(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
anthrop
apardon
apeiron
apeiron
noun
A kind of infinite primal chaos in the cosmological theory of Anaximander.
aproned
aproned
adj
Wearing an apron.
atropin
atropin
noun
Alternative spelling of atropine
biprong
caproin
caprone
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
crepons
crepons
noun
plural of crepon
cropman
croupon
croupon
noun
(obsolete) The croup of a horse or quadruped.
(obsolete) The human buttocks.
deponer
deponer
noun
One who depones.
dropman
elpenor
entropy
entropy
noun
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
(information theory) Shannon entropy
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
(uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
envapor
europan
forpine
forpine
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To pine away.
(transitive, archaic) To waste away through suffering or through torment.
1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound
gaperon
groping
groping
noun
An act of groping; a grope.
verb
present participle of grope
grownup
grownup
noun
Alternative form of grown-up
gryphon
gryphon
noun
Alternative form of griffin
gunport
gunport
noun
A hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired.
harpoon
harpoon
noun
(slang) A harmonica.
A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
verb
(transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.
horntip
hyperon
hyperon
noun
(physics) Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
ingroup
ingroup
noun
(sociology) The social group that one belongs to.
(systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
verb
To form an ingroup.
inpours
inpours
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inpour
knopper
koprino
krypton
krypton
noun
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
lampron
lampron
noun
(obsolete) A lamprey.
manrope
manrope
noun
(nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.
moorpan
moorpan
noun
A clayey layer underlying some moors.
morphin
morphin
noun
Obsolete form of morphine.
morphon
morphon
noun
(biology) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
(linguistics) A unit of morphology.
morpion
morpion
noun
(obsolete) A louse.
nathrop
neepour
nephron
nephron
noun
(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
nephros
nephros
noun
(anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
neurope
newport
newport
Proper noun
A common place name or element of a place name (i.e. Newport Beach, Newport Bay).
A city in Arkansas, USA
A town in Delaware
A town on the Isle of Wight in England, where it is the administrative centre.
A town in Indiana
One of two towns in Ireland
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A city in Minnesota
A village in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A town and village in New York
A town in North Carolina
A city in Oregon
A borough in Pennsylvania
A seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
A in South Carolina
A city in Tennessee
A city and a town in Vermont; the city is the county seat of Orleans County.
A cathedral and university city and unitary authority in southeast Wales.
A city in Washington
A town in Wisconsin
nispero
nispero
noun
The loquat, Eriobotrya japonica.
The sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
nonpoor
nonpoor
adj
(socioeconomics) Not poor.
nonport
nonport
noun
A location that is not a port.
nonpros
nonpros
noun
plural of nonpro
verb
Alternative form of non-pros
nopalry
nopalry
noun
Alternative spelling of nopalery
openers
openers
noun
plural of opener
operand
operand
noun
(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
operant
operant
adj
That operates to produce an effect.
noun
(psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
An operative person or thing.
operons
operons
noun
plural of operon
ophryon
ophryon
noun
(anatomy) The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.
opiners
opiners
noun
plural of opiner
orphans
orphans
noun
plural of orphan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orphan
orphean
orphean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythical poet and musician.
orpheon
orpines
orpines
noun
plural of orpine
padrino
padrona
padrone
padrone
noun
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
A patron; a protector.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
padroni
padroni
noun
plural of padrone
paleron
pandoor
pandoor
noun
Alternative form of pandour
pandora
pandora
noun
Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
pandore
pandore
noun
A kind of oyster found near Prestonpans on the Firth of Forth.
An ancient musical instrument; a bandore.
pandour
pandour
noun
(obsolete) A robber.
One of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.
pandrop
pangaro
panoram
panoram
noun
(film, informal, dated) A panoramic view.
panorpa
paragon
paragon
noun
(obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal.
(obsolete) Comparison; competition.
(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
verb
To be equal; to hold comparison.
To compare with; to equal; to rival.
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
To serve as a model for; to surpass.
paraxon
pardons
pardons
noun
plural of pardon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pardon
parison
parison
noun
(glassblowing) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.
parkton
paronym
paronym
noun
(rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word.
(semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word.
parowan
parowan
Proper noun
a city in Utah, USA, and the county seat of Iron County.
parsons
parsons
noun
plural of parson
parsony
partons
partons
noun
plural of parton
patrons
patrons
noun
plural of patron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patron
patroon
patroon
noun
(US) One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
pawnors
pawnors
noun
plural of pawnor
pearson
pectron
pendroy
penoyer
penrose
peorian
peorian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Peoria, Illinois.
pereion
pereion
noun
The thorax of a crustacean, between the head (cephalon) and abdomen (pleon).
perigon
perigon
noun
(dated) A perianth or a perigonium.
(geometry) A round angle; a full circle.
peronei
peronei
noun
plural of peroneus
perotin
perrons
perrons
noun
plural of perron
persona
persona
noun
(marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
(psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
A character played by an actor.
A social role.
persons
persons
noun
plural of person; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group. Contrast people.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of person
persson
phonier
phonier
adj
comparative form of phony: more phony
phorbin
phorone
phorone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic ketone 2,6-dimethyl-2,5-heptadien-4-one obtained from camphor; diisopropylidene acetone
phrenol
piaroan
pibcorn
pibgorn
pibgorn
noun
(music) A Welsh single-reed wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.
pierron
pierson
pierson
Proper noun
A town in Florida
A city in Iowa
A village in Manitoba, Canada
A village in Michigan
pignora
pignora
noun
plural of pignus
pilcorn
pilcorn
noun
(UK, dialect) The naked oat.
pinwork
pinworm
pinworm
noun
Any of several nematode worms, of the family Oxyuridae, that are parasitic to mammals
pioneer
pioneer
noun
(communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself.
(obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
verb
(transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
pionery
piperno
pirogen
plangor
pleuron
pleuron
noun
(zoology) A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
poduran
poinard
poincar
poinder
poinder
noun
(Scotland) One who distrains property.
(Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
pointer
pointer
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice.
(graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.
(hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.
(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.
Anything that points or is used for pointing.
Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.
pokorny
polaran
polaron
polaron
noun
(physics) The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.
poldron
pommern
ponders
ponders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ponder
ponerid
poniard
poniard
noun
(now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
verb
To stab with a poniard.
popcorn
popcorn
noun
(chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
(chiefly uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
(humorous, by extension) Entertainment.
(knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
verb
(of a guinea pig or chinchilla) To stand or jump up quickly.
porcine
porcine
adj
(derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.
Of or pertaining to pigs.
porcini
porcini
noun
An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis), prized for its flavor.
porcino
porcino
noun
Alternative form of porcini (“type of mushroom”)
porions
porkman
porkman
noun
a person who produces and sells pork.
porkpen
porsena
portend
portend
verb
(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
(transitive) To signify; to denote.
porteno
portent
portent
noun
A portending; significance
Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
porting
porting
verb
present participle of port
portion
portion
noun
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
An allocated amount.
One's fate; lot.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
verb
(transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
(transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
portman
portman
noun
A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.
portuna
portwin
porzana
postern
postern
adj
Situated at the rear; posterior.
noun
(archaic) By extension, a separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc.
(historical, military) A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance.
pottern
poudrin
pouncer
pouncer
noun
One who pounces.
pounder
pounder
noun
(in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
(in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
(in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
pouring
pouring
noun
The act by which something is poured.
verb
present participle of pour
preborn
preborn
adj
(chiefly in anti-abortion discourse) Not yet born.