(zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.
The back part of the neck.
verb
(transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.
neap
neap
adj
(of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
noun
A neap tide.
Alternative form of neep
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
verb
To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
neep
neep
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
nemp
nepa
neph
neph
noun
(rare, slang) nephrologist
Abbreviation of nephew.
nope
nope
noun
(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.
(archaic, except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch.
(informal) A negative reply, no.
(slang) An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
particle
(informal, often emphatic) No.
verb
(archaic, East Midlands and Northern England) To hit someone on the head.
nupe
open
open
adj
(business) Not fulfilled.
(comparable) Receptive.
(computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
(computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
(computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
(electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
(engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
(graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
(law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
(medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
(music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
(music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
(not comparable) Public
(not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
(now regional) Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
(of a body part) not covered, showing what is inside
(of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
(phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
Able to be accessed (physically).
Able to have something pass through or along it.
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
noun
(electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
A sports event in which anybody can compete.
The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
verb
(Manglish, Philippines) To turn on; to switch on.
(computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
(intransitive) To become open.
(intransitive) To begin conducting business.
(intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
(intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
(transitive) To bring up, broach.
(transitive) To enter upon, begin.
(transitive) To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
(transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
(transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
(transitive) To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
(transitive) To start (a campaign).
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
(transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
pane
pane
noun
(architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
(computing, graphical user interface) A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
Alternative spelling of peen
An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
verb
(transitive) To fit with panes.
pean
pean
adj
(heraldry): In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field. with gold spots
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
Alternative spelling of paean.
Alternative spelling of peen.
peen
peen
noun
(slang) Penis.
The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
verb
To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
pein
pena
pend
pend
noun
(India) oil cake
(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
verb
(obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
(obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
(obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
(obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
(transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
peng
peng
adj
(MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.
(MTE, MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.
(of a drink) iced; with ice added
noun
(Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.
penh
penk
penk
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.
penn
pens
pens
noun
(obsolete) plural of penny
plural of pen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pen
pent
pent
adj
Confined in, or as if in, a pen; imprisoned.
noun
(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
(informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.
Confinement; concealment.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned
peon
peon
noun
(India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.
(figurative) A person of low rank or importance.
A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
pern
pern
noun
A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle
verb
To take profit of; to make profitable.
petn
pien
pine
pine
noun
(archaic except Caribbean, Guyana, South Africa) A pineapple.
(archaic) A painful longing.
(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
verb
(intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.
pnce
pone
pone
noun
(Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
(card games, chiefly US) The last player to bet or play in turn.
(law, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
(law, historical) A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.