Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
noun
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
verb
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
proteinous
proteinous
adj
proteinaceous
protrusile
protrusile
adj
Capable of being protruded.
protrusive
protrusive
adj
rather conspicuous; obtrusive
that protrudes; protruding
pterideous
pterosauri
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
reptilious
reptilious
adj
(dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
(dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
setiparous
setiparous
adj
(zoology) Producing setae.
shoupeltin
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
strepitous
strepitous
adj
boisterous; noisy
subception
subdeposit
subdeposit
noun
That which is deposited beneath something else.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
supertonic
supertonic
noun
(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
suppletion
suppletion
noun
(grammar) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.
(linguistics, grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.
The supplying of something lacking.
supportive
supportive
adj
Providing support.
surreption
surreption
noun
An unperceived or sudden arrival.
The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
susception
susception
noun
The act of taking; reception.
suspection
suspection
noun
(obsolete) suspicion
teutopolis
theophilus
theophilus
Proper noun
The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.