A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
amputee
amputee
noun
A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
apemius
apercus
apercus
noun
plural of apercu
apertum
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
appaume
appulse
appulse
noun
(astronomy) A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.
An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
aruspex
auspice
auspice
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.
(obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.
An omen or a sign.
verb
(transitive) To be patron of; to sponsor.
bespout
bespout
verb
(transitive) To pester with excessive oratory or spouting.
(transitive) To spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.
bespurt
bespurt
verb
(obsolete) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
bluecap
bluecap
noun
(colloquial) A Scotsman.
A bird, the blue titmouse.
A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
bluecup
bluetop
bluetop
noun
(US, construction) A stake or other marker set into the subgrade to indicate the desired grade elevation.
breakup
breakup
noun
(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
bullpen
bullpen
noun
(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
(baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
(figurative) A place for someone or something to get ready.
An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
bumpers
bumpers
noun
plural of bumper
bumpier
bumpier
adj
comparative form of bumpy: more bumpy
cajeput
cajeput
noun
Alternative form of cajuput
capsule
capsule
noun
(anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
(anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
(attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
(chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
(physiology) A membranous envelope.
(winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
verb
(transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
(transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
capture
capture
noun
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
verb
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
(transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
capuche
capuche
noun
A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
cepheus
cepheus
Proper noun
Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.
chapeau
chapeau
intj
well done, a verbal representation of a hat tip
noun
(heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
A hat.
In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
checkup
checkup
noun
A routine inspection.
A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
chuipek
chumped
chumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chump
cleanup
cleanup
noun
(baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
The act of cleaning or tidying something.
verb
Misspelling of clean up.
clipeus
clipeus
noun
A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.
closeup
closeup
noun
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.
clumped
clumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clump
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
clupeid
clupeid
noun
Any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.
clupein
clupein
noun
(organic chemistry) A protamine found in herring.
clupien
clypeus
clypeus
noun
(entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
compute
compute
noun
(computing, informal) computation
verb
(intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
(transitive) To reckon, calculate.
conspue
copihue
copihue
noun
An evergreen climbing plant, Lapageria rosea.
copreus
copulae
coupage
coupage
noun
The blending (or cutting) of wine.
coupled
coupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of couple
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.
couples
couples
noun
plural of couple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couple
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
coupure
coupure
noun
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
cputime
croupes
croupes
noun
plural of croupe
crumped
crumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crump
crumper
crumpet
crumpet
noun
(Britain, slang, countable, uncountable) A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
crumple
crumple
noun
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
verb
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
cruppen
crupper
crupper
noun
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
verb
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
culpate
culpose
cupcake
cupcake
noun
(slang) A weak or effeminate man.
(slang) An attractive young woman.
A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
To cover; to be abundant.
To eat/feed cupcakes.
To handle/succeed (easily).
To make cupcakes.
To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
cupeled
cupeler
cuphead
cuphead
noun
(engineering) A hemispherical head on a rivet.
cupless
cupless
adj
Without a cup.
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupmate
cupmate
noun
A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
cuppers
cuppers
noun
plural of cupper
cuppier
cuprate
cuprate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCuₘOₙ, many of which are superconductors.
(organic chemistry) Any organocopper compound of general formula R₂Cu.
cuprein
cuprene
cuprene
noun
(organic chemistry) A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
cupride
cuprite
cuprite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper.
cuprose
cupseed
cupseed
noun
The menispermaceous plant Calycocarpum lyonii.
cupulae
cupules
cupules
noun
plural of cupule
curupey
cuspate
cuspate
adj
having cusps
cuspule
cuspule
noun
A small cusp.
cyperus
cyperus
noun
Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
decuple
decuple
adj
Tenfold.
noun
An amount multiplied by ten.
verb
To multiply by ten.
delphus
deplume
deplume
verb
(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
(transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
deplump
depucel
depulse
depulse
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To drive away.
depurge
deputed
deputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depute
deputes
deputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depute
despiau
despume
despume
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from spume or scum.
dicecup
dispute
dispute
noun
(uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
verb
(intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
(obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
(transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
to strive or contend about; to contest
drupose
dumpage
dumpage
noun
A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.
A heap of dumped matter.
The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter.
dumpers
dumpers
noun
plural of dumper
dumpier
dumpier
adj
comparative form of dumpy: more dumpy
dumpies
dumpies
noun
plural of dumpie
plural of dumpy
dumpled
dumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumple
dumpler
dumpoke
dumpoke
noun
(Anglo-Indian) A dish of boneless stuffed poultry cooked in dough, butter, and spices.
duotype
duotype
noun
(historical) A print made from two halftone photographic plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.
dupable
dupable
adj
Capable of being duped.
dupedom
dupleix
duplexs
duplone
duppies
duppies
noun
plural of duppy
dupuyer
earplug
earplug
noun
A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
verb
(transitive) To fit with earplugs.
eelpout
eelpout
noun
(obsolete) A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans.
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
eggcups
eggcups
noun
plural of eggcup
elephus
emplume
emplume
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a plume.
empusae
empusae
noun
plural of empusa
epaphus
epaulet
epaulet
noun
Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”)
ephebus
ephesus
ephesus
Proper noun
A city of ancient Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
ephorus
ephorus
noun
(historical) Alternative form of ephor
epicure
epicure
noun
A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
epigeum
epigeum
Noun
perigee
epiural
epulary
epulary
adj
(rare) of or pertaining to feasts
epuloid
epurate
epurate
verb
To subject to epuration; to purify.
equiped
erupted
erupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of erupt
espouse
espouse
verb
(transitive) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
(transitive) To become/get married to.
eupathy
eupathy
noun
Right feeling.
eupepsy
eupepsy
noun
Dated form of eupepsia.
euphemy
euphone
euphony
euphony
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
euphory
euphory
noun
Synonym of euphoria
euphroe
euphroe
noun
(nautical) A long wooden slat, with holes for cords, that holds up an awning.
euphues
eupione
eupione
noun
(organic chemistry) A clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
euploid
euploid
adj
Of or pertaining to euploidy.
noun
Any organism having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
eupneas
eupneas
noun
plural of eupnea
eupneic
eupneic
adj
Characterized by eupnea; possessing healthy breathing.
eupnoea
euripos
eurippa
euripus
euripus
noun
(by extension) A flux and reflux.
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia.
europan
euterpe
eutopia
eutopia
noun
(medicine) The condition of being properly placed, as opposed to ectopia.
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length