An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.
firetop
fishpot
fishpot
noun
A basket or similar container that is sunk, with a float attached, and used for catching fish or other sea creatures
fitzpat
flappet
flappet
noun
An African lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea; properly the flappet lark
flatcap
flatcap
noun
Alternative form of flat cap (“headgear”)
flattop
flattop
noun
(US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
(US, navy, informal) An aircraft carrier.
(music) A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.
fleapit
fleapit
noun
Alternative spelling of flea pit
flypast
flypast
noun
(Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
footpad
footpad
noun
(Australia) An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
(archaic) A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road.
(medicine) A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts.
The soft underside of an animal's paw.
verb
(archaic) To rob travellers on the road.
To sneak on foot.
foretop
foretop
noun
(UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
The forelock of a horse.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
frippet
frippet
noun
(obsolete) A frivolous young woman.
fusspot
fusspot
noun
(informal) A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To make a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
lipfert
offtype
padfoot
parfait
parfait
noun
(UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
parfitt
perfect
perfect
adj
(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
(botany) Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
(grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
(mathematical analysis) Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
(mathematics) Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
(obsolete) Innocent, guiltless.
(obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
(of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Fitting its definition precisely.
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
noun
(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
(historical, Christianity) A leader of the Cathar movement.
(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
verb
(law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
perfeti
pestful
pestful
adj
pestiferous
pestify
pestify
verb
To pester or annoy
To treat with a pesticide
petrify
petrify
verb
(intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
(intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
(transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To immobilize with fright.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
pfister
piefort
piefort
noun
Alternative form of piedfort (“unusually thick coin”)
pigfoot
pigfoot
noun
A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native to Europe.
Any similar fish
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.
plotful
plotful
adj
Abounding with plots; scheming.
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.
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
poutful
poutful
adj
pouty
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.
presift
presift
verb
(transitive) To sift in advance.
profant
profert
profert
noun
(law) The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
profits
profits
noun
plural of profit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profit
pufflet
pufflet
noun
Something small and puffy.
putoffs
putoffs
noun
plural of putoff
putrefy
putrefy
verb
To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
To become gangrenous.
To corrupt; to make foul.
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
rooftop
rooftop
noun
(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
spitful
spitful
noun
(UK, dialect) A spadeful.
stupefy
stupefy
verb
(transitive) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle or stun.
talpify
tipoffs
tipoffs
noun
plural of tipoff
tipsify
tipsify
verb
(colloquial, transitive) To make tipsy.
topfull
topfull
adj
full to the top.
torpify
torpify
verb
(transitive) To make torpid; to benumb.
turpify
typesof
updraft
updraft
noun
an upward current of air, especially a strong one
upfloat
upfloat
verb
(intransitive, poetic) To float upward.
upfront
upfront
adj
(of money) Paid in advance.
Honest, frank and straightforward.
In a forward, leading or frontward position.
adv
(soccer) As an attacker.
beforehand
noun
(television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season
verb
To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration
uplifts
uplifts
noun
plural of uplift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uplift
upshaft
upshift
upshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift to a higher gear
A shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth, economic level, etc.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift to a higher gear
(transitive) To shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth rate, economic level, etc.
upstaff
upstaff
verb
To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce.
upwafts
upwafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upwaft