
cuspidal
cuspidal
adj
Having cusps.
cuspides
cuspidor
cuspidor
noun
(chiefly US) A spittoon.
dapedium
dapedius
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
dauphins
dauphins
noun
plural of dauphin
deathcup
decipium
decipium
noun
(obsolete) Proposed name for a chemical element isolated from samarskite, later found to be a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements.
decouple
decouple
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To unlink; to take or come apart.
(transitive, military) To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
decupled
decupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decuple
decuples
decuples
noun
plural of decuple
decuplet
decuplet
noun
(music) A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.
(physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
One of a group of ten, particularly one of ten babies born to the same mother at one time.
deipylus
depilous
depilous
adj
hairless
deplumed
deplumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplume
deplumes
deplumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplume
deposure
depurant
depurant
adj
(medicine) depurative
noun
(medicine) A depurative.
depurate
depurate
adj
(obsolete) Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.
verb
(transitive) To make impure.
(transitive) To remove impurities from; to purify.
depurged
deputies
deputies
noun
plural of deputy
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
deputise
deputise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.
deputize
deputize
verb
(intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
(transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
(transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
despouse
diapause
diapause
noun
(biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
(of territory) Claimed by more than one sovereign state.
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispute
disputer
disputer
noun
One who disputes.
disputes
disputes
noun
plural of dispute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispute
disrupts
disrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrupt
dooputty
doupioni
douzeper
douzeper
noun
(by extension) An individual considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne's peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.
(by extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
(historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
dropouts
dropouts
noun
plural of dropout
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
drupelet
drupelet
noun
(botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.
drupeole
drupetum
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
dullpate
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
dumpcart
dumpcart
noun
A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
dumpfile
dumpiest
dumpiest
adj
superlative form of dumpy: most dumpy
dumpings
dumpings
noun
plural of dumping
dumpling
dumpling
noun
(cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
(endearing) A term of endearment.
(mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
duopsony
duopsony
noun
An economic condition in which two buyers exert control over the market price of a commodity.
duperies
duperies
noun
plural of dupery
duplexed
duplexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of duplex
duplexer
duplexer
noun
(electronics) A device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
duplexes
duplexes
noun
plural of duplex
duplicia
dupondii
dupondii
noun
plural of dupondius
dustheap
dustheap
noun
A pile of rubbish.
dustpans
dustpans
noun
plural of dustpan
empodium
empodium
noun
(zoology) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera
endrumpf
epidural
epidural
adj
(anatomy, relational) Situated on or outside the dura mater.
(medicine, relational) Of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater.
noun
(medicine) An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.
equipede
equipped
equipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equip
espoused
espoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of espouse
espundia
espundia
noun
The ulcerative type of dermal leishmaniasis, with secondary manifestations in the nose and mouth, occurring in parts of South America.
eudyptes
eulophid
eulophid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Eulophidae.
eupatrid
eupatrid
Noun
In Ancient Greece, a member of the noble Attic landowning class.
Adjective
In Ancient Greece, belonging to the noble Attic landowning class.
euploids
euploids
noun
plural of euploid
euploidy
euploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
euplotid
euplotid
noun
Any ciliate in the family Euplotidae or the order Euplotida of chromists.
expounds
expounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound
expulsed
expulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expulse
expunged
expunged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expunge
frumpled
frumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frumple
gazumped
gazumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gazump
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
groupoid
groupoid
noun
(algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has identities and inverses.
(algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
gueparde
gueparde
noun
(dated) A cheetah.
gumdrops
gumdrops
noun
plural of gumdrop
gypsumed
hiccuped
hippurid
hippurid
noun
A plant of the former tribe Hippurideae, now considered to be part of the Callitricheae; a mare's tail.
implumed
implumed
adj
(archaic) not plumed; without plumes or feathers
impounds
impounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound
impudent
impudent
adj
Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.
impugned
impugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impugn
impulsed
impulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impulse
imputrid
inpoured
inpoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inpour
inputted
inputted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of input
irrupted
irrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of irrupt
jodhpurs
jodhpurs
noun
Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.
judgship
jumpseed
jumpseed
noun
A trailside plant, Persicaria virginiana, with a long seedstalk bearing adhesive seeds.
larruped
larruped
adj
(slang) drunk; inebriated
lepidium
lispound
lispound
noun
(historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds.
lupicide
lupicide
noun
A person who kills a wolf.
The killing of a wolf or wolves.
misproud
misproud
adj
(archaic) Unduly or unwarrantably proud or vain; wrongly proud; arrogant; haughty.