(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
basepoint
basepoint
noun
(mathematics) A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop
batyphone
beanpoles
beanpoles
noun
plural of beanpole
beaproned
becapping
becrampon
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
beleaping
beleaping
verb
present participle of beleap
benempted
bepainted
bepainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepaint
bepranked
bespangle
bespangle
verb
To cover something with spangles.
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
bipennate
bipennate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Bipinnate (pinnate and having a pinnate leaflet).
(medicine, anatomy, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the fibres of which attach to a tendon on two sides (as a feather barbed on both sides).
Having two wings; bipennated.
biphenyls
biphenyls
noun
plural of biphenyl
bipinnate
bipinnate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
bipontine
bipontine
Adjective
Bipont
bispinose
bispinose
adj
(zoology) Having two spines.
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bonaparte
bonaparte
Proper noun
A Corsican surname
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
The family of Napoleon Bonaparte
A former name for the island of Réunion
bonspells
bonspells
noun
plural of bonspell
bonspiels
bonspiels
noun
plural of bonspiel
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
breastpin
breastpin
noun
An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpkinet
cadmopone
cadmopone
noun
A cadmium lithopone pigment.
campanero
campanero
noun
The bellbird of South America.
campanile
campanile
noun
A bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.
campement
campesino
campesino
noun
An agricultural worker in Latin America.
camphenes
camphenes
noun
plural of camphene
camphines
camphines
noun
plural of camphine
campiness
campiness
noun
(art) The quality of being campy
campodean
candlepin
candlepin
noun
(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.
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
capellane
capellane
noun
(obsolete) The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.
capelline
capelline
noun
Alternative form of capeline
capernaum
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
capnoides
caponette
caponette
noun
A capon produced by chemical castration (typically by the use of diethylstilbestrol)
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
caponised
caponised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caponise
caponiser
caponized
caponized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caponize
caponizer
caponizer
noun
A person or device that caponizes
caponizes
caponizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caponize
cappadine
cappadine
noun
A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
caprylene
caprylone
capstones
capstones
noun
plural of capstone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capstone
captained
captained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captain
captioned
captioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caption
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.
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
carpogone
cataplane
cathepsin
cathepsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
catnapers
catnapers
noun
plural of catnaper
catnapped
catnapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catnap
catnapper
catnapper
noun
One who catnaps; agent noun of catnap.
cauponate
cauponize
cauponize
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To sell wine or victuals.
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
centipede
centipede
noun
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
centupled
centupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuple
centuples
centuples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centuple
cephalina
cephaline
cephaline
adj
Relating to protozoans of the suborder Cephalina
noun
Archaic form of cephalin.
cephalins
cephalins
noun
plural of cephalin
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
chapeling
chapelman
chapelman
noun
A clergyman; an official from a chapel.
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
cheapened
cheapened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheapen
cheapener
cheapener
noun
One who cheapens.
cheapness
cheapness
noun
The state of being cheap.
chenopods
chenopods
noun
plural of chenopod
chiapanec
chinpiece
chinpiece
noun
The part of a helmet or suit of armour that protects the chin
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
cinephone
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
ciphonies
cisalpine
cisalpine
adj
On this side of the Alps (usually with respect to Rome, therefore the south side).
cispadane
citropten
citropten
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin, 5,7-dimethoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one found in oil of yellow citron.
clapeyron
coempting
coemption
coemption
noun
(economics) The buying of the entire supply of a commodity.
(historical) A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place.
coenotype
coenotype
noun
(biology) The type of organism in a coenopopulation
coinspire
coleplant
colophane
colophene
colophene
noun
(chemistry) A colourless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony, and regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
compagnie
companage
compander
compander
noun
Any device used for companding.
companero
companied
companied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of company
companies
companies
noun
plural of company
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of company
compazine
compendia
compendia
noun
plural of compendium
compenser
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
competent
competent
adj
(biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
(geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
(law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
Adequate for the purpose.
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
compiegne
complines
complines
noun
plural of compline
component
component
adj
Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.
Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
noun
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
comptness
conceptus
conceptus
noun
The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
conepates
conepates
noun
plural of conepate
conepatls
conopidae
conoscope
consopite
consopite
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To lull to sleep; to quieten; to compose.
consperse
conspired
conspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conspire
conspirer
conspirer
noun
Someone who conspires.
conspires
conspires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire
contemper
contemper
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
contemple
contempts
contempts
noun
plural of contempt
cooperant
cooperant
adj
Alternative form of coöperant
coopering
coopering
noun
The vocation of, or output of, a cooper (barrelmaker): synonym of cooperage.
verb
present participle of cooper
cooperman
coparceny
coparceny
noun
(law) An equal share of an inheritance.
coparents
coparents
noun
plural of coparent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coparent
copartner
copartner
noun
A joint partner (in a business).
verb
To form a joint partnership with somebody.
copataine
copending
copepodan
copestone
copestone
noun
capstone
coppering
coppering
noun
An envelope or covering of copper.
The act of covering with copper.
verb
present participle of copper
coppinger
copresent
copresent
adj
present along with others.
verb
(transitive) To present along with others.
cornercap
cornercap
noun
(obsolete) A priest's or academic's hat.
(obsolete) The chief ornament.
cornopean
cornopean
noun
(music, obsolete) A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).
cornupete
cornupete
adj
(rare) Of an animal: threatening to butt with its horns.