(obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
To appoint; to assign; to choose.
To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate.
To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
deputy
deputy
noun
(France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
(Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)
(United States): a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency
(mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office
verb
(informal, nonstandard) to deputise
duplet
duplet
noun
(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
(music) A tuplet of two notes played in the time of three.
A group of two things.
equipt
equipt
noun
Abbreviation of equipment.
verb
Archaic spelling of equipped.
erupts
erupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of erupt
getups
getups
noun
plural of getup
impute
impute
verb
(transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
(transitive) To attribute or credit to.
(transitive) To take into account.
(transitive, statistics) To replace missing data with substituted values.
(transitive, theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
ketupa
leptus
letups
letups
noun
plural of letup
lumpet
metump
metump
noun
Synonym of tumpline
neetup
paiute
paiute
Noun
Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.
paquet
peanut
peanut
noun
(US) A very small clam.
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
See peanuts (“very small amount”).
verb
(transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
pectus
pectus
noun
(anatomy, zoology) The breast, especially of a bird.
penult
penult
noun
The next to the last in a series.
The next-to-last syllable of a word.
pequot
pequot
Noun
A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Proper noun
This tribe.
The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.
perutz
petful
pettus
petula
petune
petune
verb
(dated, transitive) To spray (tobacco) with a liquid intended to produce flavour or aroma.
phuket
phuket
Proper noun
Phuket Province, a province in the southern of Thailand
The island where Phuket Province located
A city on the island of Phuket
piquet
piquet
noun
(card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
(military) Archaic form of picket.
piutes
plumet
plutei
plutei
noun
plural of pluteus
poteau
poulet
pouted
pouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pout
pouter
pouter
noun
A breed of pigeon that inflates its crop
A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss
precut
precut
verb
(transitive) To cut in advance.
pruett
pruter
pudent
puerto
pullet
pullet
noun
(obsolete, slang) A young girl.
(slang) A spineless person; a coward.
A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
pumpet
pumpet
noun
Alternative form of pompet
punlet
punlet
noun
A little pun.
punnet
punnet
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
punted
punted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of punt
puntel
puntel
noun
Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”)
punter
punter
noun
(Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
(Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
(Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
(Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
(climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
One who bets (punts) against the bank.
One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
One who punts a football.
The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
pupate
pupate
verb
To become a pupa.
puppet
puppet
noun
(engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
(figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
(obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
purest
purest
adj
having the greatest purity
superlative form of pure: most pure
purset
purset
noun
(obsolete) A purse or purse net.
putage
putage
noun
(obsolete) Prostitution or fornication by a woman.
puteal
puteal
noun
(architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.
puteli
puteli
noun
(Philippines, literary) A princess.
A flat-bottomed boat used on the Ganges.
puther
putnem
putney
putney
Proper noun
A suburb of London.
An unincorporated community in Georgia, USA.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
A town in Vermont.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
A suburb in Sydney, New South Wales.
putted
putted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of putt
puttee
puttee
noun
(grammar) Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting.
A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc.
putter
putter
noun
(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
(golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
(mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.
A shot-putter.
One who puts or places.
verb
(intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
(intransitive) To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.
puttie
puttie
noun
Alternative form of puttee
puture
puture
noun
Alternative form of pulture
putzed
putzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of putz
putzes
putzes
noun
plural of putz
repute
repute
noun
Reputation, especially a good reputation.
verb
(transitive) To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
(transitive) To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
roupet
rupert
rupert
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
Noun
A junior army officer.
septum
septum
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum.: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
(botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
(colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing.
(mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
(zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
sepult
sepult
adj
(archaic) buried.
verb
(obsolete) To bury or inter.
setups
setups
noun
plural of setup
stepup
stuped
stuped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stupe
stupes
stupes
noun
for the Caribbean slang term, see chupse
plural of stupe
stupex
stuphe
takeup
taupes
taupes
noun
plural of taupe
teacup
teacup
adj
Of an animal, smaller than average.
noun
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
A unit of measure; a teacupful.
tempus
toupee
toupee
noun
(obsolete) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
(obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
toupet
toupet
noun
Archaic form of toupee.
troupe
troupe
noun
A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
Any group of people working together on a shared activity.
verb
(intransitive) To tour with a troupe.
tuneup
tuneup
noun
Alternative form of tune-up
tupelo
tupelo
noun
(in particular) Nyssa aquatica.
(in particular) Nyssa multiflora, a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.
tupler
tuples
tuples
noun
plural of tuple
tupmen
tupmen
noun
plural of tupman
tupped
tupped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tup
ujpest
unempt
unkept
unkept
adj
Misspelling of unkempt.
Not kept (especially of promises).
unpent
unpent
adj
Not pent or pent up, unconfined, released.
unstep
unstep
verb
(transitive) To remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.
unwept
unwept
adj
Not wept.
Unmourned.
upbeat
upbeat
adj
Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.
noun
An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.
upbelt
update
update
noun
A change in information, a modification of existing or known data.
A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade.
A version of something which is newer than other versions.
An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information.
An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
verb
(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
(transitive) To bring (a thing) up to date.
uppent
uppent
adj
(obsolete) pent up, confined
uprest
uprest
noun
(obsolete) uprising
upsent
upsent
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upsend
upsets
upsets
noun
plural of upset
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upset
upstem
upstep
upstep
noun
An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
verb
To apply an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
uptake
uptake
noun
(dated) A chimney.
(dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
The act of lifting or taking up.
Understanding; comprehension.
verb
(archaic) To take up, to lift.
To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
uptear
uptear
verb
(transitive, archaic or poetic) To tear up (wrench from the ground).
uptend
uptide
uptime
uptime
noun
(computing) The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot.