(rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
asperugo
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bugproof
bugproof
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to insects.
copiague
coupling
coupling
noun
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.
(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
A device that couples two things together.
Act of joining together to form a couple.
verb
present participle of couple
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
epigeous
epigeous
adj
Growing on, or close to, the ground.
epigonus
epilogue
epilogue
noun
(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
The performer who gives this speech
verb
(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
gluepots
gluepots
noun
plural of gluepot
groupage
groupage
noun
The consolidation of several small shipments into a single container
groupers
groupers
noun
plural of grouper
groupies
groupies
noun
plural of groupie
plural of groupy
grouping
grouping
noun
A collection of things or people united as a group.
Shot grouping.
The action of the verb to group.
verb
present participle of group
groupist
groupist
noun
A proponent of groupism.
grouplet
grouplet
Noun
A small group.
groupoid
groupoid
noun
(algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has identities and inverses.
(algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
guapinol
guapinol
noun
Synonym of courbaril (“South American tree”)
gulfport
gumdrops
gumdrops
noun
plural of gumdrop
gumpheon
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
gumption
gumption
noun
(Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
(US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
gunpoint
gunpoint
noun
A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun.
Threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon.
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
gypseous
gypseous
adj
Containing gypsum
huapango
huapango
noun
A fast, rhythmic Mexican dance for couples.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
ingroups
ingroups
noun
plural of ingroup
lagopous
longspun
longspun
adj
Spun out, or extended, to great length; long-winded; tedious.
longspur
longspur
noun
A specific type of bird, of the genus Calcarius; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
opaquing
opaquing
verb
present participle of opaque
oppugned
oppugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oppugn
oppugner
oppugner
noun
Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
outgroup
outgroup
noun
(sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
(systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
verb
To form an outgroup.
paguroid
paguroid
noun
Any hermit crab of the superfamily Paguroidea
perugino
pirogues
pirogues
noun
plural of pirogue
pishogue
pishogue
noun
Magic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
ploughed
ploughed
adj
(figuratively, rare) Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.
Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plough
plougher
plougher
noun
Alternative spelling of plower
plughole
plughole
noun
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
plugolas
plugolas
noun
plural of plugola
plumbago
plumbago
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
(mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite.
plungeon
podargue
podargus
podargus
noun
Any of the birds of the genus Podargus in the frogmouth family.
portague
portague
noun
(obsolete) An old Portuguese gold coin.
portugal
portugee
postdrug
postdrug
adj
After a drug is administered.
pouching
pouching
verb
present participle of pouch
pouncing
pouncing
noun
A sudden leap, as of an animal when it pounces.
Decorative perforation of cloth.
The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
verb
present participle of pounce
poundage
poundage
noun
(countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling
(countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds
(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
(countable) a weight measured in pounds
(uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound
(uncountable) weight, especially body weight
verb
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
pounding
pounding
adj
Characterized by heavy or loud throbs
noun
An act in which something or someone is pounded.
verb
present participle of pound
prevogue
proagule
prodigus
prodigus
noun
(law, obsolete) A prodigal person; a spendthrift.
prologue
prologue
noun
(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
(cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
One who delivers a prologue.
verb
To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.
prologus
promulge
promulge
verb
(transitive) To promulgate; to publish or teach.
prorogue
prorogue
verb
(obsolete) To prolong or extend.
(transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
(transitive, now rare) To defer.
prurigos
prurigos
noun
plural of prurigo
pulegone
pulegone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone, found in pennyroyal, that is toxic to dogs and cats
regroups
regroups
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regroup
replough
replough
verb
(transitive) To plough again.
solpugid
solpugid
noun
(zoology) Any arachnid of the order Solifugae
soupling
spousage
spousage
Noun
espousal
spousing
spousing
verb
present participle of spouse
spouting
spouting
adj
(of a liquid) That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A gutter under the eaves of a building; guttering.
The process or result of something being spouted; that which is spouted.
spurgeon
subgroup
subgroup
noun
(group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
verb
To divide or classify into subgroups
sugarsop
superego
superego
noun
(psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
trouping
trouping
verb
present participle of troupe
ungospel
unhoping
unhoping
adj
Not feeling hope.
unplough
unposing
unspongy
upcoming
upcoming
adj
Eggcorn of up-and-coming.
Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
Pertaining to to upcome
noun
The act of coming up.
The activity of to upcome
comeuppance; deserts
verb
present participle of upcome
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.