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
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.
gulper
gulper
noun
A gulper eel.
One who gulps.
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
pelure
pelure
noun
A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.
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
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
plumer
plumer
noun
(historical) A person who sells feathers.
Misspelling of plumber.
plurel
porule
presul
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
redupl
replum
replum
noun
(botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off
rumple
rumple
verb
(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.