A sleeveless tunic with a pleated skirt, most commonly seen as part of a girl's school uniform.
helping
helping
noun
(countable) A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
(figurative, countable) An amount or quantity
verb
present participle of help
impling
kelping
kelping
verb
present participle of kelp
kipling
kipling
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
lamping
lamping
adj
(archaic) Bright, flashing, resplendent.
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
verb
present participle of lamp
lapling
lapling
noun
(derogatory, archaic) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights.
lapping
lapping
noun
(accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
(firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
(music, lutherie, bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
verb
present participle of lap
lapsing
lapsing
noun
The act or process by which something lapses.
verb
present participle of lapse
lapwing
lapwing
noun
A silly man.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
leaping
leaping
verb
present participle and gerund of leap
legaspi
legazpi
leipzig
leipzig
Proper noun
A city in Saxony, Germany
limping
limping
noun
The motion of one who limps.
verb
present participle of limp
lipping
lipping
noun
(carpentry) edging
verb
present participle of lip
lisping
lisping
noun
That which is spoken in a lisp.
verb
present participle of lisp
logchip
logship
looping
looping
noun
Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
verb
present participle of loop
lopping
lopping
noun
That which is cut off; leavings.
gerund of lop: the cutting off of branches, etc.
verb
present participle of lop
louping
louping
noun
Alternative form of louping ill.
lumping
lumping
adj
bulky; heavy
noun
The act or result of lumping things together.
verb
present participle of lump
magilps
magilps
noun
plural of magilp
megilph
megilps
megilps
noun
plural of megilp
meguilp
paginal
paginal
adj
Of or pertaining to a page; consisting of pages
palings
palings
noun
plural of paling
palling
palling
verb
present participle of pal
present participle of pall
palming
palming
verb
present participle of palm
parling
parling
verb
present participle of parle
pauling
pauling
Proper noun
Linus Pauling, American chemist
pawling
pawling
verb
present participle of pawl
pealing
pealing
noun
The sound made by bells as they peal.
verb
present participle of peal
peeling
peeling
noun
Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.
The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
verb
present participle of peel
peglike
peglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peg.
pelagia
pelagic
pelagic
adj
(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
Of or pertaining to oceans.
noun
(biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
pelargi
pelasgi
pelasgi
Noun
Pelasgians
pelting
pelting
adj
(obsolete) mean; paltry
noun
The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
verb
present participle of pelt
perling
petling
petling
noun
term of affection or endearment; darling.
pigalle
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.
pigless
pigless
adj
Without a pig.
piglets
piglets
noun
plural of piglet
piglike
piglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pig.
pigling
pigling
noun
A little or young pig; a piglet.
pignoli
pignoli
noun
(US) pine nuts
A cookie made with pine nuts, a type of amaretto.
pigtail
pigtail
noun
(electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
(informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.
(medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head.
The flamingo flower (anthurium)
The tail of a pig.
Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
pilgrim
pilgrim
noun
(historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
(slang) A newcomer.
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
verb
(intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
piligan
pilings
pilings
noun
plural of piling
pillage
pillage
noun
The act of pillaging.
The spoils of war.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
pilling
pilling
noun
Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.
verb
present participle of pill
pingler
pingler
noun
(rare) One who plays with his food, but does not eat.
placing
placing
noun
The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
The condition of being placed.
The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
verb
present participle of place
plagium
plagium
noun
(Scots Law) abduction, especially of a child
planing
planing
noun
The act by which something is planed.
verb
present participle of plane
plating
plating
noun
(philately) An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.
A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
The presentation of food that is ready to be served.
verb
present participle of plate
playing
playing
noun
(gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
verb
present participle of play
plights
plights
noun
plural of plight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plight
plowing
plowing
noun
Alternative form of ploughing
verb
(snowboarding): riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.
ploughing
ploying
ploying
verb
present participle of ploy
pluming
pluming
noun
The act by which something is plumed.
verb
present participle of plume
plygain
plygain
noun
A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.
(historical) A territorial administrative and military governor appointed by the Nayaka rulers of South India during the 16th–18th centuries.
polling
polling
noun
(computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.
(politics, uncountable) the process of voting in an election.
The action of taking a poll.
verb
present participle of poll
pooling
pooling
noun
(resource management) Grouping together of various resources or assets.
verb
present participle of pool
potgirl
potgirl
noun
Alternative form of pot-girl
potling
pringle
pringle
verb
(intransitive) To prickle or tingle.
prologi
pudgily
pudgily
adv
In a pudgy manner.
pugmill
pugmill
noun
A machine in which materials are simultaneously ground and mixed with a liquid.
pulings
pulings
noun
plural of puling
pulling
pulling
noun
The act by which something is pulled.
verb
present participle of pull
pulping
pulping
verb
present participle of pulp
pulsing
pulsing
noun
The action of something that pulses.
The emission of pulses.
verb
present participle of pulse
purling
purling
adj
That purls; rippling, eddying.
noun
The motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound.
verb
present participle of purl
sapling
sapling
noun
(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
A young tree, bigger than a seedling.
sipling
sliping
sloping
sloping
adj
Having a slope.
a sloping roof
noun
An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
verb
present participle of slope
spiegel
spignel
spignel
noun
(obsolete) The dried, powdered root of Meum athamanticum used as a cooking spice or a medicine.
Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family found in mountain areas in Central and Western Europe, with roots and feathery leaves used as food and for medicinal purposes.
Preceded by a descriptive word: a plant resembling Meum athamanticum.
spiling
spiling
noun
(nautical) The edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.
A spile; a post or girder.
verb
present participle of spile
spingel
tapling
upfling
upfling
verb
(transitive) To fling upward.
upglide
upglide
noun
(phonology) An upward glide.
uplight
uplight
noun
A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.