(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
(phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
aphotic
aphotic
adj
Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
aphrite
aphrite
noun
(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
aphthic
aphthic
adj
Of or relating to aphtha.
caphite
chapati
chapati
noun
A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
charpit
chiplet
chiplet
noun
(electronics) Any of the integrated circuits making up a multi-chip module (MCM).
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
empight
empight
adj
(obsolete) fixed; settled; fastened
ephetic
epimyth
epimyth
noun
The moral of a story.
epitaph
epitaph
noun
A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
verb
(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.
epithem
epithem
noun
(medicine, historical) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters; a poultice, lotion, etc.
epithet
epithet
noun
(mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
(taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
A term used to characterize a person or thing.
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
verb
(transitive) To term; to refer to as.
ethiope
ethiope
Noun
referring to a person from Ethiopia
ethiops
ethiops
noun
Alternative form of aethiops
fishpot
fishpot
noun
A basket or similar container that is sunk, with a float attached, and used for catching fish or other sea creatures
hapiton
haplite
haptics
haptics
noun
(computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
(medicine) The study of the sense of touch.
harpist
harpist
noun
Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.
hatpins
hatpins
noun
plural of hatpin
hepatic
hepatic
adj
Acting on or occurring in the liver.
Of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
Of or relating to the liver.
noun
A liverwort (kind of plant)
Any compound that acts on the liver.
heptine
heptine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C₇H₁₂, of the acetylene series.
heptite
heptoic
heptoic
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from heptane or from heptoic acid.
hightop
hightop
noun
Alternative form of high-top
hilltop
hilltop
noun
The peak or crest of a hill.
hiphalt
hiphalt
Adjective
Lame in the hip.
hippest
hippest
adj
superlative form of hip: most hip
hipshot
hipshot
adj
(US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other.
(dated) Clumsy, awkward.
Having a dislocated hip.
adv
With one hip lower than the other.
hipster
hipster
noun
(US, obsolete, 1930s) A dancer, particularly a female one.
(US, obsolete, Prohibition) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
A member of Bohemian counterculture.
A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.
verb
To behave like a hipster.
To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.
hipwort
hipwort
noun
A fleshy, edible plant in the stonecrop family (Umbilicus rupestris).
hooktip
hooktip
noun
Any of various drepanid moths.
hopeite
hopeite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
hoplite
hoplite
noun
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
hoppity
hoppity
intj
Nonce variation of the word hop, usually used to indicate a series of small hopping actions.
noun
The board game halma.
horntip
hospita
hurlpit
hypatia
hypatia
Proper noun
Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Ὑπατίᾱ Hupatíā; born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.
hypatie
hyporit
iphitus
lapiths
nephite
nephite
Noun
A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out.
ophites
ophites
noun
plural of ophite
ophitic
ophitic
adj
(geology) Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite.
orphist
panthia
parthia
parthia
Proper noun
A region in northeastern Iran.
The empire ruled by dynasts from Parthia; Parthian Empire; Arsacid Empire.
patrich
peiktha
peltish
penrith
penrith
Proper noun
a town in Cumbria, England, formerly in Cumberland.
pertish
pertish
adj
Somewhat pert.
peshito
pettish
pettish
adj
bad-tempered; peevish
phantic
philpot
philter
philter
noun
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
verb
To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
philtra
philtra
noun
plural of philtrum
philtre
philtre
noun
Alternative spelling of philter (“kind of potion”)
verb
Alternative spelling of philter
phithom
phobist
phobist
noun
(dated) A person who has a phobia.
photics
photics
noun
The science of light.
photima
photina
photism
photism
noun
(psychology) A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature.
The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
photius
phtalic
phycite
phycite
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) Erythritol, C₄H₆(OH)₄, that has been obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris.
phytins
phytoid
phytoid
adj
Resembling a plant, plantlike.
picotah
picotah
noun
Alternative form of picota
pictish
pictish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Picts.
Proper noun
The extinct, poorly attested language spoken by the Picts.
pightel
pightel
noun
Alternative form of pightle
pightle
pightle
noun
(archaic, dialect) A small piece of enclosed land, often by a hedge. Some authorities also indicate that a pightle tends to be associated with a house or messuage.
pinchot
pitarah
pitarah
noun
(India, historical) A box or basket for carrying clothing.
pitched
pitched
adj
(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
(of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitch
pitcher
pitcher
noun
(baseball, softball) The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
(chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
(obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
(obsolete, UK, slang) One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.
pitches
pitches
noun
plural of pitch
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch
pithead
pithead
noun
The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
pithful
pithful
adj
Full of pith.
pithier
pithier
adj
comparative form of pithy: more pithy
pithily
pithily
adv
In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.
pithing
pithing
verb
present participle of pith
pithole
plights
plights
noun
plural of plight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plight
plinths
plinths
noun
plural of plinth
potiche
potiche
noun
(ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
powitch
prithee
prithee
intj
(archaic) Synonym of please.
purohit
purohit
noun
(India) A family priest.
pythiad
pythiad
noun
(in Ancient Greece) The interval of time between Pythian games (either four or eight years, depending on the time period).
pythian
pythian
Adjective
a native or inhabitant of Delphi
pythias
pythios
pythium
pythius
repitch
repitch
verb
(transitive) To apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.
(transitive) To change (a sound) to a different pitch.
(transitive) To propose or promote (an idea) again.
(transitive) To set up (a tent) again.
rhyptic
shaptin
shilpit
shiplet
shiplet
noun
(obsolete) A little ship.
shirpit
sophist
sophist
noun
(dated) Alternative form of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”)
(figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
(figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
spathic
spathic
adj
(geology, mineralogy) Having good cleavage.
(slang) Having attractive cleavage of the breasts.
speight
speight
noun
(obsolete) A woodpecker.
spilths
spilths
noun
plural of spilth
spitish
spitish
adj
spiteful
spraith
spright
spright
noun
(obsolete) A kind of short arrow.
(obsolete) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
(obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
Obsolete spelling of sprite
verb
(obsolete) To haunt.
stephie
stephie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
sutphin
taphiae
taphria
tappish
tappish
verb
(rare, obsolete) To squat
thapsia
thespis
thlaspi
thripel
thripid
thripid
noun
(zoology) Any thrips in the family Thripidae.
tiphane
tiphani
tiphany
tiphead
tophphi
trapish
traship
tritaph
triumph
triumph
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
(obsolete) A trump card.
(obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
A card game, also called trump.
A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half face-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
A state of joy or exultation at success.
A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
verb
To be prosperous; to flourish.
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
To play a trump in a card game.
To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
trophic
trophic
adj
(ecology) Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain.
(physiology) Of or pertaining to growth.
trophis
typhoid
typhoid
adj
Characterised by or relating to typhus.
noun
(pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
unwhipt
unwhipt
adj
Archaic spelling of unwhipped.
uphoist
uphoist
verb
(archaic) To hoist up.
uplight
uplight
noun
A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
verb
(transitive) To illuminate from below.
upright
upright
adj
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Greater in height than breadth.
In its proper orientation; not overturned.
Vertical; erect
adv
In or into an upright position.
noun
(informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
(informal) An upright piano.
(slang) A leg
(sports) A goal post.
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
Any vertical part of a structure.
Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
verb
(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
upshift
upshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift to a higher gear
A shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth, economic level, etc.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift to a higher gear
(transitive) To shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth rate, economic level, etc.
uptight
uptight
adj
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
noun
(colloquial) An uptight person.
whipcat
whippet
whippet
noun
(slang) A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.
A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.