(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
archbp
barhop
barhop
verb
(idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
bpharm
bsphar
caphar
caphar
noun
(historical) A toll or duty imposed by the Turks on Christian merchants.
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
ceriph
cherup
cherup
noun
Archaic form of chirrup.
chirps
chirps
noun
plural of chirp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirp
chirpy
chirpy
adj
In a good mood; happy and energetic.
Making chirping noises.
noun
An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance
Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie.
chypre
chypre
noun
Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.
cipher
cipher
noun
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
(dated) Zero.
(music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
(music, slang) A hip-hop jam session.
(slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
A numeric character.
Any text character.
Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
Someone or something of no importance.
verb
(intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
(intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.
(obsolete) To decipher.
coprah
coprah
noun
Archaic form of copra.
coryph
cypher
cypher
noun
Alternative spelling of cipher
eparch
eparch
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
The ruler of an eparchy.
ephori
ephori
noun
plural of ephorus
ephors
ephors
noun
plural of ephor
ephram
ephrem
ephyra
ephyra
noun
(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.
furphy
furphy
noun
(Australia, slang) A rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story.
gopher
gopher
noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).
Alternative spelling of gofer
The gopher rockfish.
The gopher tortoise.
The ground squirrel.
graphs
graphs
noun
plural of graph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graph
graphy
graphy
noun
A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.
griphe
grumph
grumph
noun
(Scotland) A grunting sound.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To make a grunting sound.
hairup
halper
hamper
hamper
noun
(UK) A gift basket.
(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
(uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
verb
(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
(transitive) To put into a hamper.
To impede in motion or progress.
happer
haptor
haptor
noun
(zoology) A complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.
harped
harped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harp
harper
harper
noun
(obsolete) An old Irish brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp.
A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals.
harpin
harpin
noun
(biochemistry) A plant protein produced as a defensive response to a pathogen
heaper
heaper
noun
One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
helper
helper
noun
(Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
(rail transport, US) A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.
One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
That which helps; anything serving to assist.
hepler
hepper
hepper
noun
A young salmon; a parr.
herpes
herpes
noun
(medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.
herpet
hesper
hesper
Proper noun
Hesperus, the evening star
hipper
hipper
adj
comparative form of hip: more hip
noun
(fishing, informal) A hip boot.
hirple
hirple
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, northern UK) To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
hjerpe
hooper
hooper
noun
(informal) A basketball player.
(ornithology) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus olor).
One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
One who hula hoops.
hopers
hopers
noun
plural of hoper
hopper
hopper
noun
(chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
(music) An escapement lever in a piano.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
(slang) A toilet.
A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
A grasshopper or locust, especially:
A hopper car.
A leafhopper.
A person or machine that picks hops.
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
An artificial fishing lure.
One who or that which hops.
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
kephir
kephir
noun
Alternative spelling of kefir
kuphar
morpho
morpho
noun
Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
morphs
morphs
noun
plural of morph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of morph
morphy
mpharm
msphar
murphy
murphy
noun
An Irish or white potato.
nuphar
ophrys
orphan
orphan
adj
(by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
noun
(computing) Any unreferenced object.
(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
verb
(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
(transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
orphic
orphic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Orphism.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
pahari
pahari
Noun
In South Asia, someone from the hills, a hill-man; specifically a member of any of various peoples living in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal.
Proper noun
Any of various Indo-European languages spoken by the Paharis, including Nepali; this group of languages or dialects considered as a whole.
Adjective
Pertaining to the Paharis or a Pahari language.
paraph
paraph
noun
A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
verb
(transitive) To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.
parchy
pardah
paresh
pariah
pariah
noun
(figurative) A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
(zoology) Ellipsis of pariah dog: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts.
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
parish
parish
noun
(US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
An administrative subdivision in the U.S. state of Louisiana that is equivalent to a county in other U.S. states.
In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
verb
(intransitive) To visit residents of a parish.
(transitive) To place (an area, or rarely a person) into one or more parishes.
Pronunciation spelling of perish, representing Mary-marry-merry English.
paroch
paroch
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) Alternative form of parish
parrah
pearch
pearch
noun
Obsolete form of perch. (unit of measurement)
percha
perche
perham
perish
perish
verb
(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
(intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
(intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish.
pether
phanar
phares
phares
noun
plural of phare
pharmd
pharmm
pharos
pharos
noun
(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
phaser
phaser
noun
(music) An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
(science fiction) Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).
A phase modulator
Alternative form of PHASR
verb
(science fiction, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon.
phasor
phasor
noun
(mathematics) A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
(sciences, engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.
phedra
phedre
pherae
phoner
phoner
noun
(informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone.
One who phones.
phoria
phoria
noun
Synonym of heterophoria
phorid
phorid
noun
Any fly of the family Phoridae.
phrase
phrase
noun
(archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
(dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
A short written or spoken expression.
verb
(intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
(transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
phrasy
phryma
phryne
phthor
phthor
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) fluorine
phylar
picher
porche
porush
posher
posher
adj
comparative form of posh: more posh
pother
pother
noun
A commotion, a tempest.
verb
(intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
(transitive) To puzzle or perplex.
prabhu
prabhu
Proper noun
name commonly used in India.
praham
prahus
prahus
noun
plural of prahu
preach
preach
noun
(obsolete) A religious discourse.
verb
(intransitive) To give a sermon.
(intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.
(transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
(transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
(transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
presho
pritch
pritch
noun
(UK, dialect or obsolete) A sharp-pointed instrument.
(UK, dialect or obsolete) An eelspear.
(UK, dialect or obsolete) pique; offence
verb
(transitive) To pierce or make holes in.
proach
prutah
prutah
noun
A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.
An aluminium coin, worth one thousandth of a pound, used in Israel until 1960.
purdah
purdah
noun
(countable) A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
(countable, UK politics, potentially offensive) The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
(countable, chiefly South Asia, also figuratively) A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
(uncountable, obsolete, rare) A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
purrah
puruha
pusher
pusher
noun
(aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
(colloquial) A drug dealer.
(historical, informal) A tolkach.
(military slang) A girl or woman.
(rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”)
(tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
Someone or something that pushes.
puther
pyrrha
pyrrho
ralphs
ralphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ralph
raphae
raphae
noun
plural of raphe
raphes
raphia
raphia
noun
Alternative form of raffia
raphis
raphus
rechip
rechip
verb
(transitive) To chip again.
reheap
rehoop
rehoop
verb
(transitive, embroidery, coopering) To hoop again or anew.
reship
reship
verb
(intransitive) To engage oneself again for service on board a vessel after having been discharged.
(transitive) To ship something again.
rhaphe
rhaphe
noun
(botany) Alternative form of raphe
rhapis
ropish
ropish
adj
Somewhat ropy.
rupiah
rupiah
noun
The unit of currency in Indonesia.
saphra
scarph
scarph
noun
Alternative form of scarf (joint in woodworking)
verb
Alternative form of scarf (make a joint in woodworking)
seraph
seraph
noun
(biblical) A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. They are the 5th highest order of angels in Jewish angelology. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6
shaper
shaper
noun
(surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.
A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
One who shapes.
sharpe
sharpe
adj
Obsolete spelling of sharp
sharps
sharps
noun
plural of sharp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharp
sharpy
sharpy
noun
Alternative spelling of sharpie
sherpa
sherpa
noun
(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
(countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.
A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
verb
(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
shrape
shrape
noun
Alternative form of shrap
shrimp
shrimp
noun
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
(slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
verb
(intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
To contract; to shrink.
shrups
sophar
sopher
sopher
noun
Alternative form of sofer (“Jewish scribe”)
sparch
sparth
sparth
noun
(obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
sphere
sphere
noun
(astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded.
(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
(geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point .
(historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres).
(logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
(mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter .
(mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
verb
(transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.
(transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
sphery
sphery
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to the celestial spheres.
(archaic) round; spherical; starlike
sprush
sypher
sypher
verb
(carpentry) To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
taraph
tephra
tephra
noun
(geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.