A supporting structure for a river bank, built from planks and piles.
verb
To build such a supporting structure.
campshot
campsite
campsite
noun
A place where one or more tents may be pitched for overnight stay in an outdoor area.
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
capromys
capsicum
capsicum
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore) The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell pepper.
Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
capsomer
capsomer
noun
capsomere
capsumin
catapasm
catapasm
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A medicinal powder used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc..
champacs
champacs
noun
plural of champac
champaks
champaks
noun
plural of champak
champers
champers
noun
(informal) Champagne (wine).
Plural of champer.
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
chumpish
chumpish
adj
Like a chump; foolish and incompetent.
chumship
chumship
noun
(social sciences) preadolescent friendship between two people of the same sex
(uncountable) The condition of being chums; friendship.
clampers
clampers
noun
plural of clamper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamper
clipsome
clipsome
adj
(archaic) Fit to be clasped or embraced.
clumpish
clumpish
adj
Heavy and awkward; clumpy.
Tending to form clumps.
compacts
compacts
noun
plural of compact
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compact
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
compares
compares
noun
plural of compare
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare
comparsa
comparts
comparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compart
compeers
compeers
noun
plural of compeer
compends
compends
noun
plural of compend
compense
compense
verb
(obsolete) To compensate.
comperes
comperes
noun
plural of compere
compesce
compesce
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To hold in check; to restrain.
competes
competes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compete
compiles
compiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compile
complies
complies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comply
complins
complins
noun
plural of complin
complish
complish
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
complots
complots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complot
comports
comports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comport
composal
composed
composed
adj
showing composure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compose
composer
composer
noun
Especially, one who composes music.
One who composes; an author.
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
composes
composes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compose
composit
composts
composts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compost
compotes
compotes
noun
plural of compote
compress
compress
noun
A machine for compressing.
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
verb
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.
(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
(transitive) To abridge.
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
comprest
comprest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of compress
comprise
comprise
verb
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
(sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute.
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
To contain or embrace.
compulse
compulse
verb
To behave in a compulsive manner.
To force, constrain, or obligate.
computes
computes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute
computus
computus
noun
(historical) A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts.
The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
comsymps
comsymps
noun
plural of comsymp
consumpt
consumpt
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The amount consumed; consumption.
(obsolete) Consumer; market.
verb
To consume.
copemish
copesman
coprosma
coprosma
noun
(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Coprosma.
corpsman
corpsman
noun
(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
(deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
(medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.
corpsmen
corpsmen
noun
plural of corpsman
crampish
crampish
adj
Somewhat crampy.
crampits
crampits
noun
plural of crampit
crampons
crampons
noun
plural of crampon
crimpers
crimpers
noun
plural of crimper
crimples
crimples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crimple
crumpets
crumpets
noun
plural of crumpet
crumples
crumples
noun
plural of crumple
discompt
discompt
verb
(archaic) To discount.
empestic
empirics
empirics
noun
plural of empiric
emplaces
emplaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emplace
epimacus
epochism
epochism
noun
A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
escapism
escapism
noun
A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
The performance of an escape artist.
lipscomb
macropsy
macropsy
noun
(pathology) macropsia
macropus
manscape
manscape
noun
A landscape that has been shaped by the human race.
A view of a group of people.
An image, normally artistic, of the male form.
verb
(neologism) To trim or shave a male's hair, typically other than the hair atop and behind his head. The term applies most frequently to facial hair, including that of the eyebrows, ears, and nostrils; somewhat frequently to shoulders and back; less frequently to buttocks and pubes; infrequently to arms and legs.
(rare) To impose a shape on the landscape to suit humans.
matchups
matchups
noun
plural of matchup
mesocarp
mesocarp
noun
(botany) The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy
messapic
micropsy
micropsy
noun
Alternative form of micropsia
micropus
midspace
midspace
noun
A middle space.
miscript
mispatch
mispatch
verb
(transitive, computing) To patch wrongly.
misplace
misplace
verb
(figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
To put something in the wrong location.
misprice
misprice
verb
To price incorrectly or unsuitably.
mispunch
mispunch
noun
An act or result of mispunching (any sense).
verb
To punch a ball or similar object so that it does not go to the intended destination.
To punch a hole in the wrong place.
To punch the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, keypunch, or similar device.
misspace
misspace
verb
To space badly or incorrectly.
mopstick
mopstick
noun
(music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.
The long handle of a mop.
mudpacks
mudpacks
noun
plural of mudpack
myoscope
myoscope
noun
An instrument for studying the muscles.
nipmucks
oilcamps
olympics
olympics
Proper noun
The Olympic Games.
opticism
pacifism
pacifism
noun
(video games, roguelikes) The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means.
panicums
panicums
noun
plural of panicum
parecism
parosmic
parosmic
adj
Relating to parosmia
pemicans
pemicans
noun
plural of pemican
perosmic
perosmic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to osmium in its highest oxidation state (+8)
picksman
picksome
picksome
adj
Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.
Valued for picking; choice; select.
picumnus
pochismo
polemics
polemics
noun
The art or practice of making arguments or controversies.
The refutation of errors in theological doctrine.
plural of polemic
posticum
primices
psychism
psychism
noun
(philosophy) The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.
pumicers
pumicers
noun
plural of pumicer
pumicose
sampaloc
sapremic
sapremic
adj
Alternative form of sapraemic
sapromic
saspamco
scalprum
scalprum
noun
A large strong scalpel.
A toothed raspatory used in trephining and in removing carious bone.
scampers
scampers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scamper
scampies
scamping
scamping
verb
present participle of scamp
scampish
scampish
adj
Resembling a scamp; knavish.
scaphism
scaphism
noun
A form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and exposed to insects until the victim's death.
schlumps
schlumps
noun
plural of schlump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of schlump
scrampum
scrapman
scrapman
noun
A scrap dealer.
scrimped
scrimped
adj
pinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrimp
scrimper
scrimper
noun
One who scrimps.
scrimpit
scrimply
scrimply
adv
(archaic) Hardly; scarcely; barely.
(archaic) In a scanty manner.
scriptum
scrumple
scrumple
verb
(Britain) To crumple, crush or wad (like a piece of paper).
semicope
semicope
Noun
A short cope, or an inferior kind of cope.
semicupe
semiepic
semplice
semplice
adv
(music) (To be played) simply, without embellishments.
simptico
spaceman
spaceman
noun
(informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.
spacemen
spacemen
noun
plural of spaceman
spanemic
spanemic
adj
Alternative form of spanaemic
specimen
specimen
noun
(humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
(numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
(philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
spectrum
spectrum
noun
(abstract algebra, algebraic geometry) The set, denoted Spec(R), of all prime ideals of a given ring R, commonly augmented with a Zariski topology and considered as a topological space.
(chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
(mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
(mathematics, linear algebra) The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
(obsolete) Specter, apparition.
(psychology, education, usually with the) The autism spectrum.
A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.
speculum
speculum
noun
(medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
(ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
A lookout place.
A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
sphygmic
sphygmic
adj
(physiology, rare) Of or pertaining to the circulatory pulse.
spiculum
spiculum
noun
(astronomy) A small radial emission of gas seen in the chromosphere and corona of the sun.
(zoology) A sharp, needle-like structure, especially those making up the skeleton of a sponge.
A sharp, pointed crystal, especially of ice.
A thrusting javelin used by Romans that replaced the pilum in the late 3rd century.