An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.
firetop
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
foretop
foretop
noun
(UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
The forelock of a horse.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
frippet
frippet
noun
(obsolete) A frivolous young woman.
lipfert
parfait
parfait
noun
(UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
parfitt
perfect
perfect
adj
(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
(botany) Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
(grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
(mathematical analysis) Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
(mathematics) Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
(obsolete) Innocent, guiltless.
(obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
(of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Fitting its definition precisely.
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
noun
(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
(historical, Christianity) A leader of the Cathar movement.
(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
verb
(law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
perfeti
petrify
petrify
verb
(intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
(intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
(transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To immobilize with fright.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
pfister
piefort
piefort
noun
Alternative form of piedfort (“unusually thick coin”)
pomfret
pomfret
noun
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
The black pomfret, Parastromateus niger.
The golden pomfret, Trachinotus blochii.
poofter
poofter
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A pansy, an effeminate man.
portify
potifer
prefect
prefect
noun
(Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
A commander.
The head of a county in Albania or Romania.
The head of a department in France.
The head of a prefecture in Japan.
presift
presift
verb
(transitive) To sift in advance.
profant
profert
profert
noun
(law) The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
profits
profits
noun
plural of profit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profit
putrefy
putrefy
verb
To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
To become gangrenous.
To corrupt; to make foul.
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
rooftop
rooftop
noun
(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
torpify
torpify
verb
(transitive) To make torpid; to benumb.
turpify
updraft
updraft
noun
an upward current of air, especially a strong one
upfront
upfront
adj
(of money) Paid in advance.
Honest, frank and straightforward.
In a forward, leading or frontward position.
adv
(soccer) As an attacker.
beforehand
noun
(television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season
verb
To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration