(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acceptor
acceptor
noun
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
One who accepts.
acopyrin
acropora
acropore
acropore
noun
Any coral of the genus Acropora
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
apocarps
apocarpy
apocarpy
noun
The quality of being apocarpous.
apocrine
apocrine
adj
(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
apocrita
apocryph
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
approach
approach
noun
(also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
(also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
(archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access.
(aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
(climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
(golf, tennis) Short for approach shot.
A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
verb
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
(transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
(transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
apricots
apricots
noun
plural of apricot
aproctia
archpoet
ascocarp
ascocarp
noun
(mycology) The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
atrophic
atrophic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
autocarp
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backrope
bricktop
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
calyptro
camphors
camphors
noun
plural of camphor
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
camporee
camporee
noun
(US) A gathering of Scouts in which accommodation is in tents
canephor
capeador
capeador
noun
(bullfighting) A person who aids a bullfighter by distracting the bull with his cape.
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capnomor
capnomor
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A colourless oil with a peculiar odour, obtained from beech tar.
caponier
caponier
noun
(military, historical) A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.
caporals
caporals
noun
plural of caporal
capretto
capretto
noun
meat from a kid, or young goat
capriola
capriole
capriole
noun
A leap or caper, as in dancing.
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
verb
(intransitive) To leap; to caper.
(transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
capriote
caproate
caproate
noun
(organic chemistry) A hexanoate.
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
capromys
capronic
capronyl
capshore
capshore
noun
(nautical) A support for the cap of a mast
capsomer
capsomer
noun
capsomere
carapato
carapato
noun
A South American tick of the genus Amblyamma.
carpogam
carpompi
carpools
carpools
noun
plural of carpool
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carpool
carports
carports
noun
plural of carport
carshops
carupano
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
cawnpore
cecropia
cecropia
noun
A large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings
Any tree of the genus Cecropia.
ceratops
cercopes
cercopid
cercopid
noun
(zoology) Any insect in the family Cercopidae, the froghoppers.
cercopod
cercopod
noun
(zoology) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.
cerotype
cerotype
noun
A print made by this process.
A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
chaparro
chaparro
noun
kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
chapourn
charpoys
charpoys
noun
plural of charpoy
chiropod
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
choppers
choppers
noun
(informal) teeth
plural of chopper
choppier
choppier
adj
comparative form of choppy: more choppy
chrysopa
chrysops
citicorp
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
coalport
coappear
coappear
verb
To appear together.
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
coemptor
coexpire
cohelper
colstrip
compadre
compadre
noun
A friend or companion.
compared
compared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compare
comparer
comparer
noun
One who, or that which, compares.
compares
compares
noun
plural of compare
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare
comparsa
comparts
comparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compart
compeers
compeers
noun
plural of compeer
compered
compered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compere
comperes
comperes
noun
plural of compere
competer
compiler
compiler
noun
(software compilation) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
One who compiles.
complier
complier
noun
One who complies or obeys.
comports
comports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comport
composer
composer
noun
Especially, one who composes music.
One who composes; an author.
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
compotor
comprend
compress
compress
noun
A machine for compressing.
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
verb
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.
(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
(transitive) To abridge.
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
comprest
comprest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of compress
comprint
comprint
verb
(UK, law, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
To print together.
comprise
comprise
verb
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
(sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute.
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
To contain or embrace.
comprize
comprize
verb
Archaic form of comprise.
comptoir
comptrol
comptrol
noun
Archaic form of control.
computer
computer
noun
(by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
conocarp
consperg
conspire
conspire
verb
(intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results.
(transitive) To work together to bring about.
coopered
coopered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cooper
cooperia
coparent
coparent
noun
Alternative form of co-parent
copastor
copastor
noun
One who shares the role of pastor with another person.
copatron
copatron
noun
A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation.
coperose
coplanar
coplanar
adj
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) Orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines or plane figures) Within the same plane.
copperah
copperas
copperas
noun
iron(II) sulfate.
obsolete sulphate compound with one of three metals, zinc, copper or iron
coppered
coppered
adj
(nautical) (of the hull of a wooden ship) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copper
copperer
copperer
noun
One who applies copper coatings.
copremia
copremia
noun
Alternative form of copræmia
copremic
copremic
adj
Relating to, or suffering from, copremia.
coprides
coprinae
coprince
coprince
noun
Any of a group of princes who govern jointly, as in Andorra.
coprinus
coproite
coprosma
coprosma
noun
(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Coprosma.
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copyread
copyread
verb
To read text (of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes.
cornpipe
corporal
corporal
adj
(archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
(zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
noun
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
(mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
corporas
corporas
noun
(obsolete) The corporal, or communion cloth.
corpsman
corpsman
noun
(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
(deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
(medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.
corpsmen
corpsmen
noun
plural of corpsman
corrupts
corrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
coscript
coscript
verb
To write (a script) together with someone
couperin
couperus
couplers
couplers
noun
plural of coupler
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
crampons
crampons
noun
plural of crampon
crampoon
crampoon
noun
A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe)
crompton
crophead
cropland
cropland
noun
arable land
cropless
cropless
adj
Devoid of crops.
croppers
croppers
noun
plural of cropper
croppies
croppies
noun
plural of croppie
plural of croppy
cropping
cropping
noun
(agriculture) The growing of crops.
(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
verb
present participle of crop
cropshin
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.