(obsolete) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.
aliipoe
aliipoe
noun
The plant Canna indica.
allport
allsopp
alopeke
alophas
alopias
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.
ampelos
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
aphodal
apiolin
apionol
aplombs
aplombs
noun
plural of aplomb
apnoeal
apnoeal
adj
(pathology) Of or characterized by apnoea.
apogeal
apogeal
Adjective
Connected with the apogee.
apohyal
apohyal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
apollon
apollos
apollos
noun
plural of apollo
apollus
apologs
apology
apology
noun
A formal justification, defence.
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
apoplex
apoplex
noun
Obsolete form of apoplexy.
apopyle
apopyle
noun
A pore through which water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge
apostil
apostil
noun
A marginal note; a gloss.
A method of verification for international documents.
apostle
apostle
noun
(law) A letter dismissory.
(law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
(law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
(obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
appalto
appalto
noun
A contract to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service.
asaprol
aseptol
atropal
bellhop
bellhop
noun
An employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a bellhop.
bipolar
bipolar
adj
(physics) Relating to a bipole.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
Relating to both polar regions.
Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
noun
(countable) A bipolar cell.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of bipolar disorder.
blaasop
blaasop
noun
Any of several species of pufferfish found in South African waters.
blooped
blooped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloop
blooper
blooper
noun
(US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).
(US, military, slang) The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
(baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.
(informal) A blunder, an error.
(nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
blowpit
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
bluetop
bluetop
noun
(US, construction) A stake or other marker set into the subgrade to indicate the desired grade elevation.
boatlip
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
capello
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.
caporal
caporal
noun
(Latin America) A foreman or overseer.
A type of shag tobacco.
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
caproyl
caproyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from caproic acid by loss of the hydroxy group; hexanoyl
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.
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.
coalpit
coalpit
noun
(US) A place where charcoal is made.
A pit where coal is extracted.
collops
collops
noun
plural of collop
coloppe
colpheg
colpoda
colport
colport
verb
To work as a colporteur
compels
compels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel
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.
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.
compole
comptel
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
copable
copalms
copalms
noun
plural of copalm
copilot
copilot
noun
A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft.
verb
To serve as relief or assistant pilot.
copland
copland
noun
(obsolete) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
coplots
coplots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coplot
copolar
copolar
adj
At the same pole.
coppell
coppled
coppled
adj
(obsolete) Rising to a point; conical; copped.
coppola
copsole
copulae
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
copulas
copulas
noun
plural of copula
coupled
coupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of couple
coupler
coupler
noun
(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
couples
couples
noun
plural of couple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couple
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
cowplop
cowplop
noun
(colloquial) cow excrement
cowslip
cowslip
noun
(Canada, US, regional) marsh marigold, Caltha palustris, a plant in the buttercup family, growing in wet, boggy locations.
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
Primula deorum, a flowering plant known as God's cowslip and rila cowslip
Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip
Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort
Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers.
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
culpose
cupolar
cupolar
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola.
cupolas
cupolas
noun
plural of cupola
cyclope
cyclops
cyclops
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
(derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
(zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
A one-eyed creature of any species.
cyclopy
dalapon
dalapon
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated carboxylic acid 2,2-dichloropropanoic acid that is used as a herbicide
delphos
delphos
Proper noun
A city/village in Iowa.
A city/town in Kansas.
A city in Ohio.
deplore
deplore
verb
(obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
(transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
(transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
deploys
deploys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy
deposal
deposal
noun
The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.
despoil
despoil
noun
(obsolete) Plunder; spoliation.
verb
(obsolete, transitive or reflexive) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
(transitive) To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
develop
develop
verb
(chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
(intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
(mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
(transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
(transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
(transitive) To create.
(transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
(transitive, now rare) To discover, find out; to uncover.
diploes
diploes
noun
plural of diploe
diploic
diploic
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the diploe.
diploid
diploid
adj
(crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.
(genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
(genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
noun
A diploid cell.
A diploid organism.
diplois
diploma
diploma
noun
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
diplont
diplont
noun
(genetics) An organism having a diploid number of chromosomes in its cells
diplopy
diplopy
noun
diplopia
dipolar
dipolar
adj
(physics) Having north and south magnetic poles.
(physics, chemistry) Possessing a dipole.
dipoles
dipoles
noun
plural of dipole
dipolia
dippold
dipylon
dollops
dollops
noun
plural of dollop
dolphin
dolphin
noun
(heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
(history) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
(military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
(nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
(nautical) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(nautical) A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice or floating logs.
(nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
dolphus
doppler
doppler
noun
A Doppler fetal monitor
droplet
droplet
noun
A very small drop.
duopoly
duopoly
noun
(broadcasting, by extension) Situation in which two or more TV or radio-stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
(by extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities.
(economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
duplone
eelpout
eelpout
noun
(obsolete) A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
eelshop
egilops
elapoid
elapoid
noun
Any snake of the superfamily Elapoidea
elepaio
elkport
elopers
elopers
noun
plural of eloper
eloping
eloping
verb
present participle of elope
elpenor
emplore
emplore
verb
Obsolete form of implore.
employe
employe
noun
(chiefly US) Dated form of employee.
employs
employs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
enoplan
enoplan
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the worms of the class Enopla.
noun
(zoology) Any worm of the class Enopla.
envelop
envelop
verb
(transitive) To surround or enclose.
ephoral
ephoral
adj
Pertaining to an ephor.
epibole
epibole
noun
The irregular recurrence of the same expression within a verse or successive verses of scripture. Essentially random repetition.
epiboly
epiboly
noun
(embryology) The expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing.
epiglot
epilobe
epilogs
epilogs
noun
plural of epilog
epiloia
epiloia
noun
(pathology) Synonym of tuberous sclerosis
epizoal
epochal
epochal
adj
(figurative) Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making.