(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.
apogon
apolog
apolog
noun
Alternative form of apologue
bagpod
coping
coping
noun
(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
(falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
verb
present participle of cope
dognap
dognap
verb
(transitive) To abduct (a dog).
doping
doping
noun
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.
The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.
The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
verb
present participle of dope
egipto
epigon
epilog
epilog
noun
Alternative spelling of epilogue
eponge
esopgi
gallop
gallop
noun
(cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
verb
(figurative, intransitive) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
(intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.
(intransitive) To run very fast.
(intransitive, of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
(intransitive, of an infection, especially pneumonia) To progress rapidly through the body.
(transitive) To cause to gallop.
(transitive, intransitive) To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
galops
galops
noun
plural of galop
gaypoo
gepeoo
gepoun
gipons
gipson
gloppy
gloppy
adj
(informal) gooey and viscous
gollop
gollop
verb
(colloquial, England) To eat greedily or quickly.
gonoph
gonoph
noun
(dated) Alternative spelling of ganef
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.
gopura
gopura
noun
Alternative form of gopuram
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
gossip
gossip
noun
(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
(now only historical) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of a child.
(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.
(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
verb
(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
(intransitive) To talk idly.
(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
goupen
goupin
gowpen
gowpen
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
gowpin
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
groups
groups
noun
plural of group
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of group
grpmod
gruppo
guapor
hogpen
hogpen
noun
A pigpen.
hoping
hoping
adj
(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.
verb
I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.
present participle of hope
transport-hiking, train-hiking
isopag
lapdog
lapdog
noun
Alternative spelling of lap dog.
loping
loping
verb
present participle of lope
moping
moping
noun
The act of one who mopes.
verb
present participle of mope
ningpo
oppugn
oppugn
verb
(transitive, rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
opting
opting
verb
present participle of opt
pageos
pagnol
pagoda
pagoda
noun
(now historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.
(now rare, usually in form pagod) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
(rare) A pagoda sleeve.
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
pagods
pagods
noun
plural of pagod
paleog
papago
pargos
payong
payong
noun
(historical) A parasol used as a Javanese emblem of rank.
pegbox
pegbox
noun
(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.
pengos
pengos
noun
plural of pengo
petrog
phizog
phizog
noun
(Britain, slang) The face.
photog
photog
noun
(informal) A photographer, especially a professional one.
picong
picong
noun
(Caribbean) A kind of informal banter, often lightly pejorative but rarely mean-spirited, strongly associated with the lyrics of calypso music.
pigdom
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.
pignon
pigout
pigout
noun
(colloquial) A meal at which an excessive quantity of food is eaten.
pingos
pingos
noun
plural of pingo
pirogi
pirogi
noun
Alternative spelling of pierogi
plural of pirog
plural of pirogi
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.
plough
plough
noun
(yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
The use of a plough; tillage.
verb
(UK, university slang, transitive) To fail (a student).
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(intransitive) To use a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
(transitive, vulgar) To have sex with, penetrate.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
To move with force.
podger
podger
noun
A tool in the form of a short, metal bar, sometimes incorporating a spanner at one end.
pogany
pogeys
pogeys
noun
plural of pogey
pogies
pogies
noun
plural of pogie
pogrom
pogrom
noun
A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.
An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.
verb
(transitive) To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.
pohang
poking
poking
adj
drudging; servile
noun
The act by which something is poked.
verb
present participle of poke
poling
poling
noun
One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.
The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.
verb
present participle of pole
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.
Channa striata (striped snakehead)
pongid
pongid
noun
(obsolete) Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans
poogye
poonga
poorga
poorga
noun
Alternative form of purga
popgun
popgun
noun
Alternative spelling of pop gun
porger
poring
poring
noun
The act of one who pores.
verb
present participle of pore
posing
posing
noun
(informal) The act of portraying oneself artificially, usually to make oneself appear grander or to fit in with the crowd; pretense
The act by which something is posed.
The act of one who poses or postures.
verb
present participle of pose
potage
potage
noun
A thick creamy soup.
potgun
potgun
noun
(obsolete) A pop gun.
(obsolete) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
potgut
potleg
potong
poxing
poxing
verb
present participle of pox
poyang
progne
proleg
proleg
noun
(entomology) An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg.
prolog
prongs
prongs
noun
plural of prong
prongy
prongy
adj
Characterised by prongs or a prong-like shape.
pruigo
pugdog
putlog
putlog
noun
(architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
pyrgom
pyrgom
noun
A variety of the mineral pyroxene.
ragtop
ragtop
noun
(slang) A convertible automobile.
roping
roping
adj
ropy; stringy; glutinous
noun
The act of catching an animal with a rope.
verb
present participle of rope
spigot
spigot
noun
(Appalachia) A faucet.
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
verb
(transitive) To block with a spigot.
(transitive) To insert (a spigot).
spogel
sponge
sponge
noun
(baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
(countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
(countable, uncountable, Britain) A type of steamed pudding.
(informal) A heavy drinker.
(slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
(uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
A person who readily absorbs ideas.
Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
verb
(intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
(intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
(marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
(transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
(transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
spongy
spongy
adj
Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
sprong
sprong
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of spring
topeng
topeng
noun
(countable) A performer of this dance.
(countable, uncountable) A dramatic form of Indonesian dance with masked, costumed performers who interpret traditional myths and fables.