(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
achropsia
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
acipenser
acopyrine
acraspeda
acraspeda
noun
(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish
acrocarpi
acropathy
acropathy
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
acrophony
acrophony
noun
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
acropodia
acropodia
noun
plural of acropodium
acropolis
acropolis
noun
A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrospore
acrospore
noun
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
aepyceros
aeroscope
aeroscope
noun
A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis.
A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
aerospace
aerospace
adj
Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space.
Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
noun
The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.
The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
airscapes
airscapes
noun
plural of airscape
airspaces
airspaces
noun
plural of airspace
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia
anaphoric
anaphoric
adj
Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
angiocarp
angiocarp
noun
(botany) An angiocarpous fruit
anteporch
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anticreep
apenteric
aperiodic
aperiodic
adj
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) for which any return to it may occur at irregular times; not periodic.
(physics) That does not have a periodic vibration
That does not recur periodically
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aplectrum
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apocrenic
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
aposporic
aposporic
adj
Alternative form of aposporous
apparance
apparence
apparence
noun
Alternative form of apparency
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
appeacher
appeacher
Noun
An accuser.
applecart
applecart
noun
A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
A planned situation.
apprecate
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicarp
archicarp
noun
The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
archpiece
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
aruspices
aruspices
noun
plural of aruspex
plural of aruspice
ascocarps
ascocarps
noun
plural of ascocarp
ascophore
ascospore
ascospore
noun
(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
asparagic
asparamic
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
attercrop
attercrop
noun
Alternative form of attercop (“a spider”)
auriscalp
auriscalp
noun
An earpick.
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
auriscopy
auriscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backropes
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
baroscope
baroscope
noun
barometer
becarpets
becarpets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet
becrampon
calcspars
calcspars
noun
plural of calcspar
calipered
calipered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caliper
caliperer
callipers
callipers
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of calipers
calpurnia
calthrops
calthrops
noun
plural of calthrop
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
calyptras
calyptras
noun
plural of calyptra
campanero
campanero
noun
The bellbird of South America.
campcraft
campcraft
noun
Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.
campfires
campfires
noun
plural of campfire
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
camphoric
camphoric
adj
Containing, or derived from camphor
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
camporees
camporees
noun
plural of camporee
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
cantraips
cantraips
noun
plural of cantraip
capacitor
capacitor
noun
(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
caparison
caparison
noun
Gay or rich clothing.
The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
verb
To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
capeadors
capeadors
noun
plural of capeador
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
capernaum
capersome
capersome
adj
Full of capers; frolicsome.
caperwort
caperwort
noun
Any plant of the family Capparaceae
capeworks
caphaurus
caphtorim
capillary
capillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
Of or pertaining to hair.
Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).
A narrow tube.
capitular
capitular
adj
(botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
noun
a member of a chapter
an act passed in a chapter
the head or prominent part
capmakers
capmakers
noun
plural of capmaker
caponiere
caponiere
noun
(military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
caponiers
caponiers
noun
plural of caponier
caponiser
caponizer
caponizer
noun
A person or device that caponizes
caporetto
capreolar
capreolus
capriccio
capriccio
noun
(music) A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
(painting) A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
A fantastical thing or work.
A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick.
capricorn
capricorn
Proper noun
Capricornus
The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 - January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 - February 14 (sidereal astrology).
Noun
Someone with a Capricorn star sign
caprifigs
caprifigs
noun
plural of caprifig
caprifoil
caprifoil
noun
(obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
capriform
capriform
adj
Having the form of a goat
caprioled
caprioled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capriole
caprioles
caprioles
noun
plural of capriole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capriole
capripede
capripede
adj
Alternative form of capriped
caprizant
caprizant
adj
(pathology, of a pulse, obsolete, rare) Having irregular, leaping beats.
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
caprylene
caprylone
capsomere
capsomere
noun
Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid
capsomers
capsomers
noun
plural of capsomer
captainry
captainry
noun
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
capturers
capturers
noun
plural of capturer
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
capybaras
capybaras
noun
plural of capybara
carapaced
carapaced
adj
Having a carapace.
carapaces
carapaces
noun
plural of carapace
carapache
carapacho
carapacic
carapaxes
carapaxes
noun
plural of carapax
carapidae
cardsharp
cardsharp
noun
(card games) A professional cheater at card games.
carpaccio
carpaccio
noun
Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.
carpathia
carpellum
carpellum
noun
Synonym of carpel
carpenter
carpenter
noun
(Canada, Britain, regional) A woodlouse.
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
(zoology) A carpenter bee.
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
A two-wheeled carriage.
verb
To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.