(dated) A form of combined speaking trumpet and ear trumpet.
(dated) An instrument for greatly intensifying speech, consisting of a phonograph diaphragm arranged so that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
aeroplane
aeroplane
noun
(aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
verb
(intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
(transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
agrypnode
airplaned
airplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airplane
airplaner
airplanes
airplanes
noun
plural of airplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airplane
allenport
alpenhorn
alpenhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of alphorn
ampersand
ampersand
noun
The symbol "&".
verb
(transitive, rare) To add an ampersand to.
anteporch
anticreep
antipater
antiprime
antiprime
noun
(number theory) Synonym of highly composite number
antitrope
antwerpen
apartment
apartment
noun
(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
apartness
apartness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being apart.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being apart.
apeldoorn
apenteric
aperients
aperients
noun
plural of aperient
apertness
apertness
noun
(archaic) openness; frankness
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apocrenic
aporphine
aporphine
noun
(organic chemistry) One of a class of quinoline alkaloids from which apomorphine can be derived.
apparance
apparence
apparence
noun
Alternative form of apparency
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
appearing
appearing
noun
appearance; act of coming into view
verb
present participle of appear
appenders
appenders
noun
plural of appender
appertain
appertain
verb
To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
appointer
appointer
noun
A person who appoints (in any sense).
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
apronless
apronless
adj
Without an apron.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
arpenteur
arreption
arreption
noun
(obsolete) The act of taking away.
aspermont
asperness
aspersing
aspersing
verb
present participle of asperse
aspersion
aspersion
noun
(in the plural) slander, calumny
(obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
atropines
atropines
noun
plural of atropine
auriphone
beaproned
becrampon
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
bepranked
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bonaparte
bonaparte
Proper noun
A Corsican surname
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
The family of Napoleon Bonaparte
A former name for the island of Réunion
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
breastpin
breastpin
noun
An ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
bromopnea
bromopnea
noun
(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
campanero
campanero
noun
The bellbird of South America.
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
capernaum
caponiere
caponiere
noun
(military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
caponiers
caponiers
noun
plural of caponier
caponiser
caponizer
caponizer
noun
A person or device that caponizes
caprylene
caprylone
carpenter
carpenter
noun
(Canada, Britain, regional) A woodlouse.
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
(zoology) A carpenter bee.
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
A two-wheeled carriage.
verb
To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carpogone
catnapers
catnapers
noun
plural of catnaper
catnapper
catnapper
noun
One who catnaps; agent noun of catnap.
chaperone
chaperone
noun
(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
verb
(UK, business) To work as a chaperone.
To act as a chaperone.
chaperons
chaperons
noun
plural of chaperon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon
cheapener
cheapener
noun
One who cheapens.
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
citropten
citropten
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin, 5,7-dimethoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one found in oil of yellow citron.
clapeyron
coinspire
compander
compander
noun
Any device used for companding.
companero
compenser
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
consperse
conspired
conspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conspire
conspirer
conspirer
noun
Someone who conspires.
conspires
conspires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire
contemper
contemper
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
cooperant
cooperant
adj
Alternative form of coöperant
coopering
coopering
noun
The vocation of, or output of, a cooper (barrelmaker): synonym of cooperage.
verb
present participle of cooper
cooperman
coparceny
coparceny
noun
(law) An equal share of an inheritance.
coparents
coparents
noun
plural of coparent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coparent
copartner
copartner
noun
A joint partner (in a business).
verb
To form a joint partnership with somebody.
coppering
coppering
noun
An envelope or covering of copper.
The act of covering with copper.
verb
present participle of copper
coppinger
copresent
copresent
adj
present along with others.
verb
(transitive) To present along with others.
cornercap
cornercap
noun
(obsolete) A priest's or academic's hat.
(obsolete) The chief ornament.
cornopean
cornopean
noun
(music, obsolete) A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).
cornupete
cornupete
adj
(rare) Of an animal: threatening to butt with its horns.
corpulent
corpulent
adj
(obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.
Large in body; fat; overweight.
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
cowperian
cowperian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
crapulent
crapulent
adj
Exhibiting or relating to crapulence.
craspedon
crepiness
crepiness
noun
The quality of being crêpy.
crepitant
crepitant
adj
crackling; rattling
crimplene
crimplene
noun
Alternative form of Crimplene
crimpness
crimpness
noun
The state or quality of being crimp.
crispened
crispened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crispen
crispness
crispness
noun
An instance of being crisp.
The state of being crisp.
cupertino
cusparine
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
cyprinine
dampeners
dampeners
noun
plural of dampener
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deepeners
deepeners
noun
plural of deepener
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
deperming
deperming
verb
present participle of deperm
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
deprehend
deprehend
verb
To detect; to discover; to find out.
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
depriment
depriment
adj
Serving to depress.
depriving
depriving
verb
present participle of deprive
depurging
despenser
desponder
desponder
noun
One who desponds.
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
diapering
diapering
noun
A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.
The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
verb
present participle of diaper
dipterans
dipterans
noun
plural of dipteran
direption
direption
noun
The act of despoiling, plundering, or snatching away.
dispender
dispender
noun
(obsolete) One who dispends or expends; a steward.
dispenser
dispenser
noun
A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.
An object used to dispense other items.
Something or someone that dispenses things.
disprince
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
diterpene
diterpene
noun
(chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin
dognapers
dognapers
noun
plural of dognaper
dognapper
dognapper
noun
agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
drainpipe
drainpipe
noun
(uncountable) The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water.
A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.
A pipe that is part of a device or appliance for carrying away waste fluid.
A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.
A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
drepanium
drepanium
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme whose successive pedicels are aligned on the same plane.
drepanoid
dripstone
dripstone
noun
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
dronepipe
dronepipe
noun
One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
dropsonde
dropsonde
noun
(meteorology) A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.
dupuytren
earphones
earphones
noun
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
plural of earphone
ectropion
ectropion
noun
A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
A condition of the cervix, characterized by the cells of the endocervix being present in the location of the ectocervix