(obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
noun
(historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
(phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
burps
burps
noun
plural of burp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burp
carps
carps
noun
plural of carp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carp
corps
corps
noun
(military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
plural of corp
craps
craps
noun
(gambling, dice games) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
(slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea
plural of crap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crap
crips
crips
noun
plural of crip
crisp
crisp
adj
(computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
noun
(Britain) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
(food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
verb
(intransitive) To become crisp.
(intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
(intransitive, dated) To become curled.
(intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
(intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
(transitive) To make crisp.
(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).
(transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
(transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
(transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).
crops
crops
noun
plural of crop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crop
despr
dorps
dorps
noun
plural of dorp
drips
drips
noun
plural of drip
drops
drops
noun
plural of drop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drop
epris
fraps
fraps
noun
acronym of frames per second
plural of frap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frap
gorps
grasp
grasp
noun
(sometimes figurative) Grip.
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
Understanding.
verb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
To understand.
grips
grips
noun
plural of grip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grip
harps
harps
noun
plural of harp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harp
ifrps
krips
mpers
opers
opers
noun
plural of oper
pairs
pairs
noun
plural of pair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pair
paras
paras
noun
plural of para
pards
pards
noun
plural of pard
pares
pares
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pare
paris
parks
parks
noun
plural of park
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of park
paros
parrs
parrs
noun
plural of parr
parse
parse
noun
(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.
(computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.
verb
(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
(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.
(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
parsi
parts
parts
noun
(euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
(usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
Intellectual ability or learning.
plural of part
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of part
parus
pears
pears
noun
plural of pear
peers
peers
noun
plural of peer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peer
peres
peris
peris
noun
plural of peri
perks
perks
noun
plural of perk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perk
perms
perms
noun
plural of perm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perm
perse
perse
adj
Dark greyish blue or purple.
noun
A cloth of this colour.
A dark blue-gray colour.
verb
Obsolete form of pierce.
piers
piers
noun
plural of pier
pirns
pirns
noun
plural of pirn
pores
pores
noun
plural of pore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pore
porks
porks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pork
porns
porns
noun
plural of porn
poros
ports
ports
noun
plural of port
porus
porus
adj
Misspelling of porous.
poser
poser
noun
(Britain) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
(derogatory, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
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
plural of pour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pour
prams
prams
noun
plural of pram
praos
praos
noun
plural of prao
prase
prase
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.
prats
prats
noun
plural of prat
praus
praus
noun
plural of prau
prays
prays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pray
prees
prees
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pree
preps
preps
noun
plural of prep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prep
presa
presa
noun
(Southwestern US) A temporary dam, dyke or reservoir.
(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
(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
(countable) A printing machine.
(countable) A publisher.
(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
(countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
(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.
(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
(obsolete) A crowd.
(psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
(uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
verb
(transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
(transitive) To compress, squeeze.
(transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
(transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
(transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
(transitive) To lay stress upon.
(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
(transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
(transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
(transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.
(transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
(transitive, obsolete) To print.
(transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
(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.
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
To try to force (something upon someone).
prest
prest
adj
(obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
(obsolete) Quick, brisk.
(obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
noun
(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.
(obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
(rare) A payment of wages in advance
A loan or advance (of money)
A tax or duty
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of press
(obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
preys
preys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prey
pries
pries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pry
prigs
prigs
noun
plural of prig
prims
prims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prim
prise
prise
noun
(obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
Obsolete form of prize.
verb
Extract something that is difficult to obtain.
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
prism
prism
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.
priss
priss
noun
(informal) A prissy person
verb
To dress or behave in a prissy manner
prius
proas
proas
noun
plural of proa
prods
prods
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prod
profs
profs
noun
plural of prof
progs
progs
noun
plural of prog
proms
proms
noun
plural of prom
props
props
intj
(slang) An acclamation of respect or recognition.
noun
(obsolete) A game of chance using four seashells (each called a prop).
(slang) Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise.
plural of prop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prop
prose
prose
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
verb
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
proso
proso
noun
Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
pross
pross
Noun
A prostitute.
prost
prosy
prosy
adj
(of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.
(of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
prows
prows
noun
plural of prow
pruss
pryse
psora
psora
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange.
puris
puris
noun
plural of puri
purls
purls
noun
plural of purl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purl
purrs
purrs
noun
plural of purr
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purr
purse
purse
noun
(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
(historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
A small bag for carrying money.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
To put into a purse.
pursy
pursy
adj
Fat and short.
Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.
Puckered.
Purse-proud; vain about one's wealth.
purus
pyres
pyres
noun
plural of pyre
pyrus
ramps
ramps
noun
plural of ramp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ramp
rapes
rapes
noun
plural of rape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rape
rasps
rasps
noun
plural of rasp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rasp
raspy
raspy
adj
(of sound) Rough, raw, especially of vocal quality.
Irritable.
reaps
reaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reap
repas
repos
repos
noun
plural of repo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repo
repps
repps
noun
plural of repp
resup
ripes
ripes
noun
plural of ripe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripe
romps
romps
noun
plural of romp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of romp
ropes
ropes
noun
(in the plural, with the) Basic skills of a job.
plural of rope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rope
rospa
roups
roups
noun
plural of roup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roup
rspca
rumps
rumps
noun
plural of rump
rvsvp
sapir
sapor
sapor
noun
(now rare) A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
sarip
sarpo
scarp
scarp
noun
(geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
verb
(earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
scrap
scrap
noun
(UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
(obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
(uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
(usually in the plural) Leftover food.
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
A fight, tussle, skirmish.
I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
verb
(intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
(transitive) To discard.
(transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
(transitive) To make into scrap.
(transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
to fight
scrip
scrip
noun
(archaic) Small change.
(informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.
A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
A scrap of paper.
A share certificate.
A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.
sfrpg
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
siper
sirop
sirop
noun
A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
Obsolete form of syrup.
sirup
sirup
noun
Dated form of syrup.
skirp
slorp
slurp
slurp
noun
A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.
A mouthful of liquid sucked up.
verb
(intransitive) To make a loud sucking noise.
(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.
snerp
snurp
soper
soper
noun
(slang) Methaqualone or other soporific drug.
sopor
sopor
noun
(medicine) An unnaturally deep sleep.
spaer
spaer
noun
(Scotland) One who spaes or foretells; a diviner.
spair
sparc
spare
spare
adj
(UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Not occupied or in current use.
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
noun
(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
(Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
(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.
(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.
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
A superfluous or second-best person.
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
Parsimony; frugal use.
That which has not been used or expended.
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
verb
(intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
(intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
(specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
(transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
(transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
(transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
(transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
spark
spark
noun
(UK, slang) An electrician.
(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.
(in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
A beau, lover.
A gallant; a foppish young man.
A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
verb
(intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
(intransitive, archaic) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.
(transitive) To light; to kindle.
(transitive, figurative) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
(transitive, of a gun) To shoot; to fire
sparm
sparr
spars
spars
noun
plural of spar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spar
spart
spary
spary
adj
(obsolete) sparing; parsimonious
spear
spear
adj
Male.
Pertaining to male family members.
noun
(botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
(now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
(obsolete) A church spire.
(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
The feather of a horse.
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
verb
(gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
(transitive) To pierce with a spear.
(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.
(transitive, obsolete, social, esp. Regency England) To ignore as a social snub.
speer
speer
noun
(obsolete) sphere
verb
(Scotland) to ask, to inquire
speir
spere
spere
noun
(architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
sperm
sperm
noun
(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
(uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
verb
(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.
spier
spier
noun
(rare) One who spies; a spy.
spira
spire
spire
noun
(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
(geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
(mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.
A sharp or tapering point.
A spiral.
A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.
(of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
(transitive) To furnish with a spire.
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
spiro
spiro
noun
(organic chemistry, attributively) A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.