(medicine, archaic) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adnopoz
adolphe
adolpho
adopted
adopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adopt
adoptee
adoptee
noun
A person who was adopted as a child.
An adopted son or daughter.
Synonym of adopter
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
agallop
agallop
adj
galloping
aggroup
aggroup
verb
(archaic) To bring together in a group; to group.
agriope
airampo
airampo
noun
The erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.
airdrop
airdrop
noun
(cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
verb
To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
airplot
airport
airport
noun
An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
airpost
airpost
noun
Synonym of airmail
akepiro
akepiro
noun
A small tree of New Zealand (Olearia furfuracea).
alepole
alepole
noun
(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.
amopaon
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
ampelos
amphion
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
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
anopias
anopias
noun
plural of anopia
anopsia
anopsia
noun
(ophthalmology) A defect in the visual field
anthrop
antiope
antipot
antipot
adj
(informal) Opposed to the use of marijuana.
apagoge
apagoge
noun
(logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
apardon
aparejo
aparejo
noun
A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the American military and among the Spanish Americans, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
apasote
apehood
apehood
noun
The state or essence of being an ape.
apeiron
apeiron
noun
A kind of infinite primal chaos in the cosmological theory of Anaximander.
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.
apiator
apiator
noun
A beekeeper.
apiezon
apinoid
apinoid
adj
Clean; not dirty
apiolin
apionol
apitong
apitong
noun
The medium hardwood tree Dipterocarpus grandiflorus.
aplombs
aplombs
noun
plural of aplomb
apnoeal
apnoeal
adj
(pathology) Of or characterized by apnoea.
apnoeas
apnoeas
noun
plural of apnoea
apnoeic
apnoeic
adj
Alternative spelling of apneic
apocarp
apochae
apocope
apocope
noun
(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
(phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apodema
apodema
noun
Alternative form of apodeme
apodeme
apodeme
noun
(anatomy) An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.
apodous
apodous
adj
(chiefly biology) apodal
apogaic
apogamy
apogamy
noun
(botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
apogeal
apogeal
Adjective
Connected with the apogee.
apogean
apogean
adj
Connected with the apogee.
apogees
apogees
noun
plural of apogee
apogeic
apogeic
adj
(figuratively) Climactic.
Pertaining to the apogee.
apogeny
apohyal
apohyal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
apoidea
apoikia
apoious
apojove
apojove
noun
(astronomy) apoapsis around Jupiter
apokrea
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.
apomict
apomict
noun
(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.
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.
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
aporiae
aporias
aporias
noun
plural of aporia
aporosa
aporose
aporose
adj
(biology) imperforate; not porous.
aposoro
apostem
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.
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
apotome
apotome
noun
(mathematics, geometry) The difference between two quantities or lengths commensurable only in power, as between 1 and the square root of 2, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
(zoology) A distinct division of an insect which is divided from the other divisions by a pinch point.
apotype
apotype
noun
(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions
apozema
appalto
appalto
noun
A contract to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service.
appoint
appoint
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
(transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
(transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
(transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
apposed
apposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appose
apposer
apposer
noun
(historical) In the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
apposes
apposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appose
approof
approof
noun
(archaic) approval; commendation
(archaic) trial; proof; testimony; affirmation.
approve
approve
verb
(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
(intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
(transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
apricot
apricot
adj
Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
noun
(color) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
(slang, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.
(sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
apriori
apriori
adv
Alternative form of a priori
aprocta
aproned
aproned
adj
Wearing an apron.
apropos
apropos
adj
Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
by the way, incidental
adv
By the way.
Timely; at a good time.
To the purpose; appropriately.
prep
Regarding or concerning.
apthorp
aptotic
aptotic
adj
(biology, rare) Misspelling of apoptotic.
(grammar, linguistics, now rare) Uninflected.
apyonin
apyrous
apyrous
adj
Not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
arapaho
argiope
arkport
armhoop
asaprol
aseptol
aspredo
asprout
asprout
adj
sprouting
atiptoe
atiptoe
adj
(figuratively) In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
On tiptoe; moving or standing on the tips of one's toes.
adv
In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
On tiptoe; on the tips of one's toes in order to move quietly or to stand taller.
Quietly, and little by little.
Without retreating from adversity, confrontation, or danger; standing tall; bravely, proudly, unyieldingly.
atophan
atophan
noun
Synonym of cinchophen (“analgesic drug”)
atopies
atopies
noun
plural of atopy
atopite
atropal
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.
atropia
atropia
noun
Dated form of atropine.
atropic
atropin
atropin
noun
Alternative spelling of atropine
atropos
autopsy
autopsy
noun
(rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
verb
(transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
(transitive) To perform an autopsy on.
autoput
azophen
barhops
barhops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barhop
barpost
barpost
noun
A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.