(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
ampulla
ampulla
noun
(anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
(botany) The spongiole of a root.
(historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
aplombs
aplombs
noun
plural of aplomb
bamalip
bedlamp
bedlamp
noun
A bedside lamp.
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
calcomp
camphol
camphol
noun
borneol
campily
campily
adv
In a campy manner.
clamped
clamped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clamp
clamper
clamper
noun
(electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
One who, or that which, clamps.
verb
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
To complain in an irritating manner.
To crimp.
To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
clomped
clomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clomp
clumped
clumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clump
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
clumpst
compels
compels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel
compile
compile
noun
(programming) An act of compiling code.
verb
(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
(obsolete) To construct; to build.
(obsolete) To write; to compose.
(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
complex
complex
adj
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
(mathematics) A complex number.
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
A network of interconnected systems.
A problem.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
(transitive) To complicate.
complin
complin
noun
Alternative form of compline
complot
complot
noun
(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To plot together; conspire.
compole
comptel
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
copalms
copalms
noun
plural of copalm
crimple
crimple
verb
(archaic) to crumple, crimp
crumple
crumple
noun
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
verb
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
crumply
crumply
adj
crumpled.
deplume
deplume
verb
(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
(transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
deplump
dimpled
dimpled
adj
Having dimples
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dimple
dimples
dimples
noun
plural of dimple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimple
diploma
diploma
noun
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
dumpily
dumpily
adv
In a dumpy manner.
dumpled
dumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumple
dumpler
empaled
empaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empale
empaler
empaler
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
empales
empales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empale
empanel
empanel
noun
(law) A list of jurors; a panel.
verb
Alternative spelling of impanel
empearl
empearl
verb
Alternative form of impearl
emperil
emperil
verb
Dated form of imperil.
emplace
emplace
verb
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
emplane
emplane
verb
Alternative form of enplane
emplead
emplead
verb
(archaic, transitive) To accuse; to indict.
emplore
emplore
verb
Obsolete form of implore.
employe
employe
noun
(chiefly US) Dated form of employee.
employs
employs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
emplume
emplume
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a plume.
emptily
emptily
adv
In an empty manner
example
example
noun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
A person punished as a warning to others.
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
verb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
exempla
exempla
noun
plural of exemplum
exempli
flumped
flumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flump
frumple
frumple
verb
(transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
galumph
galumph
verb
(intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
glimpse
glimpse
noun
A brief look, glance, or peek.
A faint idea; an inkling.
A sudden flash.
verb
(intransitive) To appear by glimpses.
(transitive) To see or view briefly or incompletely.
gymslip
gymslip
noun
A sleeveless tunic with a pleated skirt, most commonly seen as part of a girl's school uniform.
haploma
haplome
haplome
noun
(genetics) A haplotype contig
haplomi
hipmold
illampu
impalas
impalas
noun
plural of impala
impaled
impaled
adj
Pinned to something by piercing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impale
impaler
impaler
noun
One who impales.
impales
impales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impale
impalsy
impalsy
verb
(transitive) To strike with palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
impanel
impanel
verb
To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
impearl
impearl
verb
(transitive, poetic) To decorate as if with pearls.
(transitive, poetic) To form into pearls, or make pearly.
imperil
imperil
verb
(transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
(transitive) To risk or hazard.
implant
implant
noun
(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
(travel) A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.
verb
(intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.
(transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
implate
implate
verb
(transitive) To cover with plates; to sheathe.
implead
implead
verb
(law) to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant
implete
implete
verb
(transitive, formal) To fill.
implial
implied
implied
adj
Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imply
implies
implies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imply
impling
implode
implode
verb
(computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
(intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
(transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
implore
implore
verb
To beg urgently or earnestly.
To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
implume
imposal
imposal
noun
The act of imposing; imposition.
impulse
impulse
noun
(physics) The integral of force over time.
A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
verb
(transitive) To impel; to incite.
jumpily
jumpily
adv
nervously, or restlessly
unevenly
kampala
kampala
Proper noun
The capital of, and largest city in, Uganda.
lampads
lampads
noun
plural of lampad
lampang
lampara
lampate
lampate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A supposed salt of lampic acid.
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:
The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.
lampers
lampers
noun
Alternative form of lampas
lampert
lampfly
lampful
lampful
noun
Enough to fill a lamp.
lamping
lamping
adj
(archaic) Bright, flashing, resplendent.
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
verb
present participle of lamp
lampion
lampion
noun
A small oil lamp.
lampist
lamplet
lamplet
noun
A little lamp.
lamplit
lamplit
adj
Illuminated by a lamp or lamps.
lampman
lampman
noun
(historical) A person employed to clean and maintain lamps.
lampmen
lampmen
noun
plural of lampman
lampong
lampoon
lampoon
noun
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
verb
To satirize or poke fun at.
lamprel
lamprel
noun
(obsolete) The lamprey.
lampret
lamprey
lamprey
noun
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.
lampron
lampron
noun
(obsolete) A lamprey.
lempira
lempira
noun
The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos.
lempres
lepisma
lepomis
leproma
leproma
noun
(pathology) An area of inflammation in the skin symptomatic of leprosy
leptome
leptome
noun
The portion of the mestome that transports food substances.
limpers
limpers
noun
plural of limper
limpest
limpest
adj
superlative form of limp: most limp
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of limp
limpets
limpets
noun
plural of limpet
limpily
limping
limping
noun
The motion of one who limps.
verb
present participle of limp
limpish
limpish
adj
Somewhat limp.
limpkin
limpkin
noun
A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.
limpopo
limpopo
Proper noun
A river of Africa that rises near Johannesburg and flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) to the Indian Ocean in Mozambique.
a province in South Africa which was originally part of It was named after the river.
limpsey
limpsey
adj
Alternative form of limpsy
lipemia
lipemia
noun
(medicine, pathology) An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.
lipemic
lipemic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from lipemia
lipmann
lipomas
lipomas
noun
plural of lipoma
lopeman
lopeman
noun
(obsolete) A tightrope walker.
lumpens
lumpens
noun
plural of lumpen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lumpen
lumpers
lumpers
noun
plural of lumper
lumpier
lumpier
adj
comparative form of lumpy: more lumpy
lumpily
lumpily
adv
In a lumpy manner, with lumps.
Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.
lumping
lumping
adj
bulky; heavy
noun
The act or result of lumping things together.
verb
present participle of lump
lumpish
lumpish
adj
(archaic) Without energy, lethargic.
Awkward, inelegant.
Like a lump, cloddish, dull, slow-witted.
Like lumps, lumpy, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
Shaped like a lump, lumpy, ill-defined in shape.
lumpkin
lumpkin
noun
A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.
lumpman
lumpmen
lymphad
lymphad
noun
(heraldry) A single-masted ship propelled by oars, usually indicating a Scottish title associated with islands.
lyopoma
magilps
magilps
noun
plural of magilp
malpais
malpais
noun
(geology) Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks.
(geology) Land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil.
maniple
maniple
noun
(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.
(Christianity, chiefly historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.
(obsolete) A handful.
(obsolete, informal) A hand; a fist.
mapland
maplike
maplike
adj
Having the characteristics of a map.
mappila
mappila
Noun
A member of the largest Muslim community in Kerala state, India.
marlpit
marlpit
noun
(dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
marplot
marplot
adj
(now rare) That foils a plot; interfering.
noun
A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others.
maypole
maypole
noun
(euphemistic) A penis, especially a large one.
(idiomatic) A very tall girl or young lady.
(ornithology) A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.