(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
apteroid
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apteryla
aptitude
aptitude
noun
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
The condition of being suitable.
aptyalia
aptyalia
noun
(medicine) Reduced secretion of saliva.
aptychus
aptychus
noun
(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
archpoet
armplate
armplate
noun
Plate armour worn on one's arms.
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
artotypy
ascapart
ascupart
aseptate
aseptate
adj
Having no septum.
aseptify
ashplant
ashplant
noun
(Ireland) A walking stick.
A stick kept for administering corporal punishment, a cane.
An ash sapling.
askapart
aspartic
aspartic
adj
Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives
aspartyl
aspartyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical obtained by removal of a hydrogen atom from the carboxylic acid group of aspartic acid
asperate
asperate
adj
rough
verb
To make rough or harsh.
asperite
asperity
asperity
noun
(countable) An area that protrudes from a surface.
(countable) Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
(countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
asphalts
asphalts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphalt
aspidate
aspidate
adj
Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.
aspirant
aspirant
adj
Seeking advancement.
Striving for recognition.
noun
Someone who aspires to high office, etc.
aspirata
aspirate
aspirate
adj
Synonym of aspirated.
noun
(linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
verb
(transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
(transitive, intransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
1887, James Frederick Hodgetts, Greater England, page 33
asterope
atakapas
atpoints
atreptic
atriplex
atrophia
atrophia
noun
Archaic form of atrophy.
atrophic
atrophic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
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).
atropins
atropism
atropism
noun
(pathology) atropine poisoning
atropous
atropous
adj
(botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
attemper
attemper
verb
(archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.
To mitigate, assuage.
To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
attempre
attempre
verb
Obsolete form of attemper.
attempts
attempts
noun
plural of attempt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attempt
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
atypical
atypical
adj
Not conforming to the normal type.
Unusual or irregular.
noun
(pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.
aucupate
aucupate
verb
(obsolete) To hunt, to seek with vigilance.
auntship
auntship
noun
The status of being an aunt.
autocamp
autocamp
noun
A campground for tourists travelling by automobile.
verb
(intransitive) To stay at an autocamp.
autocarp
autoharp
autoharp
noun
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
autompne
autophon
autopolo
autopore
autopsic
autopsic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
autoptic
autoptic
adj
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation.
autoslip
autotype
autotype
noun
(dated, countable) A copy or facsimile.
(dated, countable) An early form of photograph produced using autotypy.
(uncountable, computing) A function that completes the typing of a field using a prediction based upon the characters entered so far.
verb
(dated, transitive) To reproduce (a document) by autotype.
autotypy
autotypy
noun
(dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bagplant
baldpate
baldpate
noun
A bald-headed person.
A bird, the American wigeon (Anas americana).
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bapparts
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
baptises
baptises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise
baptisia
baptisia
noun
(horticulture) Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia
baptisms
baptisms
noun
plural of baptism
baptista
baptiste
baptists
baptists
noun
plural of baptist
baptized
baptized
adj
(of a person) who has been baptized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptize
baptizee
baptizee
noun
One who undergoes baptism.
baptizer
baptizer
noun
One who baptizes.
baptizes
baptizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize
baptlsta
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
bedplate
bedplate
noun
(engineering) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bellport
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
bepester
bepester
verb
(transitive) To vex or pester greatly.
bepretty
bespirit
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestripe
bethpage
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
betipple
bhatpara
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biotopes
biotopes
noun
plural of biotope
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
biparted
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
bluetops
bluetops
noun
plural of bluetop
boatshop
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bothrops
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
bricktop
bridport
bridport
Proper noun
A town in Dorset, England
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browpost
budapest
bullpout
bullpout
noun
Any of various bullheads (fish).
bumpiest
bumpiest
adj
superlative form of bumpy: most bumpy
cachepot
cachepot
noun
An ornamental container for a flowerpot.
cacotype
cajaputs
cajeputs
cajuputs
calapite
calotype
calotype
noun
A talbotype
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltraps
caltraps
noun
plural of caltrap
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
caluptra
calypter
calypter
noun
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
calyptra
calyptra
noun
(botany) Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
(botany) any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers
(entomology) In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
calyptro
campiest
campiest
adj
superlative form of campy: most campy
campshot
campsite
campsite
noun
A place where one or more tents may be pitched for overnight stay in an outdoor area.
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
cantraip
cantraps
cantraps
noun
plural of cantrap
cantrips
cantrips
noun
plural of cantrip
capacity
capacity
adj
Filling the allotted space.
noun
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
A measure of such ability; volume
A role; the position in which one functions
Capability; the ability to perform some task
Electrical capacitance.
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Mental ability; the power to learn
The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
The maximum amount that can be held
The maximum that can be produced.
capelets
capelets
noun
plural of capelet
capellet
capellet
noun
A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
capercut
capetian
capetian
Adjective
Pertaining to a French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
Noun
A member of this dynasty.
capetown
capiatur
capitals
capitals
noun
plural of capital
capitana
capitano
capitano
noun
A head man.
One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.
capitare
capitate
capitate
adj
(anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip.
(botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites.
noun
(anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist.
verb
(US, health care) To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.
capitola
capitols
capitols
noun
plural of capitol
capitoul
capitoul
noun
(historical) The former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France.
capitula
capitula
noun
plural of capitulum
caponata
caponata
noun
A Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.