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apers

apers

noun

  1. plural of aper

apres

apres

prep

  1. (rare, nonstandard) After

asper

asper

adj

  1. (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

noun

  1. (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
  2. (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

burps

burps

noun

  1. plural of burp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burp

carps

carps

noun

  1. plural of carp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carp

corps

corps

noun

  1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
  3. plural of corp

craps

craps

noun

  1. (gambling, dice games) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
  2. (slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea
  3. plural of crap

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crap

crips

crips

noun

  1. plural of crip

crisp

crisp

adj

  1. (computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
  2. (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
  3. (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
  4. (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
  5. (of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
  6. (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
  7. (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
  8. (of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
  9. (of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
  10. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
  11. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.

noun

  1. (Britain) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
  2. (food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
  3. A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

verb

  1. (intransitive) To become crisp.
  2. (intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
  3. (intransitive, dated) To become curled.
  4. (intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
  5. (intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
  6. (transitive) To make crisp.
  7. (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).
  8. (transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
  9. (transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
  10. (transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
  11. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).

crops

crops

noun

  1. plural of crop

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crop

despr

dorps

dorps

noun

  1. plural of dorp

drips

drips

noun

  1. plural of drip

drops

drops

noun

  1. plural of drop

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drop

epris

fraps

fraps

noun

  1. acronym of frames per second
  2. plural of frap

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frap

gorps

grasp

grasp

noun

  1. (sometimes figurative) Grip.
  2. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
  3. Understanding.

verb

  1. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
  2. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
  3. To understand.

grips

grips

noun

  1. plural of grip

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grip

harps

harps

noun

  1. plural of harp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harp

ifrps

krips

mpers

opers

opers

noun

  1. plural of oper

pairs

pairs

noun

  1. plural of pair

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pair

paras

paras

noun

  1. plural of para

pards

pards

noun

  1. plural of pard

pares

pares

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pare

paris

parks

parks

noun

  1. plural of park

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of park

paros

parrs

parrs

noun

  1. plural of parr

parse

parse

noun

  1. (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.
  2. (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.

verb

  1. (computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
  2. (computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
  3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
  4. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
  5. (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.

parsi

parts

parts

noun

  1. (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
  2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
  3. Intellectual ability or learning.
  4. plural of part

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of part

parus

pears

pears

noun

  1. plural of pear

peers

peers

noun

  1. plural of peer

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peer

peres

peris

peris

noun

  1. plural of peri

perks

perks

noun

  1. plural of perk

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perk

perms

perms

noun

  1. plural of perm

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perm

perse

perse

adj

  1. Dark greyish blue or purple.

noun

  1. A cloth of this colour.
  2. A dark blue-gray colour.

verb

  1. Obsolete form of pierce.

piers

piers

noun

  1. plural of pier

pirns

pirns

noun

  1. plural of pirn

pores

pores

noun

  1. plural of pore

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pore

porks

porks

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pork

porns

porns

noun

  1. plural of porn

poros

ports

ports

noun

  1. plural of port

porus

porus

adj

  1. Misspelling of porous.

poser

poser

noun

  1. (Britain) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
  3. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
  4. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

pours

pours

noun

  1. plural of pour

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pour

prams

prams

noun

  1. plural of pram

praos

praos

noun

  1. plural of prao

prase

prase

noun

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.

prats

prats

noun

  1. plural of prat

praus

praus

noun

  1. plural of prau

prays

prays

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pray

prees

prees

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pree

preps

preps

noun

  1. plural of prep

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prep

presa

presa

noun

  1. (Southwestern US) A temporary dam, dyke or reservoir.
  2. (music) A symbol, such as ※ or :S:, used to indicate where a voice is to begin singing in a canon or round.

presb

prese

press

press

noun

  1. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
  2. (countable) A printing machine.
  3. (countable) A publisher.
  4. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
  5. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
  6. (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
  7. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
  8. (obsolete) A crowd.
  9. (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
  10. (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
  11. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
  12. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

verb

  1. (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
  2. (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
  3. (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
  4. (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
  5. (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
  6. (transitive) To lay stress upon.
  7. (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
  8. (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
  9. (transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
  10. (transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.
  11. (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
  12. (transitive, obsolete) To print.
  13. (transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
  14. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
  15. To force into service, particularly into naval service.
  16. To try to force (something upon someone).

prest

prest

adj

  1. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
  2. (obsolete) Quick, brisk.
  3. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.

noun

  1. (law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
  2. (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
  3. (rare) A payment of wages in advance
  4. A loan or advance (of money)
  5. A tax or duty

verb

  1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of press
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.

preys

preys

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prey

pries

pries

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pry

prigs

prigs

noun

  1. plural of prig

prims

prims

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prim

prise

prise

noun

  1. (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
  2. Obsolete form of prize.

verb

  1. Extract something that is difficult to obtain.
  2. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

prism

prism

noun

  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
  2. A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
  3. A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.

priss

priss

noun

  1. (informal) A prissy person

verb

  1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner

prius

proas

proas

noun

  1. plural of proa

prods

prods

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prod

profs

profs

noun

  1. plural of prof

progs

progs

noun

  1. plural of prog

proms

proms

noun

  1. plural of prom

props

props

intj

  1. (slang) An acclamation of respect or recognition.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A game of chance using four seashells (each called a prop).
  2. (slang) Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise.
  3. plural of prop

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prop

prose

prose

noun

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
  2. Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  3. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

verb

  1. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

proso

proso

noun

  1. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.

pross

pross

Noun

  1. A prostitute.

prost

prosy

prosy

adj

  1. (of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.
  2. (of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.

prows

prows

noun

  1. plural of prow

pruss

pryse

psora

psora

noun

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange.

puris

puris

noun

  1. plural of puri

purls

purls

noun

  1. plural of purl

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purl

purrs

purrs

noun

  1. plural of purr

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purr

purse

purse

noun

  1. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
  2. (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
  3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
  4. A small bag for carrying money.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
  2. (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
  3. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
  4. To put into a purse.

pursy

pursy

adj

  1. Fat and short.
  2. Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.
  3. Puckered.
  4. Purse-proud; vain about one's wealth.

purus

pyres

pyres

noun

  1. plural of pyre

pyrus

ramps

ramps

noun

  1. plural of ramp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ramp

rapes

rapes

noun

  1. plural of rape

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rape

rasps

rasps

noun

  1. plural of rasp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rasp

raspy

raspy

adj

  1. (of sound) Rough, raw, especially of vocal quality.
  2. Irritable.

reaps

reaps

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reap

repas

repos

repos

noun

  1. plural of repo

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repo

repps

repps

noun

  1. plural of repp

resup

ripes

ripes

noun

  1. plural of ripe

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripe

romps

romps

noun

  1. plural of romp

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of romp

ropes

ropes

noun

  1. (in the plural, with the) Basic skills of a job.
  2. plural of rope

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rope

rospa

roups

roups

noun

  1. plural of roup

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roup

rspca

rumps

rumps

noun

  1. plural of rump

rvsvp

sapir

sapor

sapor

noun

  1. (now rare) A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.

sarip

sarpo

scarp

scarp

noun

  1. (geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
  2. the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet

verb

  1. (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

scrap

scrap

noun

  1. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
  3. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
  4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
  5. (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
  6. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
  7. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  8. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
  9. I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
  10. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  2. (transitive) To discard.
  3. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  4. (transitive) To make into scrap.
  5. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  6. to fight

scrip

scrip

noun

  1. (archaic) Small change.
  2. (informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.
  3. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
  4. A scrap of paper.
  5. A share certificate.
  6. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
  7. A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
  8. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.

sfrpg

sharp

sharp

adj

  1. (chess) Tactical; risky.
  2. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
  3. (colloquial) Intelligent.
  4. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
  5. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
  6. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
  7. (music) Higher in pitch than required.
  8. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
  9. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
  10. (obsolete) Hungry.
  11. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
  12. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
  13. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
  14. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
  15. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
  16. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
  17. Observant; alert; acute.
  18. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
  19. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
  20. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
  21. Sudden and intense.
  22. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.

adv

  1. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
  2. (not comparable) Exactly.
  3. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

noun

  1. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  2. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
  3. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
  4. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  5. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
  6. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
  7. (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.
  8. (slang, dated) An expert.
  9. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
  10. A dishonest person; a cheater.
  11. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  12. A sharp tool or weapon.
  13. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
  14. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

verb

  1. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.
  3. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

shrap

shrap

noun

  1. (obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

shrip

shrpg

siper

sirop

sirop

noun

  1. A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
  2. A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
  3. Obsolete form of syrup.

sirup

sirup

noun

  1. Dated form of syrup.

skirp

slorp

slurp

slurp

noun

  1. A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.
  2. A mouthful of liquid sucked up.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To make a loud sucking noise.
  2. (transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

snerp

snurp

soper

soper

noun

  1. (slang) Methaqualone or other soporific drug.

sopor

sopor

noun

  1. (medicine) An unnaturally deep sleep.

spaer

spaer

noun

  1. (Scotland) One who spaes or foretells; a diviner.

spair

sparc

spare

spare

adj

  1. (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
  2. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  3. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
  4. Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  5. Not occupied or in current use.
  6. Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
  7. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.

noun

  1. (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
  2. (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
  3. (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
  4. (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
  5. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
  6. A superfluous or second-best person.
  7. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
  8. Parsimony; frugal use.
  9. That which has not been used or expended.
  10. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
  2. (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
  3. (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
  4. (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
  5. (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
  6. (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
  7. (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
  8. (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

spark

spark

noun

  1. (UK, slang) An electrician.
  2. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
  3. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
  4. A beau, lover.
  5. A gallant; a foppish young man.
  6. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
  7. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
  8. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  9. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.
  3. (transitive) To light; to kindle.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
  5. (transitive, of a gun) To shoot; to fire

sparm

sparr

spars

spars

noun

  1. plural of spar

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spar

spart

spary

spary

adj

  1. (obsolete) sparing; parsimonious

spear

spear

adj

  1. Male.
  2. Pertaining to male family members.

noun

  1. (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
  2. (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
  3. (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
  4. (obsolete) A church spire.
  5. (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
  6. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
  7. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
  8. A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
  9. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  10. The feather of a horse.
  11. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

verb

  1. (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
  2. (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
  3. (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
  4. (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
  5. (transitive, obsolete, social, esp. Regency England) To ignore as a social snub.

speer

speer

noun

  1. (obsolete) sphere

verb

  1. (Scotland) to ask, to inquire

speir

spere

spere

noun

  1. (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.

sperm

sperm

noun

  1. (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
  2. (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  3. (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

verb

  1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
  2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.

spier

spier

noun

  1. (rare) One who spies; a spy.

spira

spire

spire

noun

  1. (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
  2. (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
  3. (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
  4. (now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.
  5. A sharp or tapering point.
  6. A spiral.
  7. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
  8. Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
  9. One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
  10. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.
  2. (of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
  3. (transitive) To furnish with a spire.
  4. To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.

spiro

spiro

noun

  1. (organic chemistry, attributively) A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
  2. (pharmacology, slang) Clipping of spironolactone.

spirt

spirt

verb

  1. Archaic spelling of spurt.