A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
Ellipsis of asphalt concrete., a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
verb
(transitive) To pave with asphalt.
bypaths
bypaths
noun
plural of bypath
dashpot
dashpot
noun
A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.
elspeth
elspeth
Proper noun
name, a Scottish variant of Elizabeth.
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
haptens
haptens
noun
plural of hapten
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
hepcats
hepcats
noun
plural of hepcat
heptads
heptads
noun
plural of heptad
heptose
heptose
noun
(organic chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
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.
hospita
hotspur
hotspur
noun
(archaic) somebody who is rash, impetuous or impulsive
hutzpas
iphitus
klephts
klephts
noun
plural of klepht
lapiths
ophites
ophites
noun
plural of ophite
orphist
outpush
outpush
verb
(intransitive) To push its way outward.
(transitive) To surpass in pushing; to push harder or longer than.
patches
patches
noun
plural of patch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patch
peltish
pertish
pertish
adj
Somewhat pert.
peshito
pettish
pettish
adj
bad-tempered; peevish
phobist
phobist
noun
(dated) A person who has a phobia.
photics
photics
noun
The science of light.
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
photogs
photogs
noun
plural of photog
photons
photons
noun
plural of photon
phytase
phytase
noun
(biochemistry) A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.
phyteus
phytins
phytols
phytols
noun
plural of phytol
phytons
phytons
noun
plural of phyton
pictish
pictish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Picts.
Proper noun
The extinct, poorly attested language spoken by the Picts.
pitches
pitches
noun
plural of pitch
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch
plashet
plashet
noun
A small pond or pool; a puddle.
plights
plights
noun
plural of plight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plight
plinths
plinths
noun
plural of plinth
poshest
poshest
adj
superlative form of posh: most posh
posthoc
posthoc
adv
Alternative form of post hoc
pothers
pothers
noun
plural of pother
potshaw
potshot
potshot
noun
A shot taken at an easy or random target.
Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
verb
To fire potshots.
prastha
pschent
pschent
noun
The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.
pushout
pushout
noun
(category theory) The colimit of a pair of morphisms which share the same domain.
A person who is expelled from school or who drops out because of a lack of support.
pytheas
pythias
pythios
pythius
pythons
pythons
noun
(bodybuilding, slang) Large and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.
plural of python
shaptan
shaptin
shilpit
shiplet
shiplet
noun
(obsolete) A little ship.
shirpit
shoplet
shoplet
noun
(rare) A small shop.
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.
spathae
spathal
spathal
adj
(botany) Furnished with a spathe.
spathed
spathed
adj
(botany) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.
spathes
spathes
noun
plural of spathe
spathic
spathic
adj
(geology, mineralogy) Having good cleavage.
(slang) Having attractive cleavage of the breasts.
spaught
speight
speight
noun
(obsolete) A woodpecker.
spilths
spilths
noun
plural of spilth
spitish
spitish
adj
spiteful
splatch
splatch
noun
A blot or splash.
verb
To manipulate roughly or crudely.
To mark with a splatch.
To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material.
splotch
splotch
noun
An irregular-shaped spot or stain.
verb
To mark with splotches.
spraith
spreath
spreath
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A raid in order to steal cattle.
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.
stephan
stephan
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Hyde County, South Dakota.
of Breton origin.
stephen
stephen
Proper noun
The first Christian martyr.
stephie
stephie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
strophe
strophe
noun
(prosody) A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
(prosody) A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
(prosody) The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
sutphin
taplash
taplash
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) small beer of bad quality
(obsolete, UK, dialect) the refuse or dregs of liquor
tappish
tappish
verb
(rare, obsolete) To squat
teashop
teashop
noun
Alternative spelling of tea shop
tempehs
tempehs
noun
plural of tempeh
tephras
tephras
noun
plural of tephra
thapsia
thapsus
thespis
thlaspi
thorpes
thorpes
noun
plural of thorpe
threaps
threaps
noun
plural of threap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of threap
threeps
threeps
noun
plural of threep
tophous
topsham
toyshop
toyshop
noun
A shop that sells toys.
trapish
traship
trophis
typhons
typhons
noun
plural of typhon
typhose
typhose
adj
Obsolete form of typhous.
typhous
typhous
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus.
uphoist
uphoist
verb
(archaic) To hoist up.
upshaft
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.
upshoot
upshoot
noun
(pathology) An involuntary upward movement of the eye