| APOCOPES | • apocopes n. Plural of apocope. • APOCOPE n. the omission of the last sound, syllable, or part of a word, e.g. mag for magazine, fab for fabulous. |
| BIOTOPES | • biotopes n. Plural of biotope. • BIOTOPE n. an area having uniform conditions and supporting a particular, uniform association of animal life. |
| CYCLOPES | • cyclopes n. Plural of cyclops. • Cyclopes prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclopedidae – the silky anteater. • CYCLOPS n. a genus of freshwater copepods. |
| EPITOPES | • epitopes n. Plural of epitope. • EPITOPE n. a part of an antigen complementary to an antibody. |
| ISOTOPES | • isotopes n. Plural of isotope. • ISOTOPE n. one of two more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutrons. |
| LIRIOPES | • liriopes n. Plural of liriope. • LIRIOPE n. a stemless Asian herb. |
| MANROPES | • manropes n. Plural of manrope. • MANROPE n. a rope used as a handrail on a ship. |
| OUTROPES | • outropes n. Plural of outrope. • outropes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrope. • OUTROPE n. an auction sale, also OUTROOP. |
| STYLOPES | • STYLOPS n. a genus of insects including parasitic wasps, also STYLOPID. |
| SYNCOPES | • syncopes n. Plural of syncope. • syncopés n. Plural of syncopé. • SYNCOPE n. (Greek) a contraction of a word by omitting sounds from the middle. |
| TOWROPES | • towropes n. Plural of towrope. • tow␣ropes n. Plural of tow rope. • TOWROPE n. a rope used in towing. |
| UPSLOPES | • upslopes n. Plural of upslope. • UPSLOPE n. an upward slope. |
| WANHOPES | • wanhopes n. Plural of wanhope. • WANHOPE n. (obsolete) despair. |