(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
archbp
barhop
barhop
verb
(idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
bpharm
bsphar
caphar
caphar
noun
(historical) A toll or duty imposed by the Turks on Christian merchants.
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
coprah
coprah
noun
Archaic form of copra.
eparch
eparch
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
The ruler of an eparchy.
ephram
ephyra
ephyra
noun
(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.
graphs
graphs
noun
plural of graph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graph
graphy
graphy
noun
A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.
hairup
halper
hamper
hamper
noun
(UK) A gift basket.
(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
(uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
verb
(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
(transitive) To put into a hamper.
To impede in motion or progress.
happer
haptor
haptor
noun
(zoology) A complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.
harped
harped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harp
harper
harper
noun
(obsolete) An old Irish brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp.
A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals.
harpin
harpin
noun
(biochemistry) A plant protein produced as a defensive response to a pathogen
heaper
heaper
noun
One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
kuphar
mpharm
msphar
nuphar
orphan
orphan
adj
(by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
noun
(computing) Any unreferenced object.
(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
verb
(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
(transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
pahari
pahari
Noun
In South Asia, someone from the hills, a hill-man; specifically a member of any of various peoples living in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal.
Proper noun
Any of various Indo-European languages spoken by the Paharis, including Nepali; this group of languages or dialects considered as a whole.
Adjective
Pertaining to the Paharis or a Pahari language.
paraph
paraph
noun
A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
verb
(transitive) To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.
parchy
pardah
paresh
pariah
pariah
noun
(figurative) A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
(zoology) Ellipsis of pariah dog: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts.
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
parish
parish
noun
(US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
verb
(intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.
(transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary-marry-merry English.
paroch
paroch
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) Alternative form of parish
parrah
pearch
pearch
noun
Obsolete form of perch. (unit of measurement)
percha
perham
phanar
phares
phares
noun
plural of phare
pharmd
pharmm
pharos
pharos
noun
(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
phaser
phaser
noun
(music) An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
(science fiction) Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).
A phase modulator
Alternative form of PHASR
verb
(science fiction, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon.
phasor
phasor
noun
(mathematics) A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
(sciences, engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.
phedra
pherae
phoria
phoria
noun
Synonym of heterophoria
phrase
phrase
noun
(archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
(dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
A short written or spoken expression.
verb
(intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
(transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
phrasy
phryma
phylar
prabhu
prabhu
Proper noun
name commonly used in India.
praham
prahus
prahus
noun
plural of prahu
preach
preach
noun
(obsolete) A religious discourse.
verb
(intransitive) To give a sermon.
(intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
(transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
(transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
(transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
proach
prutah
prutah
noun
A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.
An aluminium coin, worth one thousandth of a pound, used in Israel until 1960.
purdah
purdah
noun
(countable) A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
(countable, UK politics, potentially offensive) The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
(countable, chiefly South Asia, also figuratively) A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
(uncountable, obsolete, rare) A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
purrah
puruha
pyrrha
ralphs
ralphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ralph
raphae
raphae
noun
plural of raphe
raphes
raphia
raphia
noun
Alternative form of raffia
raphis
raphus
reheap
rhaphe
rhaphe
noun
(botany) Alternative form of raphe
rhapis
rupiah
rupiah
noun
The unit of currency in Indonesia.
saphra
scarph
scarph
noun
Alternative form of scarf (joint in woodworking)
verb
Alternative form of scarf (make a joint in woodworking)
seraph
seraph
noun
(biblical) A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. They are the 5th highest order of angels in Jewish angelology. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6
shaper
shaper
noun
(surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.
A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
One who shapes.
sharpe
sharpe
adj
Obsolete spelling of sharp
sharps
sharps
noun
plural of sharp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharp
sharpy
sharpy
noun
Alternative spelling of sharpie
sherpa
sherpa
noun
(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
(countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.
A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
verb
(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
shrape
shrape
noun
Alternative form of shrap
sophar
sparch
sparth
sparth
noun
(obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
taraph
tephra
tephra
noun
(geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
teraph
teraph
noun
An image of a Semitic household god.
therap
therap
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To administer therapy.
thraep
threap
threap
noun
A superstition or freet.
An accusation or serious charge.
An altercation, quarrel, argument.
Stubborn insistence.
verb
To affirm; to express with conviction.
To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke
To cozen or cheat.
To cry out; complain; contend.
To denounce.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).