(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.
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
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
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.
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
apartado
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
apocrita
aporetic
aporetic
adj
Tending to doubt.
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
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.
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.
autopore
bellport
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bothrops
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
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
calyptro
capretto
capretto
noun
meat from a kid, or young goat
capriote
caproate
caproate
noun
(organic chemistry) A hexanoate.
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.
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.
citicorp
clapwort
clapwort
noun
A North American herb (Conopholis americana) that is parasitic on the roots of oak
coalport
coemptor
colstrip
comparts
comparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compart
competer
comports
comports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comport
compotor
comprest
comprest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of compress
comprint
comprint
verb
(UK, law, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
To print together.
comptoir
comptrol
comptrol
noun
Archaic form of control.
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.
coparent
coparent
noun
Alternative form of co-parent
copastor
copastor
noun
One who shares the role of pastor with another person.
copatron
copatron
noun
A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation.
coproite
corrupts
corrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt
coscript
coscript
verb
To write (a script) together with someone
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
crompton
crossopt
crotopus
crowstep
crowstep
noun
(architecture) A stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building.
crumpton
cryptous
cypriote
cypriots
cyrtopia
dempstor
depictor
depictor
noun
Alternative form of depicter
deported
deported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deport
deportee
deportee
noun
A deported person.
deporter
deporter
noun
One who deports.
deptford
diopters
diopters
noun
plural of diopter
dioptral
dioptral
adj
Synonym of dioptric
dioptres
dioptres
noun
plural of dioptre
dioptric
dioptric
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being seen through.
(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
noun
(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
A dioptric telescope.
diprotic
diprotic
adj
(chemistry, of an acid or base) Tending to donate or accept two hydrogen ions (H⁺) in solution.
dipteroi
dipteroi
noun
plural of dipteros
dipteron
dipteros
dipteros
noun
(architecture) A building with double peristyle or colonnade.
disports
disports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport
doorpost
doorpost
noun
doorjamb
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.
doorstop
doorstop
noun
(Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
(Britain, proscribed, nonstandard) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich.
(humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
dopester
dopester
noun
(slang) An individual who is from a street gang and sells drugs.
drawstop
droplets
droplets
noun
plural of droplet
dropouts
dropouts
noun
plural of dropout
dropshot
dropshot
noun
Alternative form of drop shot
dropwort
dropwort
noun
A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
Any plant of genus Oenanthe.
Any plant of genus Oxypolis.
drypoint
drypoint
noun
(countable) A print made using this technique.
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
empatron
emptores
entrepot
entrepot
noun
Alternative spelling of entrepôt
entropic
entropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
ephorate
ephorate
noun
The office of an ephor; ephors collectively
epilator
epilator
noun
An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
epiproct
epiproct
noun
(entomology) Lateral lobes of the proctiger.
epirotic
epitrope
epitrope
noun
(rhetoric) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.
ereption
ereption
noun
(obscure) A sudden snatching away.
eruption
eruption
noun
A sudden release of pressure or tension.
A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
esotrope
esotrope
noun
A person who has esotropia
espartos
eupatory
eutrophy
eutrophy
noun
(geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients.
(medicine) healthy nutrition
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
eutropic
exceptor
exceptor
noun
Someone who makes exceptions.
expiator
expiator
noun
One who makes expiation or atonement.
exported
exported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of export
exporter
exporter
noun
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.
fairport
firestop
firestop
noun
(construction) A fire block.
(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
footgrip
footrope
footrope
noun
(nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
(nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
forceput
forepart
forepart
noun
The front or anterior part of something.
forepast
forepast
adj
(obsolete) That has passed; bygone.
foreplot
forepost
forestep
forestep
noun
an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
foretops
foretops
noun
plural of foretop
foretype
foretype
noun
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
verb
(transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand