(chemistry, obsolete) Any of various medical remedies.
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.
ephor
ephor
noun
(historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
(in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.
graph
graph
noun
(applied mathematics, statistics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.
(category theory, of a morphism f) A morphism 𝛤_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to 𝛤_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to 𝛤_f is equal to f.
(graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(linguistics, typography) A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
(mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(topology) A topological space which represents some graph (ordered pair of sets) and which is constructed by representing the vertices as points and the edges as copies of the real interval [0,1] (where, for any given edge, 0 and 1 are identified with the points representing the two vertices) and equipping the result with a particular topology called the graph topology.
verb
(transitive) To draw a graph.
(transitive, mathematics) To draw a graph of a function.
griph
gryph
harpa
harpp
harps
harps
noun
plural of harp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harp
harpy
harpy
noun
(derogatory) A shrewish woman.
(mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Harpia harpyja).
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
hepar
hepar
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.
(obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
hiper
hiper
noun
(wrestling) A wrestler who uses the hipe technique.
(grammar, linguistics) A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
(linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
(slang) morphine
(zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
verb
(by extension) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
(colloquial, transitive, intransitive, computer graphics) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
(science fiction, fantasy) To shapeshift.
ophir
ophir
Proper noun
A city or region mentioned in the Bible, modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located. King Solomon is supposed to have received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood, precious stones, ivory, apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years.
A ghost town in Alaska.
A town in Colorado.
A town in Utah.
orpah
orpha
parah
parch
parch
noun
The condition of being parched.
verb
(intransitive) To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
(transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
(transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
(transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
(transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
(transitive, colloquial) To make very thirsty.
The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
(dated) A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.
(figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
(figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
(textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
(theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
verb
(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
(intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
(intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
(transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
perth
perth
Proper noun
A city in central Scotland.
The state capital of Western Australia.
A small town in Tasmania.
A town in New York.
A hamlet in North Dakota.
pharb
phard
phare
phare
noun
beacon
lighthouse
pharm
pharm
adj
Of or relating to pharmaceuticals.
noun
A place where genetically modified animals or plants are produced for the production of pharmaceuticals.
pharo
pharo
noun
(obsolete) A pharos; a lighthouse.
Obsolete form of faro (card game)
pharr
phira
phora
phren
phren
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The diaphragm.
(philosophy, historical) The brain or mind.
porch
porch
noun
(architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
A portico; a covered walk.
The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
praha
prahm
prahm
noun
A flat-bottomed boat.
prahu
prich
pruth
ralph
ralph
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) A raven.
raphe
raphe
noun
(anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
(botany) A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.
(botany) The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
rolph
sharp
sharp
adj
(chess) Tactical; risky.
(colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
(colloquial) Intelligent.
(colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
(colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
(mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
(music) Higher in pitch than required.
(music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
(phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Observant; alert; acute.
Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
Sudden and intense.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
adv
(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
(not comparable) Exactly.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
noun
(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
(medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
(music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
(slang, dated) An expert.
(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
A dishonest person; a cheater.
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
A sharp tool or weapon.
A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
verb
(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
(transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
shrap
shrap
noun
(obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
shrip
shrpg
spohr
tharp
thorp
thorp
noun
(archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
thrap
thrap
verb
(transitive) To fasten about.
thrip
thrip
noun
Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
upher
upher
noun
(obsolete) a wooden pole used as scaffolding
wharp
wharp
noun
(UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.