Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
noun
A person who has aphonia.
aphotic
aphotic
adj
Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
apocarp
apochae
apocope
apocope
noun
(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
(phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apogaic
apogeic
apogeic
adj
(figuratively) Climactic.
Pertaining to the apogee.
apomict
apomict
noun
(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.
apothec
apricot
apricot
adj
Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
noun
(color) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
(slang, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.
(sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
aprocta
aptotic
aptotic
adj
(biology, rare) Misspelling of apoptotic.
(grammar, linguistics, now rare) Uninflected.
atropic
biopsic
biopsic
adj
Relating to a biopsy.
bioptic
bioptic
adj
Related to biopsy
buckpot
cacoepy
cacoepy
noun
The mispronunciation of words.
calcomp
caltrop
caltrop
noun
(colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
(heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
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.
camphol
camphol
noun
borneol
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
campion
campion
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
campody
campong
campong
noun
Alternative spelling of kampong
campout
campout
noun
A gathering or event at which people sleep outdoors or camp.
campton
canhoop
canopic
canopic
adj
(rare) Relating to a forest canopy.
Alternative form of Canopic (“from the ancient city of Canopus”)
canopid
canopus
canopus
Proper noun
A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.
capello
caphtor
capitol
capitol
noun
(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
(historical) Alternative form of Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
(historical) Alternative form of capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.
caplock
caplock
noun
A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap.
capoche
caporal
caporal
noun
(Latin America) A foreman or overseer.
A type of shag tobacco.
capotes
capotes
noun
plural of capote
capouch
capouch
noun
Alternative form of capoch
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caproic
caproic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid
caproin
caprone
caproyl
caproyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from caproic acid by loss of the hydroxy group; hexanoyl
caption
caption
noun
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
(law) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
(obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
(typography) The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
verb
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
To add captions to a text or illustration.
captors
captors
noun
plural of captor
caputto
capuzzo
carhops
carhops
noun
plural of carhop
carpool
carpool
noun
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
The group of people who participate in such a pool.
verb
To travel together in such a pool.
carport
carport
noun
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
carshop
cecrops
ceporah
ceriops
chapote
chappow
charops
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
cheapos
cheapos
noun
plural of cheapo
chetopa
chiopin
choapas
chomped
chomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chomp
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chopdar
chopine
chopine
noun
(historical, footwear) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
chopins
chopins
noun
plural of chopin
chopped
chopped
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
(chiefly of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
(slang) Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop.
(slang) High on drugs.
Cut or diced into small pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chop
chopper
chopper
noun
(Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
(baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball.
(electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
(informal) A helicopter.
(informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs.
(slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
verb
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
choppin
choupic
choupic
noun
Alternative form of choupique
cipango
ciphony
ciphony
noun
The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.
cipolin
cipolin
noun
(mineralogy) A whitish marble from Rome, containing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
clapton
clapton
Proper noun
An area of London, in the borough of Hackney (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton)
clatsop
clatsop
Noun
A member of a small tribe of Chinookan-speaking Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
clomped
clomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clomp
clopped
clopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clop
clopton
closeup
closeup
noun
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.
coadapt
coadapt
verb
To adapt together.
coalpit
coalpit
noun
(US) A place where charcoal is made.
A pit where coal is extracted.
coapted
coapted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coapt
cockpit
cockpit
noun
(Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
(figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
(figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
(nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
(now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
(vulgar, slang) The vagina.
The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
cockups
cockups
noun
plural of cockup
cocopan
cocopan
noun
(South Africa) A small minecart.
coempts
collops
collops
noun
plural of collop
coloppe
colpheg
colpoda
colport
colport
verb
To work as a colporteur
compact
compact
adj
(obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
(obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
(topology, not comparable, of a set in a topological space) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover. In a Euclidean space this is equivalent to a Closed and bounded set.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
noun
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
An agreement or contract.
verb
(intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.
(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
compage
compage
noun
(obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
(obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
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.
compare
compare
noun
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable) Comparison.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
compart
compart
verb
(transitive) To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts.
(transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
(transitive, obsolete) To divide and share with others.
compass
compass
adv
(obsolete) In a circuit; round about.
noun
(archaic) Scope.
(music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
(obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
(obsolete) A space within limits; an area.
(obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
(obsolete) Range, reach.
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
verb
(dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
(dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
compear
compear
verb
(law, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
(obsolete) To appear before.
compeer
compeer
noun
(obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
verb
To be equal with; to match.
compels
compels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel
compend
compend
noun
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
compere
compere
noun
(chiefly British, Ireland) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To emcee, to act as compere.
compert
compete
compete
verb
To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
To take part in a contest, game or similar event
compile
compile
noun
(programming) An act of compiling code.
verb
(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
(obsolete) To construct; to build.
(obsolete) To write; to compose.
(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
comping
comping
noun
(informal, countable) musical accompaniment
(informal, uncountable) The practice of entering many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible.
verb
present participle of comp
complex
complex
adj
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
(mathematics) A complex number.
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
A network of interconnected systems.
A problem.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
(transitive) To complicate.
complin
complin
noun
Alternative form of compline
complot
complot
noun
(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To plot together; conspire.
compoed
compoer
compole
compone
compone
verb
(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
comport
comport
noun
(obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
verb
(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
compose
compose
verb
(printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
(sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
(transitive) To make something by merging parts.
(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
(transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
compost
compost
noun
(UK) A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
(obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
verb
To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.
compote
compote
noun
A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
A dish used for serving fruit.
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
compsoa
compted
compted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compt
comptel
compter
compter
noun
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
comptie
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
comptom
compton
compton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
from the placenames.
compute
compute
noun
(computing, informal) computation
verb
(intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
(transitive) To reckon, calculate.
comsymp
comsymp
noun
(slang, derogatory) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
concept
concept
noun
(generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
verb
to conceive; to dream up
concupy
concupy
noun
(obsolete) concubine
(obsolete, nonce word) concupiscence
conopid
conopid
noun
(zoology) Any fly of the family Conopidae.
conspue
contemp
coopers
coopers
noun
plural of cooper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooper
coopery
coopery
adj
(obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.
noun
Cooperage (cooper's workshop).
Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
cooping
cooping
noun
The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
verb
present participle of coop
coopted
coopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coopt
copable
copaene
copaene
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily liquid hydrocarbon found in a number of essential oil-producing plants. It is a tricyclic sesquiterpene.
copaiba
copaiba
noun
An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative.
Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera