(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
adolpho
aglypha
agrapha
agrapha
noun
plural of agraphon
ahypnia
airship
airship
noun
(Britain, derogatory, chiefly in the plural) A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
(US, law enforcement, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter
(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
(aviation, informal) Any aircraft.
verb
To transport goods by aircraft.
alapaha
alewhap
alophas
alpaugh
alphaea
alphard
alphard
Proper noun
An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae,
alphean
alpheus
alpheus
Proper noun
A river in Hades.
The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
name, of mostly historical usage.
alphons
alphorn
alphorn
noun
(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
alphyls
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
amphide
amphion
amphius
amphora
amphora
noun
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
amphore
anaphia
anaphia
noun
(medicine, rare) Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
anthrop
antship
apaches
apaches
noun
plural of apache
apathia
apathic
apathus
apehood
apehood
noun
The state or essence of being an ape.
aphacia
aphacia
noun
Dated form of aphakia.
aphacic
aphacic
adj
Dated form of aphakic.
aphagia
aphagia
noun
(medicine) The condition of difficulty in swallowing.
aphakia
aphakia
noun
(ophthalmology) The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.
aphakic
aphakic
adj
(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
aphanes
aphasia
aphasia
noun
(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
aphasic
aphasic
adj
(speech pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
noun
(speech pathology) One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.
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.
aphidas
aphides
aphides
noun
plural of aphis
aphidid
aphidid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Aphididae of aphids.
aphizog
aphodal
aphodus
aphonia
aphonia
noun
(medicine) Loss of voice; the inability to speak.
aphonic
aphonic
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
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.
aphrite
aphrite
noun
(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
aphthae
aphthae
noun
plural of aphtha
aphthic
aphthic
adj
Of or relating to aphtha.
aphylly
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apishly
apishly
adv
In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
apochae
apohyal
apohyal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
apophis
apophis
Proper noun
An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night.
An asteroid formerly thought to be on a collision course with Earth.
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.
apothgm
appeach
appeach
verb
(archaic) To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
apthorp
arapaho
arapesh
archspy
armhoop
asaphia
asaphic
asaphid
asaphid
noun
(paleontology) Any trilobite of the order Asaphida.
asaphus
asphalt
asphalt
noun
A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
Ellipsis of asphalt concrete., a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
verb
(transitive) To pave with asphalt.
asphyxy
asphyxy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
verb
Rare form of asphyxiate.
atophan
atophan
noun
Synonym of cinchophen (“analgesic drug”)
atrophy
atrophy
noun
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
awapuhi
awapuhi
noun
(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
azophen
barhops
barhops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barhop
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.
bimorph
bimorph
noun
A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal.
biophor
biophor
noun
(obsolete, genetics) A supposed supramolecular unit of heredity
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.
bishops
bishops
noun
plural of bishop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bishop
boyship
brephic
brushup
brushup
noun
Alternative form of brush-up
bspharm
buphaga
bushpig
bushpig
noun
Alternative form of bush pig
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
bypaths
bypaths
noun
plural of bypath
caliphs
caliphs
noun
plural of caliph
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.
canhoop
caphite
caphtor
capicha
capoche
capouch
capouch
noun
Alternative form of capoch
cappagh
capshaw
capuche
capuche
noun
A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.
carhops
carhops
noun
plural of carhop
carshop
catchup
catchup
noun
ketchup: Alternative form of catsup
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
champac
champac
noun
A type of Asian tree with fragrant blossoms, Magnolia champaca
champak
champak
noun
Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
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.
chapati
chapati
noun
A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
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
chaplin
chaplin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
chapman
chapman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
(obsolete) A purchaser.
chapmen
chapmen
noun
plural of chapman
chapote
chappal
chappal
noun
A type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal.
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
chappin
chappow
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.
charops
charpai
charpai
noun
Alternative form of charpoy.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
charpit
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
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.