A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
ampulla
ampulla
noun
(anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
(botany) The spongiole of a root.
(historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
apicula
apiculi
apiculi
noun
plural of apiculus
apollus
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
applaud
applaud
noun
(obsolete) Applause; applauding.
(obsolete) Plaudit.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
(transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.
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.
apulian
apulian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Apulia.
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Apulia.
blowups
blowups
noun
plural of blowup
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.
buildup
buildup
noun
(dentistry) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
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.
bullpup
bullpup
noun
(US, obsolete) A handgun smaller than a bulldog.
(dated) A bullpuppy, a bulldog puppy (of either sex).
(firearms) A firearm configuration in which both the action and magazine are located behind the trigger and alongside the shooter's face, so there is no wasted space for the buttstock as in conventional designs.
bulpitt
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
burlaps
burlaps
noun
plural of burlap
capfuls
capfuls
noun
plural of capful
capsula
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.
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
capulin
capulin
noun
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
chullpa
chullpa
noun
An ancient Aymara funerary tower.
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.
clumpst
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.
copulae
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
copulas
copulas
noun
plural of copula
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.
crapula
crapula
noun
(obsolete or literary) Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
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.
crumply
crumply
adj
crumpled.
culpate
culpose
culprit
culprit
noun
(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
cupeled
cupeler
cupfuls
cupfuls
noun
plural of cupful
cupless
cupless
adj
Without a cup.
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupolar
cupolar
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola.
cupolas
cupolas
noun
plural of cupola
cupsful
cupulae
cupular
cupular
adj
Shaped like a cupule.
cupules
cupules
noun
plural of cupule
cuspule
cuspule
noun
A small cusp.
cutlips
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.
dispulp
dolphus
dumpily
dumpily
adv
In a dumpy manner.
dumpled
dumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumple
dumpler
duopoly
duopoly
noun
(broadcasting, by extension) Situation in which two or more TV or radio-stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
(by extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities.
(economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
dupable
dupable
adj
Capable of being duped.
dupleix
duplexs
duplify
duplone
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.
elephus
emplume
emplume
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a plume.
epaulet
epaulet
noun
Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”)
epiural
epulary
epulary
adj
(rare) of or pertaining to feasts
epuloid
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.
expulse
exsculp
faipule
faipule
noun
The leader of an atoll of Tokelau.
flumped
flumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flump
frumple
frumple
verb
(transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
galumph
galumph
verb
(intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
galuppi
gelugpa
giltcup
gluepot
gluepot
noun
(Australia, sports, informal) A muddy playing field.
A pot for holding glue.
goldcup
goldcup
noun
The buttercup.
graupel
graupel
noun
(meteorology, countable) The result of this process, a small ball of rime.
(meteorology, uncountable) A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
gulpers
gulpers
noun
plural of gulper
gulpier
gulping
gulping
noun
The action of one who gulps.
verb
present participle of gulp
gunplay
gunplay
noun
(BDSM) A sexual practice involving the use of a (usually unloaded) firearm for physical and mental stimulation.
The discharge of firearms, usually with violent intent and in confrontations.
gyplure
gyplure
noun
A potent gypsy moth attractant synthesized from ricinoleic acid.
harpula
helpful
helpful
adj
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
holdups
holdups
noun
plural of holdup
hopeful
hopeful
adj
feeling hope
inspiring hope
noun
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
huipils
hurlpit
hypural
hypural
adj
Under the tail; applied to the bones that support the caudal fin rays in most fishes
noun
Such a bone
illampu
implume
impulse
impulse
noun
(physics) The integral of force over time.
A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
verb
(transitive) To impel; to incite.
insculp
insculp
verb
(obsolete, rare) To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.
jumpily
jumpily
adv
nervously, or restlessly
unevenly
lagopus
lagopus
noun
(obsolete) The ptarmigan.
lampful
lampful
noun
Enough to fill a lamp.
lapfuls
lappula
lapsful
lapsful
noun
plural of lapful
laputan
laputan
Adjective
fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.
larrups
larrups
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of larrup
lastrup
leafcup
leafcup
noun
A coarse American composite weed, Polymnia uvedalia, now Smallanthus uvedalia.
leapful
leapful
adj
Full of leaps: requiring one to leap or making many leaps.
legpull
legpull
noun
Alternative form of leg-pull
lepaute
lepidus
leprous
leprous
adj
(alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
(botany, archaic) Synonym of leprose (“covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking”)
(figuratively, archaic) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
(obsolete) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
lepsius
leupold
lineups
lineups
noun
plural of lineup
linkups
linkups
noun
plural of linkup
lipuria
lipuria
noun
The presence of abnormal amounts of lipids in urine.
lispund
lispund
noun
Alternative form of lispound
lockups
lockups
noun
plural of lockup
lookups
lookups
noun
plural of lookup
loopful
loopful
noun
As much as a loop will contain
lophura
louping
louping
noun
Alternative form of louping ill.
lumpens
lumpens
noun
plural of lumpen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lumpen
lumpers
lumpers
noun
plural of lumper
lumpier
lumpier
adj
comparative form of lumpy: more lumpy
lumpily
lumpily
adv
In a lumpy manner, with lumps.
Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.
lumping
lumping
adj
bulky; heavy
noun
The act or result of lumping things together.
verb
present participle of lump
lumpish
lumpish
adj
(archaic) Without energy, lethargic.
Awkward, inelegant.
Like a lump, cloddish, dull, slow-witted.
Like lumps, lumpy, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
Shaped like a lump, lumpy, ill-defined in shape.
lumpkin
lumpkin
noun
A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.