(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
barhop
barhop
verb
(idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
coprah
coprah
noun
Archaic form of copra.
coryph
ephori
ephori
noun
plural of ephorus
ephors
ephors
noun
plural of ephor
gopher
gopher
noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).
Alternative spelling of gofer
The gopher rockfish.
The gopher tortoise.
The ground squirrel.
haptor
haptor
noun
(zoology) A complex organ (having hooks and suckers) in some parasitic worms.
hooper
hooper
noun
(informal) A basketball player.
(ornithology) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus olor).
One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
One who hula hoops.
hopers
hopers
noun
plural of hoper
hopper
hopper
noun
(chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
(music) An escapement lever in a piano.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
(slang) A toilet.
A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
A grasshopper or locust, especially:
A hopper car.
A leafhopper.
A person or machine that picks hops.
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
An artificial fishing lure.
One who or that which hops.
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
morpho
morpho
noun
Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
morphs
morphs
noun
plural of morph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of morph
morphy
ophrys
orphan
orphan
adj
(by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
noun
(computing) Any unreferenced object.
(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
verb
(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
(transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
orphic
orphic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Orphism.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
paroch
paroch
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) Alternative form of parish
pharos
pharos
noun
(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
phasor
phasor
noun
(mathematics) A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
(sciences, engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.
phoner
phoner
noun
(informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone.
One who phones.
phoria
phoria
noun
Synonym of heterophoria
phorid
phorid
noun
Any fly of the family Phoridae.
phthor
phthor
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) fluorine
porche
porush
posher
posher
adj
comparative form of posh: more posh
pother
pother
noun
A commotion, a tempest.
verb
(intransitive) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
(transitive) To puzzle or perplex.
presho
proach
pyrrho
rehoop
rehoop
verb
(transitive, embroidery, coopering) To hoop again or anew.
ropish
ropish
adj
Somewhat ropy.
sophar
sopher
sopher
noun
Alternative form of sofer (“Jewish scribe”)
thorpe
thorpe
noun
Obsolete spelling of thorp
thorps
thorps
noun
plural of thorp
throop
thrope
trophi
trophi
noun
plural of trophus
trophy
trophy
noun
(art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
(criminology, by extension) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
(historical, Ancient Rome) A tropæum.
An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed.
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.