(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
creply
curpel
curple
curple
noun
(transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.
The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward
drupel
drupel
noun
Synonym of drupelet
earlap
earlap
noun
(archaic) The ear lobe.
A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.
eloper
eloper
noun
Agent noun of elope; one who elopes.
emparl
epural
epural
adj
On the dorsal side of the tail.
noun
A boney or cartilaginous neural spine on the epural side of a fish's axial column, sometimes supporting fin-rays.
fraple
gulper
gulper
noun
A gulper eel.
One who gulps.
halper
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
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.
kelper
kelper
noun
(slang, dated) A Falkland Islander, native to the Falkland Islands.
kepler
kleper
lamper
lamper
noun
One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.
lapeer
lapper
lapper
noun
(in combination) Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps.
(sailing) A headsail that overlaps the mast.
(sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.
A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine.
One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
One who wraps or folds.
verb
To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water.
lapser
lapser
noun
One who lapses.
leaper
leaper
noun
(chess) A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
One who leaps.
Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”)
leeper
lemper
lepero
lepers
lepers
noun
plural of leper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leper
lepper
lepper
noun
(cattle) A type of Texas Longhorn, a subgroup of Butler cattle.
A horse that jumps well.
Misspelling of leper.
lepric
leprid
limper
limper
adj
comparative form of limp: more limp
noun
(poker slang) One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).
One who limps.
lipper
lisper
lisper
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Lisper
One who has a lisp.
looper
looper
noun
(slang) A golf caddy
A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
lopers
lopers
noun
plural of loper
lopper
lopper
noun
A gardening tool used for lopping.
A person who lops.
verb
(intransitive) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
lumper
lumper
noun
(biology, linguistics) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups.
(dialect) A lamprey.
(dialect) A militiaman.
An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.
verb
to lumber; to plod
operla
pairle
palier
palmer
palmer
noun
(archaic) Abbreviation of palmerworm.
(now historical) A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
palter
palter
verb
(now rare) To trifle.
To babble; to chatter.
To haggle.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
parale
parcel
parcel
adv
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
noun
(obsolete) A group of birds.
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
A package wrapped for shipment.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
verb
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
pareil
pareil
noun
(obsolete, quaint) An equal.
parled
parled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parle
parles
parles
noun
plural of parle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parle
parley
parley
noun
A conference, especially one between enemies.
verb
(intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
parnel
parole
parole
noun
(US, immigration law) The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
(law) Alternative form of parol
(linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
(now historical) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
(now rare) A watchword or code phrase; (military) a password given only to officers, distinguished from the countersign, which is given to all guards.
(with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.
verb
(transitive, law) To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
parrel
parrel
noun
(nautical) A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.
pealer
pearla
pearle
pearls
pearls
noun
plural of pearl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pearl
pearly
pearly
adj
Containing or yielding pearls.
Having a pure sweet tone.
Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
noun
(countable, Britain, slang, especially in plural) A tooth.
(uncountable, uncommon, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
pedlar
pedlar
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of peddler
pedler
pedler
noun
Dated form of peddler.
peeler
peeler
noun
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.
(derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
(horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
(obsolete) One who peels or pillages.
(surfing) An ideal wave.
A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
One who peels.
Someone who breaks horses.
Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
Something to be peeled.
potato peeler
peerly
pellar
pellar
noun
(Cornwall) sorcerer, wizard
peller
pelsor
pelter
pelter
noun
(dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
(sometimes figurative) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.
One who pelts.
verb
(dialect or nonstandard) To pelt.
peltry
peltry
noun
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
pelure
pelure
noun
A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.
pelzer
perils
perils
noun
plural of peril
perley
perlid
perlid
noun
(zoology) Any in the genus Perla or family Perlidae of stoneflies.
perlie
perlis
pernel
pertly
pertly
adv
In a manner that is lively or high-spirited
perula
perula
noun
(botany) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchids.
(botany) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
perule
perule
noun
Alternative form of perula
petrel
petrel
noun
Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
petrol
petrol
noun
(chiefly Australia, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore) petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
(informal) A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).
pilers
pilers
noun
plural of piler
pilfer
pilfer
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
pilfre
pilger
pilger
verb
To reduce the diameter of a metal tube in a pilger mill
piller
piller
noun
(obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
Pronunciation spelling of pillow.
pirlie
placer
placer
adj
(mining) alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver
noun
(by extension) Any place holding treasures.
(ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
(gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
(slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
One who places or arranges something.
planer
planer
adj
comparative form of plane: more plane
noun
(archaic, printing) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
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.
player
player
noun
(computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player.
(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media.
(gambling) A gambler.
(gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.
(historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
(theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
A participant; one involved in something.
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
One who plays any game or sport.
plerre
pleura
pleura
noun
(anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
(zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
plural of pleuron
plexor
plexor
noun
(medicine, now rare) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
pliers
pliers
noun
A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
plural of plier
pliner
plover
plover
noun
(Australia) The masked lapwing, Vanellus miles.
Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.
verb
To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with
To hunt for plover.
To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.
plower
plower
noun
One who plows; one who works land with a plow.
plumer
plumer
noun
(historical) A person who sells feathers.
Misspelling of plumber.
plurel
plyers
plyers
noun
plural of plyer
podler
polder
polder
noun
(geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
verb
To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
polers
polers
noun
plural of poler
poller
poller
noun
(computing) a task or process that periodically checks for a condition being satisfied, such as the availability of new data
one who cuts hair; a barber
one who polls or lops trees
one who registers voters or conducts a poll
one who votes
pooler
pooler
noun
A member of a pool, such as a carpool or press pool
A stick for stirring a tan vat.
porule
preble
preble
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Adams County, Indiana, USA.
a town in Cortland County, New York, USA.
precel
precel
verb
(obsolete) To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
prelaw
prelaw
noun
(US) Any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study at a law school.
prelim
prelim
adj
preliminary
noun
(Oxford University slang) Clipping of preliminary examination; a type of exam sat at the end of the first year of most undergraduate degrees.
(informal) Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc.
presul
pretil
prlate
proleg
proleg
noun
(entomology) An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg.
proles
proles
noun
plural of prole
propel
propel
verb
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
(transitive, figurative) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
protel
prowel
pryler
pulers
pulers
noun
plural of puler
puller
puller
noun
A tool for pulling, such as a bearing puller.
Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
pulper
pulper
noun
A machine for pulping paper or various other substances.
pulser
pulser
noun
A machine for generating a pulse.
One who or that which pulses.
purely
purely
adj
without physical adulterants; with no admixture
adv
(now US regional) Wholly; really, completely.
(now rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.
Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
purfle
purfle
noun
(heraldry) An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings.
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
verb
(heraldry, transitive) To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or with gold studs or mountings.
(transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
purled
purled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of purl
purler
purler
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Something extremely good.
(UK, colloquial) A headlong fall or tumble.
(UK, colloquial) A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.
purple
purple
adj
(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
(motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Blood-red; bloody.
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
Imperial; regal.
noun
(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
(medicine) Purpura.
(slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank.
A cardinalate.
A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
verb
(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
(transitive) To clothe in purple.
(transitive) To dye purple.
purrel
purrel
noun
A transverse stripe or bar, made by one or several weft threads, in a web of cloth, to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening
rapely
rappel
rappel
noun
(military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
verb
(obsolete) To call back a hawk.
To abseil.
redupl
relamp
relamp
verb
(transitive) To replace the lamp(s) in (a light fitting).
releap
remlap
repale
repeal
repeal
noun
An act or instance of repealing.
verb
(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
To suppress; to repel.
repels
repels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repel
repile
repile
verb
(transitive) To pile again; to restack.
replan
replan
verb
To plan again; to make a different plan.
replay
replay
noun
(sports) A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
verb
(transitive) To display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times.
(transitive) To play again.
repled
repled
verb
(Canada, US, Scotland) simple past tense and past participle of replead
replod
replot
replot
verb
To plot again
replow
replow
verb
Alternative form of replough
replum
replum
noun
(botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off
repoll
repoll
verb
To poll again.
rimple
rimple
verb
(now chiefly US) To wrinkle or crease.
ripely
ripely
adv
In a ripe way.
maturely; at the suitable time
riplex
ripley
ripley
Proper noun
a town in district, Derbyshire, England.
a small village in borough, North Yorkshire, England.
a village in borough, Surrey, England.
a suburb of Queensland, Australia.
a town in Ontario, Canada.
a census-designated place in California, USA.
a village in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a small town in Maine, USA.
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
a city in Mississippi, USA
a neighbourhood in Missouri, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
a city in West Virginia, USA
ripple
ripple
noun
(electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
(textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
A sound similar to that of undulating water.
A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
verb
(intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
(intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
(intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
(transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
(transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
(transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
rumple
rumple
verb
(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.