(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
apedom
apedom
noun
The quality or state of being an ape.
apeman
apeman
noun
A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
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.
apozem
apozem
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
armpad
armpit
armpit
noun
Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
bebump
bebump
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
bedamp
bedamp
verb
(transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
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
bpharm
bumped
bumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bump
bumpee
bumpee
noun
An airline passenger who is bumped to a later flight.
bumper
bumper
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
noun
(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
Someone or something that bumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
bumphs
bumpsy
campal
camped
camped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camp
camper
camper
adj
comparative form of camp: more camp
noun
(video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
campho
campit
cample
cample
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To contend; argue; talk noisily.
campoo
campoo
noun
(India, military, historical) A kind of infantry brigade.
campos
campos
noun
plural of campo
campti
campus
campus
noun
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
verb
To confine to campus as a punishment.
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
capman
capomo
capomo
noun
Synonym of breadnut (“when used as a coffee substitute”)
champa
champa
Proper noun
A collection of Cham polities in what is now Vietnam from the 2nd century through 1832.
champe
champe
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of champ
champs
champs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champ
champy
chimps
chimps
noun
plural of chimp
chomps
chomps
noun
plural of chomp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chomp
chumpa
chumps
chumps
noun
plural of chump
chumpy
chumpy
adj
(slang, mildly insulting) Like a chump; annoying.
(slang, of a person) Blockheaded; dim-witted.
Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.
clamps
clamps
noun
plural of clamp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamp
clomps
clomps
noun
plural of clomp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clomp
clumps
clumps
noun
A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
plural of clump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clump
clumpy
clumpy
adj
Clompy; with heavy footfalls.
Forming or tending to form clumps.
Resembling a clump.
coempt
compaa
compar
comped
comped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comp
compel
compel
verb
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
(transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
(transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
(transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up
comply
comply
verb
(archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.
(archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
(archaic) To enfold; to embrace.
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
compos
compos
adj
compos mentis; of sound mind; sane
noun
plural of compo
compot
compot
noun
Dated form of compote (“the food”).
compte
compts
compts
noun
(archaic) Abbreviation of compliments.
plural of compt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compt
copalm
copalm
noun
Archaic form of copal.
cramps
cramps
noun
A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
plural of cramp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cramp
crampy
crampy
adj
Characterised by cramp.
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
crumps
crumps
noun
plural of crump
crumpy
crumpy
adj
(UK, dialect) brittle; crisp
cupman
cupman
noun
(archaic) A convivial companion.
cuprum
damped
damped
adj
(of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
(physics, of a linear dynamic system) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damp
dampen
dampen
verb
(intransitive) To become damp or moist.
(intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
(transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
damper
damper
adj
comparative form of damp: more damp
noun
(chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
(mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
Something that kills the mood.
damply
damply
adv
In a damp manner.
dampne
dampne
verb
Obsolete form of damn.
decamp
decamp
verb
(intransitive) To break up camp and move on.
(intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.
dempne
dempne
verb
(obsolete) To damn; to condemn.
deperm
deperm
noun
(chiefly nautical) The act or process of deperming.
verb
(transitive, chiefly nautical) To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.
dimple
dimple
noun
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
verb
(intransitive) To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
(transitive) To create a dimple in.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
dimply
dimply
adj
dimpled
dimpsy
dimpsy
adj
Alternative form of dimpsey
dumped
dumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dump
dumper
dumper
noun
(computing) A program that outputs the contents of storage or a data structure.
(surfing) A wave that knocks a surfer into the water.
A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites.
A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites.
One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
dumple
dumple
verb
(transitive) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.
(obsolete, medicine) A perfumed powder to be sprinkled on the body to mask the odor of sweat.
empery
empery
noun
(archaic) Absolute power or authority.
(obsolete) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
empest
empest
verb
To infect
empexa
empire
empire
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
noun
(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
empiry
employ
employ
noun
(obsolete) Occupation.
(obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
The state of being an employee; employment.
verb
To hire (somebody for work or a job).
To make busy.
To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
empory
empson
emptio
emptor
emptor
noun
(law) Buyer.
empusa
empusa
noun
(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
encamp
encamp
verb
(intransitive) To establish a camp or temporary shelter.
(transitive) To form into a camp.
epacme
ephram
ephrem
epimer
epimer
noun
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.
eponym
eponym
noun
(loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
estamp
exempt
exempt
adj
(obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
Free from a duty or obligation.
noun
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
(historical) A type of French police officer.
One who has been released from something.
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
fempty
flumps
flumps
noun
plural of flump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flump
frumps
frumps
noun
plural of frump
frumpy
frumpy
adj
(dated) Bad-tempered.
Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
gazump
gazump
noun
(Britain, Australia, real estate) The act of gazumping.
(US, slang, dated) An automobile.
A politician who takes bribes.
verb
(Britain) To swindle; to extort.
(Britain, Australia) To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
(Britain, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
(Britain, Australia, real estate) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
gimped
gimped
adj
(informal) Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function.
(informal, computing) Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
(of fabric, curtains, clothing, or similar) Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
(of yarn, cord, thread, wire, etc.) Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected (gimped yarn). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (gimped buttons).
Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gimp
gimpel
gimper
glumpy
glumpy
adj
(colloquial, archaic) glum; sullen; sulky
grampa
grampa
Noun
grandfather
gramps
gramps
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Old man.
(colloquial, humorous) Grandpa, grandfather.
plural of gramp
grpmod
grumph
grumph
noun
(Scotland) A grunting sound.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To make a grunting sound.
grumps
grumps
noun
A fit of bad temper.
plural of grump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grump
grumpy
grumpy
adj
Dissatisfied and irritable.
guimpe
guimpe
noun
A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
gumpus
gympie
gympie
noun
Alternative form of gympie-gympie
gypsum
gypsum
noun
A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
hamper
hamper
noun
(UK) A gift basket.
(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
(uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
verb
(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
(transitive) To put into a hamper.
To impede in motion or progress.
hempen
hempen
adj
(dated) Made of hemp
Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
hempie
hempie
adj
(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Deserving of being hanged.
(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Wild; riotous; mischievous.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A rogue.
(obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A wild, romping girl.
himple
humped
humped
adj
Having a hump or humps, or, in combination, a hump or humps of the specified number or type.
verb
past participle of hump
humphs
humphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humph
humpty
humpty
adj
(archaic) Short and thick; dumpy.
hypnum
hypnum
noun
Any member of the genus Hypnum of mosses.
impack
impact
impact
noun
(chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
The striking of one body against another; collision.
verb
(transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
(transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
(transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
(transitive, rare) To stamp or impress onto something.
impair
impair
adj
(obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
impala
impala
noun
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.
impale
impale
verb
(transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
(transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
(transitive, intransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
(transitive, intransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
impall
impalm
impalm
verb
(transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
impane
impane
verb
Obsolete form of impanate.
impark
impark
verb
(transitive) To enclose or confine in, or as if in, a park.
(transitive) To enclose or fence in (land) to make a park.
imparl
imparl
verb
(law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.