(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
(falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
verb
present participle of cope
dognap
dognap
verb
(transitive) To abduct (a dog).
doping
doping
noun
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.
The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.
The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
verb
present participle of dope
duping
duping
verb
present participle of dupe
epigne
epigon
eponge
epping
epping
Proper noun
A market town in Essex, England.
A town in New Hampshire.
A city/village in North Dakota.
expugn
expugn
verb
(obsolete) To take by storm; capture.
gaping
gaping
adj
Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
noun
A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.
Something gaping; something agape.
The act of one who gapes.
verb
present participle of gape
genapp
genapp
noun
Alternative form of genappe
genepi
genipa
genips
genips
noun
plural of genip
gepoun
gilpin
gipons
gipson
gispin
gonoph
gonoph
noun
(dated) Alternative spelling of ganef
goupen
goupin
gowpen
gowpen
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
gowpin
gulpin
gulpin
noun
(slang, obsolete) A gullible person; a fool.
hangup
hangup
noun
Alternative spelling of hang-up
hogpen
hogpen
noun
A pigpen.
hoping
hoping
adj
(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.
verb
I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.
present participle of hope
transport-hiking, train-hiking
hyping
hyping
verb
present participle of hype
imping
imping
noun
A practice used on birds to fix important broken feathers.
The act or process of grafting or mending.
verb
present participle of imp
impugn
impugn
verb
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
(transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack.
japing
japing
noun
japery; joking
verb
present participle of jape
jkping
loping
loping
verb
present participle of lope
moping
moping
noun
The act of one who mopes.
verb
present participle of mope
nagpur
nagpur
Proper noun
A large city in India, in the state of Maharashtra.
ningpo
oppugn
oppugn
verb
(transitive, rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
opting
opting
verb
present participle of opt
pacing
pacing
noun
The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.
verb
present participle of pace
padang
padang
noun
Malaysian grassland
padnag
padnag
noun
(archaic) An ambling nag.
pagans
pagans
noun
plural of pagan
pagina
pagina
noun
(botany) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
pagine
paging
paging
noun
(computing) A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.
The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.
verb
present participle of page
pagnes
pagnol
pahang
pahang
Proper noun
State in western Malaysia which has Kuantan as its capital.
paling
paling
noun
(Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting.
A fence made of palings.
A pointed stick used to make a fence.
verb
present participle of pale
pangas
pangas
noun
plural of panga
panged
panged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pang
pangen
pangwe
panmug
panmug
noun
(UK, historical) An earthenware crock used to hold milk or butter, etc.
pannag
panung
panung
noun
A traditional Thai garment, a long strip of cloth wrapped around the waist, reaching below the knees, and sometimes passed between the legs and tucked at the back.
parang
parang
noun
A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.
verb
To cut with a parang
To play parang music
paring
paring
noun
A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.
verb
present participle of pare
pasang
pasang
noun
An abstract strategy board game from Brunei, in which two players compete to to capture black and white tokens.
paseng
paseng
noun
The bezoar goat.
paving
paving
adj
Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself.
noun
Interior pavement, as in a cathedral.
The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.
verb
present participle of pave
pawing
pawing
noun
The act of one who paws.
verb
present participle of paw
paying
paying
noun
payment
verb
present participle of pay
payong
payong
noun
(historical) A parasol used as a Javanese emblem of rank.
peeing
peeing
verb
present participle of pee
peenge
peenge
verb
(Scotland) To complain childishly.
pegeen
pegman
pegmen
peguan
peking
peking
Adjective
Of or related to Beijing
peleng
penang
penang
Proper noun
State in western Malaysia which has George Town as its capital.
Island in Penang state.
penghu
pengos
pengos
noun
plural of pengo
pengpu
pengun
pewing
pewing
verb
present participle of pew
picong
picong
noun
(Caribbean) A kind of informal banter, often lightly pejorative but rarely mean-spirited, strongly associated with the lyrics of calypso music.
pidgin
pidgin
noun
(archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
piegan
pieing
pieing
noun
An instance of throwing a pie at someone, often a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
verb
present participle of pie
pigdan
pigeon
pigeon
noun
(Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
(Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
(archaic, idiomatic, UK, informal) Concern or responsibility.
(countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird.
A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
verb
(transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.
piggin
piggin
noun
(dialect) A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
pigman
pigman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer in crockery.
A farm worker who looks after pigs.
pignet
pignon
pignus
pignus
noun
(law, obsolete, Ancient Rome) A pledge or pawn.
pignut
pignut
noun
(US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.
The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
pigpen
pigpen
noun
(cryptography) The pigpen cipher.
A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
Something extremely dirty or messy.
piking
piking
verb
present participle of pike
piling
piling
noun
(ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.
A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
The act of heaping up.
verb
present participle of pile
pinang
pinang
noun
A palm of the genus Nenga, endemic to Southeast Asia.
pinged
pinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ping
pinger
pinger
noun
(slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.
A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.
A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.
A user of a ping program; one who pings.
pingle
pingle
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small piece of enclosed ground.
verb
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To dawdle.
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To eat with a feeble appetite.
pingos
pingos
noun
plural of pingo
pingre
pingue
pining
pining
noun
The act of one who pines.
verb
present participle of pine
piping
piping
adj
High-pitched.
noun
(botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
(botany) propagation by cuttings
(cooking) Icing extruded from a piping bag.
(sewing) An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
An act of making music or noise with pipes.
The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
The sound of musical pipes.
verb
present participle of pipe
pisang
pisang
noun
(archaic) A banana or plantain.
plangi
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
plying
plying
verb
present participle of ply
pogany
pohang
poking
poking
adj
drudging; servile
noun
The act by which something is poked.
verb
present participle of poke
poling
poling
noun
One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.
The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.
verb
present participle of pole
ponged
ponged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pong
pongee
pongee
noun
A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.
Channa striata (striped snakehead)
pongid
pongid
noun
(obsolete) Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans
poonga
popgun
popgun
noun
Alternative spelling of pop gun
poring
poring
noun
The act of one who pores.
verb
present participle of pore
posing
posing
noun
(informal) The act of portraying oneself artificially, usually to make oneself appear grander or to fit in with the crowd; pretense
The act by which something is posed.
The act of one who poses or postures.
verb
present participle of pose
potgun
potgun
noun
(obsolete) A pop gun.
(obsolete) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
potong
poxing
poxing
verb
present participle of pox
poyang
prangs
prangs
noun
plural of prang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prang
progne
prongs
prongs
noun
plural of prong
prongy
prongy
adj
Characterised by prongs or a prong-like shape.
prying
prying
noun
The act of one who pries.
verb
present participle of pry
pugman
puking
puking
noun
The act of one who pukes or vomits.
verb
present participle of puke
puling
puling
noun
A whining or whimpering.
verb
present participle of pule
pungar
punger
pungey
pungie
pungle
pungle
verb
(Southwestern US, regional) To pay or hand over; to shell out
pungyi
puting
pynung
raping
raping
noun
Misspelling of rapping.
Rape (sexual violation).
verb
present participle of rape
repugn
repugn
verb
(archaic) To oppose or resist
riping
riping
verb
present participle of ripe
roping
roping
adj
ropy; stringy; glutinous
noun
The act of catching an animal with a rope.
verb
present participle of rope
siping
siping
verb
present participle of sipe
sponge
sponge
noun
(baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
(countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
(countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
(countable, uncountable, Britain) A type of steamed pudding.
(informal) A heavy drinker.
(slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
(slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
(uncountable) A porous material such as sponges consist of.
A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
A person who readily absorbs ideas.
Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
verb
(intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
(intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
(marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
(transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
(transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
spongy
spongy
adj
Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
sprang
sprang
verb
simple past tense of spring
spreng
spring
spring
adj
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
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.