(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).
drips
drips
noun
plural of drip
epris
grips
grips
noun
plural of grip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grip
ifrps
krips
pairs
pairs
noun
plural of pair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pair
paris
parsi
peris
peris
noun
plural of peri
piers
piers
noun
plural of pier
pirns
pirns
noun
plural of pirn
pries
pries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pry
prigs
prigs
noun
plural of prig
prims
prims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prim
prise
prise
noun
(obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
Obsolete form of prize.
verb
Extract something that is difficult to obtain.
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
prism
prism
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.
priss
priss
noun
(informal) A prissy person
verb
To dress or behave in a prissy manner
prius
puris
puris
noun
plural of puri
ripes
ripes
noun
plural of ripe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripe
sapir
sarip
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.
shrip
siper
sirop
sirop
noun
A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
Obsolete form of syrup.
sirup
sirup
noun
Dated form of syrup.
skirp
spair
speir
spier
spier
noun
(rare) One who spies; a spy.
spira
spire
spire
noun
(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
(geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
(mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.
A sharp or tapering point.
A spiral.
A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.
(of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
(transitive) To furnish with a spire.
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
spiro
spiro
noun
(organic chemistry, attributively) A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
(pharmacology, slang) Clipping of spironolactone.
spirt
spirt
verb
Archaic spelling of spurt.
spiry
spiry
adj
Abounding in spires.
Like or resembling a spire.
Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
sprig
sprig
noun
(humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad.
A brad, or nail without a head.
A house sparrow.
A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
verb
To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
sprit
sprit
noun
(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
A shoot; a sprout.
verb
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
stirp
stirp
noun
(biology, anthropology) A line descended from a single ancestor.
(systematics) A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.
strip
strip
noun
(UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
(US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
(attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
(fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
(mining) A trough for washing ore.
(television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
(usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
A comic strip.
A landing strip.
A strip steak.
The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
verb
(intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
(intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
(intransitive) To perform a striptease.
(television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
(transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
(transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
(transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
(transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
(transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
(transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
(transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
(transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
(transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
(transitive, obsolete) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
(usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
trips
trips
noun
(poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set (“three of a kind, especially with one card on the board and the other two in one's hand”).
plural of trip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trip