(firearms) An obsolete kind of brass cartridge in which the priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin which protrudes radially from just above the base of the cartridge.
pinfish
pinfish
noun
Lagodon rhomboides, a saltwater sparid fish.
pinfold
pinfold
noun
An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.
verb
(transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
pinkify
pipeful
pipeful
noun
Enough tobacco to fill a pipe for smoking.
pitfall
pitfall
noun
(computing) An antipattern.
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
(literally) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
(mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
pitfold
pithful
pithful
adj
Full of pith.
pitiful
pitiful
adj
(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
Of an amount or number: very small.
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
adv
(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
plafker
plafond
plafond
noun
(anatomy) The tibial plafond.
A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
A painting or decoration on a ceiling.
planful
planful
adj
(psychology) Intentional.
Having (many) plans.
playful
playful
adj
experimental.
fun, recreational, not serious.
funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
playoff
playoff
noun
(US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
plebify
plebify
verb
(transitive) To make plebeian; to vulgarize.
plotful
plotful
adj
Abounding with plots; scheming.
pluffer
plumify
plurify
plurify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become many.
pokeful
pokeful
noun
Enough to fill a poke; a bagful or sackful.
pomfret
pomfret
noun
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
The black pomfret, Parastromateus niger.
The golden pomfret, Trachinotus blochii.
pomfrey
pondful
pondful
noun
Enough to fill a pond.
pontiff
pontiff
noun
(figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
pontify
pontify
verb
To pontificate.
pooftah
pooftah
noun
Alternative spelling of poofter
poofter
poofter
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A pansy, an effeminate man.
portify
positif
postfix
postfix
noun
(chiefly computing) Suffix.
verb
(biology) To subject a sample to postfixation
(transitive) To suffix.
potfuls
potfuls
noun
plural of potful
potifer
pouffed
pouffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pouff
simple past tense and past participle of pouffe
pouffes
pouffes
noun
plural of pouffe
poutful
poutful
adj
pouty
prayful
prayful
adj
Synonym of prayerful
predefy
prefabs
prefabs
noun
plural of prefab
preface
preface
noun
(Roman Catholicism) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
A title or epithet.
An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
verb
(transitive) To give a preface to.
(transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
prefade
prefade
noun
(broadcasting) An audio fade prepared before broadcast.
verb
(broadcasting, transitive) To fade (an audio track) before it is broadcast, by listening in advance.
(manufacturing, transitive) To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.
prefect
prefect
noun
(Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
A commander.
The head of a county in Albania or Romania.
The head of a department in France.
The head of a prefecture in Japan.
prefers
prefers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefer
prefile
prefile
verb
(transitive) To file in advance.
prefill
prefill
verb
(transitive) To fill in advance.
prefine
prefine
verb
(obsolete) To limit beforehand.
prefire
prefire
adj
Before the occurrence of a fire.
verb
Alternative form of pre-fire.
prefool
preform
preform
noun
(archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
(linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
verb
Misspelling of perform.
To shape something before some other operation.
prelife
prelife
adj
Before the start of life
presift
presift
verb
(transitive) To sift in advance.
preyful
preyful
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to take prey.
(obsolete) Rich in prey.
proface
proface
intj
(obsolete) A familiar salutation or welcome offered by a host before a meal or drinks are served.
profane
profane
adj
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
noun
(Freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
A person or thing that is profane.
verb
(transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
(transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
profant
profert
profert
noun
(law) The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
profess
profess
verb
(reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
(transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
(transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
(transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
(transitive, chiefly passive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
(transitive, intransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
(transitive, now rare) To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter).
proffer
proffer
noun
(obsolete) An attempt, an essay.
An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake.
(transitive, reflexive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
profile
profile
noun
(Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
(archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
(civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.