A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
ampongue
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
ampulate
ampullae
ampullae
noun
plural of ampulla
amputate
amputate
verb
(obsolete) To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.]
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]
amputees
amputees
noun
plural of amputee
apostume
apostume
noun
Obsolete form of aposteme.
appaumee
apterium
apterium
noun
(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
autompne
beplumed
beplumed
adj
Decked with feathers.
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bumpered
bumpered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bumper
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
campused
campused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campus
campuses
campuses
noun
plural of campus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of campus
chemulpo
clumpier
clumpier
adj
comparative form of clumpy: more clumpy
compulse
compulse
verb
To behave in a compulsive manner.
To force, constrain, or obligate.
computed
computed
adj
Calculated, determined by computation.
Derived rather than measured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compute
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.
computes
computes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute
creamcup
creamcup
noun
Alternative form of creamcups
crumpets
crumpets
noun
plural of crumpet
crumpled
crumpled
adj
Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crumple
crumpler
crumpler
noun
Someone or something that crumples.
crumples
crumples
noun
plural of crumple
cupmaker
cupmaker
noun
someone who makes cups
dapedium
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.
deplumed
deplumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplume
deplumes
deplumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplume
displume
displume
verb
To deprive of feathers or plumes.
To strip of an award.
drupetum
dumpfile
dumpiest
dumpiest
adj
superlative form of dumpy: most dumpy
empetrum
emplunge
emplunge
verb
Alternative form of implunge
empodium
empodium
noun
(zoology) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera
emporium
emporium
noun
(also figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
(also figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
(by extension, obsolete) The brain.
(historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
empurple
empurple
verb
Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
To make purple.
empuzzle
empuzzle
verb
(archaic) To puzzle.
empyreum
endrumpf
ephebeum
ephebeum
noun
A hall, in an ancient Greek palaestra, used for gymnastic exercise
epigynum
epigynum
noun
Synonym of epigyne
epimacus
epimerum
eponymus
erumpent
erumpent
adj
That emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.
eumolpus
eumolpus
Proper noun
The son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
euphemia
euphemie
euphemus
euphonym
euphonym
noun
A pleasant-sounding name.
euphuism
euphuism
noun
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
An instance of euphuism.
europium
europium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
exemplum
exemplum
noun
A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.
An example.
expansum
frumpery
frumpery
noun
Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
frumpier
frumpier
adj
comparative form of frumpy: more frumpy
frumpled
frumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frumple
gazumped
gazumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gazump
gazumper
gazumper
noun
One who gazumps.
glumpier
grumphie
grumphie
noun
(Scotland) A sow (female pig).
grumpier
grumpier
adj
comparative form of grumpy: more grumpy
gumpheon
gypsumed
hempbush
homespun
homespun
adj
(by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
(of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.
(of fabric) Woven in the home.
(of yarn) Spun in the home.
noun
(obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.
Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
humphrey
humpiest
humpiest
adj
superlative form of humpy: most humpy
humpless
humpless
adj
Without humps.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
imperium
imperium
noun
Supreme power; dominion.
The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.
implumed
implumed
adj
(archaic) not plumed; without plumes or feathers
implunge
implunge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).
imposure
imposure
noun
(rare) The act of imposing.
impudent
impudent
adj
Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.
impugned
impugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impugn
impugner
impugner
noun
One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
impulsed
impulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impulse
impulses
impulses
noun
plural of impulse
impunely
impurely
impurely
adv
In an impure manner.
impurple
impurple
verb
Alternative form of empurple
imputers
imputers
noun
plural of imputer
jumpable
jumpable
adj
Able to be jumped.
jumpiest
jumpiest
adj
superlative form of jumpy: most jumpy
jumpness
jumpseed
jumpseed
noun
A trailside plant, Persicaria virginiana, with a long seedstalk bearing adhesive seeds.
jumpsome
jumpsome
adj
Characterised or marked by jumping
lepidium
lumpiest
lumpiest
adj
superlative form of lumpy: most lumpy
maurepas
melampus
mespilus
mespilus
noun
Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus, the medlars.
mopusses
morpheus
morpheus
Proper noun
The god and personification of dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
mousepox
mousepox
noun
A skin disease of mice, similar to smallpox, caused by the poxvirus species Ectromelia virus.
mudspate
mudspate
noun
Synonym of mudflow
multiped
multiped
adj
Alternative form of multipede
multiple
multiple
adj
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
More than one (followed by plural).
noun
(finance) Price-earnings ratio.
(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.
A chain store.
A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
A single individual who has multiple personalities.
More than one piercing in a single ear.
One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
mumphead
murphied
murphies
murphies
noun
plural of murphy
muspikes
nympheum
overjump
overjump
verb
(intransitive) To jump too far or too high.
(transitive) To jump over.
(transitive, obsolete) To omit or ignore.
overpump
overpump
verb
To pump excessively.
palmetum
pamunkey
pantheum
peamouth
peculium
peculium
noun
(law, historical) The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own
A special fund for private and personal uses.
pedalium
pemaquid
pendulum
pendulum
noun
(by extension) Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
penultim
penumbra
penumbra
noun
(astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
(figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
(figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
(medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
peplumed
peplumed
adj
Furnished with a peplum.
peponium
peponium
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Peponium.
peramium
perfumed
perfumed
adj
Scented, having been given a pleasant smell.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perfume
perfumer
perfumer
noun
A person who makes or sells perfume.
One who perfumes something.
perfumes
perfumes
noun
plural of perfume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perfume
pergamum
pergamum
Proper noun
An ancient Greek city, in western Anatolia, near modern Bergama.
pergamus
peridium
peridium
noun
(mycology) The outer layer that covers the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
perigeum
perigeum
noun
Archaic form of perigee.
perineum
perineum
noun
(anatomy) The region between the human genitalia, especially the scrotum, and anus. The male perineum is between the scrotum and anus. The female perineum is between the vagina and anus.
perinium
permuted
permuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permute
permuter
permuter
noun
One who permutes.
permutes
permutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of permute
peronium
pessimum
pessimum
noun
A worst or lowest point.
petaluma
petrosum
pinoleum
plectrum
plectrum
noun
(anatomy, zoology) A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
plethrum
plethrum
noun
Alternative form of plethron
plumaged
plumaged
adj
Having plumage.
plumages
plumages
noun
plural of plumage
plumbage
plumbage
noun
leadwork
plumbate
plumbate
noun
(chemistry) Any compound containing the plumbate ion PbO₃²⁻ or Pb(OH)₆²⁻.
plumbean
plumbean
adj
Synonym of plumbeous
plumbers
plumbers
noun
plural of plumber
plumbery
plumbery
noun
(countable) A place where plumbing is carried out
(obsolete, uncountable) The business of a plumber; plumbing
plumbite
plumbite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion