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
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
apercu
apercu
noun
Alternative spelling of aperçu
aperea
aperea
noun
Cavia aperea, the Brazilian guinea pig.
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
aprile
aptera
arispe
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”)
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.
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.
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.
couper
cowper
cowper
noun
(obsolete) A cooper.
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
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
cripes
cripes
intj
(euphemistic) A mild curse or expression of surprise.
croape
croupe
croupe
noun
Alternative form of croup
cuerpo
cupper
cupper
noun
(Oxbridge) An intercollegiate sporting competition, open to all colleges.
(in combination) Someone with a specific bra size.
(medicine, archaic) One who performs the operation of cupping.
(obsolete) A cupbearer.
(slang) A coffee aficionado.
Alternative spelling of cuppa
curpel
curple
curple
noun
(transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.
The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward
cypher
cypher
noun
Alternative spelling of cipher
cypres
cypres
noun
Obsolete form of cypress (“fabric”).
Obsolete form of cypress (“tree”).
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.
dapper
dapper
adj
Neat, trim.
Quick; little and active.
Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
decerp
decerp
verb
(obsolete) To pluck off; to crop; to gather.
deeper
deeper
adj
comparative form of deep: more deep
depair
depark
depart
depart
noun
(obsolete) A going away; departure.
(obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
(intransitive) To leave.
(intransitive) To set out on a journey.
(intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
(intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
(obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
(obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
(transitive) To go away from; to leave.
depere
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.
deport
deport
verb
(reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
depree
deprez
depure
depure
verb
(obsolete) to depurate; to purify
diaper
diaper
noun
(Canada, US) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.
A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
verb
Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
To put diapers on someone.
dipper
dipper
noun
(UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
(historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
(historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
(historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
(slang) A pickpocket.
A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
dipter
dipyre
dipyre
noun
A scapolite mineral.
dopers
dopers
noun
plural of doper
dopier
dopier
adj
comparative form of dopy: more dopy
dopper
dopper
Noun
An Anabaptist or Baptist.
dorper
douper
draped
draped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drape
draper
draper
noun
One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.
drapes
drapes
noun
Heavy cloth hung over a window.
plural of drape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drape
drapet
drapey
drapey
adj
Tending to form drape-like folds.
dreepy
drupel
drupel
noun
Synonym of drupelet
drupes
drupes
noun
plural of drupe
dryope
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.
dupers
dupers
noun
plural of duper
dupery
dupery
noun
The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
dupper
dupper
noun
Alternative form of dubber (a kind of bottle)
dupree
earcap
earcap
noun
A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.
earlap
earlap
noun
(archaic) The ear lobe.
A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.
(obsolete) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
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
empory
emptor
emptor
noun
(law) Buyer.
enrapt
enrapt
adj
(poetic or archaic) fascinated, enraptured
entrap
entrap
verb
(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.
entrep
enwrap
enwrap
verb
To absorb completely or engross
To wrap around, surround; to envelop
eparch
eparch
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
The ruler of an eparchy.
epeira
eperua
eperva
ephori
ephori
noun
plural of ephorus
ephors
ephors
noun
plural of ephor
ephram
ephrem
ephyra
ephyra
noun
(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.
epimer
epimer
noun
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.
epirot
epirot
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of ancient or modern Epirus, in northwest Greece and southern Albania.
epirus
epirus
Proper noun
A traditional geographic region lying partly in northwestern Greece (where it includes Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia) and partly in southern Albania (an area known as Northern Epirus).
A larger historical kingdom in roughly the same region, widely extended by the Greek general and king Pyrrhus during the early Hellenistic period.
One of the thirteen peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece.
epitra
eprise
eprosy
epural
epural
adj
On the dorsal side of the tail.
noun
A boney or cartilaginous neural spine on the epural side of a fish's axial column, sometimes supporting fin-rays.
erupts
erupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of erupt
eryops
escarp
escarp
noun
The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.
verb
(transitive) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.