(anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
(zootomy) A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
plural of pleuron
plexus
plexus
noun
(anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
(mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
plough
plough
noun
(yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
The use of a plough; tillage.
verb
(UK, university slang, transitive) To fail (a student).
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(intransitive) To use a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
(transitive, vulgar) To have sex with, penetrate.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
To move with force.
plouky
plucks
plucks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pluck
plucky
plucky
adj
(informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
pluffy
pluffy
adj
(Scotland) puffy; blown out
pluggy
plumbo
plumbs
plumbs
noun
plural of plumb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plumb
plumed
plumed
adj
Having or decorated with a plume or plumes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plume
plumer
plumer
noun
(historical) A person who sells feathers.
Misspelling of plumber.
plumes
plumes
noun
plural of plume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plume
plumet
plummy
plummy
adj
(informal) desirable; profitable; advantageous
(of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent
Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums
plumps
plumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plump
plumpy
plumpy
adj
Plump; fat; sleek.
noun
(informal) A fat person or thing.
plunge
plunge
noun
(dated) A swimming pool
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
the act of plunging or submerging
verb
(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
(transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
plungy
plunks
plunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plunk
plural
plural
adj
(comparable) Pluralistic.
(grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
noun
(grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
(psychology, informal, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
plurel
plusch
pluses
plushy
plushy
adj
Like plush; soft and shaggy.
Plush; sumptuous.
plusia
plutei
plutei
noun
plural of pluteus
pluton
pluton
noun
(mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma
plutus
plutus
Proper noun
The god of wealth in Ancient Greek religion and myth. He was the son of Demeter and Iasion.
poilus
poilus
noun
plural of poilu
pollux
pollux
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of petalite always found with castor.
populi
porule
potful
potful
noun
as much as a pot will hold
poulan
poulet
poulpe
poulpe
Noun
An octopus.
poults
poults
noun
plural of poult
presul
proulx
pubble
pubble
adj
(Northern England or obsolete) puffed out; pudgy; fat
publea
publia
public
public
adj
(not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.
(of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
noun
(archaic) A public house; an inn.
(public relations) A particular group or demographic to be targeted.
The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
publus
puckle
puckle
noun
(dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite.
(obsolete) The devil; Satan.
puddle
puddle
noun
(now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
verb
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
To form a puddle.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
To play or splash in a puddle.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
puddly
puddly
adj
Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.
puebla
pueblo
pueblo
noun
A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
pufahl
puggle
puggle
noun
(chiefly Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
verb
(UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about; to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.
(UK, regional) To poke around a hole with a stick, as to explore, remove obstacles, etc.
puglia
pulaya
pulchi
pulers
pulers
noun
plural of puler
puleyn
pulian
puling
puling
noun
A whining or whimpering.
verb
present participle of pule
puliol
pulish
pulled
pulled
adj
Of cooked meat, prepared by being torn into fine pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pull
pullen
pullen
noun
(obsolete) domestic fowl; poultry
(obsolete) the meat from a domestic fowl
(obsolete) the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children
puller
puller
noun
A tool for pulling, such as a bearing puller.
Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
pullet
pullet
noun
(obsolete, slang) A young girl.
(slang) A spineless person; a coward.
A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
pulley
pulley
noun
(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
verb
(transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
pullup
pullup
noun
An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar.
pullus
pullus
noun
(zoology) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
pulpal
pulpal
adj
(dentistry) Relating to the pulp.
pulpar
pulped
pulped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pulp
pulper
pulper
noun
A machine for pulping paper or various other substances.
pulpit
pulpit
noun
(UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
(nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
A bow platform for harpooning.
A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
pulque
pulque
noun
A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
pulsar
pulsar
noun
(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
pulsed
pulsed
adj
Producing, or consisting of pulses (short bursts)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pulse
pulser
pulser
noun
A machine for generating a pulse.
One who or that which pulses.
pulses
pulses
noun
plural of pulse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pulse
pulsus
pulton
pultun
pultun
noun
Alternative form of puttun (“Indian regiment”)
pulvic
pulvil
pulvil
noun
Alternative form of pulvillio
pulwar
pulwar
noun
A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
pumelo
pummel
pummel
noun
Alternative form of pommel
verb
To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
pumple
pungle
pungle
verb
(Southwestern US, regional) To pay or hand over; to shell out
punily
punily
adv
In a puny fashion.
punlet
punlet
noun
A little pun.
puntal
puntel
puntel
noun
Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”)
puntil
pupelo
pupelo
noun
(US, dialect) cider brandy; applejack
pupils
pupils
noun
plural of pupil
pupulo
purely
purely
adj
without physical adulterants; with no admixture
adv
(now US regional) Wholly; really, completely.
(now rare) Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.
Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
purfle
purfle
noun
(heraldry) An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings.
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
verb
(heraldry, transitive) To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or with gold studs or mountings.
(transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
purfly
purfly
adj
(archaic, rare) wrinkled
purled
purled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of purl
purler
purler
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Something extremely good.
(UK, colloquial) A headlong fall or tumble.
(UK, colloquial) A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.
purlin
purlin
noun
A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.
purple
purple
adj
(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
(motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Blood-red; bloody.
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
Imperial; regal.
noun
(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
(medicine) Purpura.
(slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank.
A cardinalate.
A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
verb
(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
(transitive) To clothe in purple.
(transitive) To dye purple.
purply
purply
adj
Of or having somewhat of a purple color or hue.
purrel
purrel
noun
A transverse stripe or bar, made by one or several weft threads, in a web of cloth, to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening
pusill
pusley
pusley
noun
(US, dialect) purslane
pussly
pussly
noun
Alternative form of pussley (“purslane”)
puteal
puteal
noun
(architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.
puteli
puteli
noun
(Philippines, literary) A princess.
A flat-bottomed boat used on the Ganges.
putlog
putlog
noun
(architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
puzzle
puzzle
noun
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
A crossword puzzle.
A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
A jigsaw puzzle.
A riddle.
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
verb
(intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.
(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
pyrula
pyruwl
redupl
replum
replum
noun
(botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off
rumple
rumple
verb
(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
(transitive) To muss; to tousle.
rumply
rumply
adj
rumpled
rupial
rupial
adj
Of or pertaining to rupia.
sapful
sapful
adj
(poetic) Full of sap; sappy; tasteful.
sculps
sculps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sculp
sculpt
sculpt
noun
(computer graphics) A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
(transitive) To carve out gradually.
(transitive) To form by sculpture.
sepult
sepult
adj
(archaic) buried.
verb
(obsolete) To bury or inter.
shlump
shlump
noun
Alternative form of schlump
slipup
slipup
noun
Alternative form of slip-up
slowup
slumps
slumps
noun
plural of slump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slump
(informal) Slumping or sagging, or tending to slump or sag.
Characteristic of an economic slump.
slurps
slurps
noun
plural of slurp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slurp
souple
souple
adj
Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.
noun
The part of a flail that strikes the grain.
spauld
spauld
noun
(Scotland) The shoulder.
spilus
spilus
noun
naevus
splunt
splurt
splurt
verb
(informal, transitive) To spit out violently, as with disgust or surprise.
(informal, transitive, intransitive) To squirt out in a messy stream.
sproul
spucdl
sulpha
sulpha
adj
(pharmacology) Of or containing sulphanilamide.
noun
(pharmacology) A sulphanilamide.
sulpho
sumple
superl
suplee
suplex
suplex
noun
(professional wrestling) A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up their opponent off the ground (or mat) and then, using a large portion of their own body weight, drives the opponent down on the mat by throwing them over their center of gravity, usually arching their back.
verb
(transitive, professional wrestling) To subject to this manoeuvre.
supple
supple
adj
(figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
verb
(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become supple.
supply
supply
adv
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
(in the plural) Provisions.
(uncountable) The act of supplying.
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a substitute.
(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
(transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
(transitive) To furnish or equip with.
(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
(transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
tiltup
tipful
tipula
tipula
noun
Any of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera; a kind of crane fly.
topful
topful
adj
Full to the top or brim.
tulipa
tulipi
tulips
tulips
noun
plural of tulip
tulipy
tulipy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tulip.
tupelo
tupelo
noun
(in particular) Nyssa aquatica.
(in particular) Nyssa multiflora, a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.