(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
acipenser
acopyrine
acraspeda
acraspeda
noun
(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrospore
acrospore
noun
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
aepyceros
aeroscope
aeroscope
noun
A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis.
A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
aerospace
aerospace
adj
Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space.
Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
noun
The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.
The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
airscapes
airscapes
noun
plural of airscape
airspaces
airspaces
noun
plural of airspace
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia
anteporch
anticreep
apenteric
aperiodic
aperiodic
adj
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) for which any return to it may occur at irregular times; not periodic.
(physics) That does not have a periodic vibration
That does not recur periodically
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aplectrum
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apocrenic
apparance
apparence
apparence
noun
Alternative form of apparency
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
appeacher
appeacher
Noun
An accuser.
applecart
applecart
noun
A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
A planned situation.
apprecate
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archpiece
aruspices
aruspices
noun
plural of aruspex
plural of aruspice
ascophore
ascospore
ascospore
noun
(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
attercrop
attercrop
noun
Alternative form of attercop (“a spider”)
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
backropes
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
baroscope
baroscope
noun
barometer
becarpets
becarpets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet
becrampon
becripple
becripple
verb
(transitive) To make cripple; make lame.
bepicture
browpiece
buttercup
buttercup
noun
Affectionate or ironic term of address.
Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
calipered
calipered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caliper
caliperer
callipers
callipers
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of calipers
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
campanero
campanero
noun
The bellbird of South America.
campfires
campfires
noun
plural of campfire
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
camporees
camporees
noun
plural of camporee
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
capeadors
capeadors
noun
plural of capeador
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
capernaum
capersome
capersome
adj
Full of capers; frolicsome.
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
capeworks
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
caponiere
caponiere
noun
(military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
caponiers
caponiers
noun
plural of caponier
caponiser
caponizer
caponizer
noun
A person or device that caponizes
caporetto
capreolar
capreolus
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
caprioled
caprioled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capriole
caprioles
caprioles
noun
plural of capriole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capriole
capripede
capripede
adj
Alternative form of capriped
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
caprylene
caprylone
capsomere
capsomere
noun
Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid
capsomers
capsomers
noun
plural of capsomer
capturers
capturers
noun
plural of capturer
carapaced
carapaced
adj
Having a carapace.
carapaces
carapaces
noun
plural of carapace
carapache
carapaxes
carapaxes
noun
plural of carapax
carapidae
carpellum
carpellum
noun
Synonym of carpel
carpenter
carpenter
noun
(Canada, Britain, regional) A woodlouse.
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
(zoology) A carpenter bee.
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
A two-wheeled carriage.
verb
To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carpetweb
carpiodes
carpocace
carpogone
carpoidea
carpolite
carpolite
noun
(dated) A fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
cartopper
cartopper
noun
A boat designed to be attached to the top of an automobile for transportation.
carvoepra
caryopses
caryopses
noun
plural of caryopsis
cassareep
cassareep
noun
A thick black liquid made from cassava root and spices, used medicinally and as a flavouring and preservative.
catnapers
catnapers
noun
plural of catnaper
catnapper
catnapper
noun
One who catnaps; agent noun of catnap.
cecograph
cellepora
cellepore
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
ceroplast
cerotypes
cerotypes
noun
plural of cerotype
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chaperone
chaperone
noun
(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
verb
(UK, business) To work as a chaperone.
To act as a chaperone.
chaperons
chaperons
noun
plural of chaperon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapteral
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
cheapener
cheapener
noun
One who cheapens.
checkrope
cheiropod
chippered
chippered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chipper
chiropter
chiropter
noun
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
chirotype
chirpiest
chirpiest
adj
superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
chirruped
chirruped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirrup
chirruper
chirruper
noun
One who chirrups.
choephori
choppered
choppered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chopper
chrysopee
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
cirripede
cirripede
noun
Alternative spelling of cirriped
cirripeds
cirripeds
noun
plural of cirriped
citropten
citropten
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin, 5,7-dimethoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one found in oil of yellow citron.
clapbread
clapbread
noun
clapcake
clapeyron
clappered
clappered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clapper
cleopatra
cleopatra
noun
The butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.
cleopatre
clepsydra
clepsydra
noun
A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clypeolar
coappears
coappears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coappear
coemperor
coemperor
noun
An emperor who rules jointly with another.
coimplore
coinspire
coleopter
coleopter
noun
(zoology) One of the Coleoptera.
colortype
colortype
noun
(photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).