A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.
A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
aspern
crepin
crepon
crepon
noun
A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool
enrapt
enrapt
adj
(poetic or archaic) fascinated, enraptured
entrap
entrap
verb
(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.
entrep
enwrap
enwrap
verb
To absorb completely or engross
To wrap around, surround; to envelop
kepner
napery
napery
noun
Household linen, especially table linen.
napier
napier
Proper noun
for someone who sold table linen, or was in charge of the linen of a great house.
Scottish mathematician etc
name transferred from the surname.
A city in New Zealand.
A village in Western Cape, South Africa.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
napper
napper
noun
(obsolete) A machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
(obsolete) A sheepstealer.
A person who takes a nap.
neiper
nipper
nipper
noun
(Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
(Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
(dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
(historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
(obsolete) A satirist.
(obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
(slang) A child.
(usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
A fish, the cunner.
A young bluefish.
One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
One of four foreteeth in a horse.
One who, or that which, nips.
The claws of a crab or lobster.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To seize (two ropes) together.
nipter
nipter
noun
(Christianity) The ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet; maundy.
opener
opener
noun
(baseball) A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
(card games) The player who starts the betting.
(card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
(colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
(cricket) A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
(fishing) A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
(in combination) An establishment that opens.
(metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
(sports) The first game played in a competition.
(sports) The first goal or point scored.
(theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
A person who opens something.
operon
operon
noun
A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.
opiner
opiner
noun
One who opines.
orpine
orpine
noun
A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red.
Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium.
pander
pander
noun
(by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
verb
(intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
(intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
(transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).
panier
panier
noun
Obsolete form of pannier.
panner
panner
noun
Agent noun of pan; one who pans.
panter
panter
noun
(obsolete) A net; a noose.
A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
Obsolete form of panther.
One who pants.
panure
panzer
panzer
noun
(attributive, sometimes capitalized) The armoured units employed by the German forces in World War II.
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
(obsolete) A relative.
(physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
A parent company.
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
A surrogate parent
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
The source or origin of something.
verb
To act as parent, to raise or rear.
parine
parnel
parpen
parten
pawner
pawner
noun
One who pawns an item.
pender
pender
Proper noun
a village in Nebraska, USA
penner
penner
noun
(historical) A case for holding pens.
One who pens; a writer.
penrod
penryn
penryn
Proper noun
a town in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth.
a census-designated place in Placer County, California, USA, named after Penrhyn in Wales, but with a deliberate change in spelling.
penury
penury
noun
(now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth.
Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
peonir
perean
pereon
pereon
noun
Alternative form of pereion
perfin
perfin
noun
(philately) A stamp marked with perforated initials.
(philately) Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps.
perine
perine
noun
A sporoderm layer surrounding the exine of many spores
perkin
perkin
noun
A kind of weak perry.
pernas
pernea
pernel
pernik
pernio
pernio
noun
(countable, uncountable) Synonym of chilblain
pernis
pernod
pernor
pernor
noun
(law) One who receives the profits, as of an estate.
pernyi
perone
perone
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) The fibula.
perren
perrin
perron
perron
noun
(architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. US: stoop.
(historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
person
person
noun
(Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
(biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A worker in a specified function or specialty.
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
(law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
(law, euphemistic) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
An individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being.
Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
(transitive, gender-neutral) To man, to supply with staff or crew.
perten
perzan
phoner
phoner
noun
(informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone.
One who phones.
phryne
pincer
pincer
noun
Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
verb
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To surround with a pincer attack.
pinder
pinder
noun
(US, dialectal, especially Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
(US, dialectal, especially Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.
(obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
pinero
pinery
pinery
noun
A hothouse or (tropical) area used as a plantation for the cultivation of pineapple plants (genus Ananas) and production of their homonymous fruit.
A pinewood, pinetum, forest or grove where pine trees are grown.
pinger
pinger
noun
(slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.
A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.
A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.
A user of a ping program; one who pings.
pingre
pinier
pinier
adj
comparative form of piny: more piny
pinker
pinker
adj
comparative form of pink: more pink
noun
One who pinks (in various senses).
pinner
pinner
noun
(obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.
A cloth band for a gown.
A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
pinter
pinter
noun
(in combinations, UK, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
(in combinations, UK, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
(in combinations, UK, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
pirene
pirned
pirned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pirn
pirner
pirnie
planer
planer
adj
comparative form of plane: more plane
noun
(archaic, printing) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
pliner
ponder
ponder
noun
(colloquial) A period of deep thought.
verb
(obsolete) To weigh.
To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
To wonder, think of deeply.
ponera
ponier
posner
prance
prance
noun
A prancing movement.
verb
(colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
preens
preens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preen
preman
preman
noun
A member of an organized criminal gang in Indonesia.
premen
pretan
pretan
verb
(transitive) To tan lightly or partially, in preparation for full tanning.
previn
prince
prince
noun
(now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
(obsolete) A female monarch.
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
procne
procne
Proper noun
The daughter of king of Athens, in Greek mythology, who got revenge on her husband Tereus for raping her sister Philomela by feeding him his own son, and was later transformed into a bird by the gods.
progne
proven
proven
adj
Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
verb
(proscribed) past participle of prove
pruden
pruned
pruned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prune
pruner
pruner
noun
A person who prunes, or a tool used in pruning.
Any of several unrelated beetles whose larvae attack the branches of trees.
prunes
prunes
noun
plural of prune
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prune
prynne
pterin
pterin
noun
(organic chemistry) A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the colouring in nature. It is also a component of folic acid.
pterna
pteron
pteron
noun
(architecture) A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.
punger
punier
punier
adj
comparative form of puny: more puny
punker
punker
noun
(music, dated slang) Synonym of punk: a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
Archaic form of punkah.
punner
punner
noun
A punster.
punter
punter
noun
(Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
(Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
(Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
(Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
(climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
One who bets (punts) against the bank.
One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
One who punts a football.
The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
purine
purine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
pyrena
pyrena
noun
(botany) A pyrene; a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel/stone of a drupe.
pyrene
pyrene
noun
(botany) A pyrena; a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel/stone of a drupe.
(chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
pyrone
pyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.
rapine
rapine
noun
The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder.
verb
(transitive) To plunder.
rappen
rappen
noun
A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc.
reopen
reopen
verb
(intransitive) To open again.
(transitive) To open (something) again.
repand
repand
adj
(botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.
Bent or curved backward or upward.
repawn
repawn
verb
(transitive) To pawn again.
repent
repent
adj
(chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
(obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
(transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.
(transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
repine
repine
verb
(intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret.
(transitive) To fail; to wane.
repins
repins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repin
replan
replan
verb
To plan again; to make a different plan.
repone
repone
verb
To replace.
To reply.
repton
repton
noun
(physics) A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation
repugn
repugn
verb
(archaic) To oppose or resist
resnap
resnap
verb
(transitive) To snap again.
respan
respin
respin
noun
The process of spinning something again.
verb
To spin again.
To tell a story in a new way.
ripens
ripens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripen
snaper
sniper
sniper
noun
(ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
A hunter of snipe (the bird).
A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
(chemistry) A compound, C₁₀H₁₈(OH)₂, used as an expectorant.
trepan
trepan
noun
(archaic) A snare; a trapan.
(archaic) A trickster.
(medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
verb
(archaic) To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.
(medicine) To use a trepan; to trephine.
(transitive, manufacturing, mining) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.