(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
(astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
(figuratively) The highest point.
(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
eggcup
eggcup
noun
(Britain) A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.
egipto
epigee
epigee
noun
(dated) perigee
epigne
epigon
epilog
epilog
noun
Alternative spelling of epilogue
eponge
epping
epping
Proper noun
A market town in Essex, England.
A town in New Hampshire.
A city/village in North Dakota.
esopgi
expugn
expugn
verb
(obsolete) To take by storm; capture.
gapers
gapers
noun
plural of gaper
gapped
gapped
adj
Having a gap.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gap
gapper
gapper
noun
(baseball) A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.
gasped
gasped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gasp
gaspee
gasper
gasper
noun
(BDSM, slang) One who is aroused by autoasphyxiation.
(Britain, slang) A cigarette.
(slang, aviation) An adjustable air outlet over a passenger seat in aircraft.
Agent noun of gasp; a person or animal that gasps.
Something that causes one to gasp in shock, suspense, or awe.
gawped
gawped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gawp
genapp
genapp
noun
Alternative form of genappe
genepi
genipa
genips
genips
noun
plural of genip
gepeoo
gepoun
getspa
getups
getups
noun
plural of getup
gilpey
gimped
gimped
adj
(informal) Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function.
(informal, computing) Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
(of fabric, curtains, clothing, or similar) Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
(of yarn, cord, thread, wire, etc.) Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected (gimped yarn). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (gimped buttons).
Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gimp
gimpel
gimper
gipped
gipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gip
gipper
gipper
noun
(obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).
gipser
gipser
noun
(historical) A kind of pouch worn at the girdle.
gopher
gopher
noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).
Alternative spelling of gofer
The gopher rockfish.
The gopher tortoise.
The ground squirrel.
gospel
gospel
noun
(Protestantism) The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
(uncountable) Gospel music.
(uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To instruct in the gospel.
gossep
goupen
gowpen
gowpen
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
graped
graped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grape
grapes
grapes
noun
plural of grape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grape
grapey
grapey
adj
Of, or pertaining to, grapes.
Resembling grapes, grape-like.
griped
griped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gripe
griper
griper
noun
(archaic) An oppressor or extortioner.
One who gripes.
gripes
gripes
noun
plural of gripe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gripe
gripey
gripey
adj
Tending to gripe.
griphe
grippe
grippe
noun
(pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.
groped
groped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grope
groper
groper
noun
(Australia) Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
(New Zealand) hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)
Agent noun of grope; one who gropes.
An employee of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially those who perform inspections on passengers.
gropes
gropes
noun
plural of grope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grope
guelph
guimpe
guimpe
noun
A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
gulped
gulped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gulp
gulper
gulper
noun
A gulper eel.
One who gulps.
gympie
gympie
noun
Alternative form of gympie-gympie
gypped
gypped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gyp
gypper
gypsie
gypsie
noun
Archaic spelling of gypsy.
hogpen
hogpen
noun
A pigpen.
impreg
kipage
lepage
magpie
magpie
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
(figurative) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
(military, firearms) The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
(slang) A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
verb
(intransitive) To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.
(transitive) To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
(transitive, intransitive) To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
megilp
megilp
noun
(art) A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing.
padegs
padget
padige
paegel
paegle
pageos
pagers
pagers
noun
plural of pager
paggle
paggle
verb
(obsolete) To bulge.
(obsolete) To hang loosely.
pagine
pagnes
paigle
paigle
noun
(obsolete) cowslip
paleog
panged
panged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pang
pangen
pangwe
papreg
papreg
noun
A kind of paper laminate treated with phenolic resin.
parage
parage
noun
(archaic) Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
A woman's marriage portion or dowry.
parged
parged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parge.
parges
parges
noun
plural of parge
parget
parget
noun
(obsolete) Paint, especially for the face.
Gypsum.
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
verb
(obsolete) To paint; to cover over.
To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
paseng
paseng
noun
The bezoar goat.
pavage
pavage
noun
Alternative form of paviage
peages
peages
noun
plural of peage
pedage
pedage
noun
(obsolete) A toll or tax paid by passengers travelling through a specific place, entitling them to safe conduct and protection.
peeing
peeing
verb
present participle of pee
peenge
peenge
verb
(Scotland) To complain childishly.
pegall
pegbox
pegbox
noun
(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.
pegeen
pegged
pegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of peg
pegger
pegger
noun
(historical) A person who, or machine that, attached the uppers to the soles of shoes using wooden pegs.
(slang, archaic) A regular drinker of alcohol, especially brandy and soda.
peggie
peggir
peggle
peglet
peglet
noun
A little peg.
pegman
pegmen
pegram
peguan
peking
peking
Adjective
Of or related to Beijing
pelaga
pelage
pelage
noun
fur, or any other form of the coat of a mammal
pelagi
peleng
penang
penang
Proper noun
State in western Malaysia which has George Town as its capital.
Island in Penang state.
penghu
pengos
pengos
noun
plural of pengo
pengpu
pengun
pesage
pesage
noun
A fee or toll paid for the weighing of merchandise.
petrog
peugia
pewage
pewing
pewing
verb
present participle of pew
phages
phages
noun
plural of phage
phlegm
phlegm
noun
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
(historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
piaget
piaget
Proper noun
of French origin.
(1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher.
piegan
pieing
pieing
noun
An instance of throwing a pie at someone, often a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
verb
present participle of pie
piemag
pigeon
pigeon
noun
(Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
(Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
(archaic, idiomatic, UK, informal) Concern or responsibility.
(countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird.
A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
verb
(transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.
pigged
pigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pig
piggie
piggie
noun
Alternative spelling of piggy
piggle
piggle
noun
(rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging.
verb
(intransitive) To toy or fiddle.
(transitive) To dig or uproot; to scrape.
To cause to worry, to make uncomfortable; niggle.
To worry about minor points.
piglet
piglet
noun
A young pig
pigmew
pignet
pigpen
pigpen
noun
(cryptography) The pigpen cipher.
A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
Something extremely dirty or messy.
pilage
pilage
noun
Alternative form of pelage
pilger
pilger
verb
To reduce the diameter of a metal tube in a pilger mill
pinged
pinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ping
pinger
pinger
noun
(slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.
A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.
A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.
A user of a ping program; one who pings.
pingle
pingle
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small piece of enclosed ground.
verb
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To dawdle.
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To eat with a feeble appetite.
pingre
pingue
pipage
pipage
noun
A charge made for piping a fluid from one place to another.
Plumbing, a system of pipes.
plagae
plagae
noun
plural of plaga
plages
plages
noun
plural of plage
plague
plague
noun
(figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
(ornithology) A group of common grackles.
(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
verb
(transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
pledge
pledge
noun
(law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
(university slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
(with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
A drinking toast.
A solemn promise to do something.
An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage.
The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.
verb
(transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
plewgh
plodge
plodge
noun
(Oxbridge slang) Contraction of porter's lodge.
verb
(Tyneside) and (Wearside) To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.
plunge
plunge
noun
(dated) A swimming pool
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
the act of plunging or submerging
verb
(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
(transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
podger
podger
noun
A tool in the form of a short, metal bar, sometimes incorporating a spanner at one end.
pogeys
pogeys
noun
plural of pogey
pogies
pogies
noun
plural of pogie
ponged
ponged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pong
pongee
pongee
noun
A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.