(historical) A drinking-vessel in which ale is served.
aletap
alpert
apelet
apelet
noun
(uncommon) A small species of ape.
(uncommon) A young ape.
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
caplet
caplet
noun
(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
explat
heptal
lappet
lappet
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) Lobe (division of an organ).
(zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
verb
(transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
palate
palate
noun
(botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
(cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food.
(entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.
(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
(figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
(zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates.
Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
palest
palest
adj
superlative form of pale: most pale
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of pale
palets
palets
noun
plural of palet
paletz
pallet
pallet
noun
(brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
(by extension) A makeshift bed.
(engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
(engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
(gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
(gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
(heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe. Diminutive of pale.
(horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
(military) A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment; for example, an 88″ × 108″ aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.
(music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
(painting) Archaic form of palette.
(zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
A cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
A straw bed.
A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
verb
(transitive) To load or stack (goods) onto pallets.
palter
palter
verb
(now rare) To trifle.
To babble; to chatter.
To haggle.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
pantle
pastel
pastel
noun
(art) A drawing made with any of those colors.
(color) Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender
A crayon made from such a paste.
A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
Woad.
pattle
pawlet
pelota
pelota
noun
Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall.
peltae
peltae
noun
plural of pelta
petals
petals
noun
plural of petal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petal
petaly
petula
pilate
pilate
adj
Resembling hair; minutely clavate.
placet
placet
intj
Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
noun
A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
planet
planet
noun
(astronomy) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or star cluster) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
(now historical or astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
construed with the or this: synonym of Earth.
plante
platea
plated
plated
adj
Covered with plates or scales.
Having a coating of a more precious metal.
Served on a plate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plate
platen
platen
noun
(printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.
The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
plater
plater
noun
(biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
(horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
A machine for calendering paper.
Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
Someone who plates metal.
plates
plates
noun
plural of plate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plate
platie
platte
playte
playte
noun
Alternative form of pleyt
pleats
pleats
noun
plural of pleat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pleat
prlate
ptelea
puteal
puteal
noun
(architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.
septal
septal
adj
(anatomy, biology, relational) Of or pertaining to a septum.
(archaeology, of a stone or slab) Separating compartments in a burial chamber.
(relational) Relating to an Irish clan or sept.
staple
staple
adj
Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
Fit to be sold; marketable.
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
noun
(by extension) Place of supply; source.
(mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
(now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
(obsolete) A post; prop; support
A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
A basic or essential supply.
A district granted to an abbey.
A recurring topic or character.
A small pit.
A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
The principal commodity produced in a town or region.