A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
adepter
adepter
adj
(archaic) comparative form of adept: more adept
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adpress
adpress
verb
Alternative form of appress
agriope
akepiro
akepiro
noun
A small tree of New Zealand (Olearia furfuracea).
amperes
amperes
noun
plural of ampere
amphore
angarep
antwerp
antwerp
Proper noun
The most populous province of Flanders and Belgium.
The capital city of the eponymous
aparejo
aparejo
noun
A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the American military and among the Spanish Americans, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
apeiron
apeiron
noun
A kind of infinite primal chaos in the cosmological theory of Anaximander.
apercus
apercus
noun
plural of apercu
aperies
aperies
noun
plural of apery
apersee
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
apertum
aphrite
aphrite
noun
(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
apokrea
aporiae
aporose
aporose
adj
(biology) imperforate; not porous.
apparel
apparel
noun
(figurative) Aspect, guise, form.
(nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
Clothing.
verb
(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
(transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
(transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
appears
appears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appear
apperil
apperil
noun
(obsolete) peril
applier
applier
noun
A person or device that applies something.
apposer
apposer
noun
(historical) In the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
apprend
appress
appress
verb
(transitive) To press close to.
apprest
appreve
apprise
apprise
verb
(rare) To formally impart (information) to someone; to advise, to notify.
(specifically, Scotland, law) To put a price on (something) for the purpose of sale; to appraise.
Synonym of appraise (“to determine the value or worth of (something)”)
To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
apprize
apprize
verb
Archaic form of appraise.
Archaic form of apprise.
approve
approve
verb
(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
(intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
(transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
aproned
aproned
adj
Wearing an apron.
apteral
apteral
adj
(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
(zoology) apterous, wingless
apteran
apteran
adj
Alternative form of apterous
noun
(zoology) Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.
apteria
apteria
noun
plural of apterium
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apyrase
apyrase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, releasing phosphate and available energy
apyrene
apyrene
adj
(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
apyrexy
apyrexy
noun
apyrexia
arapesh
argiope
aripeka
aripple
aripple
adj
rippling
arpanet
arpents
arpents
noun
plural of arpent
arsippe
aruspex
asperge
asperge
noun
An aspergillum.
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle.
asperly
asperse
asperse
verb
To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
aspired
aspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspire
aspiree
aspirer
aspirer
Noun
One who aspires to something.
aspires
aspires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aspire
aspread
aspread
adj
spread out
aspredo
asprete
atrepsy
barkeep
barkeep
noun
(informal) a bartender
bearpaw
bechirp
becramp
becreep
becreep
verb
(transitive) To creep up on; stalk
bedrape
bedrape
verb
(archaic) To dress, clothe.
To drape, cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
beepers
beepers
noun
plural of beeper
begripe
begripe
verb
(transitive) To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
beleper
bepaper
beparch
beparse
bepearl
bepearl
verb
To deck with pearls or shiny objects resembling pearls.
beprank
bepress
bepride
beprose
beprose
verb
(transitive, rare) To reduce to prose.
bespray
bespurt
bespurt
verb
(obsolete) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
bewpers
bewraps
bewraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewrap
bewrapt
bewrapt
adj
(archaic, poetic) wrapped
bispore
bispore
noun
(biology) Either of a pair of asexual spores produced by some red algae
blooper
blooper
noun
(US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).
(US, military, slang) The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
(baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.
(informal) A blunder, an error.
(nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
boppers
boppers
noun
plural of bopper
bopster
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.
brephic
bumpers
bumpers
noun
plural of bumper
bumpier
bumpier
adj
comparative form of bumpy: more bumpy
caliper
caliper
noun
(automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.
(usually plural only) Uncommon form of calipers.
verb
(transitive) To use calipers to measure the size of.
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
campier
campier
adj
comparative form of campy: more campy
capered
capered
adj
(cooking) Prepared or served with capers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caper
caperer
caperer
noun
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
cappers
cappers
noun
plural of capper
cappier
caprate
caprate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of capric acid
capreol
capreol
noun
(obsolete) A billy goat or small roebuck.
(obsolete) A high leap.
(obsolete) A side brace.
(obsolete) A tendril.
caprice
caprice
noun
(music) A capriccio.
A brief romance.
A disposition to be impulsive.
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
caprine
caprine
adj
Goatlike.
Of or relating to goats.
noun
Alternative form of caprin
Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
caprone
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.
caraipe
caraipe
noun
A Brazilian tree of the genus Caraipa; the timber of this tree
carpale
carpale
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
carpels
carpels
noun
plural of carpel
carpent
carpent
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter.
carpers
carpers
noun
plural of carper
carpets
carpets
noun
plural of carpet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carpet
cecrops
ceporah
ceriops
ceriphs
ceriphs
noun
plural of ceriph
champer
champer
noun
One who champs (bites or chews).
One who engages in champing, in the sense of camping in churches.
chapper
chapter
chapter
noun
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
A bishop's council.
A chapter house
A community of canons or canonesses.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
verb
(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
(transitive) To take to task.
To divide into chapters.
To put into a chapter.
charpie
charpie
noun
(medicine, now historical) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
cheaper
cheaper
adj
comparative form of cheap: more cheap
cheeper
cheeper
noun
An immature bird.
chipper
chipper
adj
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
noun
(Ireland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
(US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
(golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
(slang) A deep frier.
(sports) A player who chips the ball.
A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
verb
(UK, dialect) To chirp or chirrup.
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chirper
chirper
noun
(Canada, slang, mildly derogatory) A person who speaks with a distinct English or Welsh accent.
(obsolete, slang) A chirping cup; an alcoholic drink.
A thing or animal that makes a chirping sound.
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
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.
ciphers
ciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cipher
clamper
clamper
noun
(electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
One who, or that which, clamps.
verb
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
To complain in an irritating manner.
To crimp.
To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
clapper
clapper
noun
(cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
(ice hockey) A slapshot
(obsolete) A rabbit burrow.
(sewing) A pounding block.
(slang, obsolete) A person's tongue, as a source of chatter or nagging.
A clapstick (musical instrument).
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
The chattering damsel of a mill.
verb
(transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
clasper
clasper
noun
(botany) The tendril of a plant.
(zoology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation.
Anything that clasps.
clipper
clipper
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
(electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
(entomology) The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
(historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
(informal) An Alberta clipper.
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
(slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
Anything that clips.
verb
(transitive) To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
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).
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
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).
coperta
copiers
copiers
noun
plural of copier
coppers
coppers
noun
plural of copper
coppery
coppery
adj
Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
copreus
coprose
copters
copters
noun
plural of copter
corpore
corpses
corpses
noun
plural of corpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corpse
corresp
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
cramped
cramped
adj
Illegible.
Overcrowded or congested.
Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cramp
cramper
crampet
crampet
noun
(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
(military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.