(Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
bumpers
bumpers
noun
plural of bumper
bumpier
bumpier
adj
comparative form of bumpy: more bumpy
capture
capture
noun
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
verb
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
(transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
clumper
clumper
noun
A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form into clumps or masses.
copreus
coupler
coupler
noun
(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
coupure
coupure
noun
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
croupes
croupes
noun
plural of croupe
crumped
crumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crump
crumper
crumpet
crumpet
noun
(Britain, slang, countable, uncountable) A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
crumple
crumple
noun
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
verb
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
cruppen
crupper
crupper
noun
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
verb
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
cupeler
cuppers
cuppers
noun
plural of cupper
cuppier
cuprate
cuprate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCuₘOₙ, many of which are superconductors.
(organic chemistry) Any organocopper compound of general formula R₂Cu.
cuprein
cuprene
cuprene
noun
(organic chemistry) A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
cupride
cuprite
cuprite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper.
cuprose
curupey
cyperus
cyperus
noun
Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
depurge
drupose
dumpers
dumpers
noun
plural of dumper
dumpier
dumpier
adj
comparative form of dumpy: more dumpy
dumpler
dupuyer
earplug
earplug
noun
A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
verb
(transitive) To fit with earplugs.
ephorus
ephorus
noun
(historical) Alternative form of ephor
epicure
epicure
noun
A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
epiural
epulary
epulary
adj
(rare) of or pertaining to feasts
epurate
epurate
verb
To subject to epuration; to purify.
erupted
erupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of erupt
euphory
euphory
noun
Synonym of euphoria
euphroe
euphroe
noun
(nautical) A long wooden slat, with holes for cords, that holds up an awning.
euripos
eurippa
euripus
euripus
noun
(by extension) A flux and reflux.
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia.
europan
euterpe
expurge
expurge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To purge away.
frumple
frumple
verb
(transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
graupel
graupel
noun
(meteorology, countable) The result of this process, a small ball of rime.
(meteorology, uncountable) A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
greenup
greenup
Proper noun
a village in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA
grouped
grouped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of group
grouper
grouper
noun
(dated) groupie
Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
One who groups things.
groupie
groupie
noun
(military, slang) A group captain.
A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
grumped
grumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grump
guapore
guepard
guepard
noun
(archaic) A cheetah.
guipure
guipure
noun
A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
gulpers
gulpers
noun
plural of gulper
gulpier
gyplure
gyplure
noun
A potent gypsy moth attractant synthesized from ricinoleic acid.
hepburn
hepburn
Proper noun
A system of romanization of Japanese, short for "Hepburn romanization".
humpier
humpier
adj
comparative form of humpy: more humpy
huppert
imprevu
imputer
imputer
noun
One who imputes.
insuper
jumpers
jumpers
noun
plural of jumper
jumpier
jumpier
adj
comparative form of jumpy: more jumpy
juniper
juniper
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) Gin.
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
jupiter
jupiter
noun
A class of planets that are similar in mass to Jupiter.
kiepura
kouprey
kouprey
noun
A wild, forest-dwelling ox, Bos sauveli, from Vietnam and surrounding countries
leprous
leprous
adj
(alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
(botany, archaic) Synonym of leprose (“covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking”)
(figuratively, archaic) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
(obsolete) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
lumpers
lumpers
noun
plural of lumper
lumpier
lumpier
adj
comparative form of lumpy: more lumpy
luperci
maipure
mumpers
mumpers
noun
plural of mumper
neepour
neurope
opaquer
opaquer
adj
comparative form of opaque: more opaque
orpheum
orpheus
orpheus
Proper noun
A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
outpeer
outpeer
verb
To excel or surpass.
overcup
overcup
noun
The oak Quercus lyrata whose acorns are enclosed by their cups
overput
overput
verb
(transitive) To overthrow; subdue.
oversup
oversup
verb
(obsolete) To eat (supper) excessively
pandure
panurge
parbleu
pardieu
parquet
parquet
noun
(historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
(historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.
A wooden floor made of parquetry.
The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
verb
(transitive) To lay or fit such a floor.
parture
parture
Noun
departure
parures
parures
noun
plural of parure
parvenu
parvenu
adj
Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.
noun
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
parvule
parvule
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A small pill or pellet; a granule.
pasteur
pasture
pasture
noun
(obsolete) Food, nourishment.
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
verb
(intransitive) To graze.
(transitive) To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
(transitive) To move animals into a pasture.
paucker
paupers
paupers
noun
plural of pauper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pauper
pausers
pausers
noun
plural of pauser
peauder
pelorus
pelorus
noun
A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
percuss
percuss
verb
(intransitive) to impact
(transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
(transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface
(transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
perdues
perdues
noun
plural of perdue
perdure
perdure
verb
(intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time.
(intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism).
perfume
perfume
noun
(cosmetics) A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor
verb
(transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
perfumy
perfumy
adj
Alternative form of perfumey
perfuse
perfuse
verb
(transitive) To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.
(transitive) To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
perique
perique
noun
A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.
perjure
perjure
noun
(obsolete) A perjured person.
verb
(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
(transitive) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
(transitive) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
perjury
perjury
noun
(law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
permute
permute
verb
(transitive) change the order of
(transitive, mathematics) make a permutation of
peropus
perseus
perseus
Proper noun
The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib and Algol.
The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.
persius
perturb
perturb
verb
(astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
(mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
(physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
pertuse
pertuse
adj
pierced or punched with holes
perugia
peruked
peruked
adj
Wearing a peruke.
peruker
peruker
noun
A manufacturer of perukes.
perukes
perukes
noun
plural of peruke
perusal
perusal
noun
The act of perusing; studying something carefully.
perused
perused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of peruse
peruser
peruser
noun
One who peruses.
peruses
peruses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peruse
perusse
peruzzi
peterus
petrous
petrous
adj
(anatomy) Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.
Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
peursem
picture
picture
noun
(MLE) A sample of an illegal drug.
(in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
(informal, dated) A motion picture.
(programming) A format string in the COBOL programming language.
A figure; a model.
A painting.
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
A photograph.
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
An attractive sight.
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
Situation.
The art of painting; representation by painting.
verb
(transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
(transitive) To imagine or envision.
(transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
piquero
piqueur
piraeus
pirogue
pirogue
noun
(Cajun cooking) A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.
A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.
piroque
piroque
noun
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”)
plaguer
plaguer
noun
(slang) One infected with HIV.
One who plagues or annoys.
pleurae
pleurae
noun
plural of pleura
pleural
pleural
adj
Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
Thin and transparent.
pleuras
pleuric
pleuric
adj
(anatomy) pleural
pleuron
pleuron
noun
(zoology) A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
pleurum
plexure
plexure
noun
The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
plouter
plouter
noun
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To potter.
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
plucker
plucker
noun
A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
One who plucks.
pluffer
plugger
plugger
noun
(Australia) A thong or flip-flop.
A dental instrument used to insert fillings.
One who, or that which, plugs.
plumber
plumber
noun
(Britain, informal) In the Royal Navy, an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.
(medicine, slang) A urologist.
A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
One who installs piping for potable and waste water.