(law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
(law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
(obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
apothec
apothem
apothem
noun
(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
(geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
apotome
apotome
noun
(mathematics, geometry) The difference between two quantities or lengths commensurable only in power, as between 1 and the square root of 2, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
(zoology) A distinct division of an insect which is divided from the other divisions by a pinch point.
apotype
apotype
noun
(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions
aseptol
atiptoe
atiptoe
adj
(figuratively) In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
On tiptoe; moving or standing on the tips of one's toes.
adv
In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
On tiptoe; on the tips of one's toes in order to move quietly or to stand taller.
Quietly, and little by little.
Without retreating from adversity, confrontation, or danger; standing tall; bravely, proudly, unyieldingly.
atopies
atopies
noun
plural of atopy
atopite
bedpost
bedpost
noun
Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.
bespout
bespout
verb
(transitive) To pester with excessive oratory or spouting.
(transitive) To spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.
biotope
biotope
noun
(figuratively) a context where someone feels 'naturally' at home, such as their field of professional or scientific expertise
A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
biotype
biotype
noun
(genetics) A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
verb
To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
bluetop
bluetop
noun
(US, construction) A stake or other marker set into the subgrade to indicate the desired grade elevation.
bopster
capotes
capotes
noun
plural of capote
chapote
chetopa
coapted
coapted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coapt
coempts
compert
compete
compete
verb
To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
To take part in a contest, game or similar event
compote
compote
noun
A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
A dish used for serving fruit.
compted
compted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compt
comptel
compter
compter
noun
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
comptie
compute
compute
noun
(computing, informal) computation
verb
(intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
(transitive) To reckon, calculate.
concept
concept
noun
(generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
verb
to conceive; to dream up
contemp
coopted
coopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coopt
coperta
copters
copters
noun
plural of copter
coptine
cotypes
cotypes
noun
plural of cotype
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
deporte
deports
deports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deport
deposit
deposit
noun
(banking) Money placed in an account.
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
A place of deposit; a depository.
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
Anything left behind on a surface.
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
verb
(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
desktop
desktop
adj
(computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
noun
(computing) A desktop computer.
(computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
(computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
(computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
The top surface of a desk.
despots
despots
noun
plural of despot
diopter
diopter
noun
(obsolete) A surgical speculum.
(obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
(obsolete) An alidade.
(obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
(obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
(photography, dated) A lens element attached to the front of a photographic lens to shorten the lens's minimum focus distance; also called a "close-up filter".
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
dioptre
dioptre
noun
Alternative spelling of diopter
dipetto
diptote
diptote
noun
(grammar) A noun which has only two cases.
dopiest
dopiest
adj
superlative form of dopy: most dopy
dopster
droplet
droplet
noun
A very small drop.
duotype
duotype
noun
(historical) A print made from two halftone photographic plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.
ecotype
ecotype
noun
(ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
ectopia
ectopia
noun
(pathology) The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
ectopic
ectopic
adj
(comparable, medicine) Being out of place, having an abnormal position.
Relating to ectopia.
noun
(medicine, colloquial) Ectopic beat or pregnancy.
eelpout
eelpout
noun
(obsolete) A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
elkport
emporte
emption
emption
noun
(obsolete) The act of buying.
emptory
entopic
entopic
adj
(medicine) in the usual place, referring to medical or anatomical objects.
entropy
entropy
noun
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
(information theory) Shannon entropy
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
(uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
eophyte
eophyte
noun
(botany, paleontology) A fossil plant from the Silurian age
epazote
epazote
noun
A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
epeirot
epidote
epidote
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
epiglot
epiotic
epiotic
noun
(anatomy) The upper and outer element of periotic bone, in humans forming a part of the temporal bone.
epirote
epitoke
epitoke
noun
(zoology) A pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction.
epitome
epitome
noun
A brief summary of a text.
The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
The height; the best; the most vivid.
epoptes
epoptic
epoptic
adj
Relating to the epopts or their mysteries.
epworth
escopet
escopet
noun
A kind of firearm; a carbine.
esparto
esparto
noun
Lygeum spartum, of the Mediterranean.
Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
ethiope
ethiope
Noun
referring to a person from Ethiopia
ethiops
ethiops
noun
Alternative form of aethiops
eutopia
eutopia
noun
(medicine) The condition of being properly placed, as opposed to ectopia.
exploit
exploit
noun
(by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
An achievement.
verb
(transitive) To forcibly deprive (someone) of something to which she or he has a natural right for one's own benefit.
(transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
exports
exports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of export
exposit
exposit
verb
to expound
eyespot
eyespot
noun
(biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
(botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker
An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
finetop
finetop
noun
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
firepot
firepot
noun
A pot used to hold or carry fire.
An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.
firetop
foretop
foretop
noun
(UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
The forelock of a horse.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
gestapo
gluepot
gluepot
noun
(Australia, sports, informal) A muddy playing field.
A pot for holding glue.
heptode
heptode
noun
A compound thermionic valve containing a triode and tetrode; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers.
heptoic
heptoic
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from heptane or from heptoic acid.
heptose
heptose
noun
(organic chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
hopeite
hopeite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
hopeton
hoplite
hoplite
noun
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
hoptree
hoptree
noun
Ptelea trifoliata, a shrub or small tree in the Rutaceae family, native to North and Central America.
icotype
isotope
isotope
noun
(physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.
verb
(topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate an isotopy of (one map with another).
isotype
isotype
noun
(botany, taxonomy) A duplicate specimen of the holotype, from the same genetic individual.
(immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins
jetport
jetport
noun
(dated) An airport served by jet aircraft.
kempton
keyport
kitlope
knopite
knopite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of perofskite containing cerium in place of calcium
koppite
koppite
noun
(mineralogy) A columbate of alkali metal and alkaline earth metals
lepanto
lepiota
leptome
leptome
noun
The portion of the mestome that transports food substances.
leptons
leptons
noun
plural of lepton
looplet
looplet
noun
A little loop.
lovepot
metopae
metopes
metopes
noun
plural of metope
metopic
metopic
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal.
metopon
metopon
noun
An opiate analogue, a methylated derivative of hydromorphone used as an analgesic.
mopiest
mopiest
adj
superlative form of mopey: most mopey
moppets
moppets
noun
plural of moppet
neotype
neotype
noun
(taxonomy) A new specimen of a previously described species which, in order to maintain nomenclatural stability or solve doubtful or confusing identities, is designated to serve as the type specimen, possibly replacing a previous holotype or neotype
nepotal
nepotal
adj
Of or relating to a nephew.
nepotic
nepotic
Adjective
nepotistic
newport
newport
Proper noun
A common place name or element of a place name (i.e. Newport Beach, Newport Bay).
A city in Arkansas, USA
A town in Delaware
A town on the Isle of Wight in England, where it is the administrative centre.
A town in Indiana
One of two towns in Ireland
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A city in Minnesota
A village in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A town and village in New York
A town in North Carolina
A city in Oregon
A borough in Pennsylvania
A seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
A in South Carolina
A city in Tennessee
A city and a town in Vermont; the city is the county seat of Orleans County.
A cathedral and university city and unitary authority in southeast Wales.
A city in Washington
A town in Wisconsin
nonpoet
nonpoet
noun
One who is not a poet.
notepad
notepad
noun
A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.
octoped
octoped
noun
octopod
octuple
octuple
adj
eightfold
noun
An eightfold amount or number
verb
(intransitive) To increase eightfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by eight.
ocypete
offtype
oophyte
oophyte
noun
(obsolete, biology) gametophyte
opacate
opacate
verb
(obsolete) To darken; to cloud.
opacite
opacite
noun
(geology) A small, dark grain, of doubtful origin, in an igneous rock
opencut
openest
openest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of open
operant
operant
adj
That operates to produce an effect.
noun
(psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
An operative person or thing.
operate
operate
verb
(medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
(transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
(transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
(transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
(transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
(transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
ophites
ophites
noun
plural of ophite
opiated
opiated
adj
Treated with an opiate.
Under the influence of an opiate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of opiate
opiates
opiates
noun
plural of opiate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opiate
opplete
opplete
adj
(obsolete) full; crowded
optable
optable
adj
(obsolete) That may be chosen; desirable.
optimes
optimes
noun
plural of optime
opulent
opulent
adj
Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
outcept
outcept
conj
(obsolete) except; unless
outkeep
outkeep
verb
(transitive) To keep or last, without spoiling, longer than.
outkept
outkept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outkeep
outleap
outleap
noun
A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
A sally; flight; escape.
verb
To leap beyond or farther than.
To leap out, as if from an ambush.
outlope
outpace
outpace
verb
(transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
outpage
outpage
verb
(transitive, computing) Synonym of page out
outpeal
outpeal
verb
(transitive) To surpass in pealing; to peal louder than.