(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(obsolete) Broken off.
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Curt in manner.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
noun
(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
acampo
accept
accept
adj
(obsolete) Accepted.
verb
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.
(transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
(transitive) To endure patiently.
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
(transitive) To receive officially.
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
(transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
accupy
achape
acopic
acopic
adj
(medicine) Relieving weariness; restorative.
(medicine) Unable to function or cope.
acopon
acoupa
acoupe
adapid
adapid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae
adapis
adapts
adapts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adapt
adempt
adempt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take away.
adepts
adepts
noun
plural of adept
adipic
adipic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, or derived from adipic acid.
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
adipsy
adipsy
noun
Archaic form of adipsia.
adipyl
adipyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical obtained by removing the only one hydroxyl group from adipic acid
adipoyl
adolph
adopts
adopts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt
adroop
adroop
adj
Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it.
Drooping.
aerope
affrap
affrap
verb
(obsolete, rare) To strike; to strike down.
agapae
agapae
noun
plural of agape
agapai
agrope
agrope
adv
In the act of groping.
alecup
alephs
alephs
noun
plural of aleph
alepot
alepot
noun
(historical) A drinking-vessel in which ale is served.
aleppo
aleppo
Proper noun
A city now in northern Syria, formerly an important city in the ancient world (Beroea of Seleucid empire).
aletap
aliped
aliped
adj
(zoology) Wing-footed; having a membrane connecting the digits.
noun
(zoology) A wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
alipin
alpaca
alpaca
noun
(uncountable) Wool from the alpaca.
A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
alpeen
alpeen
noun
(Ireland) A thick, knotted club or shillelagh.
alpena
alpers
alpert
alphas
alphas
noun
plural of alpha
alphin
alphin
noun
Alternative form of alfin
alphol
alphol
noun
A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.
alphos
alphos
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Any disease causing dull white or silvery spots on the skin, including non-contagious forms of leprosy and psoriasis.
alphyl
alphyn
alpian
alpieu
alpine
alpine
adj
(skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
noun
(botany) An w:alpine plant, any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden.
alpist
alpoca
alupag
alypin
alypin
noun
The local anesthetic benzoyltetramethyl-diaminoethyl-dimethyl-carbinol hydrochloride.
alypum
amatps
amersp
amorph
amorph
noun
(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
amparo
amparo
noun
(law, in some Hispanic jurisdictions, such as Mexico) A writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a person's constitutional rights thereby invalidating any laws preventing said person from exercising them.
ampere
ampere
noun
A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
ampery
ampery
adj
(UK dialectal) Covered with pimples.
(UK dialectal) Weak; unhealthy; beginning to decay.
amphib
amphid
amphid
noun
(nematology) One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode.
ampler
ampler
adj
comparative form of ample: more ample
amplex
amplex
verb
(biology) To engage in amplexus.
ampule
ampule
noun
Alternative spelling of ampoule
ampuls
ampuls
noun
plural of ampul
anagap
anagep
anapes
anaphe
anepia
anopia
anopia
noun
(medicine) State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.
anopla
anopsy
anopsy
noun
Dated form of anopsia.
apache
apache
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
apaise
apalit
aparai
aparri
apatan
apathy
apathy
noun
Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
apayao
apedom
apedom
noun
The quality or state of being an ape.
apelet
apelet
noun
(uncommon) A small species of ape.
(uncommon) A young ape.
apeman
apeman
noun
A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
(astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
aphids
aphids
noun
plural of aphid
aphodi
aphony
aphony
noun
Dated form of aphonia.
aphtha
aphtha
noun
(pathology) Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida).
(veterinary medicine) Foot-and-mouth disease.
An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
apiaca
apiary
apiary
noun
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
apicad
apical
apical
adj
(botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
(phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.
Of or connected with the apex.
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
apices
apices
noun
plural of apex
apidae
apiece
apiece
adv
Each by itself; for or to each one
apinae
apinch
apinch
adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
apioid
apiole
apiole
noun
(organic chemistry) A phenylpropene found in the essential oil (apiol) of parsley
apiose
apiose
noun
(biochemistry) A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants
apison
aplace
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
aplomb
aplomb
noun
(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
Self-confidence; poise; composure.
The perpendicular; perpendicularity.
aplome
aplome
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.
apluda
apneal
apneal
adj
Alternative form of apnoeal
apneas
apneas
noun
plural of apnea
apneic
apneic
adj
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
apnoea
apnoea
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of apnea
apocha
apodal
apodal
adj
(biology) Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless.
noun
Any caecilian of the order Apoda.
Any moth of the genus Apoda.
apodan
apodes
apodes
noun
plural of apode
apodia
apodia
noun
A congenital absence of feet
apodis
apogee
apogee
noun
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
(astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
(figuratively) The highest point.
(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
apogon
apoise
apoise
adv
poised; balanced
apolar
apolar
adj
(chemistry, physics) Having no dipole
(geometry) Orthogonal under the polar pairing between the symmetric algebra of a vector space and its dual.
Having no polarity
apollo
apollo
noun
(entomology) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).
A very handsome young man.
apolog
apolog
noun
Alternative form of apologue
aponia
aponia
noun
(philosophy) The absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity
aponic
apopka
aporia
aporia
noun
(philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
(rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
aposia
apozem
apozem
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
appair
appair
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse.
(transitive, obsolete) To make worse; to injure or damage.
appale
appall
appall
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
(intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
(transitive) To fill with horror and/or indignation; to dismay.
(transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
(transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength
appals
appals
verb
(Britain) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appal
appast
appeal
appeal
noun
(cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
(figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
(figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
(historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
(historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
(historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
(historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
(rhetoric) A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
verb
(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
(intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
(intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
(intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
(intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
(transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
(transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
(transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
(transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
(transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
appear
appear
verb
(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
(intransitive) To come before the public.
(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
(intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
(transitive) To bring into view.
appels
appels
noun
plural of appel
append
append
noun
(computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
verb
(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
appere
appert
appete
appian
appian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (ca. 340 Ancient Roman politician who built the
Proper noun
name, notably borne by (c. 95 – c. 165), a Roman historian of Greek descent
appius
appius
Proper noun
name, notably borne by a Roman politician of the 4th and 3rd century BC, builder of the Appian Way
appled
appled
adj
Made from or flavored by apples.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apple
apples
apples
noun
(Australia, Australian rhyming slang) Nice, fine.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Stairs. Clipping of apples and pears.
(slang) Testicles.
plural of apple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apple
applot
applot
verb
(transitive) To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
apport
apport
noun
(parapsychology) An object that appears from an unknown source.
(parapsychology) The supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with poltergeist activity and séances.
verb
(parapsychology) To cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere.
appose
appose
verb
(transitive) To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
(transitive) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).