The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
alphyls
alypine
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
ampassy
ampassy
noun
(obsolete) ampersand
amplify
amplify
verb
(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
ampyces
ampycus
ampyxes
apandry
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
apetaly
apetaly
noun
(botany) The condition of having no petals
aphylly
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apilary
apishly
apishly
adv
In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
aplenty
aplenty
adj
(postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
adv
Enough or more than enough.
aplysia
aplysia
noun
Any sea slug of the genus Aplysia.
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apogamy
apogamy
noun
(botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
apogeny
apohyal
apohyal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
apology
apology
noun
A formal justification, defence.
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
apopyle
apopyle
noun
A pore through which water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge
apotype
apotype
noun
(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions
appleby
appleby
Proper noun
A place name.
Historical county town of Westmoreland, UK.
Village in North Lincolnshire, UK.
Any number of settlements named after those in Britain.
from the English place name.
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apyonin
apyrase
apyrase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, releasing phosphate and available energy
apyrene
apyrene
adj
(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
apyrexy
apyrexy
noun
apyrexia
apyrous
apyrous
adj
Not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
archspy
asperly
asphyxy
asphyxy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
verb
Rare form of asphyxiate.
atrepsy
atrophy
atrophy
noun
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
auspicy
autopsy
autopsy
noun
(rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
verb
(transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
(transitive) To perform an autopsy on.
ayapana
ayapana
noun
Ayapana triplinervis (syn. Eupatorium ayapana), a tropical American shrub
bayport
bespray
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
biotype
biotype
noun
(genetics) A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
verb
To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
biparty
biparty
adj
Involving two parties or entities.
bitypic
bopyrid
bopyrid
noun
(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.
bopyrus
boyship
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
bypaths
bypaths
noun
plural of bypath
byplace
byplays
byplays
noun
plural of byplay
byspell
cacoepy
cacoepy
noun
The mispronunciation of words.
calypso
calypso
noun
A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
A light blue color.
A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.
verb
(intransitive) To perform calypso.
campily
campily
adv
In a campy manner.
campney
campody
capably
capably
adv
In a capable manner.
capemay
caproyl
caproyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from caproic acid by loss of the hydroxy group; hexanoyl
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
cheaply
cheaply
adv
(cricket, by extension) For a low score.
In a cheap manner; without expending much money.
chipley
ciphony
ciphony
noun
The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.
claypan
claypan
noun
(geology) A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay.
clypeal
clypeal
adj
Of or pertaining to a clypeus
clypeus
clypeus
noun
(entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
company
company
noun
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(uncountable) Companionship.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A small group of birds or animals.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
comsymp
comsymp
noun
(slang, derogatory) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
concupy
concupy
noun
(obsolete) concubine
(obsolete, nonce word) concupiscence
coopery
coopery
adj
(obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.
noun
Cooperage (cooper's workshop).
Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
copaiye
coparty
coppery
coppery
adj
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
copyboy
copyboy
noun
Alternative form of copy boy
copycat
copycat
adj
Imitative; unoriginal.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else.
verb
To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way
copying
copying
noun
(countable) an instance of the making of a copy
(uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies
verb
present participle of copy
copyism
copyism
noun
(archaic) A style based on slavish imitation, without character or originality.
(archaic) plagiarism
copyist
copyist
noun
a person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
copyman
corupay
corypha
cotypes
cotypes
noun
plural of cotype
cowpony
cowpony
noun
A horse ridden by cowboys when controlling cattle
coypous
coypous
noun
plural of coypou
cripply
cripply
adj
lame; disabled; crippled
crisply
crisply
adv
In a crisp manner.
cropsey
crumply
crumply
adj
crumpled.
cryptal
cryptal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
crypted
cryptic
cryptic
adj
(biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
(zoology) Serving as camouflage.
(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Involving use of a code or cipher.
Mystified or of an obscure nature.
Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
noun
(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
cryptos
cryptos
noun
plural of crypto
curupay
curupey
cyclope
cyclops
cyclops
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
(derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
(zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
A one-eyed creature of any species.
cyclopy
cydippe
cynipid
cynipid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cynipidae of wasps.
cyperus
cyperus
noun
Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
cyphers
cyphers
noun
plural of cypher
cypraea
cypress
cypress
noun
Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”)
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
cyprian
cyprina
cyprine
cyprine
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress.
cypriot
cypsela
cypsela
noun
(botany) An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.
cypseli
dasypod
dasypus
daypeep
daypeep
noun
Alternative spelling of day-peep
deadpay
decrypt
decrypt
noun
A decoded communication.
verb
(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
deipyle
dempsey
depayse
deploys
deploys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy
deyship
diapery
diatype
diglyph
diglyph
noun
A member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
diphyes
diplopy
diplopy
noun
diplopia
diptyca
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
dipygus
dipygus
noun
An individual with a congenital deformity where the body axis forks left and right partway along the torso, with the posterior end (pelvis and legs) duplicated.
dipylon
display
display
noun
(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
(computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.
A piece of work to be presented visually.
A show or spectacle.
verb
(intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
(military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
(obsolete) To discover; to descry.
(obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
(printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
drapery
drapery
noun
(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
(uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
dryopes
dumpily
dumpily
adv
In a dumpy manner.
duopoly
duopoly
noun
(broadcasting, by extension) Situation in which two or more TV or radio-stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
(by extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities.
(economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
duotype
duotype
noun
(historical) A print made from two halftone photographic plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.
duplify
dupuyer
dymphia
dyphone
dypnone
dypnone
noun
(chemistry) diphenyl-butenone, Ph-C(=O)CH=C(CH₃)-Ph, or any of its derivatives
dyspnea
dyspnea
noun
(pathology, North American spelling) Difficult or labored respiration; shortness of breath.
dyspnoi
ecotype
ecotype
noun
(ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
ecphory
ecphory
noun
An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.