(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
aceship
adelphe
adelphi
adelpho
adolphe
alewhap
alphaea
alphean
alpheus
alpheus
Proper noun
A river in Hades.
The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
name, of mostly historical usage.
amphide
amphore
apaches
apaches
noun
plural of apache
apehood
apehood
noun
The state or essence of being an ape.
aphanes
aphelia
aphelia
noun
(astronomy) plural of aphelion
aphemia
aphemia
noun
A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
apheses
apheses
noun
plural of aphesis
aphesis
aphesis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
aphetic
aphetic
adj
(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
(phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
aphides
aphides
noun
plural of aphis
aphrite
aphrite
noun
(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
aphthae
aphthae
noun
plural of aphtha
apochae
apothec
apothem
apothem
noun
(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
(geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
appeach
appeach
verb
(archaic) To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
arapesh
azophen
bechirp
bellhop
bellhop
noun
An employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a bellhop.
beparch
bepinch
bepinch
verb
(transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
biphase
biphase
adj
Consisting of two phases, such as a liquid and a solid.
noun
A method of transmitting binary data that avoids problems associated with long strings of ones or zeros.
brephic
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
caphite
capoche
capuche
capuche
noun
A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.
cephala
cepheid
cepheid
adj
(astronomy) Relating to cepheid variables.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae
noun
(astronomy) A cepheid variable.
(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae
cepheus
cepheus
Proper noun
Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.
ceporah
ceriphs
ceriphs
noun
plural of ceriph
champed
champed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champ
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chapeau
chapeau
intj
well done, a verbal representation of a hat tip
noun
(heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
A hat.
In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
chapell
chapels
chapels
noun
plural of chapel
chaplet
chaplet
noun
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A garland or circlet for the head.
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A small chapel or shrine.
Alternative form of chapelet
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
chapote
chapped
chapped
adj
(in combination) Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.
(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chap
chapper
chappie
chappie
noun
Alternative spelling of chappy
chapter
chapter
noun
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
A bishop's council.
A chapter house
A community of canons or canonesses.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
verb
(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
(transitive) To take to task.
To divide into chapters.
To put into a chapter.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
cheapen
cheapen
verb
(intransitive) to become cheaper
(transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper
(transitive) to make vulgar
(transitive, obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.
cheaper
cheaper
adj
comparative form of cheap: more cheap
cheapie
cheapie
adj
(informal) Cheap; inferior.
noun
(informal) A person who is stingy, a miser.
(informal) An item of poor quality.
(informal) An item which is inexpensive.
cheaply
cheaply
adv
(cricket, by extension) For a low score.
In a cheap manner; without expending much money.
cheapos
cheapos
noun
plural of cheapo
checkup
checkup
noun
A routine inspection.
A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
cheeped
cheeped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheep
cheeper
cheeper
noun
An immature bird.
cheslep
chetopa
chiplet
chiplet
noun
(electronics) Any of the integrated circuits making up a multi-chip module (MCM).
chipley
chipped
chipped
adj
(automotive, not comparable) Having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power.
(not comparable) Having had a microchip fitted.
Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chip
chipper
chipper
adj
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
noun
(Ireland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
(US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
(golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
(slang) A deep frier.
(sports) A player who chips the ball.
A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
verb
(UK, dialect) To chirp or chirrup.
chippie
chippie
noun
(US, slang) An officer of the California Highway Patrol. See CHiP
Alternative spelling of chippy
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chirper
chirper
noun
(Canada, slang, mildly derogatory) A person who speaks with a distinct English or Welsh accent.
(obsolete, slang) A chirping cup; an alcoholic drink.
A thing or animal that makes a chirping sound.
chomped
chomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chomp
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
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.
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.
chuipek
chumped
chumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chump
ciphers
ciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cipher
colpheg
copehan
copihue
copihue
noun
An evergreen climbing plant, Lapageria rosea.
cuphead
cuphead
noun
(engineering) A hemispherical head on a rivet.
cyphers
cyphers
noun
plural of cypher
daphene
daphnes
daphnes
noun
plural of daphne
deepish
deepish
adj
Somewhat deep.
delphia
delphic
delphic
adj
Alternative form of Delphic
Relating to a womb
delphin
delphin
noun
(organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.
delphos
delphos
Proper noun
A city/village in Iowa.
A city/town in Kansas.
A city in Ohio.
delphus
depeach
depeach
verb
(obsolete) To discharge.
depeche
dephase
dephase
verb
To make (different parts of a circuit etc.) out of phase
depthen
depthen
verb
(transitive, now rare) To increase the depth of; make deep or deeper
deyship
didelph
diphase
diphase
noun
Synonym of biphase
diphead
diphead
noun
(rare, slang, derogatory, euphemistic) An idiot; a detestable person.
diphyes
dyphone
echappe
ecphore
ecphore
verb
To activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
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.
ecphova
edaphic
edaphic
adj
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.
edaphon
edaphon
noun
(biology) Any animal or plant found in soil.
eelshop
ekphore
ekphore
verb
Alternative form of ecphore
ekphory
ekphory
noun
Alternative form of ecphoria
elephas
elephus
elfship
elfship
noun
A compellation for an elf.
eliphaz
elspeth
elspeth
Proper noun
name, a Scottish variant of Elizabeth.
empathy
empathy
noun
(obsolete slang) MDMA.
(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
emphase
empight
empight
adj
(obsolete) fixed; settled; fastened
endship
endship
noun
(obsolete) A village.
enhappy
eophyte
eophyte
noun
(botany, paleontology) A fossil plant from the Silurian age
epaphus
eparchs
eparchs
noun
plural of eparch
eparchy
eparchy
noun
A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon.
An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
ephapse
ephapse
noun
(countable, neurology) A point of contact or significant electrical influence between neurons, other than at a synapse.
(uncountable, neurology) Cross-stimulation of adjacent nerve fibers.
ephebea
ephebes
ephebes
noun
plural of ephebe
ephebic
ephebic
adj
Pertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.
epheboi
epheboi
noun
plural of ephebos
ephebos
ephebos
noun
Synonym of ephebe
plural of ephebo
ephebus
ephedra
ephedra
noun
A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.
Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
ephelis
ephelis
noun
(dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle.
ephesus
ephesus
Proper noun
A city of ancient Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
ephetae
ephetic
ephoral
ephoral
adj
Pertaining to an ephor.
ephoric
ephorus
ephorus
noun
(historical) Alternative form of ephor
ephraim
ephrata
ephydra
ephyrae
ephyrae
noun
plural of ephyra
epichil
epihyal
epihyal
noun
(anatomy) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
epimyth
epimyth
noun
The moral of a story.
epitaph
epitaph
noun
A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
verb
(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.
epithem
epithem
noun
(medicine, historical) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters; a poultice, lotion, etc.