(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acapnia
acapnia
noun
The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
accepts
accepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accept
accompt
accompt
noun
(archaic) Account.
verb
(archaic) To account.
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
acepots
acepots
noun
Synonym of acepot
aceship
adapted
adapted
adj
Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adapt
adapter
adapter
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
adaptor
adaptor
noun
Alternative form of adapter
adelops
adelphe
adelphi
adelpho
adepter
adepter
adj
(archaic) comparative form of adept: more adept
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adipate
adipate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of adipic acid
adipoid
adipoma
adipoma
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adipsia
adipsia
noun
(medicine) Absence of thirst.
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
adnopoz
adolphe
adolpho
adopted
adopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adopt
adoptee
adoptee
noun
A person who was adopted as a child.
An adopted son or daughter.
Synonym of adopter
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adpress
adpress
verb
Alternative form of appress
aegipan
aegipan
noun
(Classical mythology) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
aepytus
aesepus
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
agallop
agallop
adj
galloping
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
agapeti
aggappe
aggroup
aggroup
verb
(archaic) To bring together in a group; to group.
aglypha
agpaite
agpaite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.
agrapha
agrapha
noun
plural of agraphon
agriope
agrippa
ahypnia
airampo
airampo
noun
The erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.
airdrop
airdrop
noun
(cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
verb
To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
airpark
airpark
noun
(US) A small airport sometimes found near an industrial or business area.
airplay
airplay
noun
The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
airplot
airport
airport
noun
An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
airpost
airpost
noun
Synonym of airmail
airship
airship
noun
(Britain, derogatory, chiefly in the plural) A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
(US, law enforcement, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter
(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
(aviation, informal) Any aircraft.
verb
To transport goods by aircraft.
akepiro
akepiro
noun
A small tree of New Zealand (Olearia furfuracea).
akwapim
alapaha
alcippe
alepine
alepine
noun
Alternative form of alépine
alepole
alepole
noun
(obsolete) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
alewhap
aliipoe
aliipoe
noun
The plant Canna indica.
alipata
alipeds
alipeds
noun
plural of aliped
aliptae
aliptes
aliptic
allport
allsopp
alopeke
alophas
alopias
alpacas
alpacas
noun
plural of alpaca
alpaugh
alphaea
alphard
alphard
Proper noun
An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae,
alphean
alpheus
alpheus
Proper noun
A river in Hades.
The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
name, of mostly historical usage.
alphons
alphorn
alphorn
noun
(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
alphyls
alpines
alpines
noun
plural of alpine
alpinia
alpiste
alypine
amopaon
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
ampalea
ampassy
ampassy
noun
(obsolete) ampersand
ampelis
ampelos
amperes
amperes
noun
plural of ampere
amphide
amphion
amphius
amphora
amphora
noun
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
amphore
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
amplest
amplest
adj
superlative form of ample: most ample
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.
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
ampulla
ampulla
noun
(anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
(botany) The spongiole of a root.
(historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
amputee
amputee
noun
A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
ampyces
ampycus
ampyxes
anapest
anapest
noun
(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.
(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., Latin pariēs: pa-ri-ēs).
anaphia
anaphia
noun
(medicine, rare) Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
anapnea
anapnea
noun
(medicine) Resumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration.
anapsid
anapsid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass
noun
(zoology) A member of this group of reptiles, including the turtles, tortoises and terrapins.
anaspid
angarep
anopias
anopias
noun
plural of anopia
anopsia
anopsia
noun
(ophthalmology) A defect in the visual field
antapex
antapex
noun
(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
anthrop
antiope
antipas
antipot
antipot
adj
(informal) Opposed to the use of marijuana.
antipus
antship
antwerp
antwerp
Proper noun
The most populous province of Flanders and Belgium.
The capital city of the eponymous
apaches
apaches
noun
plural of apache
apadana
apadana
noun
a large hypostyle hall in ancient Persian palaces
apagoge
apagoge
noun
(logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
apanage
apanage
noun
(historical) A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.
verb
(transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
apandry
apardon
aparejo
aparejo
noun
A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the American military and among the Spanish Americans, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
apargia
apasote
apastra
apatela
apathia
apathic
apathus
apatite
apatite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment.
apehood
apehood
noun
The state or essence of being an ape.
apeiron
apeiron
noun
A kind of infinite primal chaos in the cosmological theory of Anaximander.