(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
(obsolete) A relative.
(physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
A parent company.
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
A surrogate parent
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
The source or origin of something.
verb
To act as parent, to raise or rear.
pareto
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.
pariet
parted
parted
adj
(botany) Deeply cleft.
(in combination) Having the specified number of parts.
Separated; taken asunder.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of part
parten
parter
parter
noun
(archaic, slang) One who readily parts with money; a free spender.
(informal, only in combination) A work in a specified number of parts.
(rare) That which parts, or draws apart.
partes
partie
paster
paster
noun
A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.
One who, or that which, pastes.
patera
patera
noun
(architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.
paters
paters
noun
plural of pater
patter
patter
noun
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
One who pats.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To pray.
(intransitive, obsolete) To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
To spatter; to sprinkle.
To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
patzer
patzer
noun
(chess, informal, derogatory) Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.
pelter
pelter
noun
(dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
(sometimes figurative) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.
One who pelts.
verb
(dialect or nonstandard) To pelt.
peltry
peltry
noun
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
peract
peract
verb
(obsolete) To go through with; to perform.
perdit
peretz
perite
perite
adj
(obsolete) skilled
permit
permit
noun
(obsolete) Formal permission.
A learner's permit.
A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
verb
(intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
(intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
(now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
(transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
(transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
perpet
perret
perten
perter
perter
adj
comparative form of pert: more pert
pertly
pertly
adv
In a manner that is lively or high-spirited
perutz
pester
pester
noun
A bother or nuisance.
verb
(obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.
(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
petara
petard
petard
noun
(historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
(rare) A loud firecracker.
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
verb
(now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
petary
petary
noun
A peat bog.
peters
peters
noun
(slang) plural of peter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peter
pether
petras
petrea
petrel
petrel
noun
Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
petrey
petrie
petrog
petrol
petrol
noun
(chiefly Australia, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore) petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
(informal) A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).
petros
petros
noun
plural of petro
petter
petter
noun
(rare) One who pets.
pewter
pewter
adj
Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
noun
(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
(slang, dated) Prize money.
A beer tankard made from pewter.
A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
Items made of pewter; pewterware.
verb
(transitive) To coat with pewter.
peyter
pieter
pietra
pietro
pinter
pinter
noun
(in combinations, UK, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
(in combinations, UK, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
(in combinations, UK, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
pirate
pirate
adj
Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.
noun
(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
A kind of marble in children's games.
An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in piracy.
(transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
(transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
(transitive, intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
(transitive, intransitive, Philippines) To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.
pitier
pitier
noun
One who pities.
pitter
pitter
noun
A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
verb
To make a pattering sound.
pitzer
plater
plater
noun
(biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
(horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
A machine for calendering paper.
Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
Someone who plates metal.
poetry
poetry
noun
(figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
A poet's literary production.
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
porett
porite
porite
noun
(zoology) Any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.
porket
porket
noun
(archaic) A young hog; a pig.
porret
porret
noun
A scallion; a leek or small onion.
ported
ported
adj
(obsolete) Having gates.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of port
porter
porter
noun
(beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
(beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
(bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
(computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
(entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
verb
To serve as a porter; to carry.
portie
poster
poster
noun
(Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
(Internet) One who posts a message.
(archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
(basketball) A dunk over a defending player.
(dated) A posthorse.
(ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
verb
(transitive) To decorate with posters.
pother
pother
noun
A commotion, a tempest.
verb
(intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
(transitive) To puzzle or perplex.
potter
potter
noun
One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
One who pots meats or other eatables.
The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
verb
(Britain) To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
(Britain) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
(obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
pouter
pouter
noun
A breed of pigeon that inflates its crop
A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss
powter
powter
noun
Alternative form of pouter (a kind of pigeon)
verb
To poke in an exploratory manner.
prated
prated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prate
prater
prater
noun
A person who prates; a chatterer.
prates
prates
noun
plural of prate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prate
pratey
pratte
preact
preact
verb
To act or perform beforehand
precut
precut
verb
(transitive) To cut in advance.
prefet
premit
premit
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To premise.
preset
preset
adj
Set in advance, or as a default.
noun
A setting that is set in advance.
verb
(transitive) To set something in advance.
presto
presto
adv
(music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
intj
Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà.
noun
(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
prests
prests
noun
plural of prest
pretan
pretan
verb
(transitive) To tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.
(often derogatory) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
Cunning; clever, skilful.
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
adv
(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
noun
A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
Something that is pretty.
verb
To make pretty; to beautify
prevot
priest
priest
noun
(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
verb
(transitive) To ordain as a priest.
pripet
privet
privet
intj
(informal) hello, hi
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
prlate
projet
projet
noun
A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.
protea
protea
noun
Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having colourful cone-shaped flower heads.
protei
protei
noun
plural of proteus
protel
protem
pruett
pruter
prvert
pteric
pterin
pterin
noun
(organic chemistry) A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the colouring in nature. It is also a component of folic acid.
pteris
pterna
pteron
pteron
noun
(architecture) A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.
puerto
punter
punter
noun
(Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
(Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
(Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
(Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
(climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
One who bets (punts) against the bank.
One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
One who punts a football.
The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
purest
purest
adj
having the greatest purity
superlative form of pure: most pure
purset
purset
noun
(obsolete) A purse or purse net.
puther
putter
putter
noun
(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
(golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
(mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.
A shot-putter.
One who puts or places.
verb
(intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
(intransitive) To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.
puture
puture
noun
Alternative form of pulture
pyrite
pyrite
noun
(mineralogy) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS₂), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.
(solid state chemistry) (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metal dichalcogenide that is isostructural to the common mineral.
(usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metallic-looking sulphide, such as the above, which is the most common.
rapter
rapter
noun
Obsolete form of raptor.
recept
recept
noun
(psychology) An idea that is formed by the repetition of percepts.
redipt
redipt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of redip
redtop
redtop
noun
(countable) Species of the genus Agrostis, the bentgrasses.
(uncountable) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle.
Alternative form of red top (“tabloid newspaper”)
repart
repart
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To divide or share out.
repast
repast
noun
(archaic or literary) A meal.
(archaic) Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
(archaic, figuratively) Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing.
(obsolete) A period of refreshment or rest.
(obsolete) The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest.
verb
(also reflexive, obsolete) To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking.
(archaic) To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed.
(archaic, figuratively) To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed.
(intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed.
repeat
repeat
noun
(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
(medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
(music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
An iteration; a repetition.
verb
(intransitive) To happen again; recur.
(intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
(law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
(transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
(transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
repent
repent
adj
(chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
(obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
(transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
(transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
replot
replot
verb
To plot again
report
report
noun
(firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
verb
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
(intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
(obsolete) To refer.
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
(politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
(transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
(transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
(transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
repost
repost
noun
(Internet) The act of posting again; the material thus posted.
Misspelling of riposte.
verb
(Internet) To post again.
(basketball) To post up again; to reset oneself at the post.