(colour) A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
carpi
carpi
noun
plural of carpus
chirp
chirp
noun
(radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
verb
(Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth.
(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets.
(intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
(transitive, obsolete) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
(transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
crimp
crimp
adj
(obsolete) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
(obsolete) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
noun
(climbing) A grip on such a hold.
(climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
(obsolete) A card game.
(obsolete) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
(specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
(usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
The natural curliness of wool fibres.
verb
(climbing) to hold using a crimp
(electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
(transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
To bend or mold leather into shape.
To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
cripe
crips
crips
noun
plural of crip
crisp
crisp
adj
(computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
noun
(Britain) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
verb
(intransitive) To become crisp.
(intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
(intransitive, dated) To become curled.
(intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
(intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
(transitive) To make crisp.
(transitive, dated) To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
(transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
(transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
(transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).
picra
picra
noun
(medicine, dated) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
picry
price
price
noun
The cost of an action or deed.
The cost required to gain possession of something.
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
verb
(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
(transitive, colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.
(transitive, obsolete) To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
(transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
prich
prick
prick
noun
(UK, Australia, US, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
(now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
(obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
(obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
(obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
(obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
(slang, vulgar) The penis.
A feeling of remorse.
A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
A small pointed object.
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
The footprint of a hare.
verb
(farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
(horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
(intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
(intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
(intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
(nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
(obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
(obsolete, usually as prick up) to dress or adorn; to prink.
(transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
(transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
(transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
(transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
(transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
(transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
To aim at a point or mark.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
pricy
pricy
adj
(informal) Alternative spelling of pricey
pyric
rapic
recip
repic
scrip
scrip
noun
(archaic) Small change.
(informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.
A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
A scrap of paper.
A share certificate.
A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.