(organic chemistry) A chemical compound isolated from parsley and celery, and whose aglycone is apigenin.
apina
aping
aping
noun
Foolish imitation or mimicry.
verb
present participle of ape
apnea
apnea
noun
(pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
apron
apron
noun
(aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
(pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
The sides of a tree's canopy.
The spreading end of a driveway.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.
arpen
arpen
noun
Alternative form of arpent (old unit of measure)
arpin
aspen
aspen
adj
(obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.
(obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
noun
(uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.
The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
bonpa
canap
capon
capon
noun
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
verb
(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
copan
copan
noun
Archaic form of koban (“Japanese coin”).
cspan
dpans
enapt
enpia
epona
gapin
hanap
hanap
noun
(obsolete) A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions.
inapt
inapt
adj
Unapt
intap
iplan
japan
japan
noun
A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
Lacquerware.
verb
(UK, slang, transitive, obsolete, religion) To ordain.
(transitive) To varnish with japan.
kanap
knape
knape
noun
(obsolete, dialectal) A lad.
knapp
knaps
knaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knap
lapin
lapin
noun
A castrated male rabbit.
Rabbit fur.
lapon
lipan
mopan
mopan
Proper noun
A Mayan language spoken in Belize and Guatemala.
naacp
nampa
napal
napap
naper
napes
napes
noun
plural of nape
napoo
napoo
adj
(military slang, now historical) Dead.
(military slang, now historical) Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
intj
(UK, army, slang) There is no more.
verb
(UK, army, slang) To finish; to put an end to; to kill.
nappa
nappa
noun
Alternative form of napa (Chinese cabbage)
nappe
nappe
noun
(cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
(geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
(hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
(mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
verb
(cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.
nappy
nappy
adj
(Scotland) brittle
(US, informal, sometimes offensive) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
(of a drink) Foamy; having a large head.
(of a horse) Nervous, excitable.
(rare) Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
noun
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand) An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
(obsolete) A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.
A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
verb
(transitive) To put a nappy on.
neaps
neaps
noun
plural of neap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neap
nepal
ngapi
ngapi
noun
(cooking) A pungent Burmese condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp paste.
niepa
nipas
nipas
noun
plural of nipa
nipha
nomap
nopal
nopal
noun
A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
nvlap
onlap
onlap
noun
(geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
verb
(geology) To form an onlap.
paden
paean
paean
noun
(Ancient Greece, historical) A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
(by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise.
(by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
verb
(transitive, rare) To sing a paean; to praise.
paeon
paeon
noun
(poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.
Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
noun
(by extension, derogatory) An uncivilized or unsocialized person.
(by extension, derogatory) An unruly, badly educated child.
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
pagne
pagne
noun
A length of wax-print fabric made in West Africa, worn as a single wrap or made into other clothing, and serving as a form of currency.
paine
paine
noun
Obsolete spelling of pain
pains
pains
noun
Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
plural of pain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pain
paint
paint
noun
(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
(dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
(uncountable) Makeup.
(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
(uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
verb
(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
(transitive) To apply paint to.
(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
(transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
(transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
(transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
panak
panax
panax
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Panax.
panay
panay
Proper noun
An island of the Philippines, located in the Visayas
panda
panda
noun
(Britain, law enforcement, colloquial) Short for panda car (“a black-and-white police car”).
(Hinduism) A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
(colloquial, also attributively) Short for giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”).
(now rare without a qualifying word) The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
pandy
pandy
noun
(Ireland, informal) mashed potatoes
(by extension, slang) Hand.
A fulling mill.
A mutineer.
A slap on the palm of the hand with a strap.
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To distribute or publicize, especially in order to curry favor.
(transitive) To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.
paned
paned
adj
(often in combination) Having panes.
panel
panel
noun
(Britain, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
(architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
(dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
(graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
(joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
(law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
(law) The whole jury.
(law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
(masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
(masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
(medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
(mining) A heap of dressed ore.
(mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
(obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
(obsolete, transitive) To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
(transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.
panes
panes
noun
plural of pane
panga
panga
noun
(East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
pangi
pangs
pangs
noun
plural of pang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pang
panic
panic
adj
(Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
noun
(by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
(countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
(countable, computing) Short for kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
(countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
(originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
verb
(US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
(computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
(computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
panna
panne
panne
noun
(ecology) A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland.
A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.
A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
panse
pansy
pansy
adj
Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
noun
(color) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
(derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
(derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
verb
(slang, intransitive, usually with "around" or "about") To mess about; to fail to get things done.
panta
panto
panto
noun
(Britain, informal) Clipping of pantomime.
(countable, rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
pants
pants
adj
(Britain, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.
noun
(UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, North West England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
(chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
plural of pant
verb
To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
third-person singular simple present indicative of pant
panty
panty
noun
(informal, roller derby) A helmet cover.
(obsolete, in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys.
(usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
panus
panus
noun
(medicine) A lymphatic gland that is inflamed but not suppurating.
panza
papen
paran
paren
paren
noun
(informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
paron
pasan
pasan
noun
(archaic) The gemsbok.
paten
paten
noun
(Christianity) The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
(archaeology) Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.
patin
patin
noun
Alternative form of patine
patna
patna
Proper noun
The state capital of Bihar (India).
paton
pavan
paven
paven
adj
(rare, dated or archaic) paved
noun
Alternative form of Paduan (“stately Spanish dance”)
pavin
pawns
pawns
noun
plural of pawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pawn
paxon
payen
payen
noun
(obsolete) Pagan.
payne
payni
peano
peano
Proper noun
(1858–1932), Italian mathematician.
peans
peans
noun
plural of pean
peban
pecan
pecan
noun
A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
pekan
pekan
noun
The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana).
penal
penal
adj
Of or relating to punishment.
Serving as a place of punishment.
Subject to punishment; punishable.
penda
penna
penna
noun
a contour feather
penta
penza
phane
phane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
Obsolete form of fane.
phano
phina
piane
piano
piano
adj
(in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.
(music) Soft, quiet.
adv
(music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music)
noun
(music) a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings
verb
(of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.
To become softer and less intense.
To equip with a piano.
To play the piano.
pians
pidan
piman
pinal
pinas
pinas
noun
plural of pina
pinax
pinax
noun
(by extension) A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
A tablet or register.
pinda
pinda
noun
A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
Alternative form of pinder (“peanut”).
pinna
pinna
noun
(anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
(botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
(zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.
pinta
pinta
noun
(Britain, colloquial) A pint of milk.
(Chicano, slang) prison
A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.
pisan
pisan
noun
Alternative form of pisane
plain
plain
adj
(card games) Not a trump.
(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).
(now rare, regional) Flat, level.
(obsolete) Full, complete in number or extent.
(of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.
Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).
Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.
Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.
Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.
adv
(archaic) Plainly; distinctly.
(colloquial) Simply.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of plane: a flat geometric field.
(rare, poetic) A lamentation.
An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
(obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
(reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
(transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
plana
plana
noun
plural of planum
plane
plane
adj
Of a surface: flat or level.
noun
(Northern UK) A sycamore.
(anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
(computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
(entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
A level of existence or development.
A level or flat surface.
A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
An airplane; an aeroplane.
verb
(nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
(transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
To glide or soar.
plang
plank
plank
noun
(Britain, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
That which supports or upholds.
verb
(intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
(transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
(transitive) To cover something with planking.
(transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
(transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
plano
plans
plans
noun
plural of plan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plan
plant
plant
noun
(US, dialect) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
(control theory) The combination of process and actuator.
(dated, slang) A plan; a swindle; a trick.
(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
(obsolete) The sole of the foot.
(proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
verb
(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
(transitive, intransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
To furnish or supply with plants.
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
To place in the ground.
To set up; to install; to instate.
plena
plena
noun
(music, countable) A song in this style
(music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
plural of plenum
pocan
pocan
noun
The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
pohna
pokan
ponca
ponga
ponga
noun
Alsophila dealbata (=Cyathea dealbata), a medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand.
ponja
poona
powan
powan
noun
Coregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.
pozna
prana
prana
noun
(Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
prand
prang
prang
noun
(US, slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine.
(architecture) A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand.
(chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.
(dated, military slang) A bombing raid.
(slang, dated) An aeroplane crash.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.
(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.
(transitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).
prank
prank
adj
(obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.
noun
(obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
verb
(intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.
(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
(transitive, archaic) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
(transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
prawn
prawn
noun
(Australia, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.