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.
operla
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.
pelsor
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).
plexor
plexor
noun
(medicine, now rare) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
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.
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
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
replod
replot
replot
verb
To plot again
replow
replow
verb
Alternative form of replough
repoll
repoll
verb
To poll again.
sloper
sloper
noun
(informal) Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is verticle or horizontal.
(obsolete) A member of the peerage who has fallen from wealth but maintains social contacts.
(textiles) A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created.
(textiles, obsolete) An assistant or apprentice cutter.
A climbing hold that has a smooth surface and sloping shape, making it difficult to hold.