(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.
acropore
acropore
noun
Any coral of the genus Acropora
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
aerophor
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
akepiros
akepiros
noun
plural of akepiro
ametrope
amphorae
amphorae
noun
plural of amphora
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
aparejos
aparejos
noun
plural of aparejo
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorize
aphorize
verb
Alternative spelling of aphorise
apikores
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.
apokreos
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
aporrhea
appellor
apposers
apposers
noun
plural of apposer
appropre
appropre
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To appropriate.
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approver
approver
noun
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.
One who approves or gives approval.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
aproneer
aproneer
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A shopkeeper.
apteroid
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apurpose
apurpose
adv
(dialect) on purpose; deliberately
arapahoe
archpoet
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
arpeggio
arpeggio
noun
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
verb
(intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
(transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
asperous
asperous
adj
bitter, cruel, severe
rough, rugged, uneven
aspersor
aspersor
noun
Alternative form of asperser
asperugo
asterope
atropine
atropine
noun
(toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
autopore
backrope
bebopper
bebopper
noun
A musician or aficionado of the bebop genre.
bellport
beparody
bepowder
bepowder
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
biophore
biophore
noun
Alternative spelling of biophor
biporose
bloopers
bloopers
noun
plural of blooper
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
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
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.
capretto
capretto
noun
meat from a kid, or young goat
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.
capshore
capshore
noun
(nautical) A support for the cap of a mast
capsomer
capsomer
noun
capsomere
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.
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.
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
choppers
choppers
noun
(informal) teeth
plural of chopper
choppier
choppier
adj
comparative form of choppy: more choppy
coappear
coappear
verb
To appear together.
coemptor
coexpire
cohelper
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
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.
composer
composer
noun
Especially, one who composes music.
One who composes; an author.
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
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
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.
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.
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
coperose
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.
coproite
copyread
copyread
verb
To read text (of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes.
cornpipe
corpsmen
corpsmen
noun
plural of corpsman
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
couperin
couperus
couplers
couplers
noun
plural of coupler
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
crophead
cropless
cropless
adj
Devoid of crops.
croppers
croppers
noun
plural of cropper
croppies
croppies
noun
plural of croppie
plural of croppy
cropweed
cropwell
croupade
croupade
noun
A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
croupier
croupier
noun
One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
The person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table, such as in a casino.
crowstep
crowstep
noun
(architecture) A stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building.
cupreous
cupreous
adj
(chemistry) Containing copper.
Of a reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
Of or of the nature of copper.
noun
A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
cypriote
dempstor
depictor
depictor
noun
Alternative form of depicter
deplored
deplored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplore
deplorer
deplorer
noun
One who deplores.
deplores
deplores
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplore
deported
deported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deport
deportee
deportee
noun
A deported person.
deporter
deporter
noun
One who deports.
deposers
deposers
noun
plural of deposer
deposure
deptford
dewdrops
dewdrops
noun
plural of dewdrop
diaspore
diaspore
noun
(botany) seeds and fruit together regarded as a dispersal unit.
A gemstone consisting of hydrate of aluminium in crystal form.
A natural hydrate of aluminium, sometimes forming stalactites.
diopters
diopters
noun
plural of diopter
dioptres
dioptres
noun
plural of dioptre
dipteroi
dipteroi
noun
plural of dipteros
dipteron
dipteros
dipteros
noun
(architecture) A building with double peristyle or colonnade.
disponer
disponer
noun
(law, Scotland) One who legally transfers his or her own property to another.
disposer
disposer
noun
One who disposes.
disprove
disprove
verb
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
doorkeep
doorstep
doorstep
noun
(UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
verb
(intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
(transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
dopester
dopester
noun
(slang) An individual who is from a street gang and sells drugs.