Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
noun
(color) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
(slang, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.
(sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
aprocta
atropic
caltrop
caltrop
noun
(colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
(heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
caphtor
caporal
caporal
noun
(Latin America) A foreman or overseer.
A type of shag tobacco.
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caproic
caproic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid
caproin
caprone
caproyl
caproyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from caproic acid by loss of the hydroxy group; hexanoyl
captors
captors
noun
plural of captor
carhops
carhops
noun
plural of carhop
carpool
carpool
noun
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
The group of people who participate in such a pool.
verb
To travel together in such a pool.
carport
carport
noun
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
carshop
cecrops
ceporah
ceriops
charops
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chopdar
chopper
chopper
noun
(Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
(baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball.
(electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
(informal) A helicopter.
(informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs.
(slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
verb
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
colport
colport
verb
To work as a colporteur
compare
compare
noun
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable) Comparison.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
compart
compart
verb
(transitive) To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts.
(transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
(transitive, obsolete) To divide and share with others.
compear
compear
verb
(law, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
(obsolete) To appear before.
compeer
compeer
noun
(obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
verb
To be equal with; to match.
compere
compere
noun
(chiefly British, Ireland) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To emcee, to act as compere.
compert
compoer
comport
comport
noun
(obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
verb
(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
compter
compter
noun
(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
coopers
coopers
noun
plural of cooper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooper
coopery
coopery
adj
(obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.
noun
Cooperage (cooper's workshop).
Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
coparty
coperta
copiers
copiers
noun
plural of copier
copolar
copolar
adj
At the same pole.
coppard
coppers
coppers
noun
plural of copper
coppery
coppery
adj
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
coppras
coppras
noun
Obsolete form of copperas.
coprahs
coprahs
noun
plural of coprah
copreus
coprose
copters
copters
noun
plural of copter
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
corpora
corpora
noun
plural of corpus
corpore
corpses
corpses
noun
plural of corpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corpse
corresp
corrump
corrump
verb
(obsolete) To corrupt.
corrupt
corrupt
adj
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
(transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
corupay
corypha
coupler
coupler
noun
(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
coupure
coupure
noun
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
crepons
crepons
noun
plural of crepon
cropman
cropped
cropped
adj
Cut very short.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crop
cropper
cropper
noun
(normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
croppie
croppie
noun
(informal) A crop circle enthusiast who believes in the paranormal origin of crop circles.
Alternative form of croppy (“Irish republican rebel”)
The crappie, a food fish.
cropsey
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
croupes
croupes
noun
plural of croupe
croupon
croupon
noun
(obsolete) The croup of a horse or quadruped.
(obsolete) The human buttocks.
crowhop
cryptos
cryptos
noun
plural of crypto
cupolar
cupolar
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola.
cuproid
cuprose
cuprous
cuprous
adj
(chemistry) Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1.
Of, or of the nature of, copper.
cypriot
ecphore
ecphore
verb
To activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
ecphory
ecphory
noun
An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
ephoric
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
forceps
forceps
noun
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
ipocras
ipocras
noun
Obsolete form of hippocras.
meropic
meropic
adj
(obsolete) Able to speak.
miscrop
miscrop
verb
To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the usefulness of the land.
morphic
morphic
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to morphs.
(rare) Of or pertaining to shape or form; morphological.
opercle
opercle
noun
(anatomy) Any of the bony plates supporting the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.
(zoology) An operculum.
outcrop
outcrop
noun
A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
verb
(geology, of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.
overcap
overcup
overcup
noun
The oak Quercus lyrata whose acorns are enclosed by their cups
pacorro
parcoal
parcook
parcook
verb
(transitive) To cook partially.
parodic
parodic
adj
Of, related to, or having characteristics of parody.
paroecy
parotic
parotic
adj
(anatomy) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
parrock
parrock
noun
(UK, dialect) An enclosure; a park; a croft, or small field; a paddock.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or shut in; park.
patrico
patrico
noun
(slang, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gypsies' or beggars' hedge priest.
pechora
pechora
Proper noun
A river in the Komi Republic and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
A town in the Komi Republic.
pectora
pectora
noun
plural of pectus
pectron
peloric
peloric
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having a mutation such that a normally asymmetric flower becomes radially symmetric
percoct
percoid
percoid
adj
Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.
noun
(obsolete) Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae (originally named "Percoides" before family-name endings were standardized).
Any fish in the superfamily Percoidea
perotic
perotic
adj
Of or relating to perosis.
persico
persico
noun
Alternative form of persicot
phorcys
pibcorn
pibroch
pibroch
noun
A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
picador
picador
noun
(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
picaros
picaros
noun
plural of picaro
pilcorn
pilcorn
noun
(UK, dialect) The naked oat.
pilcrow
pilcrow
noun
Synonym of paragraph mark: ¶.
plbroch
poacher
poacher
noun
(US, dialect) The American wigeon.
(soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.
A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
Any of type of fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
pochard
pochard
noun
Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.
pochoir
pochoir
noun
A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates).
pockier
poincar
polacre
polacre
noun
(nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
polaric
polaric
adj
(archaic) polar
pomcroy
popcorn
popcorn
noun
(chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
(chiefly uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
(humorous, by extension) Entertainment.
(knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
verb
(of a guinea pig or chinchilla) To stand or jump up quickly.
porcate
porcate
adj
(zoology) Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.
porched
porched
adj
Having a porch
porches
porches
noun
plural of porch
porcine
porcine
adj
(derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.
Of or pertaining to pigs.
porcini
porcini
noun
An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis), prized for its flavor.
porcino
porcino
noun
Alternative form of porcini (“type of mushroom”)
porcula
porotic
porotic
adj
Having or relating to porosis.
noun
(medicine) One who has porosis.
porrect
porrect
adj
(entomology, botany) stretched out or forward
verb
(law) To proffer (a document) for inspection.
To stretch out or forward.
portico
portico
noun
A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
potcher
potcher
noun
A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper
The operator of such a machine; a potcherman
potrack
potrack
intj
(dated, especially Southern US) The shrill, high-pitched noise of a guinea fowl.
verb
(archaic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) To make such a shrill, high-pitched noise.
poucher
pouncer
pouncer
noun
One who pounces.
praecox
praecox
noun
dementia praecox
preciso
precoce
precoce
adj
(obsolete) precocious
precode
precode
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-Code
verb
To code in advance
precoil
precony
precook
precook
verb
(transitive) to partially or completely cook in advance