(biochemistry) A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants
apison
apneas
apneas
noun
plural of apnea
apodes
apodes
noun
plural of apode
apodis
apoise
apoise
adv
poised; balanced
aposia
appals
appals
verb
(Britain) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appal
appast
appels
appels
noun
plural of appel
appius
appius
Proper noun
name, notably borne by a Roman politician of the 4th and 3rd century BC, builder of the Appian Way
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
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).
aprons
aprons
noun
plural of apron
aptest
aptest
adj
superlative form of apt: most apt
apulse
apulse
adj
Pulsing.
arispe
arpens
arpens
noun
plural of arpen
ascape
ashpan
ashpan
noun
(rail transport) A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.
A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars
A container that fits below the grate of a domestic fireplace.
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.
asleep
asleep
adj
(euphemistic) Dead.
(of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
(slang) Inattentive.
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
aslope
aslope
adj
(archaic) Slanted or sloping.
adv
(archaic, figurative) In an unintended or unfavourable direction.
prep
(archaic) Diagonally over or across.
asopus
aspace
aspect
aspect
noun
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
(rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
(religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
One's appearance or expression.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
verb
(Wicca) To channel a divine being.
(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
(obsolete) To look at.
aspens
aspens
noun
plural of aspen
aspern
aspers
aspers
noun
plural of asper
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.
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.
aspout
aspout
adj
spouting
asteep
astoop
astoop
adv
In a stooping or inclined position.
auspex
bebops
bebops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bebop
becaps
beslap
beslap
verb
(transitive) To slap around or about; slap all over; slap soundly or completely.
besped
besped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeed
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
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.
bespot
bespot
verb
(transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
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.
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.
bipeds
bipeds
noun
plural of biped
bipods
bipods
noun
plural of bipod
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
bleeps
bleeps
noun
plural of bleep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleep
blimps
blimps
noun
plural of blimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blimp
bloops
bloops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloop
blypes
blypes
noun
plural of blype
boopis
boskop
bsphar
bsphth
bumphs
bumpsy
bypass
bypass
noun
(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
An electrical shunt
Going past or around
verb
To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
To ignore the usual channels or procedures
bypast
campos
campos
noun
plural of campo
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.
capels
capels
noun
plural of capel
capers
capers
noun
plural of caper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caper
capias
capias
noun
(law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
capons
capons
noun
plural of capon
capris
capris
noun
capri pants
capsid
capsid
noun
The outer protein shell of a virus
carpos
carpus
carpus
noun
(anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
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
catsup
catsup
noun
Alternative form of ketchup
cephas
cephus
cepous
champs
champs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champ
chapes
chapes
noun
plural of chape
cheaps
cheaps
noun
plural of cheap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheap
cheeps
cheeps
noun
plural of cheep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheep
cheops
chimps
chimps
noun
plural of chimp
chirps
chirps
noun
plural of chirp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirp
chomps
chomps
noun
plural of chomp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chomp
chopas
chumps
chumps
noun
plural of chump
ciapas
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.
clamps
clamps
noun
plural of clamp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamp
clasps
clasps
noun
plural of clasp
claspt
claspt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clasp
clepes
clepes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clepe
clipse
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
coapts
coapts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coapt
colpus
colpus
noun
(botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen
compos
compos
adj
compos mentis; of sound mind; sane
noun
plural of compo
compts
compts
noun
(archaic) Abbreviation of compliments.
plural of compt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compt
coopts
coopts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coopt
copals
copals
noun
plural of copal
copens
copers
copers
noun
plural of coper
copies
copies
noun
plural of copy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copy
copist
copist
noun
(obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
coppas
coppas
noun
plural of coppa
copras
copras
noun
plural of copra
copses
copses
noun
plural of copse
coptis
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.
cospar
coupes
coupes
noun
plural of coupe
coypus
coypus
noun
plural of coypu
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
crapes
crapes
noun
plural of crape
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
crepes
crepes
noun
plural of crepe
crepis
crepis
noun
The central spicule of a sponge, upon which silica is deposited.
crespi
crespo
crimps
crimps
noun
plural of crimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crimp
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.
croups
croups
noun
plural of croup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croup