(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.
(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., Latin pariēs: pa-ri-ēs).
antapex
antapex
noun
(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
anthrop
antiope
antipas
antipot
antipot
adj
(informal) Opposed to the use of marijuana.
antipus
antship
antwerp
antwerp
Proper noun
The most populous province of Flanders and Belgium.
The capital city of the eponymous
apitong
apitong
noun
The medium hardwood tree Dipterocarpus grandiflorus.
aplanat
aplanat
noun
(optics) A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image.
aplenty
aplenty
adj
(postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
adv
Enough or more than enough.
appoint
appoint
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
(transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
(transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
(transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
apteran
apteran
adj
Alternative form of apterous
noun
(zoology) Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.
aptiana
aptness
aptness
noun
disposition of the mind; propensity
proneness; tendency
speed or readiness in learning; docility
suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
arpanet
arpents
arpents
noun
plural of arpent
atophan
atophan
noun
Synonym of cinchophen (“analgesic drug”)
atropin
atropin
noun
Alternative spelling of atropine
attntrp
benempt
benempt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bename, Alternative form of benamed
bepaint
bepaint
verb
(transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
campton
cantrap
cantrap
noun
Alternative form of cantrip
cantrip
cantrip
noun
A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
capitan
capitan
noun
(historical) Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
capmint
capmint
noun
Synonym of calamint
capstan
capstan
noun
(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
(nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes, cables, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it.
captain
captain
noun
(Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
A chief or leader.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
The head boy of a school.
The leader of a group of workers.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
verb
(intransitive) To act as captain
(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
captans
caption
caption
noun
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
(law) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
(obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
(typography) The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
verb
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
To add captions to a text or illustration.
carpent
carpent
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.
catapan
catapan
noun
Alternative form of catepan
catnaps
catnaps
noun
plural of catnap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catnap
catnips
catnips
noun
plural of catnip
clapnet
clapnet
noun
Alternative form of clap net
clapton
clapton
Proper noun
An area of London, in the borough of Hackney (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton)
clopton
compton
compton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
from the placenames.
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
coptine
depaint
depaint
verb
(archaic, transitive) To colour; to decorate with colours.
(archaic, transitive) To depict in words; to describe graphically.
(archaic, transitive) To stain; to distain.
(transitive) To remove paint from.
deplant
deplant
verb
(transitive) To take up plants; to transplant.
deprint
depthen
depthen
verb
(transitive, now rare) To increase the depth of; make deep or deeper
diplont
diplont
noun
(genetics) An organism having a diploid number of chromosomes in its cells
dopants
dopants
noun
plural of dopant
dustpan
dustpan
noun
A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
emprent
emprint
emprint
verb
Obsolete form of imprint.
emptins
emptins
noun
(colloquial) The sediment of beer, cider, etc.
A type of yeast obtained from the remains of the brewing process.
emption
emption
noun
(obsolete) The act of buying.
encrypt
encrypt
verb
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
enrapts
enstamp
enstamp
verb
(transitive) To stamp or mark; to impress deeply.
ensteep
ensteep
verb
(obsolete) To steep or submerge.
entopic
entopic
adj
(medicine) in the usual place, referring to medical or anatomical objects.
entraps
entraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap
entrept
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.
enwrapt
enwrapt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of enwrap
epstein
epstein
verb
(slang) To commit homicide and frame it as a suicide, especially against a witness or co-conspirator in a crime.
explant
explant
noun
(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
verb
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
finetop
finetop
noun
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
finspot
gunport
gunport
noun
A hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired.
hampton
hampton
Proper noun
Any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
A suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, originally in Middlesex.
from the placenames.
A small city in Arkansas, USA
A town in Connecticut.
A city in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa
A small city in Minnesota.
A hamlet in Missouri.
A village in Nebraska.
A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
A town in New Hampshire.
A borough in New Jersey.
A town in New York.
A community in Nova Scotia.
A community in Prince Edward Island.
A town in Queensland, Australia.
A town in South Carolina, and the county seat of Named after
A city in Virginia.
hapiton
haplont
haplont
noun
(biology) Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).
haptene
haptens
haptens
noun
plural of hapten
hatpins
hatpins
noun
plural of hatpin
heptane
heptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₇H₁₆, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH₃(CH₂)₅CH₃)
heptene
heptene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomers of the alkene having seven carbon atoms and one double bond; a mixture of such isomers used in lubricants etc
heptine
heptine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C₇H₁₂, of the acetylene series.
heptyne
hopeton
horntip
hypaton
impaint
impaint
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To paint; to adorn with colours.
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.
imprint
imprint
noun
A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
verb
To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
inadept
inadept
adj
Not adept.
inaptly
inaptly
adv
In an inapt manner; inappropriately.
incepts
incepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incept
incipit
incipit
noun
(music) The first few bars of a piece of music.
The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
incompt
incrept
incrept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of increep
ineptly
ineptly
adv
In an inept or incompetent manner.
inkpots
inkpots
noun
plural of inkpot
inspect
inspect
verb
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
To view and examine officially.
instamp
instamp
verb
Alternative form of enstamp
insteep
insteep
verb
(transitive) To steep or soak; drench.
insteps
insteps
noun
plural of instep
inswept
inswept
adj
Narrowed at the forward end; said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.
inwrapt
inwrapt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of inwrap
keepnet
keepnet
noun
(nautical) A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
kempton
knopite
knopite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of perofskite containing cerium in place of calcium
krypton
krypton
noun
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
lapotin
laputan
laputan
Adjective
fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.
lepanto
leptene
leptons
leptons
noun
plural of lepton
maintop
maintop
noun
(nautical) A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.
mantapa
mantapa
noun
Alternative spelling of mandapa
mantrap
mantrap
noun
(slang) A woman who is dangerously seductive to men.
A mechanical device for catching trespassers.
A small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before the second set opens, used to restrict access.
matapan
metopon
metopon
noun
An opiate analogue, a methylated derivative of hydromorphone used as an analgesic.
naphtha
naphtha
noun
(dated) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum.
Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
naphtho
naphtol
naphtol
noun
Archaic form of naphthol.
nathrop
natsopa
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
nephite
nephite
Noun
A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out.
nepotal
nepotal
adj
Of or relating to a nephew.
nepotic
nepotic
Adjective
nepotistic
neptune
neptune
Proper noun
eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.
The god of the ocean and of earthquakes. The same as Poseidon in Greek mythology.
unincorporated community in West Virginia.
unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
neupest
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
nickpot
nitpick
nitpick
verb
(archaic, literally) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
nonpast
nonpast
adj
Alternative form of non-past
nonpoet
nonpoet
noun
One who is not a poet.
nonport
nonport
noun
A location that is not a port.
nonstop
nonstop
adj
(genetics) Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.
Without stopping; without interruption or break.
adv
Without stopping; without interruption or break
noun
(linguistics) A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.
(travel) A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
notepad
notepad
noun
A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.
npaktos
nuptial
nuptial
adj
Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.
Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
nutpick
nutpick
noun
(US) A sharp tool used for digging the edible portion out of a nut.
verb
(Internet) To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it.
nymphet
nymphet
noun
(obsolete) A small nymph.
A sexually attractive girl or young woman.
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.
opinant
opinant
noun
One who offers an opinion.
optacon
optacon
noun
An electromechanical device that selectively raises small rods over the darker parts of a document, and thus enables blind people to read printed material that has not been transcribed into Braille.
opticon
options
options
noun
plural of option
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of option
opulent
opulent
adj
Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
opuntia
opuntia
noun
Opuntia, a genus of cactus that includes such cacti as the prickly pear and xoconostle.
outplan
outplan
verb
(transitive) To surpass in planning.
outspan
outspan
noun
(South Africa) The place where one outspans.
An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals
verb
(South Africa) To release oxen from harness.
outspin
outspin
verb
(transitive) To exceed in spinning; exceed in spinning thread.
(transitive) To spin out; finish; exhaust.
pachton
packton
paction
paction
noun
A pact, an agreement.
verb
To form a pact; to make a binding agreement.
pageant
pageant
noun
(obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.
A spectacular ceremony.
An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
Ellipsis of beauty pageant..
verb
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
pageton
pahutan
painted
painted
adj
(figurative) Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
Coated with paint.
Colorful, as if painted.
Depicted in paint.
Wearing makeup.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paint
painter
painter
noun
(Southern US) A mountain lion.
(nautical) A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing.
(obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.