of, a graphics language for use with videotex services.
nopals
nopals
noun
plural of nopal
panels
panels
noun
plural of panel
pansil
pelson
pensil
pensil
noun
Obsolete form of pencil.
pilsen
plains
plains
noun
plural of plain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plain
planes
planes
noun
plural of plane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plane
planks
planks
noun
plural of plank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plank
plants
plants
noun
plural of plant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plant
plinks
plinks
noun
plural of plink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plink
plonks
plonks
noun
plural of plonk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plonk
plunks
plunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plunk
polson
polson
Proper noun
A city in Montana, USA
pylons
pylons
noun
plural of pylon
spinal
spinal
adj
(zoology) (of a frog or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact surgically isolated spinal cord.
Of or pertaining to the spinal cord.
noun
(medicine, colloquial) A spinal anesthesia.
spinel
spinel
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
(solid state chemistry) Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
spleen
spleen
noun
(anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
(archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
(obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
(transitive, intransitive) To complain; to rail; to vent one's spleen.
To annoy or irritate.
To excise or remove.
To remove the spleen, or, by extension, to gore.
splent
splent
noun
Obsolete form of splint (“excrescence of bone”).
spline
spline
noun
(mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
(mechanics) Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
(woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
Long thin piece of metal or wood.
verb
(engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.
(engineering) To fit with a spline.
(mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
splint
splint
noun
(dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
(military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
(mining) Synonym of splent coal
(zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
(zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
(transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.