Any organism that lives on or near the surface of the land.
epigene
epigene
adj
(crystallography) Foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to the region just below the surface of the earth.
epigone
epigone
noun
A follower or disciple.
An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
epigoni
epigons
epigyne
epigyne
noun
(zoology) The external female sex organ in arachnids.
epigyny
epigyny
noun
The state of being epigynous.
epileny
epinaoi
epinaoi
noun
plural of epinaos
epinaos
epinaos
noun
(architecture) An open vestibule behind the nave, differentiated from the opisthodomos.
epinard
epingle
epinine
epinine
noun
deoxyepinephrine
epipany
epizoan
epizoon
eponyms
eponyms
noun
plural of eponym
eponymy
eponymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.
epsilon
epsilon
noun
(colloquial) A small child.
(computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
(finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
(mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
(phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon.
epstein
epstein
verb
(slang) To commit homicide and frame it as a suicide, especially against a witness or co-conspirator in a crime.
erepsin
erepsin
noun
A protein fraction found in the intestinal juices, containing a group of enzymes that digest peptones into amino acids.
espadon
espadon
noun
(historical) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
espanol
espinal
espinel
espinel
noun
Alternative form of spinel
espinos
espying
espying
verb
present participle of espy
euphone
euphony
euphony
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
eupione
eupione
noun
(organic chemistry) A clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
eupneas
eupneas
noun
plural of eupnea
eupneic
eupneic
adj
Characterized by eupnea; possessing healthy breathing.
eupnoea
europan
expands
expands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand
expanse
expanse
noun
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
An amount of spread or stretch.
expends
expends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expend
expense
expense
noun
(obsolete) Loss.
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
verb
(transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
explain
explain
verb
(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
explant
explant
noun
(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
verb
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
expunge
expunge
verb
(transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
(transitive) To erase or strike out.
(transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
finetop
finetop
noun
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
fipenny
fipenny
noun
(now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
(slang) A flick-knife.
firepan
firepan
noun
A pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
forpine
forpine
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To pine away.
(transitive, archaic) To waste away through suffering or through torment.
1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound
gaperon
genappe
genappe
noun
A smooth worsted yarn or cord, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc..
verb
(transitive) To smooth (yarn) by burning off the hairs in a gas flame.
genipap
genipap
noun
The North and South American tree Genipa americana of the family Rubiaceae.
The fruit of this tree, oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.
geopony
glopnen
gloppen
gloppen
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
grapnel
grapnel
noun
(nautical) A grappling iron.
(nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
verb
(transitive, nautical) To connect (ships) with a grapnel.
greenup
greenup
Proper noun
a village in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA
gripmen
gripmen
noun
plural of gripman
guapena
guenepe
gypsine
halpern
hampden
hampden
Proper noun
A town in Maine
A town and county in Massachusetts
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A settlement in New Zealand
A city in North Dakota
A township municipality in Quebec, Canada
hanaper
hanaper
noun
A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper
happens
happens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of happen
haptene
haptens
haptens
noun
plural of hapten
headpin
headpin
noun
(ten-pin bowling) The kingpin.
A straight metal wire with a flat end, used for beads in jewelry making.
heaping
heaping
adj
(especially US, Canada) Containing a heap (of something). (Compare heaped.)
verb
present participle of heap
helping
helping
noun
(countable) A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
(figurative, countable) An amount or quantity
verb
present participle of help
helprin
hencoop
hencoop
noun
A coop where hens are kept..
henpeck
henpeck
noun
(rare) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.
verb
(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.
heparin
heparin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.
hepburn
hepburn
Proper noun
A system of romanization of Japanese, short for "Hepburn romanization".
heppman
heppner
heppner
Proper noun
A city in Oregon, USA
A populated place and former town in South Dakota, USA.
heptane
heptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₇H₁₆, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH₃(CH₂)₅CH₃)
heptene
heptene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomers of the alkene having seven carbon atoms and one double bond; a mixture of such isomers used in lubricants etc
heptine
heptine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C₇H₁₂, of the acetylene series.
heptyne
hipbone
hipbone
noun
(anatomy) Alternative spelling of hip bone
hipline
hipline
noun
(textiles) The line of a garment around the hips.
hipness
hipness
noun
The characteristic of being hip; coolness; trendiness.
hoopmen
hopbine
hopbine
noun
The climbing stem of the hop.
hopeton
hopvine
hopvine
noun
The stock or stem of the hop.
hyperin
hyperon
hyperon
noun
(physics) Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
hyphens
hyphens
noun
plural of hyphen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphen
hypnale
hypnone
hypnone
noun
acetophenone, used as a hypnotic drug
hyponea
impanel
impanel
verb
To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
impends
impends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impend
impeyan
impinge
impinge
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.
(intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with.
(transitive, now rare) To make a physical impact on.
imponed
imponed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impone
impones
impones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impone
impregn
impregn
verb
(now rare, poetic) To impregnate; to make fruitful.
inadept
inadept
adj
Not adept.
incepts
incepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incept
increep
increep
verb
(intransitive, poetic) To creep in; to make a furtive entrance.
incrept
incrept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of increep
indrape
ineptly
ineptly
adv
In an inept or incompetent manner.
inopine
inphase
inphase
adj
Alternative form of in phase
inscape
inscape
noun
A landscape of an indoor setting.
The distinctive design that constitutes individual identity; a concept derived by Gerard Manley Hopkins from the ideas of the medieval philosopher Duns Scotus.
inspake
inspeak
inspeak
verb
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak into, instill into.
inspect
inspect
verb
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
To view and examine officially.
inspire
inspire
verb
(archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
(intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
(transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
inspoke
insteep
insteep
verb
(transitive) To steep or soak; drench.
insteps
insteps
noun
plural of instep
insuper
inswept
inswept
adj
Narrowed at the forward end; said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.
iphinoe
ipseand
isoneph
isoneph
noun
An isoline indicating equal cloud cover.
japanee
jeeping
jeeping
verb
present participle of jeep
jeepney
jeepney
noun
(Philippines) A vehicle used as public transport in the Philippines, originally made from US military Jeeps left over from World War II and well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating.
juniper
juniper
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) Gin.
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
keeping
keeping
noun
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
charge or care.
conformity or harmony.
verb
present participle of keep
keepnet
keepnet
noun
(nautical) A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
kelping
kelping
verb
present participle of kelp
kempner
kempton
kenspac
kepping
kinepox
kinepox
noun
Alternative form of kine-pox
kippeen
kippeen
noun
Alternative form of kippen
klippen
knapped
knapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knap
knapper
knapper
noun
One who knaps.
knapple
kneecap
kneecap
noun
(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
(roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
verb
(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
kneepad
kneepad
noun
Alternative spelling of knee pad
kneepan
kneepan
noun
The kneecap; the patella.
knepper
knopite
knopite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of perofskite containing cerium in place of calcium
knopped
knopped
adj
(obsolete) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
knopper
knoppie
knosped
knosped
adj
Having a knosp.
koepang
kompeni
krapfen
krapfen
noun
A Berliner (doughnut with sweet filling).
lampern
lampern
noun
1382, Wyclif's Bible, prologue to Job, page 671:
1589, Thomas Coghan, Haven of Health (1636), page 165:
1799, John Price, The Worcester Guide, page 55:
1936, Charles Tate Regan, Natural History, Ward Lock, page 194:
1956, R. Morris, "The Osmoregulatory Ability of the Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis L.) in Sea Water during the Course of Its Spawning Migration", Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 33, page 235: