(historical) A drinking-vessel in which ale is served.
aletap
alpert
alpist
apalit
apelet
apelet
noun
(uncommon) A small species of ape.
(uncommon) A young ape.
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
applot
applot
verb
(transitive) To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
bepelt
bepelt
verb
(transitive) To pelt soundly.
caplet
caplet
noun
(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
catlap
catlap
noun
(slang, derogatory) A watery or thin drink (especially tea or milk); a non-alcoholic drink.
claspt
claspt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clasp
coplot
coplot
verb
(transitive) To plot (curves, points, etc.) together.
cutlip
duplet
duplet
noun
(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
(music) A tuplet of two notes played in the time of three.
A group of two things.
edplot
eelpot
eelpot
noun
eel trap
elspet
explat
heptal
heptyl
heptyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₇H₁₅, formally derived from heptane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
hpital
klepht
klepht
noun
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
lapith
lapith
Noun
one of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly
lappet
lappet
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) Lobe (division of an organ).
(zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
verb
(transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
laptop
laptop
noun
(computing) A laptop computer.
laputa
leepit
leptid
lepton
lepton
noun
(particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.
A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
leptus
letups
letups
noun
plural of letup
liepot
limpet
limpet
noun
(Britain) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
liplet
liplet
noun
A little lip.
lipton
loppet
loppet
noun
A long-distance (approximately 35+ kilometer) cross country skiing event.
Any long endurance race or athletic event which takes place across varied terrain.
lumpet
lupita
lupton
opelet
opelet
noun
A bright-coloured European actinian (Anemonia or Anthea sulcata).
outlip
palate
palate
noun
(botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
(cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food.
(entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.
(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
(figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
(zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates.
Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
palest
palest
adj
superlative form of pale: most pale
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of pale
palets
palets
noun
plural of palet
paletz
palgat
pallet
pallet
noun
(brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
(by extension) A makeshift bed.
(engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
(engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
(gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
(gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
(heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe. Diminutive of pale.
(horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
(military) A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment; for example, an 88″ × 108″ aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.
(music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
(painting) Archaic form of palette.
(zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
A cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
A straw bed.
A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
verb
(transitive) To load or stack (goods) onto pallets.
palter
palter
verb
(now rare) To trifle.
To babble; to chatter.
To haggle.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
paltry
paltry
adj
Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
Of little monetary worth.
Trashy, trivial, of little value.
pantle
partly
partly
adv
In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
pastel
pastel
noun
(art) A drawing made with any of those colors.
(color) Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender
A crayon made from such a paste.
A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
Woad.
pastil
pastil
noun
Obsolete spelling of pastel
Obsolete spelling of pastille
pathol
patola
patola
noun
A double ikat, usually silk, from Gujarat, western India.
Luffa spp. (Philippine usage).
Trichosanthes cucumerina (Sinhalese usage).
Trichosanthes dioica (Portuguese usage).
patrol
patrol
noun
(Scouting) A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
(law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
(military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
(military) The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
verb
(intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
(transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
pattle
pawlet
peglet
peglet
noun
A little peg.
pelite
pelite
noun
(geology) A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
pellet
pellet
noun
(heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
verb
To form into pellets.
To strike with pellets.
pelmet
pelmet
noun
An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
pelota
pelota
noun
Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall.
peltae
peltae
noun
plural of pelta
pelted
pelted
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of pelt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pelt
pelter
pelter
noun
(dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
(sometimes figurative) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.
One who pelts.
verb
(dialect or nonstandard) To pelt.
peltry
peltry
noun
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
pentol
pentol
noun
(organic chemistry) any organic compound having five hydroxy functional groups
pentyl
pentyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₅H₁₁, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
penult
penult
noun
The next to the last in a series.
The next-to-last syllable of a word.
pertly
pertly
adv
In a manner that is lively or high-spirited
pestle
pestle
noun
(archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
verb
(transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
petals
petals
noun
plural of petal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petal
petaly
petful
petrel
petrel
noun
Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
petrol
petrol
noun
(chiefly Australia, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore) petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
(informal) A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).
pettle
pettle
verb
(transitive, Scotland) To fondle or pet; to pamper.
petula
peyotl
peyotl
noun
Alternative form of peyote
photal
phytol
phytol
noun
(organic chemistry) The diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, derived from chlorophyll.
phytyl
phytyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from phytol
pielet
piglet
piglet
noun
A young pig
pilate
pilate
adj
Resembling hair; minutely clavate.
pillet
piloti
piloti
noun
(architecture) One of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water.
pilots
pilots
noun
plural of pilot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pilot
pintle
pintle
noun
(gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
(nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
(now dialectal) The penis.
piolet
piolet
noun
(climbing) An ice axe/ice ax.
pistil
pistil
noun
(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
pistle
pistle
noun
(obsolete) A written communication; a letter, an epistle.
pistol
pistol
noun
(American football) An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.
(Southern US) A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
A handgun
The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
verb
(transitive) To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.
pittel
placet
placet
intj
Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
noun
A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
placit
placit
noun
(obsolete) A decree or determination; a dictum.
plaint
plaint
noun
(archaic or UK law) An accusation.
(archaic) A sad song.
(poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
A complaint.
plaits
plaits
noun
plural of plait
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plait
plakat
planet
planet
noun
(astronomy) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or star cluster) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
(now historical or astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
construed with the or this: synonym of Earth.
planta
planta
noun
(anatomy) The sole of the foot
plante
plants
plants
noun
plural of plant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plant
platan
platan
noun
(now rare, literary) A planetree.
platas
platch
platea
plated
plated
adj
Covered with plates or scales.
Having a coating of a more precious metal.
Served on a plate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plate
platen
platen
noun
(printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.
The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
plater
plater
noun
(biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
(horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
A machine for calendering paper.
Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
Someone who plates metal.
plates
plates
noun
plural of plate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plate
platic
platie
platly
platly
adv
Obsolete form of flatly.
platon
platte
platto
platty
platus
platys
platys
noun
plural of platy
playte
playte
noun
Alternative form of pleyt
pleats
pleats
noun
plural of pleat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pleat
plenty
plenty
adj
(obsolete) plentiful
adv
(colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
More than sufficiently.
det
(nonstandard) many
(nonstandard) much, enough
noun
A more-than-adequate amount.
pron
More than enough.
pliant
pliant
adj
(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
plight
plight
noun
(archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
(now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
(now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
(now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
(obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
(obsolete) Good health.
A dire or unfortunate situation.
verb
(obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
(reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
(transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
(transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
plinth
plinth
noun
A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.
A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.
plitch
ploeti
plotch
plotty
plotty
adj
(informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot.
pltano
plumet
plutei
plutei
noun
plural of pluteus
pluton
pluton
noun
(mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma
plutus
plutus
Proper noun
The god of wealth in Ancient Greek religion and myth. He was the son of Demeter and Iasion.
poetly
poetly
adj
Of or relating to a poet
polite
polite
adj
(obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
Well-mannered, civilized.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
politi
polito
polity
polity
noun
(political science) A politically organized unit; a state.
(politics) An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
pollet
polyot
pontal
pontal
adj
Synonym of pontine (“relating to the pons”)
pontil
pontil
noun
(glassblowing) Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”)
poplet
portal
portal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
noun
(Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
(anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
(architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
(architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
(science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
verb
(science fiction, fantasy) To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
portly
portly
adj
(now rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing.
Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
postal
postal
adj
Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
postel
postil
postil
noun
(archaic) A Bible commentary written in its margins.
A collection of homilies.
A marginal note.
A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture.
verb
(intransitive) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.
(transitive) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.