(zoology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation.
Anything that clasps.
earlaps
earlaps
noun
plural of earlap
elopers
elopers
noun
plural of eloper
felspar
felspar
noun
Alternative spelling of feldspar
gulpers
gulpers
noun
plural of gulper
helpers
helpers
noun
plural of helper
hirples
hirples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hirple
lampers
lampers
noun
Alternative form of lampas
lappers
lappers
noun
plural of lapper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapper
lapsers
lapsers
noun
plural of lapser
leapers
leapers
noun
plural of leaper
lempres
leporis
leprose
leprose
adj
(botany) Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
(medicine) Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
leprosy
leprosy
noun
(figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
(medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament of the Bible.
(obsolete) Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
leprous
leprous
adj
(alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
(botany, archaic) Synonym of leprose (“covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking”)
(figuratively, archaic) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
(obsolete) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
limpers
limpers
noun
plural of limper
lippers
lispers
lispers
noun
plural of lisper
loopers
loopers
noun
plural of looper
loppers
loppers
noun
(plural only) Pruning shears with long handles, used for lopping
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lopper
lumpers
lumpers
noun
plural of lumper
palmers
palmers
noun
plural of palmer
palster
palster
Noun
A pilgrim's staff.
palters
palters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palter
parcels
parcels
noun
(rail transport, UK, dated, in the plural) A parcels train, normally carrying nothing but parcels.
plural of parcel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parcel
parleys
parleys
noun
plural of parley
paroles
paroles
noun
plural of parole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parole
parrels
parrels
noun
plural of parrel
parsley
parsley
noun
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
verb
to add parsley to
pastler
pedlars
pedlars
noun
plural of pedlar
pedlers
pedlers
noun
plural of pedler
peelers
peelers
noun
plural of peeler
pelorus
pelorus
noun
A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
pelters
pelters
noun
plural of pelter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pelter
persalt
persalt
noun
(chemistry) The form of a salt of a particular base/acid combination in which the base has the highest valency; i.e. the salt formally derived from a peroxide.
perusal
perusal
noun
The act of perusing; studying something carefully.
petrels
petrels
noun
plural of petrel
petrols
petrols
noun
plural of petrol
pilfers
pilfers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pilfer
pilsner
pilsner
noun
A pale, light lager beer.
pistler
placers
placers
noun
plural of placer
planers
planers
noun
plural of planer
plasher
plasher
noun
Synonym of plash (“bent branch”)
plaster
plaster
noun
(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
(countable, Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
(uncountable) plaster of Paris.
verb
(transitive) To apply a plaster to.
(transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
(transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
(transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
(transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm with (weapons) fire.
(transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
platers
platers
noun
plural of plater
players
players
noun
plural of player
pleaser
pleaser
noun
Someone or something which pleases.
plessor
pleuras
plexors
plexors
noun
plural of plexor
plovers
plovers
noun
plural of plover
plowers
plowers
noun
plural of plower
pluries
pluries
noun
(law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.
plusher
plusher
adj
comparative form of plush: more plush
polders
polders
noun
plural of polder
pollers
pollers
noun
plural of poller
polster
polster
noun
(botany) A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.
prelims
prelims
noun
(uncountable, collective, Oxford University slang) Preliminary examinations taken as a whole, as sat by an individual or year group.
The preliminary front matter of a book, i.e. all content preceding the main text or work itself.
plural of prelim
preloss
presale
presale
noun
The sale of a property before it is built
The sale of something privately, before it is available to the public
preseal
presell
presell
verb
To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell.
presley
presold
presold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of presell
pressel
pressly
pressly
adv
(obsolete) closely; concisely
prestly
prolegs
prolegs
noun
plural of proleg
propels
propels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propel
prosely
psalter
psalter
noun
(Anglicanism) Synonym of Book of Common Prayer, which prominently includes the Psalms.
(Catholicism) A rosary with 150 beads, used for reciting the Psalms in Catholic editions of the Bible.
(Catholicism) Synonym of breviary, which arranges the Psalms for devotional recitation.
(Christianity) Synonym of Psalms, particularly when printed as a separate work from the Bible.
(obsolete or archaic) Alternative form of psaltery, a kind of zither as well as the King James translation of certain obscure musical terms in the Old Testament.
pullers
pullers
noun
plural of puller
pulpers
pulpers
noun
plural of pulper
pulsers
pulsers
noun
plural of pulser
purfles
purfles
noun
plural of purfle
purples
purples
noun
(medicine) purpura
An early purple-flowered orchid.
ear cockle
plural of purple
swine fever or hog cholera
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purple
purslet
pursley
pursley
noun
(dialect) The plant purslane.
pyrales
rappels
rappels
noun
plural of rappel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rappel
reclasp
reclasp
verb
To clasp or unite again.
relapse
relapse
noun
(medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
(obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
The act or situation of relapsing.
verb
(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
(intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
repeals
repeals
noun
plural of repeal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repeal
replans
replans
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replan
replays
replays
noun
plural of replay
replies
replies
noun
plural of reply
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reply
replots
replots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replot
repolls
repolls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repoll
reposal
reposal
noun
(obsolete) That on which one reposes.
The act or state of reposing.
repulse
repulse
noun
refusal, rejection or repulsion
the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
verb
(transitive) To cause revulsion in.
(transitive) To reject or rebuff.
(transitive) To repel or drive back.
respell
respell
verb
(transitive) To spell again.
(transitive) To spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
respelt
resplit
resplit
verb
To split again.
rimples
rimples
noun
plural of rimple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rimple
ripples
ripples
noun
plural of ripple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripple
rolpens
rumples
rumples
noun
plural of rumple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumple
sampler
sampler
noun
(music) A digital device that records or merges together samples of recordings.
A device that takes samples.
A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
A representative selection of a larger group.
Someone whose job is to take samples.
sarpler
sarpler
noun
Alternative form of sarplar
scalper
scalper
noun
(US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.
(by extension) One who scalps any other item with limited availability.
(finance) A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
(gambling) A gambler who scalps.
A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.
A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.
One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.
scruple
scruple
noun
(obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
(obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
(pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
verb
(intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
(intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
(intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
(transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
sculper
serpula
serpula
noun
(zoology) Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
simpler
simpler
adj
comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging.
noun
(archaic) One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
skelper
skelper
noun
A kind of hammer used in metalworking.
Something large for its kind; a whopper.
slapper
slapper
noun
(countable) One who, or that which, slaps.
(countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
(countable, UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
(countable, military) A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact.
(countable, slang, archaic) Anything monstrous; a whopper.
sleeper
sleeper
noun
(carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
(martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
(nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
(nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
(rail transport, Britain) A railroad tie.
(slang) A sedative.
(slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
(slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
A railway sleeping car.
A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
Someone who sleeps.
Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
That which lies dormant, as a law.
verb
(rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
sleepry
slipper
slipper
adj
(obsolete) slippery
noun
(US, Hawaii, Singapore) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
(euphemistic) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
(medicine) A kind of bedpan urinal shaped like a shoe.
A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
A person who slips.
Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
verb
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
slopers
slopers
noun
plural of sloper
slurped
slurped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slurp
spalder
spaller
spaller
noun
A person who breaks down stone into smaller pieces.
A tool used to remove concrete.
sparely
sparely
adv
In a spare manner; sparsely or frugally.
sparkle
sparkle
noun
A little spark; a scintillation.
Brilliance; luster.
Liveliness; vivacity.
The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.
verb
(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
(intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
(intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
(intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
(transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
(transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
(transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over.
sparple
spartle
spawler
spelder
spelder
noun
Alternative form of speld (“chip, splinter”)
verb
(Yorkshire, dialect) To spell.
(chiefly Scotland) To split apart.
(chiefly Scotland) To spread out; to sprawl.
speller
speller
noun
(US) A book used to learn how to spell properly.
(computing) A spell checker.
A participant in a spelling bee.
A person who spells.
spelter
spelter
noun
(countable) An objet d'art made from zinc.
(uncountable) Zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
(uncountable, countable) Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
verb
To combine copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.
sperple
spheral
spheral
adj
spherical
spherically symmetric
spieler
spieler
noun
(Canada, US, broadcasting, informal) A radio or television announcer.
(slang, now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A swindler, a gambler.
A gambling club.
A person who speaks fluently and glibly; a barker.
spiller
spiller
noun
(law) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
One who spills.
spirale
spirlie
spirole
spirtle
spirtle
noun
Alternative spelling of spurtle
verb
Archaic spelling of spurtle.
splayer
splayer
noun
One who splays.
splicer
splicer
noun
(graph theory) A union of uniform spanning trees.
A person or device that makes a splice.
splores
splurge
splurge
noun
An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.
An extravagant or ostentatious display.
verb
(colloquial) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display.
spoiler
spoiler
noun
(US, chiefly politics, sports) An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another's victory.
(aeronautics) A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
(automotive) A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
verb
(transitive, fandom slang) To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
(transitive, fandom slang) To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.
spooler
spooler
noun
(computing) A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later)
(textiles) A device for winding thread onto a spool.
sporule
sporule
noun
A small spore
spurlet
spurlet
noun
A little spur.
spurtle
spurtle
noun
Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
verb
To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.
stapler
stapler
noun
(dated) A dealer in staple goods.
(dated) One employed to sort wool according to its staple.
A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.
suppler
suppler
adj
comparative form of supple: more supple
triples
triples
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on seven bells
plural of triple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of triple