An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
capreolus
capturers
capturers
noun
plural of capturer
composure
composure
noun
(obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
(obsolete) Frame; make; temperament.
(obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
(obsolete) Something which is composed; a composition.
(obsolete) The act of composing
Calmness of mind or temperament
computers
computers
noun
plural of computer
corpuscle
corpuscle
noun
A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.
craspedum
creamcups
creamcups
noun
Platystemon californicus, an ornamental flowering plant in the Papaveraceae family, found growing wild throughout the American southwest and especially on the Pacific Coast.
crepitous
crepitous
adj
grating, crackling or popping
crepuscle
crepuscle
noun
Alternative form of crepuscule
croupiers
croupiers
noun
plural of croupier
croupiest
croupiest
adj
superlative form of croupy: most croupy
cupellers
cupellers
noun
plural of cupeller
cupressus
cusparine
cutpurses
cutpurses
noun
plural of cutpurse
epicurish
epicurish
adj
epicurean
epicurism
epicurism
noun
Epicureanism
escropulo
escropulo
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g.
eucarpous
euproctis
euryscope
haruspice
occupiers
occupiers
noun
plural of occupier
opercules
opercules
noun
plural of opercule
outcapers
outcapers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outcaper
outprices
outprices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outprice
parecious
peculiars
peculiars
noun
plural of peculiar
pedicures
pedicures
noun
plural of pedicure
percussed
percussed
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of percussant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of percuss
percusses
percusses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of percuss
percussor
percussor
noun
(medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
(medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
perfectus
perfectus
noun
(historical, Christianity) Synonym of perfect (“leader of the Cathar movement”)
periactus
periactus
noun
Alternative form of periaktos
perioecus
perioecus
noun
(obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
persecute
persecute
verb
To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, to because the victim's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular belief.
phereclus
pickpurse
pickpurse
noun
One who steals purses, or money from purses.
picturers
picturers
noun
plural of picturer
piecrusts
piecrusts
noun
plural of piecrust
plectrums
porrectus
porrectus
noun
(music) A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.
preaccuse
precensus
precensus
adj
Before a census.
precieuse
precludes
precludes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preclude
precourse
precourse
adj
Before a course, such as of training or medical treatment
verb
Alternative form of precurse (“forerun, precede”)
precuneus
precuneus
noun
(anatomy) A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.
precursal
precursal
adj
Serving as a precursor or forerunner; coming before a later form.
precursor
precursor
adj
(telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
noun
(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
preexcuse
pregustic
prescutal
prescutal
adj
Relating to a prescutum
prescutum
prescutum
noun
(zoology) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect
presecure
processus
processus
noun
A process, or projecting part.
procurers
procurers
noun
plural of procurer
procuress
procuress
noun
A female procurer.
A middlewoman : a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
producers
producers
noun
plural of producer
prosecute
prosecute
verb
(transitive) To pursue something to the end.
(transitive, law) To charge, try.
(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
To seek to obtain by legal process.
proseucha
proseucha
noun
Alternative form of proseuche
proseuche
proseuche
noun
(religion) A place of prayer; among the Jews, one that was not a synagogue, or the temple, usually roofless.
prudences
prudences
noun
plural of prudence
puckerers
puckerers
noun
plural of puckerer
punctures
punctures
noun
plural of puncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of puncture
purchased
purchased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of purchase
purchaser
purchaser
noun
One who purchases.
purchases
purchases
noun
plural of purchase
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purchase
purlicues
purlicues
noun
plural of purlicue
pursuance
pursuance
noun
A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
The state of being pursuant; consequence.
recouples
recouples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recouple
repercuss
repercuss
verb
(transitive) To drive or beat back.
(transitive, by extension) To reflect; to reverberate.
republics
republics
noun
plural of republic
respectum
resuspect
sapsucker
sapsucker
noun
A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees
Any woodpecker that punctures the bark of trees and feeds upon the sap.
scalpture
scapulare
scripture
scripture
noun
(by extension) An authoritative statement.
A sacred writing or holy book.
sculpture
sculpture
noun
(archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
(countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
(zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
verb
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
To represent something in sculpture.
scuppered
scuppered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scupper
sepuchral
sepulcher
sepulcher
noun
(Canada, US) Alternative form of sepulchre
sepulchre
sepulchre
noun
(Christianity, historical) A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.
A burial chamber.
verb
(transitive) To place in a sepulchre.
spectrous
spectrous
adj
Of or pertaining to spectres.
spectrums
speluncar
speluncar
adj
Underground, as if in a cave.
sprauchle
sprauchle
noun
(Scotland) An awkward or struggling movement; stumble.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To move in a clumsy manner; to stumble or sprawl; to clamber up with difficulty.
spruciest
spruciest
adj
superlative form of sprucy: most sprucy
squarecap
superacid
superacid
noun
(chemistry) any medium having a very high acidity; typically a solution of a strong Lewis acid in a Brønsted acid.
supercede
supercede
verb
Common misspelling of supersede.
supercity
supercity
noun
An extremely large city, metropolis or urban area.
The merged urban area of several close cities.
supercold
supercold
adj
Very cold; having an extreme cold.
supercool
supercool
adj
(informal) Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable.
verb
(physics) To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring
supercube
supercube
noun
(mathematics, rare) An analogue of the square or cube in arbitrary dimension: 0,1ⁿ along with the (n-1)-dimensional balls joining every 2ⁿ⁻¹ such points that share a coordinate, or any space equivalent.
superepic
superepic
adj
Very epic.
noun
A very large, ambitious, or successful epic work.
superfice
superfice
noun
(obsolete) A superficies.
superrace
superrace
noun
A race (of people, etc.) superior to others.
superrich
superrich
adj
Extremely rich.
noun
Very wealthy people, considered as a class.
supremacy
supremacy
noun
(in combination) A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
(in combination) The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
Power over all others.
The quality of being supreme.
supulchre
surfperch
surfperch
noun
Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
surpliced
surpliced
adj
Wearing a surplice.
surplices
surplices
noun
plural of surplice
susceptor
susceptor
noun
A material used for its ability to absorb electromagnetic energy and convert it to heat, used in industrial heating and cooking.
One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
suspecter
suspecter
noun
Alternative spelling of suspector
suspector
suspector
noun
One who suspects.
uncypress
unpackers
unpackers
noun
plural of unpacker
unprecise
unprecise
Adjective
Not precise.
unpuckers
unpuckers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpucker
unrespect
unrespect
noun
A lack or absence of respect, reverence, or courteous behaviour; disrespect; disesteem.
unscepter
unscepter
verb
Alternative form of unsceptre
unsceptre
unsceptre
verb
To deprive of a sceptre; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
unscraped
unscraped
adj
Not scraped.
unspruced
unspruced
adj
Not spruced up.
uppercase
uppercase
adj
written in upper case; capital
noun
Alternative spelling of upper case
verb
(transitive) To convert (text) to upper case.
uppercuts
uppercuts
noun
plural of uppercut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uppercut
upreaches
upreaches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upreach
upstretch
uroseptic
uroseptic
adj
(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from urosepsis.