(zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae
adapis
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
agapai
aliped
aliped
adj
(zoology) Wing-footed; having a membrane connecting the digits.
noun
(zoology) A wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
alipin
alphin
alphin
noun
Alternative form of alfin
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
alypin
alypin
noun
The local anesthetic benzoyltetramethyl-diaminoethyl-dimethyl-carbinol hydrochloride.
amphib
amphid
amphid
noun
(nematology) One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode.
anepia
anopia
anopia
noun
(medicine) State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.
apaise
apalit
aparai
aparri
aphids
aphids
noun
plural of aphid
aphodi
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
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
apneic
apneic
adj
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
apodia
apodia
noun
A congenital absence of feet
apodis
apoise
apoise
adv
poised; balanced
aponia
aponia
noun
(philosophy) The absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity
aponic
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
appair
appair
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse.
(transitive, obsolete) To make worse; to injure or damage.
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
aprile
aptian
aptian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Early (Lower) Cretaceous epoch.
apulia
arispe
armpit
armpit
noun
Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
ashpit
ashpit
noun
(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".
A pit for the disposal of ashes.
aspics
aspics
noun
plural of aspic
aspide
aspire
aspire
verb
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
(intransitive, archaic, literary) To move upward; to be very tall.
(transitive, obsolete) To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
aspish
aspish
adj
Pertaining to, or like, an asp.
atopic
atopic
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to or suffering from atopy.
atypic
atypic
adj
that has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type
azophi
baphia
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
bedrip
bedrip
noun
(UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
(UK dialectal) A crowd.
verb
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
bepaid
bepile
bepill
bepity
bepity
verb
(archaic) To pity greatly.
bespin
bespin
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
biceps
biceps
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
(prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
bidpai
bidpai
Proper noun
Name given to a wise philosopher in traditional fables.
biopic
biopic
noun
(film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
biopsy
biopsy
noun
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
verb
To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
bipeds
bipeds
noun
plural of biped
bipods
bipods
noun
plural of bipod
bipont
bipont
Adjective
Relating to books printed at Zweibrücken in Bavaria.
bippus
bishop
bishop
noun
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
(UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
(US, archaic) A bustle.
(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
(religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
verb
(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
(Christianity) To make a bishop.
(Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
(UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
(UK, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
(by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
(by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
biskop
bitmap
bitmap
noun
(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
boopic
boopis
bowpin
bunyip
bunyip
noun
(Australia) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) An imposter or con-man.
caliph
caliph
noun
The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
campit
campti
capias
capias
noun
(law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
caping
caping
verb
present participle of cape
capita
capita
noun
person
plural of caput
capite
capite
noun
(historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.
capito
capivi
capivi
noun
Alternative form of copaiba
capkin
caplin
caplin
noun
Alternative form of capelin
The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel.
cappie
cappie
noun
(Scotland) a small, usually wooden drinking vessel
Alternative letter-case form of Cappie
capric
capric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from capric acid
caprid
caprid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the subfamily Caprinae of ruminants, of which the goat (genus Capra) is the type.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the subfamily Caprinae.
caprin
caprin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of capric acid; a constituent of butterfat
capris
capris
noun
capri pants
capsid
capsid
noun
The outer protein shell of a virus
capuli
carpid
carpio
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
cephei
cephid
cephid
noun
(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Cephidae.
ceriph
chapei
chapin
chimps
chimps
noun
plural of chimp
chippy
chippy
adj
(Canada, UK) Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
(Canada, sports) Involving violence or unfair play.
(archaic) Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hung over.
(dated) As dry as a chip of wood.
(of wood) Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
noun
(Australia, slang) The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) A carpenter.
(Britain, Ireland, slang) A fish-and-chip shop.
(New Zealand) A potato chip.
(US) A chipping sparrow.
(demoscene, informal) A chiptune.
(slang) An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.
(slang, chiefly US) A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
verb
(slang) To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.
chirps
chirps
noun
plural of chirp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirp
chirpy
chirpy
adj
In a good mood; happy and energetic.
Making chirping noises.
noun
An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance
Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie.
chopin
chopin
noun
(obsolete) A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
ciapas
ciapha
cipaye
cipher
cipher
noun
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
(dated) Zero.
(music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
(music, slang) A hip-hop jam session.
(slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
A numeric character.
Any text character.
Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
Someone or something of no importance.
verb
(intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
(intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.
(obsolete) To decipher.
cippus
cippus
noun
(historical) The stocks.
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
clipei
clipei
noun
plural of clipeus
clipse
clypei
clypei
noun
plural of clypeus
colpin
copain
copeia
copied
copied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copy
copier
copier
noun
(computing) A program or process that copies.
A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
A person who copies documents.
copies
copies
noun
plural of copy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copy
coping
coping
noun
(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
(falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
verb
present participle of cope
copist
copist
noun
(obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
copita
copita
noun
A sherry glass with a tapering bowl.
coplin
coppin
coppin
noun
A cop of thread.
coptic
coptic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Copts, the or to the Coptic language.
Noun
The Coptic language of Egypt.
coptis
cowpie
cowpie
noun
A single pile of cow excrement.
crepin
crepis
crepis
noun
The central spicule of a sponge, upon which silica is deposited.
crespi
crimps
crimps
noun
plural of crimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crimp
crimpy
crimpy
adj
(climbing) Involving crimping
Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.
the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep
cripes
cripes
intj
(euphemistic) A mild curse or expression of surprise.
cripps
crispa
crispi
crisps
crisps
noun
plural of crisp
crispy
crispy
adj
Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
noun
(informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.