(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.
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.
agrope
agrope
adv
In the act of groping.
alpers
alpert
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.
ampler
ampler
adj
comparative form of ample: more ample
aparai
aparri
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
apercu
apercu
noun
Alternative spelling of aperçu
aperea
aperea
noun
Cavia aperea, the Brazilian guinea pig.
apiary
apiary
noun
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
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
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.
appair
appair
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse.
(transitive, obsolete) To make worse; to injure or damage.
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.
appere
appert
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.
approx
approx
adj
Alternative spelling of approx.
aprile
aprons
aprons
noun
plural of apron
aprowl
aprowl
adj
Prowling.
aptera
archbp
arispe
arloup
armpad
armpit
armpit
noun
Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
arpens
arpens
noun
plural of arpen
arpent
arpent
noun
A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.
A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
arrope
arrope
noun
A form of grape concentrate, typically produced in Spain, made by boiling unfermented grape juice into a syrup. It may be added to dark, sweet wines.
aspern
aspers
aspers
noun
plural of asper
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).
asport
asport
noun
(parapsychology) An object that is spontaneously moved or "teleported" to another place.
verb
To take and move to a certain other place, to carry away.
atropa
atrypa
attrap
attrap
verb
(transitive) To entrap; to ensnare.
(transitive, obsolete) To adorn with trappings; to dress or array.
barhop
barhop
verb
(idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
bedrip
bedrip
noun
(UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
(UK dialectal) A crowd.
verb
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
bedrop
bedrop
verb
(archaic) To cover with drops; to splash or spatter.
beeper
beeper
noun
A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
A simple computer speaker.
belpre
bepart
bepray
berapt
betrap
betrap
verb
(transitive) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
(transitive) To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.
bewrap
bewrap
verb
(obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
bopper
bopper
noun
(informal, dated) A person who dances the bop.
bpharm
bsphar
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.
burlap
burlap
noun
(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or cover in burlap.
burnup
burnup
noun
(physics) A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.
burped
burped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burp
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.
capers
capers
noun
plural of caper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caper
caphar
caphar
noun
(historical) A toll or duty imposed by the Turks on Christian merchants.
capper
capper
noun
(Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer.
(US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
A person that makes or sells caps.
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
capron
capryl
capryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Synonym of octyl
captor
captor
noun
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
One who is holding a captive or captives.
carapa
carapo
carapo
noun
The banded knifefish, a Brazilian fish, Gymnotus carapo.
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
carnap
carnap
verb
(Philippines) To steal a motor vehicle.
carpal
carpal
adj
Of or pertaining to the carpus.
noun
(anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
carped
carped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carp
carpel
carpel
noun
(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
carper
carper
noun
A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault.
carpet
carpet
noun
(figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
(obsolete) A wrought cover for tables.
(slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
verb
(UK) To reprimand.
(transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
carpid
carpio
carpos
carpus
carpus
noun
(anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
cartop
cartop
verb
(transitive) To attach (a boat) to the roof of an automobile for transportation.
caspar
caspar
Proper noun
one of the Magi.
name, more popular in the form Jasper.
casper
casper
Proper noun
name, an occasional variant of Caspar.
A white person
A city in Wyoming
A mountain in Wyoming
cepter
ceptor
ceptor
noun
A receptor.
ceriph
cherup
cherup
noun
Archaic form of chirrup.
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.
chypre
chypre
noun
Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.
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.
compar
cooper
cooper
noun
(obsolete) A drink of half stout and half porter.
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.
Alternative form of coper (“floating grog shop”)
verb
(now rare) To make and repair barrels etc.
Alternative form of coper (“operate as floating grog shop”)
copart
copers
copers
noun
plural of coper
copier
copier
noun
(computing) A program or process that copies.
A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
A person who copies documents.
copper
copper
adj
Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
Made of copper.
noun
(UK, Australia, dated) A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.
(countable) A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.
(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.
(entomology) Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
(slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
verb
To sheathe or coat with copper.
coppra
coprah
coprah
noun
Archaic form of copra.
copras
copras
noun
plural of copra
copter
copter
verb
(informal, intransitive) To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
(informal, intransitive) To move like a helicopter.
(informal, transitive) To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
coropo
corpse
corpse
noun
(archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.
A dead body.
verb
(intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
(transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.
corpsy
corpsy
adj
Resembling a corpse; resembling that of a corpse.
corpus
corpus
noun
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
(uncommon) A body, a collection.
A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.
corrup
coryph
cospar
couper
courap
courap
noun
(archaic) An itching skin disease, common in India, with eruptions on the face, breast, groin, etc.
cowper
cowper
noun
(obsolete) A cooper.
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.
craped
craped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crape To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp.
crapes
crapes
noun
plural of crape
crapon
crappo
crappo
adj
(slang) Of very low quality; crap, lousy.
noun
(Caribbean, chiefly Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago) A toad (chiefly from the family Bufonidae).
(Trinidad and Tobago) The andiroba or crabwood tree (Carapa guianensis).
crappy
crappy
adj
(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.
crapwa
creeps
creeps
noun
(preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.
(preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.
plural of creep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of creep
creepy
creepy
adj
(informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
(informal) Strangely repulsive.
Moving by creeping along.
creped
creped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crepe
crepes
crepes
noun
plural of crepe
crepey
crepey
adj
(of skin) Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
crepin
crepis
crepis
noun
The central spicule of a sponge, upon which silica is deposited.
creply
crepon
crepon
noun
A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool
crespi
crespo
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.
croape
croppa
croppy
croppy
noun
(historical, slang, derogatory) An Irish republican rebel.
croupe
croupe
noun
Alternative form of croup
croups
croups
noun
plural of croup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croup
croupy
croupy
adj
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
crumps
crumps
noun
plural of crump
crumpy
crumpy
adj
(UK, dialect) brittle; crisp
crypta
crypto
crypto
adj
Secret or covert.
noun
(informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrency.
(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcus.
(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidium.
(informal, pathology) Clipping of cryptosporidiosis.