(engineering) In structural engineering, the point on a flexural member (typically a beam, girder, or spandrel panel) that is equidistant from the two end supports.
milksop
milksop
noun
(by extension, derogatory) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
A piece of bread sopped in milk.
millsap
miscopy
miscopy
noun
An imperfect copy.
verb
To copy incorrectly; to copy with mistakes.
miscrop
miscrop
verb
To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the usefulness of the land.
mishaps
mishaps
noun
plural of mishap
miships
miskeep
miskeep
verb
(transitive) To keep ill or wrongly.
miskept
miskept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miskeep
mispage
mispage
verb
(transitive) To paginate incorrectly.
mispaid
mispaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispay
mispart
mispart
verb
To miscast for a role.
To part or divide badly.
mispens
mispens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispen
mispick
mispick
noun
(business) The accidental substitution of an incorrect item in the fulfilment of an order.
(data processing) An incorrectly sampled data point.
(textiles) A defect in woven fabric in which a yarn across the warp is in the wrong place.
verb
(transitive) To pick incorrectly (any sense).
misplan
misplan
noun
(rare) A poorly made or inappropriate plan.
verb
(transitive) To plan badly or incorrectly.
misplay
misplay
noun
A wrong play.
verb
(transitive) To play incorrectly or poorly.
mispled
misship
misstep
misstep
noun
(figurative) An error or mistake.
A step that is wrong, a false step.
verb
(intransitive) To make an error or mistake.
(intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.
misstop
misstop
verb
(rare) To stop badly or wrongly.
mistype
mistype
verb
To categorize incorrectly.
To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.
mobcaps
mobcaps
noun
plural of mobcap
mobship
mockups
mockups
noun
plural of mockup
moclips
mopiest
mopiest
adj
superlative form of mopey: most mopey
mopokes
mopokes
noun
plural of mopoke
moppers
moppers
noun
plural of mopper
moppets
moppets
noun
plural of moppet
mopuses
mopuses
noun
plural of mopus
moropus
morphos
morphos
noun
plural of morpho
mucopus
mucopus
noun
(medicine) a mixture of mucus and pus
mudcaps
mudcaps
noun
plural of mudcap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mudcap
mumpers
mumpers
noun
plural of mumper
mumpish
mumpish
adj
(colloquial) Suffering from mumps (the disease).
sulking, mopey
murphys
muspell
muspell
Proper noun
The primordial realm of fire which existed to the south of Ginnungagap.
muspike
myopias
myopias
noun
plural of myopia
myopies
napalms
napalms
noun
plural of napalm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of napalm
nasaump
nymphos
nymphos
noun
plural of nympho
olympus
olympus
Proper noun
The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
oompahs
oompahs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oompah
ooplasm
ooplasm
noun
The cytoplasm of an egg or ovum
oosperm
oosperm
noun
(biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation.
opossum
opossum
noun
Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.
optimes
optimes
noun
plural of optime
orphism
orphism
Proper noun
A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.
paestum
paestum
Proper noun
(the site of) a Graeco-Roman city on the coast of present-day Campania
pajamas
pajamas
noun
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
palmers
palmers
noun
plural of palmer
palmist
palmist
noun
A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
pampers
pampers
noun
(informal) A diaper or nappy (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent).
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pamper
panamas
panamas
noun
plural of panama
paramos
paramos
noun
plural of paramo
paramus
parmese
parmese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the city or province of Parma, in Italy.
parsism
parsism
Noun
The Parsi sect of Zoroastrianism
passman
passman
noun
(Britain) One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
pastime
pastime
noun
Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself
paulism
paynims
paynims
noun
plural of paynim
peaiism
peelism
pelmets
pelmets
noun
plural of pelmet
peonism
peonism
noun
peonage
peplums
peplums
noun
plural of peplum
permiss
permiss
noun
A choice that has been permitted.
A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, rare) To grant permission to; permit
permits
permits
noun
plural of permit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of permit
persism
persism
Noun
A Persian idiom.
Proper noun
Ancient Persian religion, especially as represented by the Magi.
pesotum
petasma
petsamo
peursem
phaeism
phaeism
noun
A relatively mild form of melanism.
phascum
phasemy
phasmid
phasmid
noun
(entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
(nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
A phagemid.
phemius
phenoms
phenoms
noun
plural of phenom
phlegms
phlegms
noun
plural of phlegm
phloems
phloems
noun
plural of phloem
phlomis
phlomis
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Phlomis of herbaceous plants
phobism
phobism
noun
(chiefly dated) phobia
phonism
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.
phrasem
pianism
pianism
noun
(music) One's way of playing the piano
pietism
pietism
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.
pigmies
pigmies
noun
plural of pigmy (alternative spelling of pygmies).
pimpish
pimpish
adj
(slang) Resembling or characteristic of a pimp.
pimples
pimples
noun
plural of pimple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pimple
pismire
pismire
noun
(UK, Ireland, archaic) An ant.
pitmans
pittism
plasmas
plasmas
noun
plural of plasma
plasmic
plasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to plasma.
plasmid
plasmid
noun
(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from and replicates independently of the chromosomes, most commonly found in bacteria, but also in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.
plasmin
plasmin
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.
plasmon
plasmon
noun
(genetics) All the genetic material in an organism.
(physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
plasome
plasome
noun
(archaic) A hypothetical unit of protoplasm; the smallest possible particle of protoplasm, further division of which would destroy its structure and necessitate chemical change.
plenism
plenism
noun
The belief that all space is full of matter.
plenums
plimsol
plimsol
noun
Alternative form of plimsoll
plumist
plumist
noun
One who dresses or arranges a bird's feathers.
plumose
plumose
adj
Having feathers or plumes.
Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.
plumous
plumous
adj
Alternative form of plumose
pneumas
podiums
pogroms
pogroms
noun
plural of pogrom
pomaces
pomaces
noun
plural of pomace
pomades
pomades
noun
plural of pomade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pomade
pomelos
pomelos
noun
plural of pomelo
pommels
pommels
noun
plural of pommel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pommel
pommies
pommies
noun
plural of pommie
plural of pommy
pomphus
pompist
pompoms
pompoms
noun
plural of pompom
pompons
pompons
noun
plural of pompon
pomposo
pomposo
adj
(music) grand and dignified
adv
(music) in a grand and dignified manner
pompous
pompous
adj
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
pomster
popeism
popeism
noun
Alternative form of popism (“support for the Pope”)
porisms
porisms
noun
plural of porism
poromas
poromas
noun
plural of poroma
positum
possums
possums
noun
plural of possum
postman
postman
noun
(chiefly Britain) someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
postmen
postmen
noun
plural of postman
potsdam
potsdam
Proper noun
A city close to Berlin, Germany, and capital of Brandenburg region
preamps
preamps
noun
plural of preamp
prearms
prearms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prearm
prelims
prelims
noun
(uncountable, collective, Oxford University slang) Preliminary examinations taken as a whole, as sat by an individual or year group.
The preliminary front matter of a book, i.e. all content preceding the main text or work itself.
plural of prelim
premeds
premeds
noun
plural of premed
premies
premies
noun
plural of premie
plural of premy
premise
premise
noun
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
(usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
(usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
verb
To make a premise.
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
premiss
premiss
noun
Alternative spelling of premise
presume
presume
verb
(intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
(transitive) To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument.
(transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
(transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
primers
primers
noun
plural of primer
primost
primost
noun
A soft, spreadable Scandinavian cheese made from cow's milk.
primsie
prismal
prismal
adj
Relating to a prism; prismatic.
prismed
prismed
adj
Containing prisms
promats
promise
promise
noun
(countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
(countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
(countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
(uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
verb
(intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
(transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
promiss
prompts
prompts
noun
plural of prompt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prompt
prosoma
prosoma
noun
(zoology) The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.