(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.
alcapton
alcapton
noun
Alternative spelling of alkapton
alkapton
alkapton
noun
homogentisic acid
alpinist
alpinist
adj
(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.
Of or pertaining to alpinism.
noun
(skiing) Synonym of alpine skier
(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.
(sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
anapaest
anapaest
noun
(UK) Alternative form of anapest
anapaite
anapaite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
anapests
anapests
noun
plural of anapest
anaphyte
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.
antepast
antepast
noun
A foretaste.
antepone
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antetype
antetype
noun
An archetype or prototype; something serving as a model for what comes later.
antilope
antipart
antipass
antiphas
antiphon
antiphon
noun
A devotional piece of music sung responsively.
A response or reply.
antiphus
antipill
antipill
adj
(finance) Opposing a poison pill.
(not comparable) Preventing or countering the formation of pills on fabric.
Opposing the contraceptive pill.
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.
antipyic
antipyic
adj
antisuppurative
noun
An antisuppurative agent.
antirape
antirape
adj
Opposed to rape
antiship
antiship
adj
(fandom slang) Pertaining to the activities of antishippers
(military) Designed to attack a naval ship.
verb
(fandom slang) To participate in the activities of anti-shippers
antislip
antislip
adj
Preventing slipping.
antitype
antitype
noun
A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.
Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
antitypy
antitypy
noun
(obsolete, physics) reaction (to an applied force)
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
anviltop
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
aperient
aperient
adj
Having a gentle laxative effect.
noun
A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
aphanite
aphanite
noun
(geology, petrology) Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.
aphthong
aphthong
noun
(phonology) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced.
apparent
apparent
adj
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
appetent
appetent
adj
(archaic) eagerly desirous
appinite
applenut
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.
appliant
appointe
appoints
appoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint
apreynte
ashplant
ashplant
noun
(Ireland) A walking stick.
A stick kept for administering corporal punishment, a cane.
An ash sapling.
aspirant
aspirant
adj
Seeking advancement.
Striving for recognition.
noun
Someone who aspires to high office, etc.
atpoints
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
auntship
auntship
noun
The status of being an aunt.
autompne
autophon
bagplant
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
cantraip
cantraps
cantraps
noun
plural of cantrap
cantrips
cantrips
noun
plural of cantrip
capetian
capetian
Adjective
Pertaining to a French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
Noun
A member of this dynasty.
capetown
capitana
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.
caponata
caponata
noun
A Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold.
capstans
capstans
noun
plural of capstan
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.
captains
captains
noun
plural of captain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captain
captance
captions
captions
noun
plural of caption
catnaper
catnaper
noun
Alternative spelling of catnapper
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.
centuple
centuple
adj
Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.
verb
(intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.
(transitive) To increase or multiply something by a hundred.
centuply
centuply
adv
One hundredfold.
clapnest
clapnest
noun
A form of clap net used to capture ground-nesting birds
coapting
coapting
verb
present participle of coapt
complant
comprint
comprint
verb
(UK, law, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
To print together.
comptean
compting
compting
verb
present participle of compt
compunct
compunct
adj
(obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
concepts
concepts
noun
plural of concept
conepate
conepate
noun
(dated) The skunk.
conepatl
conepatl
noun
(obsolete) A kind of skunk.
conspect
consumpt
consumpt
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The amount consumed; consumption.
(obsolete) Consumer; market.
verb
To consume.
contempt
contempt
noun
(law) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
coopting
coopting
verb
present participle of coopt
cooption
cooption
noun
A cooptation
coparent
coparent
noun
Alternative form of co-parent
copatain
copatain
adj
(obsolete) Being a kind of hat with a high pointed crown.
copatron
copatron
noun
A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation.
crompton
crumpton
cupstone
cupstone
noun
A stone containing a cupule.
daphnite
depaints
depaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depaint
depeinct
deponent
deponent
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.
noun
(grammar) A deponent verb.
(law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
depthing
depurant
depurant
adj
(medicine) depurative
noun
(medicine) A depurative.
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
diapente
diapente
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A composition of five ingredients.
(music, obsolete) The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
diplonts
diplonts
noun
plural of diplont
dipneust
dipteran
dipteran
adj
(entomology) Relating to or denoting dipterans.
noun
(entomology) An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
dipteron
dispaint
displant
displant
verb
(transitive, archaic) To remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
(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.
dustpans
dustpans
noun
plural of dustpan
eggplant
eggplant
noun
(Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
(skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
egyptian
egyptian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Noun
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
A gypsy.
Proper noun
The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
elephant
elephant
noun
(Britain, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
(paper, printing) Synonym of elephant paper
(uncountable, obsolete) Ivory.
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
empatron
emptings
emptings
noun
(dated) The lees of wine or beer, used for their yeast in making bread, etc.
emptying
emptying
noun
(in the plural) Alternative form of emptins
The act by which something is emptied.
verb
present participle of empty
encrypts
encrypts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt
endplate
endplate
noun
(anatomy) A modified muscle fibre in the form of a flattened discoid at a neuromuscular junction.
endpoint
endpoint
noun
(biology, medicine) A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
(chemistry) The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.
(mathematics) Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.
(networking, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
(programming) Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.
Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.
enrapted
enspirit
entemple
enthalpy
enthalpy
noun
(physics, chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.
entoptic
entoptic
adj
(medicine) Located within the eyeball.
(medicine) Of or relating to visual phenomena caused by objects within the eye, or the objects themselves.
entrepas
entrepas
noun
An ambling gait between a walk and a trot.
entrepot
entrepot
noun
Alternative spelling of entrepôt
entropic
entropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
entypies
eophyton
epenetic
epinasty
epinasty
noun
(botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.
(botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
epinette
epistena
epitenon
epitenon
noun
(anatomy) A bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons.
epitonic
epitonic
adj
Abnormally tense or tonic; exhibiting an abnormal degree of tension or strain.