(architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
(astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside
aptos
asaph
asaph
Proper noun
An early Welsh bishop and saint
ascap
asdsp
askip
aslop
aspac
aspca
aspen
aspen
adj
(obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.
(obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
noun
(uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.
The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
asper
asper
adj
(obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
noun
(historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
(phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
aspia
aspic
aspic
adj
Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
noun
(obsolete, poetic) An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
A meat or fish jelly
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot.
aspis
aspis
noun
(archaic) An asp or generic venomous snake
(palynology) A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain
A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers
ataps
ataps
noun
plural of atap
camps
camps
noun
plural of camp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camp
capes
capes
noun
plural of cape
caphs
caphs
noun
plural of caph
capos
capos
noun
plural of capo
capps
capsa
capys
carps
carps
noun
plural of carp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carp
chaps
chaps
noun
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
plural of chap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chap
claps
claps
noun
plural of clap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clap
clasp
clasp
noun
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
verb
(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
craps
craps
noun
(gambling, dice games) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
(slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea
plural of crap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crap
cspan
damps
damps
noun
plural of damp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damp
depas
dopas
dpans
dwaps
elaps
ephas
ephas
noun
plural of epha
flaps
flaps
noun
(farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
plural of flap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flap
fraps
fraps
noun
acronym of frames per second
plural of frap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frap
gamps
gamps
noun
plural of gamp
gapes
gapes
noun
A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
A fit of yawning.
plural of gape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape
gaspe
gasps
gasps
noun
plural of gasp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasp
gaspy
gaspy
adj
Resembling or characterised by gasps.
gawps
gawps
noun
plural of gawp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawp
grasp
grasp
noun
(sometimes figurative) Grip.
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
Understanding.
verb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
To understand.
harps
harps
noun
plural of harp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harp
hasps
hasps
noun
plural of hasp
heaps
heaps
adv
(colloquial) Very much, a lot
noun
plural of heap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heap
hispa
japes
japes
noun
plural of jape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jape
jaspe
jaspe
noun
(textiles) cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect
jaups
jaups
noun
plural of jaup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaup
kapas
kapas
noun
plural of kapa
kaphs
kaphs
noun
plural of kaph
knaps
knaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knap
lamps
lamps
noun
plural of lamp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lamp
lapis
lapis
noun
Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
lapps
lapse
lapse
noun
(law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
(meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
(theology) A fall or apostasy.
A decline or fall in standards.
A pause in continuity.
A temporary failure; a slip.
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
An interval of time between events.
memory lapse
verb
(intransitive) To become void.
(intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
(intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
lapsi
lapsi
noun
(Christianity, historical) Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities.
leaps
leaps
noun
plural of leap
lepas
lepas
noun
Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.
mapes
mapss
mcpas
napes
napes
noun
plural of nape
neaps
neaps
noun
plural of neap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neap
nipas
nipas
noun
plural of nipa
opahs
opahs
noun
plural of opah
opals
opals
noun
plural of opal
ostap
pabst
pacas
pacas
noun
plural of paca
paces
paces
noun
plural of pace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pace
packs
packs
noun
plural of pack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pack
pacos
pacos
noun
plural of paco
pacts
pacts
noun
plural of pact
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pact
padis
padis
noun
plural of padi
padus
pagas
pages
pages
noun
plural of page
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of page
pagus
pagus
noun
(historical) A country district with scattered hamlets.
(historical) Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.
(historical) The fortified centre of such a district.
pahos
paiks
pails
pails
noun
plural of pail
pains
pains
noun
Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
plural of pain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pain
pairs
pairs
noun
plural of pair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pair
paisa
paisa
noun
(historical, British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to ¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee or three pies.
(slang) person hailing from the same country
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Omani rial.
paise
paise
noun
Obsolete form of poise.
plural of paisa
pakse
palas
palas
noun
A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
plural of pala
pales
pales
noun
plural of pale
plural of palea
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pale
palis
palls
palls
noun
plural of pall
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pall
palms
palms
noun
plural of palm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palm
palos
palps
palps
noun
plural of palp
palsy
palsy
adj
(colloquial) Chummy, friendly.
noun
(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
verb
To paralyse, either completely or partially.
palus
palus
noun
(marine biology) A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
(planetology) A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.
panes
panes
noun
plural of pane
pangs
pangs
noun
plural of pang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pang
panse
pansy
pansy
adj
Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
noun
(color) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
(derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
(derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
verb
(slang, intransitive, usually with "around" or "about") To mess about; to fail to get things done.
pants
pants
adj
(Britain, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.
noun
(UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, North West England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
(chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
plural of pant
verb
To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
third-person singular simple present indicative of pant
panus
panus
noun
(medicine) A lymphatic gland that is inflamed but not suppurating.
papas
papas
noun
plural of papa
papst
paras
paras
noun
plural of para
pards
pards
noun
plural of pard
pares
pares
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pare
paris
parks
parks
noun
plural of park
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of park
paros
parrs
parrs
noun
plural of parr
parse
parse
noun
(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.
(computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.
verb
(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
(linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
parsi
parts
parts
noun
(euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.
(usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
Intellectual ability or learning.
plural of part
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of part
parus
pasan
pasan
noun
(archaic) The gemsbok.
pasay
pasch
pasco
paseo
paseo
noun
A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.
pases
pases
noun
plural of pase
pasha
pasha
noun
(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.