(now chiefly historical) A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
A Protestant minister.
An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
pernas
pernis
person
person
noun
(Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
(biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A worker in a specified function or specialty.
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
(law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
(law, euphemistic) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
An individual substance of a rational nature; usually a human being.
Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
(transitive, gender-neutral) To man, to supply with staff or crew.
pornos
pornos
noun
plural of porno
porson
posner
prangs
prangs
noun
plural of prang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prang
pranks
pranks
noun
plural of prank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prank
prawns
prawns
noun
plural of prawn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prawn
preens
preens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preen
prinks
prinks
noun
(UK, university slang, humorous) Contraction of pre-drinks.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prink
prinos
prints
prints
noun
plural of print
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of print
prison
prison
noun
(colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
prongs
prongs
noun
plural of prong
prunes
prunes
noun
plural of prune
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prune
prunus
prunus
noun
(ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
purins
pyrans
pyrans
noun
plural of pyran
repins
repins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repin
resnap
resnap
verb
(transitive) To snap again.
respan
respin
respin
noun
The process of spinning something again.
verb
To spin again.
To tell a story in a new way.
ripens
ripens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripen
saprin
snaper
sniper
sniper
noun
(ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
A hunter of snipe (the bird).
A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
One who shoots from a concealed position.
spener
speron
spinor
spinor
noun
(algebra) An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that transforms to its negative when the space is rotated through a complete turn from 0° to 360°
spiran
spiran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound
spoorn
sprain
sprain
noun
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
verb
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter
noun
(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
(countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
(countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
(countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
(figurative) A race, a lineage.
(figurative) A youth.
(figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
(obsolete) A lively piece of music.
(oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
(oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.
(uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
A cause, a motive, etc.
A grove of trees; a forest.
A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
A shoot, a young tree.
Elastic energy, power, or force.
Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
verb
(Australia, slang) to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
(figurative) to arise, to come into existence.
(figurative, Usually with cardinal adverbs, of animals) to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
(figurative, of animals) To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
(figurative, of plants) To bring forth.
(figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.
(figurative, religion, philosophy) to descend or originate from.
(hunting, especially of birds) To rise from cover.
(hunting, of birds) To cause to rise from cover.
(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere
(intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
(intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
(intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
(intransitive, now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
(intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
(intransitive, usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.
(obsolete) To begin something.
(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly.
(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
(obsolete) permit to bring forth new shoots, leaves, etc.
(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.
(obsolete, military) to go off.
(obsolete, military, of weapons) To shift quickly from one designated position to another.
(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate.
(obsolete, of jokes, gags) To tell, to share.
(obsolete, of knowledge) To cause to become known, to tell of.
(obsolete, of knowledge, usually with wide) To become known, to spread.
(obsolete, of odors) To emit, to spread.
(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation.
(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.
(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.
(of light) To appear, to dawn.
(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
(of plants) To sprout, to grow,
(of water, now mostly followed by "out" or "up") To gush, to flow out of the ground.
(rare, of water) To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
(transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow.
(transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
(transitive, intransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
(transitive, military) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
(transitive, nautical) To cause to crack.
(transitive, nautical) To have something crack.
(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
(transitive, obsolete) To make wet, to moisten.
(transitive, obsolete, cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To raise a vessel's sheer.
(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play.
(transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To provide spring or elasticity
(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
To come upon and flush out
sprink
sprink
verb
(now chiefly dialectal) To sprinkle; splash
sprint
sprint
noun
(software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
A burst of speed or activity.
A short race at top speed.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
sprong
sprong
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of spring
sprung
sprung
adj
(Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
(obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
(slang, dated) drunk.
Fitted or cushioned with springs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spring
sprunk
sprunk
noun
(obsolete) A concubine.
sprunt
sprunt
adj
(obsolete) Active; lively; vigorous.
noun
(obsolete) A sudden movement; a leap or jump.
(obsolete) Something bouncy or perky.
verb
(Scotland, now rare) To make romantic advances to; to flirt.
(obsolete, chiefly regional) To make quick or convulsive movements; to start, to jump.
spurns
spurns
noun
plural of spurn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spurn
surnap
transp
unrips
unrips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unrip
unspar
unspar
verb
(transitive) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.