(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.
earlap
earlap
noun
(archaic) The ear lobe.
A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.
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
halper
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”)
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
pellar
pellar
noun
(Cornwall) sorcerer, wizard
perula
perula
noun
(botany) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchids.
(botany) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
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.
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
prelaw
prelaw
noun
(US) Any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study at a law school.
prlate
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.
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.
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.
warple
warple
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To stagger; go in a zig-zag course; move with difficulty; struggle through.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To intertwine; twist; entangle.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To twist or wind around.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To wrestle; tumble; wriggle.
(transitive, UK dialectal, figuratively) To confuse.