(figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
verb
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
(now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
lepra
lepra
noun
(botany, rare, obsolete) Any layer of algae, lichens, or other substance producing a leprosylike appearance on the surfaces of plants.
(medicine, archaic) Synonym of leprosy.
(medicine, obsolete) Synonym of psoriasis.
lepre
lepry
lepry
noun
(obsolete) leprosy
loper
loper
noun
(ropemaking) A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
orlop
orlop
noun
(nautical) The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
palar
palar
adj
(heraldry) Pertaining to a pale, a vertical band or line.
paler
paler
adj
comparative form of pale: more pale
parel
parle
parle
noun
(obsolete) A nasty encounter.
(obsolete) Parley; talk.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To talk; to converse; to parley.
parli
parly
parly
noun
(politics) Diminutive of parliament
verb
Alternative form of parley
parol
parol
adj
(law) Verbal, oral, informal.
Word of mouth.
noun
(law) A writing not under seal.
(law) Oral declaration; word of mouth.
A word; an oral utterance.
An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.
pearl
pearl
noun
(euphemistic, vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
(figurative) A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
(figuratively) Something precious.
(obsolete) A jewel or gem.
(uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
A fringe or border.
A light-colored tern.
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for pearls
(intransitive) To resemble pearl or pearls.
(intransitive, surfing) Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
(intransitive, surfing) To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
(transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
(transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
peril
peril
noun
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
verb
(transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
perla
perle
pilar
pilar
adj
(chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
Covered in hair; hairy.
piler
piler
noun
One who piles something
pirol
plier
plier
noun
One who plies.
attributive form of pliers
plyer
plyer
noun
A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a Saint Andrew's cross.
Alternative spelling of plier
polar
polar
adj
(chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
(linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
(mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
(space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
Of or having a pole or polarity.
noun
(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
poler
poler
noun
(obsolete) An extortioner.
A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.
One who propels a boat using a pole.
poral
poral
adj
Relating to pores.
pregl
prela
prill
prill
noun
(mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
(obsolete) a spinning top
The brill, a kind of flatfish.
The button of metal from an assay.
a pellet, a granule, a small bead
a rill, a small stream
rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
verb
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To become tipsy.
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To grow sour.
to flow, spurt
to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
proal
prole
prole
noun
(informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
(informal) A pleb (ordinary person).
prowl
prowl
noun
(colloquial) The act of prowling.
verb
(intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.
(transitive, intransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
(transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder.
puler
puler
noun
One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.
purls
purls
noun
plural of purl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purl
pylar
pyral
pyral
adj
Of or pertaining to a pyre.
ralph
ralph
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) A raven.
relap
repel
repel
verb
(transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
(transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
(transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
(transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
(transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force.
(transitive, sports) To save (a shot).
reply
reply
noun
(US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
(music) The answer of a figure.
A counterattack.
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
Something given in reply.
verb
(intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
(intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
ripal
rolph
slorp
slurp
slurp
noun
A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.