(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.
adaption
adaption
noun
Alternative form of adaptation
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adeption
adeption
noun
(obsolete) An obtaining; attainment.
adespota
adespota
noun
(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adoptant
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adoptian
adoptian
noun
(Christianity) A proponent of adoptianism.
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoption
adoption
noun
(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
The act of adopting.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
airports
airports
noun
plural of airport
airposts
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
alcapton
alcapton
noun
Alternative spelling of alkapton
alkapton
alkapton
noun
homogentisic acid
allopath
allopath
Noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allotype
allotype
noun
(biochemistry) A genetically determined variant of the amino acid sequence of a protein.
(immunology) An immunoglobulin allotype; the allele of the antibody chains found in an individual.
(zoology, taxonomy) A designated paratype of a species (or lower-order taxon) that is the opposite sex of the holotype.
allotypy
allotypy
noun
The occurrence of multiple allotypes within a single individual.
ametrope
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
antelope
antelope
noun
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
(archaic, mythology) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
antepone
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antilope
antiphon
antiphon
noun
A devotional piece of music sung responsively.
A response or reply.
antipode
antipode
noun
Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
antipole
antipole
noun
(geography) The opposite pole.
(geometry) A position directly opposite (possibly also used figuratively).
antipolo
antipolo
noun
(archaic) The breadfruit tree.
antipool
antipool
adj
Synonym of antipooling
antipope
antipope
noun
(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
anviltop
apartado
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apectomy
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
apholate
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
aphthoid
aphthoid
adj
(pathology) Of the nature of aphtha; resembling thrush.
aphthong
aphthong
noun
(phonology) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced.
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
aplotomy
apoblast
apocrita
apolista
apomicts
apomicts
noun
plural of apomict
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
apositia
apositic
apostacy
apostacy
noun
Archaic form of apostasy.
apostasy
apostasy
noun
Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
apostate
apostate
adj
Guilty of apostasy.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
aposteme
aposteme
noun
(medicine) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.
aposthia
aposthia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Congenital absence of a foreskin.
apostils
apostils
noun
plural of apostil
apostles
apostles
noun
(law) Letters dismissory.
plural of apostle
apostoli
apostume
apostume
noun
Obsolete form of aposteme.
apothece
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
apothems
apothems
noun
plural of apothem
apotypic
apotypic
adj
(taxonomy) Relating to an apotype
appleton
appleton
Proper noun
Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.
a village in Oxfordshire. Originally in Berkshire.
a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire.
A town in Maine.
A city in Minnesota.
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
A city in Wisconsin
from either of the places.
appointe
appoints
appoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint
apposite
apposite
adj
Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
Related, homologous.
Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
noun
(rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.
apprompt
apricots
apricots
noun
plural of apricot
aproctia
apteroid
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
archpoet
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
artotypy
asterope
atpoints
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.
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
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.
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
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.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bellport
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.
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
bullpout
bullpout
noun
Any of various bullheads (fish).
cachepot
cachepot
noun
An ornamental container for a flowerpot.
cacotype
calotype
calotype
noun
A talbotype
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
calyptro
campshot
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
capetown
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.
capitola
capitols
capitols
noun
plural of capitol
capitoul
capitoul
noun
(historical) The former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France.
caponata
caponata
noun
A Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.
cappotas
capretto
capretto
noun
meat from a kid, or young goat
capriote
caproate
caproate
noun
(organic chemistry) A hexanoate.
capstone
capstone
noun
(figurative) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
verb
(transitive) To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off.
(transitive, US, military, informal) To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.
captions
captions
noun
plural of caption
captious
captious
adj
(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
carapato
carapato
noun
A South American tick of the genus Amblyamma.
carports
carports
noun
plural of carport
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
cenotaph
cenotaph
noun
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
ceratops
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.