Hangman Words Containing P

ALP (5) [noun] A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. AMP (7) [noun] Short for ampere. | [noun] Short for amplifier. | [noun] Short for ampoule. APE (5) [noun] A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. | [noun] Any such primate other than a human. | [noun] An uncivilised person. | [adjective] Wild; crazy. APT (5) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. | [noun] An apartment; a flat. ASP (5) [noun] A water snake. | [noun] A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis). | [noun] The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) | [noun] The aspen tree. BAP (7) [noun] A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. | [verb] To hit lightly. BOP (7) [noun] A very light smack, blow or punch. | [verb] To strike gently or playfully. | [noun] A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. CAP (7) [noun] A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. | [noun] A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. | [noun] An academic mortarboard. | [noun] Capitalization. | [noun] An uppercase letter. | [noun] Capacitor | [noun] A recording or screenshot. | [noun] A capsule of a drug. | [noun] A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles. CEP (7) [noun] An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis). COP (7) [noun] A spider. | [verb] To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. | [verb] To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. | [noun] (law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard. | [noun] (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine. CUP (7) [noun] A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. | [noun] The contents of said vessel; a cupful. | [noun] A customary unit of measure DAP (6) [noun] Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs. | [noun] A fistbump. | [verb] To greet with a dap. DIP (6) [noun] A lower section of a road or geological feature. | [noun] Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | [noun] The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. | [noun] A foolish person. | [noun] Initialism of device-independent pixel. | [noun] A diplomat. DUP (6) FOP (8) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. GAP (6) [noun] An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. | [noun] An opening allowing passage or entrance. | [noun] An opening that implies a breach or defect. | [noun] An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan. GIP (6) [noun] A servant; a gyp. | [verb] (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately. | [verb] To take out the entrails of (herrings). GYP (9) [noun] (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. | [verb] (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately. | [noun] A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder. | [noun] Gypsophila. | [noun] Pain or discomfort. HAP (8) [noun] (in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on. | [noun] That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck. | [verb] To happen; to befall; to chance. | [noun] (Western Pennsylvania) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm. | [noun] Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini. HEP (8) [noun] Hepatitis. | [noun] Abbreviation of high-energy physics. | [noun] A hip of a rose; a rosehip. | [verb] (US slang) To make aware of. | [noun] (usually reduplicated) An instance of crying hep!, especially as a call to attack Jewish people. HIP (8) [noun] The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue. | [noun] The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. | [noun] In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. | [noun] The fruit of a rose. | [verb] To inform, to make knowledgeable. HOP (8) [noun] A short jump. | [noun] A jump on one leg. | [noun] A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane. | [noun] The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed. HUP (8) [interjection] The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action. HYP (11) [noun] (entertainment) hypnotism | [noun] (entertainment) hypnotist | [noun] Hypotenuse IMP (7) [noun] A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful. | [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A baby Tasmanian devil. KEP (9) KIP (9) [noun] The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. | [noun] A bundle or set of such hides. | [noun] A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. | [noun] (chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed. | [verb] To snatch; take up hastily; filch | [noun] A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound. | [noun] The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK. | [noun] A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body. KOP (9) [noun] A hill or mountain. LAP (5) [noun] The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. | [noun] An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. | [noun] The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered | [noun] The act or process of lapping. | [verb] To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope. LIP (5) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LOP (5) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [noun] A flea. | [noun] (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple. MAP (7) [noun] A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary. | [noun] A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes. | [noun] A function. MOP (7) [noun] An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. | [noun] A wash with a mop; the act of mopping | [noun] A dense head of hair. NAP (5) [noun] A short period of sleep, especially one during the day. | [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. | [noun] A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather. | [noun] A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips. | [verb] To grab; to nab. | [verb] To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive). | [noun] (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl. NIP (5) [noun] A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. | [noun] A nipple, usually of a woman. | [noun] A playful bite. | [verb] To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip. OPE (5) [interjection] (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops | [interjection] (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops | [verb] To open. OPS (5) [noun] An operation. | [noun] An amateur radio operator. | [noun] An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc. OPT (5) [verb] To choose; select. PAC (7) PAD (6) [noun] A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. | [noun] A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. | [noun] A soft, or small, cushion. | [noun] A toad. | [noun] A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad. | [noun] A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods. | [verb] To travel along (a road, path etc.). | [noun] The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc. PAH (8) [interjection] Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage. | [noun] Father, papa. | [noun] Grandpa, grandfather. PAL (5) [noun] A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. | [noun] An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way. | [verb] Be friends with, hang around with. PAM (7) PAN (5) [noun] A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | [noun] The contents of such a receptacle. | [noun] A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. | [verb] Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally. | [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [verb] To join or fit together; to unite. | [noun] A part; a portion. | [adjective] Pansexual. PAP (7) [noun] Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. | [noun] Nonsense. | [noun] Porridge. | [noun] A female breast or nipple. | [noun] Pap smear | [adjective] (South African slang) Flat. | [noun] A paparazzo. | [noun] Pa; father PAR (5) [noun] A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented. | [noun] A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject. | [noun] An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures. | [preposition] By; with. | [noun] Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper. | [noun] Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater. PAS (5) [noun] A pace; a step, as in a dance or in marching. | [noun] The right of going foremost; precedence. | [noun] Father, papa. PAT (5) [noun] The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep | [noun] A light tap or slap, especially with the hands | [noun] A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung. | [noun] Patent. PAW (8) [noun] The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. | [noun] A hand. | [verb] (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. | [noun] Father; pa. PAX (12) [noun] A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory. | [noun] Friendship; truce. | [noun] The kiss of peace. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers. PAY (8) [noun] Money given in return for work; salary or wages. | [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | [verb] To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. PEA (5) [noun] A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. | [noun] The edible seed of some of these plants. | [noun] A ball travelling at high velocity. | [noun] A peafowl | [noun] Wampum. PEC (7) [noun] (usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle. PED (6) [noun] (on traffic signs) A pedestrian. | [noun] A pedestal. | [noun] A basket; a hamper; a pannier. | [noun] A soil particle. | [noun] Motorcycle PEE (5) [noun] Urine. | [verb] To urinate. | [verb] (mildly vulgar) To drizzle. | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter P. | [noun] Pence; penny (a quantity of money) | [noun] The bill of an anchor. | [noun] The sliding weight on a steelyard. PEG (6) [noun] A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. | [noun] Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its tail to measure its body length. | [noun] A protrusion used to hang things on. PEH (8) PEN (5) [noun] An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. | [noun] A prison cell. | [noun] The bullpen. | [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [noun] A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. | [noun] A female swan. | [noun] Penalty. PEP (7) [noun] Energy, high spirits. | [verb] To inject with energy and enthusiasm. PER (5) [preposition] For each. | [preposition] To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units). | [preposition] By the, by means of the, via the, through the. | [adjective] Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her. PES (5) [noun] The foot of a human | [noun] The hoof of a quadruped | [noun] Clubfoot or talipes PET (5) [noun] An animal kept as a companion. | [noun] (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.) | [noun] One who is excessively loyal to a superior. | [noun] A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted. | [noun] A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. | [noun] A term of endearment usually applied to women and children. PEW (8) [noun] One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel. | [noun] An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family. | [noun] Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold. | [interjection] An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor. | [interjection] Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun. PHI (8) [noun] Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". | [noun] The golden ratio. | [noun] A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion. PHT (8) PIA (5) [noun] The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord | [noun] A perennial Polynesian herb whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot. PIC (7) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. PIE (5) [noun] A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. | [noun] Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. | [noun] (Northeastern US) A pizza. | [noun] Magpie. | [noun] The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna. PIG (6) [noun] Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa. | [noun] (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine). | [noun] The edible meat of such an animal; pork. | [noun] Earthenware, or an earthenware shard PIN (5) [noun] A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. | [noun] A small nail with a head and a sharp point. | [noun] A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PIP (7) [noun] Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. | [noun] Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. | [noun] A pippin, seed of any kind. | [noun] One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. | [verb] To peep, to chirp | [noun] One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call. | [noun] (currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading. PIS (5) [noun] The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. | [noun] An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π. | [noun] Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. PIT (5) [noun] A hole in the ground. | [noun] An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | [noun] A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. | [noun] A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. | [noun] A pit bull terrier. PIU (5) PIX (12) [noun] Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture". | [noun] Specifically, motion pictures; movies. | [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. PLY (8) [noun] A layer of material. | [noun] A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn. | [noun] Short for plywood. | [verb] To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. | [noun] A bent; a direction. POD (6) [noun] A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. | [noun] A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations. | [noun] A bag; a pouch. POH (8) POI (5) [noun] The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. | [noun] A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream. | [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. POL (5) [noun] A politician. POM (7) [noun] An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent. | [noun] (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice. POP (7) [noun] A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. | [noun] (Midwest US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. | [noun] (Midwest US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. | [noun] Affectionate form of father. | [noun] Pop music. | [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. POT (5) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. | [noun] Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly | [noun] Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot | [noun] Marijuana | [noun] A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc. | [noun] A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. POW (8) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) POX (12) [noun] A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. | [noun] Syphilis. | [noun] A curse. PRO (5) [noun] An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). | [noun] A person who supports a concept or principle. | [preposition] In favor of. | [noun] A professional sportsman. | [noun] A prostitute. | [noun] A proproctor. PRY (8) [noun] The act of prying. | [noun] An excessively inquisitive person. | [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [noun] A lever. PSI (5) [noun] The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A form of psychic energy. PUB (7) [noun] A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television. | [noun] A public server. | [verb] To go to one or more public houses. | [noun] The act of publishing printed or other matter. | [verb] To publish PUD (6) [noun] Pudding (either sweet or savoury). | [noun] Penis. | [noun] Child's hand; child's fist. | [noun] An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds). PUG (6) [noun] A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. | [noun] A bargeman. | [noun] Chaff; the refuse of grain | [noun] An elf or hobgoblin. | [noun] One who fights with fists; a boxer. | [noun] Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil) | [noun] The pawprint or footprint of an animal | [noun] A term of endearment. PUL (5) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani. PUN (5) [noun] A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. | [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. | [verb] To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words. | [noun] A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. PUP (7) [noun] A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals. | [noun] A young, inexperienced person. | [noun] Any cute dog, regardless of age. PUR (5) [noun] The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented. | [noun] A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person. | [noun] The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed PUS (5) [noun] A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection. | [verb] To emit pus. PUT (5) [noun] A right to sell something at a predetermined price. | [noun] A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date. | [noun] The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. | [noun] An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer. | [noun] A prostitute. PYA (8) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat. | [noun] A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee PYE (8) PYX (15) [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. | [noun] A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. | [noun] The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. RAP (5) [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. | [noun] Blame for something. | [noun] A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. | [verb] To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. | [noun] A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. | [noun] Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. | [verb] To seize and carry off. REP (5) [verb] To represent; to act as a representative for. | [verb] Repeat | [noun] A repertoire | [noun] A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. RIP (5) [noun] A tear (in paper, etc.). | [noun] A type of tide or current. | [noun] A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. | [noun] A wicker basket for fish. | [noun] A worthless horse; a nag. | [noun] A handful of unthreshed grain. SAP (5) [noun] The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. | [noun] The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. | [noun] Any juice. | [noun] A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack. | [noun] A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc. SIP (5) [verb] To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. | [verb] To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. | [verb] To diminish or wane away slowly. SOP (5) [noun] Something entirely soaked. | [noun] A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. | [noun] Something given or done to pacify or bribe. SPA (5) [noun] A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring. | [noun] A trendy or fashionable resort. | [noun] A health club. | [noun] A clumsy person (see spastic) SPY (8) [noun] A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). | [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. SUP (5) [noun] A sip; a small amount of food or drink. | [verb] To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon. | [verb] To take supper. | [interjection] What's up (either as a greeting or actual question) | [adjective] Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark. | [noun] Superintendent. | [noun] Upper limit. | [noun] A stand-up paddleboard TAP (5) [noun] A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | [noun] A device used to dispense liquids. | [noun] Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. | [noun] A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. | [noun] An Indian malarial fever. TIP (5) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. | [noun] (skittles) The knocking over of a skittle. | [noun] A light blow or tap. | [noun] A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. | [noun] A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. | [noun] A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour. TOP (5) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TUP (5) [noun] A male sheep, a ram. | [noun] The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. | [verb] To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. | [noun] Two pence. UMP (7) [noun] An umpire. | [verb] To act as an umpire. UPO (5) UPS (5) [noun] The direction opposed to the pull of gravity. | [noun] A positive thing. | [noun] An upstairs room of a two story house. WAP (8) [noun] A blow or beating; a whap. | [noun] A breast. | [noun] A bundle. WOP (8) [noun] A person of Italian descent. YAP (8) [noun] The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. | [noun] Casual talk; chatter. | [noun] The mouth, which produces speech. YEP (8) [noun] Yes. | [adverb] Yes. YIP (8) [noun] A sharp, high-pitched bark | [verb] To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice YUP (8) [noun] A yes; an affirmative answer. | [interjection] Yes. | [noun] A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. ZAP (14) [noun] A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy. | [noun] An electric shock. | [noun] A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism. ZIP (14) [noun] A twist or fold. | [noun] Any of the folds on the surface of the brain. | [noun] The shape of something rotating; a vortex. | [noun] A ZIP code; a US postal code.

ALPS (6) [noun] A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. AMPS (8) [noun] Short for ampere. | [noun] Short for amplifier. | [noun] Short for ampoule. APED (7) [verb] To behave like an ape. | [verb] To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. APER (6) [noun] One who apes or mimics. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "ape," meaning to imitate or mimic. APES (6) [noun] A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. | [noun] Any such primate other than a human. | [noun] An uncivilised person. APEX (13) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APOD (7) APSE (6) [noun] A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. | [noun] The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches. | [noun] A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. | [noun] An aspen tree. ASPS (6) [noun] A water snake. | [noun] A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis). | [noun] The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) ATAP (6) [noun] A palm tree native to Southeast Asia, or the leaf thatch made from this tree used for roofing. ATOP (6) [adverb] On, to, or at the top. | [preposition] On the top of. | [preposition] On the top, with "of". BAPS (8) [noun] A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. BEEP (8) [noun] The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. | [noun] A short, electronically produced tone. | [verb] To sound (something that makes a beep). BLIP (8) [verb] To emit one or more bleeps. | [verb] To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. | [noun] A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. BOPS (8) [noun] A very light smack, blow or punch. | [verb] To strike gently or playfully. | [noun] A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. BUMP (10) [noun] A light blow or jolting collision. | [noun] The sound of such a collision. | [noun] A protuberance on a level surface. BURP (8) [noun] A belch. | [verb] To emit a burp. | [verb] To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp. CAMP (10) [noun] An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. | [noun] An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. | [noun] A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. | [noun] An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style. CAPE (8) [noun] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | [noun] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. | [noun] A superhero. | [verb] To look for, search after. CAPH (11) [noun] The palm of the hand. | [noun] A Hebrew letter. CAPO (8) [noun] A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. | [noun] A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime. | [noun] A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches. CAPS (8) [noun] A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. | [noun] A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. | [noun] An academic mortarboard. CARP (8) [noun] Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. | [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. CEPE (8) [noun] An edible fungus with a brown cap and white pores, also known as a porcini mushroom. CEPS (8) [noun] An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis). CHAP (11) [noun] (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. | [noun] A customer, a buyer. | [noun] A child. | [noun] A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. | [noun] (often in the plural) The jaw. | [noun] (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. CHIP (11) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. | [verb] To chop or cut into small pieces. CHOP (11) [noun] A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. | [noun] A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. | [noun] A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. | [noun] A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal. | [noun] An official stamp or seal, as in China and India. | [noun] An IRC channel operator. CLAP (8) [noun] The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. | [noun] The explosive sound of thunder. | [noun] Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. | [noun] (with "the") Gonorrhea. CLIP (8) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. | [noun] Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: CLOP (8) [noun] The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. | [noun] My Little Pony-themed pornography | [verb] To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. COMP (10) [noun] Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images. | [noun] Clipping of comprehensive examination. | [noun] Clipping of complimentary ticket or item. COOP (8) [noun] A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. | [noun] A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish. | [noun] A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison. | [noun] A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc. | [noun] A small heap. | [noun] A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep. COPE (8) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. | [noun] A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass. | [verb] To bargain for; to buy. COPS (8) [noun] A spider. | [verb] To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. | [verb] To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. | [noun] The connecting crook of a harrow. COPY (11) [noun] The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. | [noun] An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. | [noun] The text that is to be typeset. COUP (8) [noun] A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. | [noun] (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery. | [noun] A coup d'état. CRAP (8) [noun] The husk of grain; chaff. | [noun] (mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. | [noun] (mildly) Nonsense; something untrue. | [noun] A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps. CROP (8) [noun] A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. | [noun] The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. | [noun] A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. | [verb] To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. CUPS (8) [noun] A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. | [noun] The contents of said vessel; a cupful. | [noun] A customary unit of measure CUSP (8) [noun] A sharp point or pointed end. | [noun] An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events. | [noun] A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point. DAMP (9) [noun] Moisture; humidity; dampness. | [noun] Fog; fogginess; vapor. | [noun] Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity. DAPS (7) [noun] Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs. | [noun] A fistbump. | [verb] To greet with a dap. DEEP (7) [noun] (with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc. | [noun] (with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation. | [noun] A deep shade of colour. DIPS (7) [noun] A lower section of a road or geological feature. | [noun] Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | [noun] The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. DIPT (7) DOPA (7) [noun] The amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine that is generated in the liver from tyrosine and then converted into dopamine in the brain. DOPE (7) [noun] Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. | [noun] An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. | [noun] Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. DOPY (10) [adjective] Stupid, silly. DORP (7) [noun] A village or small town; a town considered provincial. DRIP (7) [verb] To fall one drop at a time. | [verb] To leak slowly. | [verb] To let fall in drops. | [noun] A drop of a liquid. | [noun] A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing. DROP (7) [noun] A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. | [noun] A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything. | [noun] (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general. DUMP (9) [noun] A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. | [noun] A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. | [noun] That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. | [noun] A thick, ill-shapen piece. | [noun] A deep hole in a river bed; a pool. DUPE (7) [noun] A person who has been deceived. | [verb] To swindle, deceive, or trick. | [noun] A duplicate of a photographic image. DUPS (7) EPEE (6) [noun] A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. EPHA (9) EPIC (8) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. | [adjective] (of a morphism) That is an epimorphism. EPOS (6) [noun] An epic. ESPY (9) [verb] To catch sight of; to see; to spot (said especially of something not easy to see) | [verb] To examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe. | [verb] To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. EXPO (13) [noun] An exposition. | [noun] An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables. FLAP (9) FLIP (9) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. | [interjection] Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error. | [adjective] Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose. | [noun] A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog). FLOP (9) [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. | [noun] The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game. | [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. FOPS (9) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. FRAP (9) [verb] To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. | [verb] To strike. | [noun] An iced cappuccino. GAMP (9) [noun] An umbrella. GAPE (7) [noun] An act of gaping; a yawn. | [noun] A large opening. | [noun] A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. GAPS (7) [noun] An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. | [noun] An opening allowing passage or entrance. | [noun] An opening that implies a breach or defect. GAPY (10) GASP (7) [noun] A short, sudden intake of breath. | [noun] : A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper). | [verb] To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. GAWP (10) [verb] To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. GIMP (9) [noun] A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. | [noun] Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. | [noun] The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. | [noun] A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. | [adjective] (Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant. GIPS (7) GLOP (7) [verb] To stare in amazement. | [noun] Any gooey substance. | [noun] A gooey blob of some substance. GOOP (7) [noun] (usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo. | [noun] A silly, stupid, or boorish person. GORP (7) [noun] A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement for use while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc. GRIP (7) [verb] To take hold of, particularly with the hand. | [verb] To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense. | [verb] To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief. | [noun] A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. | [noun] A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain. | [noun] The griffin. GULP (7) [noun] The usual amount swallowed. | [noun] The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear. | [noun] An unspecified small number of bytes, often two. GYPS (10) [noun] (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. | [noun] A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder. HAPS (9) [noun] (in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on. | [noun] That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck. | [verb] To happen; to befall; to chance. HARP (9) [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body | [noun] A harmonica. | [noun] A grain sieve. HASP (9) [noun] A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door. | [noun] A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on. | [noun] An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier. HEAP (9) [noun] A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. | [noun] A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. | [noun] A great number or large quantity of things. HELP (9) [noun] Action given to provide assistance; aid. | [noun] (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. | [noun] Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer. | [verb] To provide assistance to (someone or something). HEMP (11) [noun] A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. | [noun] Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis. HIPS (9) [noun] The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue. | [noun] The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. | [noun] In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. HOLP (9) HOOP (9) [noun] A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. | [noun] A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. | [noun] A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | [noun] A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. HOPE (9) [verb] To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. | [verb] To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. | [verb] To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. | [noun] The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. | [noun] A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb. | [noun] A sloping plain between mountain ridges. HOPS (9) [noun] A short jump. | [noun] A jump on one leg. | [noun] A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane. HUMP (11) [noun] A mound of earth. | [noun] A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine. | [noun] (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. HYPE (12) [noun] Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims. | [verb] To promote heavily; to advertise or build up. | [adjective] Hyped. | [noun] A drug addict. | [noun] A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back. HYPO (12) [noun] Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression. | [noun] A hypochondriac. | [noun] Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent. HYPS (12) IMPI (8) [noun] A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men. IMPS (8) [noun] A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful. | [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A baby Tasmanian devil. JAPE (13) [noun] A joke or quip. | [noun] A prank or trick. | [verb] To jest; play tricks. JAUP (13) JEEP (13) [noun] A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain. | [noun] A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland. | [noun] (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle. | [noun] (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector" JIMP (15) JUMP (15) [noun] The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. | [noun] An effort; an attempt; a venture. | [noun] A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. | [noun] A kind of loose jacket for men. JUPE (13) KAPA (10) KAPH (13) KEEP (10) [noun] The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. | [noun] The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance. | [noun] The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice. KELP (10) [noun] Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales). | [noun] The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture. KEMP (12) [noun] Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. | [adjective] Shaggy; rough. | [noun] A contest in work, etc. | [noun] A champion; a knight. KEPI (10) [noun] A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms. KEPS (10) KEPT (10) [verb] To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. | [verb] (heading) To hold the status of something. | [verb] (heading) To hold or be held in a state. KIPS (10) [noun] The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. | [noun] A bundle or set of such hides. | [noun] A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. KNAP (10) [noun] A sharp blow or slap. | [verb] To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. | [verb] To rap or strike sharply. | [noun] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob. KNOP (10) [noun] A knob, usually ornamental KOPH (13) KOPS (10) [noun] A hill or mountain. LAMP (8) [noun] A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | [noun] A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp. | [noun] A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets. LAPS (6) [noun] The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. | [noun] An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. | [noun] The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered LEAP (6) [noun] The act of leaping or jumping. | [noun] The distance traversed by a leap or jump. | [noun] A group of leopards. | [noun] A basket. LEPT (6) LIMP (8) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [noun] A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging. | [verb] To happen; befall; chance. LIPS (6) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LISP (6) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LOOP (6) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. | [verb] To form something into a loop. LOPE (6) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPS (6) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. LOUP (6) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LUMP (8) [noun] Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. | [noun] A group, set, or unit. | [noun] A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. MAPS (8) [noun] A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary. | [noun] A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes. | [noun] A function. MOPE (8) [noun] A dull, spiritless person. | [noun] (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay. | [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. MOPS (8) [noun] An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. | [noun] A wash with a mop; the act of mopping | [noun] A dense head of hair. | [noun] A pug dog. MOPY (11) MUMP (10) NAPE (6) [noun] The back part of the neck. | [noun] The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. | [noun] A tablecloth. | [noun] Napalm. NAPS (6) [noun] A short period of sleep, especially one during the day. | [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. NEAP (6) [noun] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. | [noun] A neap tide. | [verb] To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. | [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NEEP (6) [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NIPA (6) [noun] A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. | [noun] A liquor made from the sap of nipa palm. | [noun] The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses. | [noun] Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass. NIPS (6) [noun] A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. | [noun] A nipple, usually of a woman. | [noun] A playful bite. NOPE (6) [noun] A negative reply, no. | [noun] An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration. | [noun] (except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch | [noun] A blow to the head. OOPS (6) [noun] A minor mistake or unforseen difficulty. | [verb] To make a mistake; to blunder. | [interjection] Acknowledging a mistake. OPAH (9) [noun] Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. OPAL (6) [noun] A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. | [noun] A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA." | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena. OPED (7) [verb] To open. OPEN (6) [adjective] Not closed | [adjective] Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended | [adjective] Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business. | [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [noun] (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. OPES (6) [verb] To open. OPTS (6) [verb] To choose; select. OPUS (6) [noun] A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. | [noun] A work, especially of art. OUPH (9) PACA (8) [noun] Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides. PACE (8) [noun] Step. | [noun] Way of stepping. | [noun] Speed or velocity in general. | [preposition] With all due respect to. | [noun] Easter. PACK (12) [noun] A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. | [noun] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack | [noun] A multitude. | [verb] (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. PACS (8) PACT (8) [noun] An agreement; a compact; a covenant. | [noun] An agreement between two or more nations | [verb] To form a pact; to agree formally. PADI (7) PADS (7) [noun] A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. | [noun] A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. | [noun] A soft, or small, cushion. PAGE (7) [noun] One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. | [noun] One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed. | [noun] Any record or writing; a collective memory. | [noun] A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education. PAID (7) [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | [verb] To be profitable for. | [adjective] That is not free of charge; that costs money. PAIK (10) PAIL (6) [noun] A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). | [noun] (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. PAIN (6) [noun] An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. | [noun] The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress | [noun] (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing. | [noun] Any of various breads stuffed with a filling. PAIR (6) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) | [verb] To impair, to make worse. PALE (6) [noun] Paleness; pallor. | [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [noun] A wooden stake; a picket. PALL (6) [noun] Senses relating to cloth. | [noun] Senses relating to clothing. | [verb] To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. | [verb] To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. | [noun] A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence. PALM (8) [noun] Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. | [noun] A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. | [noun] (by extension) Triumph; victory. | [noun] The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. PALP (8) [noun] A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating. | [noun] A fleshy part of a fingertip. | [noun] Short for palpation. PALS (6) [noun] A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. | [noun] An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way. | [verb] Be friends with, hang around with. PALY (9) [adjective] Vertically striped | [adjective] Pale; lacking colour PAMS (8) PANE (6) [noun] An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. | [noun] A layer in the build-up of a GUI. | [noun] A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface. PANG (7) [noun] (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. | [noun] (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow. | [verb] To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture. PANS (6) [noun] A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | [noun] The contents of such a receptacle. | [noun] A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. PANT (6) [noun] A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. | [noun] Eager longing. | [noun] A violent palpitation of the heart. | [noun] A pair of pants (trousers or underpants). | [noun] (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain. PAPA (8) [noun] Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. | [noun] A pet name for one's grandfather. | [noun] A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. PAPS (8) [noun] Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. | [noun] Nonsense. | [noun] Porridge. PARA (6) [noun] A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. | [noun] A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word. | [noun] A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented. | [noun] A paratrooper. | [adjective] Very drunk | [noun] Short for paraprofessional educator. PARD (7) [noun] A leopard; a panther. | [noun] Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation PARE (6) [verb] To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife | [verb] (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off | [verb] To trim the hoof of a horse PARK (10) [noun] An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. | [noun] A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region. | [noun] An area used for specific purposes. PARR (6) [noun] Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater. | [noun] A young leveret. PARS (6) [noun] Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper. | [noun] Equality of condition or circumstances. | [noun] (mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole. PART (6) [noun] A portion; a component. | [noun] Duty; responsibility. | [noun] The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. PASE (6) PASH (9) [noun] A passionate kiss. | [noun] A romantic infatuation; a crush. | [noun] The object of a romantic infatuation; a crush. | [noun] A crushing blow. | [verb] To throw (or be thrown) and break. PASS (6) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. | [noun] An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford. | [noun] A password (especially one for a restricted-access website). PAST (6) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. PATE (6) [noun] (somewhat obsolete) The head, particularly the top or crown. | [noun] Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities. | [noun] The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color. PATH (9) [noun] A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. | [noun] A course taken. | [noun] A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry. | [noun] (abbreviation) Pathology. PATS (6) [noun] The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep | [noun] A light tap or slap, especially with the hands | [noun] A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung. PATY (9) PAVE (9) [verb] To cover something with paving slabs. | [verb] To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. | [verb] To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. PAWL (9) [noun] A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction. | [noun] A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets. | [verb] To stop with a pawl. PAWN (9) [noun] The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant. | [noun] Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. | [noun] The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. | [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [noun] A gallery. | [verb] (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game). PAWS (9) [noun] The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. | [noun] A hand. | [verb] (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. PAYS (9) [noun] Money given in return for work; salary or wages. | [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. PEAG (7) PEAK (10) [noun] A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. | [noun] The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. | [noun] The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point. | [verb] To become sick or wan. | [noun] Wampum. PEAL (6) [noun] A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. | [noun] A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. | [noun] The changes rung on a set of bells. | [noun] A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. PEAN (6) [noun] A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field. | [adjective] : In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field. with gold spots | [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. PEAR (6) [noun] An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem. | [noun] A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). | [noun] The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). PEAS (6) [noun] A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. | [noun] The edible seed of some of these plants. | [noun] A ball travelling at high velocity. PEAT (6) [noun] Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. | [noun] A pet, a darling; a woman. PECH (11) [verb] To pant, to struggle for breath. PECK (12) [noun] An act of striking with a beak. | [noun] A small kiss. | [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). | [noun] One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. | [verb] To throw. | [noun] Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. PECS (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle. PEDS (7) [noun] Pediatric medicine, pediatric nursing, and so on; a medical or other specialty dealing with child patients. PEED (7) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] (mildly vulgar) To drizzle. PEEK (10) [verb] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. | [verb] To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place. | [verb] To retrieve (a value) from a memory address. PEEL (6) [noun] (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc. | [noun] The action of peeling away from a formation. | [noun] A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate. | [noun] A stake. | [noun] A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven. | [noun] An equal or match; a draw. | [verb] To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own). | [verb] To plunder; to pillage, rob. | [noun] A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. PEEN (6) [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [noun] Penis. PEEP (8) [noun] A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird. | [noun] A feeble utterance or complaint. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill. | [noun] A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one. | [noun] A spot on a die or domino. | [noun] Person. PEER (6) [noun] A look; a glance. | [verb] To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. | [verb] To come in sight; to appear. | [noun] Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else). | [noun] Someone who pees, someone who urinates. PEES (6) [noun] Urine. | [verb] To urinate. | [verb] (mildly vulgar) To drizzle. PEGS (7) [noun] A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. | [noun] Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its tail to measure its body length. | [noun] A protrusion used to hang things on. PEHS (9) PEIN (6) [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PEKE (10) [noun] A Pekingese dog. PELE (6) PELF (9) [noun] Money; riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired (compare lucre). PELT (6) [noun] A blow or stroke from something thrown. | [verb] To bombard, as with missiles. | [verb] To throw; to use as a missile. PEND (7) PENS (6) [noun] An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. | [noun] A prison cell. | [noun] The bullpen. PENT (6) [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [noun] Confinement; concealment. | [adjective] Confined in a pen, imprisoned. | [noun] A pentatonic scale. | [noun] A pentacle or pentagram. PEON (6) [noun] A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. | [noun] A person of low rank or importance. | [noun] A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman. PEPO (8) [noun] A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. | [noun] A plant producing such a fruit. PEPS (8) [noun] Energy, high spirits. | [verb] To inject with energy and enthusiasm. PERI (6) [noun] (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being. PERK (10) [noun] Perquisite. | [noun] A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up. | [noun] A percolator, particularly of coffee. | [verb] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of. | [verb] To peer; to look inquisitively. | [verb] To perch. PERM (8) [noun] A permanent. | [noun] A permanent wave. | [verb] To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc. | [noun] A permutation. PERT (6) [noun] An impudent person. | [verb] To behave with pertness. | [adjective] (of a person) Attractive. PESO (6) [noun] A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. | [noun] The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines. PEST (6) [noun] A plague, pestilence, epidemic | [noun] Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. | [noun] An annoying person, a nuisance. PETS (6) [noun] An animal kept as a companion. | [noun] (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.) | [noun] One who is excessively loyal to a superior. PEWS (9) [noun] One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel. | [noun] An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family. | [noun] Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold. PFFT (12) [interjection] Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance | [interjection] Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement | [interjection] Used to signify a puffing sound PFUI (9) [interjection] An exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt PHAT (9) [adjective] (originally African American Vernacular English) Excellent; cool; very good. | [adjective] Sexy. | [adjective] Rich in texture; prominent. PHEW (12) [interjection] Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise. | [interjection] Used to show disgust. PHIS (9) [noun] Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". | [noun] The golden ratio. | [noun] A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion. PHIZ (18) [noun] (chiefly Britain) The face. PHON (9) [noun] (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured. PHOT (9) [noun] A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph). | [verb] To photograph PHUT (9) [verb] To produce such a sound. | [interjection] A sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas. PIAL (6) PIAN (6) PIAS (6) PICA (8) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. | [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. | [noun] A magpie. PICE (8) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. PICK (12) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICS (8) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. PIED (7) [adjective] Having two or more colors, especially black and white. | [adjective] Decorated or colored in blotches. | [verb] To spill or mix printing type. | [verb] To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing). PIER (6) [noun] A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. | [noun] A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment. | [noun] A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided. PIES (6) [verb] To spill or mix printing type. | [noun] A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. | [noun] Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. PIGS (7) [noun] Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa. | [noun] (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine). | [noun] The edible meat of such an animal; pork. PIKA (10) [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. PIKE (10) [noun] A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults. | [noun] A sharp point, such as that of the weapon. | [noun] A large haycock. | [noun] Short for turnpike. PIKI (10) [noun] A paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized blue corn meal. PILE (6) [noun] A mass of things heaped together; a heap. | [noun] A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | [noun] A mass formed in layers. | [noun] A dart; an arrow. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid. | [noun] Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.) PILI (6) PILL (6) [noun] A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | [noun] (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. | [noun] A comical or entertaining person. | [noun] The peel or skin. | [noun] An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. PILY (9) PIMA (8) [noun] A soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense) PIMP (10) [noun] Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. | [noun] A man who can easily attract women. | [verb] To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander. | [numeral] Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting PINA (6) [noun] Cloth woven from pineapple fiber | [noun] A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting. | [noun] The residual cone of spongy silver left after the retorting. PINE (6) [noun] Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | [noun] Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. | [noun] The wood of this tree. | [noun] A painful longing. | [verb] To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. PING (7) [noun] A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [noun] (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. | [noun] A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. PINK (10) [noun] The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. | [noun] A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. | [noun] A narrow boat. | [noun] A stab. | [noun] Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. | [verb] Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine). | [verb] To wink; to blink. | [noun] Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base. PINS (6) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [noun] A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. | [noun] A small nail with a head and a sharp point. PINT (6) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to: | [noun] (metonym) A pint of milk. | [noun] (metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. PINY (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or having many pines PION (6) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PIPE (8) [noun] Meanings relating to a wind instrument. | [noun] Meanings relating to a hollow conduit. | [noun] Meanings relating to a container. PIPS (8) [noun] Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. | [noun] Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. | [noun] A pippin, seed of any kind. PIPY (11) PIRN (6) PISH (9) [noun] A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds. | [verb] To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh"). | [verb] To express contempt. PISO (6) PISS (6) [noun] (usually uncountable) Urine. | [noun] An instance of pissing. | [noun] Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality. PITA (6) [noun] A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. | [noun] A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper. | [noun] The plant which yields the fiber. PITH (9) [noun] The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees. | [noun] The spongy interior substance of a feather or horn. | [noun] The spinal cord; the marrow. | [noun] One divided by pi. PITS (6) [noun] A hole in the ground. | [noun] An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | [noun] A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. PITY (9) [noun] A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. | [noun] Something regrettable. | [noun] Piety. PIXY (16) [noun] (fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. | [noun] A cute, petite woman with short hair. | [noun] An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. PLAN (6) [noun] A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. | [noun] A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. | [noun] A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. PLAT (6) [noun] A plot of land; a lot. | [noun] A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document. | [noun] A plot, a scheme. | [noun] A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.). | [adjective] (obsolete except Scotland) Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level. PLAY (9) [noun] Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. | [noun] Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills. | [noun] The conduct, or course, of a game. PLEA (6) [noun] An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty. | [noun] An excuse; an apology. | [noun] That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification. PLEB (8) [noun] A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society. | [noun] A common person, an unsophisticated or cultureless person. | [noun] (usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy. PLED (7) [verb] To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. | [verb] To beg, beseech, or implore. | [verb] To offer by way of excuse. PLEW (9) [noun] Beaver pelt PLIE (6) [noun] A smooth and continuous bending of the knees PLOD (7) [noun] A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity. | [verb] To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over). | [verb] To trudge over or through. | [noun] A puddle. | [noun] (mildly, usually with "the") the police, police officers PLOP (8) [noun] A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. | [noun] Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet. | [verb] To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. PLOT (6) [noun] (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. | [noun] An area or land used for building on or planting on. | [noun] A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. PLOW (9) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. PLOY (9) [noun] A tactic, strategy, or gimmick. | [noun] Sport; frolic. | [noun] Employment. | [verb] To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision. PLUG (7) [noun] A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. | [noun] Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. | [noun] A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. PLUM (8) [noun] The fruit and its tree. | [noun] Extended senses. | [adjective] Of a dark bluish-red colour. | [verb] To plumb. PLUS (6) [noun] A positive quantity. | [noun] An asset or useful addition. | [noun] A plus sign: +. POCK (12) [noun] A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease. | [noun] Any pit, especially one formed as a scar | [verb] To scar or mark with pits POCO (8) PODS (7) [noun] A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. | [noun] A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations. | [noun] A bag; a pouch. POEM (8) [noun] A literary piece written in verse. | [noun] A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry. | [noun] A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose. POET (6) [noun] A person who writes poems. | [noun] A person with a creative or romantic imagination. POGY (10) POIS (6) [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. POKE (10) [noun] A prod, jab, or thrust. | [noun] A lazy person; a dawdler. | [noun] A stupid or uninteresting person. | [noun] A sack or bag. | [noun] Pokeweed | [noun] Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients. POKY (13) [noun] A gambling device based on the card game poker. | [adjective] Slow. | [adjective] Stupid; mentally dull. | [noun] Jail. POLE (6) [noun] Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. | [noun] A type of basic fishing rod. | [noun] A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. | [noun] Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. POLL (6) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) | [noun] A pet parrot. | [noun] (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. POLO (6) [noun] A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. | [noun] The ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. | [noun] A polo shirt. | [noun] A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands. | [noun] A dress shirt. POLS (6) [noun] A politician. POLY (9) [noun] Polytechnic. | [noun] Polyethylene (polythene). | [noun] Polyurethane | [noun] A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean. POME (8) [noun] A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. | [noun] A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. | [verb] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. POMP (10) [noun] Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. | [noun] A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. | [verb] To make a pompous display; to conduct. POMS (8) [noun] An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent. | [noun] (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice. POND (7) [noun] An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. | [noun] An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river. | [noun] The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. | [verb] To ponder. PONE (6) [noun] A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. | [noun] A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. | [noun] A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs. | [noun] The last player to bet or play in turn. PONG (7) [noun] A stench, a bad smell. | [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. | [noun] A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host. | [noun] A set of three identical tiles. PONS (6) [noun] A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ. | [noun] A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem. PONY (9) [noun] A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. | [noun] A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer. | [noun] (New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint. | [noun] Crap; rubbish, nonsense. POOD (7) POOF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [verb] To vanish or disappear. | [verb] To break wind; to fart. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POOH (9) [noun] Feces. | [noun] A piece of feces or an act of defecation. | [noun] Cannabis resin. POOL (6) [noun] A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. | [noun] A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | [noun] A supply of resources. | [noun] (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game. POON (6) [noun] Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. | [noun] Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman. | [noun] A wimp; a pussy. POOP (8) [noun] Fecal matter, feces. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch. | [verb] To make a short blast on a horn | [noun] A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process. | [verb] To tire, exhaust. Often used with out. | [noun] The stern of a ship. | [noun] A slothful person. POOR (6) [noun] (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group. | [adjective] With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | [adjective] Of low quality. POPE (8) [noun] An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. | [noun] (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church. | [noun] An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church. | [noun] (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop. | [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. | [noun] The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus). POPS (8) [noun] (usually as a form of address) Father, dad. | [noun] (usually as a form of address, by extension) A man old enough to be the speaker's father. | [noun] A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. PORE (6) [noun] A tiny opening in the skin. | [noun] By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. | [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. PORK (10) [noun] The meat of a pig; swineflesh. | [noun] Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole. | [verb] (usually of a male) To have sex with (someone). PORN (6) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work. | [noun] Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. PORT (6) [noun] A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. | [noun] A town or city containing such a place, a port city. | [noun] The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. | [noun] An entryway or gate. | [noun] Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making. | [noun] A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. | [noun] A suitcase or schoolbag. POSE (6) [noun] Common cold, head cold; catarrh. | [noun] Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body). | [noun] Affectation. | [verb] To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate. POSH (9) [noun] Fragments produced by an impact | [noun] Slush | [adjective] Associated with the upper classes. POST (6) [noun] A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. | [noun] A stud; a two-by-four. | [noun] A pole in a battery. | [noun] Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. | [noun] An assigned station; a guard post. | [preposition] After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications. | [noun] Post-production. | [noun] A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death). POSY (9) [noun] A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. | [noun] A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring. POTS (6) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. | [noun] Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly | [noun] Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot POUF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. | [interjection] Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. POUR (6) [noun] The act of pouring. | [noun] Something, or an amount, poured. | [noun] A downpour, or flood of precipitation. POUT (6) [noun] One's facial expression when pouting. | [noun] A fit of sulking or sullenness. | [verb] To push out one's lips. | [noun] Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae). | [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). POWS (9) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) PRAM (8) [noun] A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator. | [noun] A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour. | [noun] A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter. PRAO (6) PRAT (6) [noun] A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke. | [adjective] Cunning, astute. | [noun] A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom. PRAU (6) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PRAY (9) [verb] To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. | [verb] To humbly beg a person for aid or their time. | [verb] To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. PREE (6) PREP (8) [noun] A preventative medical regiment of HIV medicines used to protect against HIV seroconversion after an exposure. | [noun] Preparation. | [noun] A prep school. PREX (13) [noun] (college slang) A president, especially of a university. | [noun] Prefix. PREY (9) [noun] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war | [noun] That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim. | [noun] A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. PREZ (15) [noun] President. PRIG (7) [noun] A tinker. | [noun] A petty thief or pickpocket. | [noun] A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. PRIM (8) [verb] To make affectedly precise or proper. | [verb] To dress or act smartly. | [adjective] Prudish, straight-laced | [noun] (plants) privet PROA (6) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PROD (7) [noun] A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving. | [noun] A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. | [noun] A poke. | [noun] A production. PROF (9) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PROG (7) [noun] Progressive rock. | [noun] A program. | [noun] (university slang) A proctor. | [noun] Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. PROM (8) [noun] A promenade concert | [noun] (abbreviation) promenade | [noun] A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year PROP (8) [noun] An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. | [noun] The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. | [noun] One of the seashells in the game of props. | [noun] An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. | [noun] The propeller of an aircraft. | [noun] A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot. | [noun] Propellant PROS (6) [noun] An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). | [noun] A person who supports a concept or principle. | [noun] A professional sportsman. PROW (9) [noun] The front part of a vessel | [noun] A vessel | [adjective] Brave, valiant, gallant. | [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PSIS (6) [noun] The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A form of psychic energy. PSST (6) [verb] To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them. | [interjection] Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person. PUBS (8) [noun] A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television. | [noun] A public server. | [verb] To go to one or more public houses. PUCE (8) [noun] A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. | [adjective] Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. PUCK (12) [noun] A mischievous or hostile spirit. | [noun] A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. | [noun] An object shaped like a puck. | [noun] (rural) billy goat PUDS (7) [noun] An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds). | [noun] A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds). | [noun] Pudding (either sweet or savoury). PUFF (12) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. | [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. PUGH (10) PUGS (7) [noun] A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. | [noun] A bargeman. | [noun] Chaff; the refuse of grain PUJA (13) [noun] A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship. PUKE (10) [noun] Vomit. | [noun] A drug that induces vomiting. | [noun] A worthless, despicable person. | [adjective] A fine grade of woolen cloth. PULA (6) [noun] Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck. | [noun] The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe. PULE (6) [noun] A plaintive melancholy whine. | [verb] To whimper or whine. | [verb] To pipe or chirp. | [noun] A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk. PULI (6) [noun] One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat. PULL (6) [noun] An act of pulling (applying force) | [noun] An attractive force which causes motion towards the source | [noun] Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope PULP (8) [noun] A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. | [noun] A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. | [verb] To make or be made into pulp. PULS (6) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani. PUMA (8) [noun] The mountain lion or cougar, Puma concolor. | [noun] A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar. PUMP (10) [noun] A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. | [noun] An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping | [noun] A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel. | [noun] A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker. PUNA (6) [noun] An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. PUNG (7) PUNK (10) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. | [noun] Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi. PUNS (6) [noun] A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. | [noun] A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. | [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. PUNT (6) [noun] A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole. | [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [noun] A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. | [noun] A point in the game of faro. | [noun] The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002. PUNY (9) [noun] (Oxford University slang) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student. | [noun] A younger person. | [noun] A beginner, a novice. PUPA (8) [noun] An insect in the development stage between larva and adult. PUPS (8) [noun] A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals. | [noun] A young, inexperienced person. | [noun] Any cute dog, regardless of age. PURE (6) [noun] One who, or that which, is pure. | [verb] To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately | [verb] To cleanse; to refine. | [noun] Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins. PURI (6) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. | [noun] In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class. PURL (6) [noun] A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance. | [noun] The edge of lace trimmed with loops. | [noun] An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. | [noun] A heavy or headlong fall; an upset. | [noun] A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. | [noun] Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic. | [noun] A tern. PURR (6) [noun] The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented. | [noun] A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person. | [noun] The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed PURS (6) PUSH (9) [noun] A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. | [noun] An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. | [noun] A great effort (to do something). | [noun] A pustule; a pimple. PUSS (6) [noun] (often as a term of address) A cat. | [noun] A girl or young woman, or any child. | [noun] A hare. | [noun] The mouth. PUTS (6) [noun] A right to sell something at a predetermined price. | [noun] A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date. | [noun] The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. PUTT (6) [noun] The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green. | [verb] To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter. | [noun] A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines. | [verb] To place something somewhere. PUTZ (15) [noun] Fool, idiot. | [noun] Jerk. | [noun] Penis. | [noun] A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree. PYAS (9) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat. | [noun] A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee PYES (9) PYIC (11) PYIN (9) PYRE (9) [noun] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. | [noun] Any heap or pile of combustibles. QOPH (18) QUIP (15) [noun] A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. | [verb] To make a quip. | [verb] To taunt; to treat with quips. RAMP (8) [noun] An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline. | [noun] A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway. | [noun] A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport | [noun] An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek. RAPE (6) RAPS (6) [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. | [noun] Blame for something. | [noun] A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. RAPT (6) [noun] An ecstasy; a trance. | [noun] Rapidity. | [verb] To transport or ravish. RASP (6) [noun] A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file. | [noun] The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. | [verb] To use a rasp. | [noun] The raspberry. REAP (6) [noun] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. | [verb] To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine | [verb] To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. REPO (6) [noun] Repossession | [noun] A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate | [noun] A repository usually containing software, in either source code or precompiled form. REPP (8) [noun] A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. REPS (6) [noun] Rep. | [verb] To represent; to act as a representative for. | [verb] Repeat RIPE (6) [noun] A fruit or vegetable which has ripened. | [verb] To ripen or mature | [adjective] (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature | [noun] The bank of a river. | [verb] To search; to rummage. RIPS (6) [noun] A tear (in paper, etc.). | [noun] A type of tide or current. | [noun] A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. ROMP (8) [noun] Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. | [noun] A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. | [noun] An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. ROPE (6) [noun] Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. | [noun] An individual length of such material. | [noun] A cohesive strand of something. ROPY (9) [adjective] Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. | [adjective] Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. | [adjective] Of poor quality; in poor health. ROUP (6) [noun] An outcry. | [noun] A sale of goods by auction. | [verb] To cry or shout. | [noun] An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae. RUMP (8) [noun] The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs | [noun] A cut of meat from the rump of an animal. | [noun] The buttocks. SALP (6) [noun] Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae. SAMP (8) [noun] An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it. SAPS (6) [noun] The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. | [noun] The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. | [noun] Any juice. SCOP (8) SCUP (8) [noun] A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy. | [noun] A swing. SEEP (6) [noun] A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping. | [noun] Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage. | [noun] The seeping away of a liquid, etc. SEPT (6) [noun] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland). | [noun] An enclosure; a railing. SHIP (9) [noun] A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. | [noun] (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. | [noun] A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts. | [verb] To send by water-borne transport. | [noun] A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional. SHOP (9) [noun] An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. | [noun] A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop. | [noun] A large garage where vehicle mechanics work. SIMP (8) [noun] A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton. | [verb] To melancholically reminisce; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover. | [noun] A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal. | [adjective] Made more simple; having its complexity reduced. SIPE (6) [noun] Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. | [noun] A drain. | [verb] To cut grooves in tires. SIPS (6) [noun] A small mouthful of drink SKEP (10) [noun] A basket. | [noun] A beehive made of straw or wicker. SKIP (10) [noun] A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. | [noun] The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. | [noun] A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. | [noun] A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). | [noun] Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority. | [noun] An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. | [noun] (college slang) A college servant. SLAP (6) [noun] A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. | [noun] The sound of such a blow. | [noun] Makeup; cosmetics. SLIP (6) [noun] A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. | [noun] Mud, slime. | [noun] A twig or shoot; a cutting. | [noun] An act or instance of slipping. SLOP (6) [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal. | [noun] (in the plural) See slops. | [noun] Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud. | [noun] (costers) A policeman. SNAP (6) [noun] A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. | [noun] A sudden break. | [noun] An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. SNIP (6) [noun] The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. | [noun] A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. | [noun] Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. SOAP (6) [noun] A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically. | [noun] A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid | [noun] Flattery or excessively complacent conversation. SOPH (9) SOPS (6) [noun] Something entirely soaked. | [noun] A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. | [noun] Something given or done to pacify or bribe. SOUP (6) [noun] Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture. | [noun] Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. | [verb] To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. | [verb] Alternative form of sup | [noun] Alternative form of sup | [verb] To sup or swallow. | [verb] To breathe out; to draw out. SPAE (6) [verb] To divine; foretell SPAN (6) [noun] The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. | [noun] (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. | [noun] A portion of something by length; a subsequence. | [verb] To extend through the distance between or across. | [verb] To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. SPAR (6) [noun] A rafter of a roof. | [noun] A thick pole or piece of wood. | [noun] A bar of wood used to fasten a door. | [noun] A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting. | [noun] Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. SPAS (6) [noun] A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring. | [noun] A trendy or fashionable resort. | [noun] A health club. SPAT (6) [verb] To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc. | [verb] To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly. | [verb] To utter (something) violently. | [noun] The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs. | [noun] (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe. | [noun] A brief argument, falling out, quarrel. | [noun] A light blow with something flat. | [noun] An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres. SPAY (9) [verb] To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant. | [noun] The hart in its third year; a young deer | [verb] To divine; foretell SPAZ (15) [noun] A stupid or incompetent person. | [noun] A hyperactive person. | [noun] A tantrum, a fit. SPEC (8) [noun] A special place (for hiding or viewing) | [noun] A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football. | [verb] To specify, especially in a formal specification document. SPED (7) [verb] To succeed; to prosper, be lucky. | [verb] To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour. | [verb] To go fast. SPEW (9) [noun] Vomit | [noun] Ejaculate or ejaculation. | [noun] Nonsense or lies. SPIC (8) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SPIK (10) SPIN (6) [noun] Rapid circular motion. | [noun] A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. | [noun] A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. SPIT (6) [noun] A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire. | [noun] A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula. | [verb] To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. | [noun] A sudden impact or blow. | [noun] The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. SPIV (9) [noun] A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods. | [noun] A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits. | [noun] In Scotland Yard usage, a low and common thief. SPOT (6) [noun] A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. | [noun] A stain or disfiguring mark. | [noun] A pimple, papule or pustule. SPRY (9) [adjective] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. | [adjective] Vigorous; lively; cheerful. SPUD (7) [noun] A potato. | [noun] A hole in a sock. | [noun] A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends. SPUE (6) [verb] To eject forcibly and in a stream | [verb] To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. | [verb] To vomit SPUN (6) [verb] To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. | [verb] To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. | [verb] To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. SPUR (6) [noun] A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight. | [noun] A jab given with the spurs. | [noun] Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse. | [noun] A tern. | [noun] A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal. | [noun] The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor. | [verb] To ask, to inquire STEP (6) [noun] An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace. | [noun] A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder. | [noun] A distinct part of a process; stage; phase. STOP (6) [noun] A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. | [noun] An action of stopping; interruption of travel. | [noun] That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. | [noun] A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. | [adjective] Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. SUMP (8) [noun] A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink. | [noun] The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains. | [noun] A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving. SUPE (6) SUPS (6) [noun] A sip; a small amount of food or drink. | [noun] Superintendent. | [noun] Upper limit. SWAP (9) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. | [noun] An exchange of two comparable things. | [noun] A blow; a stroke. SWOP (9) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. | [noun] A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles. SYPH (12) TAMP (8) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAPA (6) [noun] A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. | [noun] Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas. | [noun] Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine. TAPE (6) [noun] Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. | [noun] Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. | [noun] Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. TAPS (6) [noun] A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | [noun] A device used to dispense liquids. | [noun] Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. TARP (6) [noun] A tarpaulin. | [verb] To cover something with a tarpaulin. TEMP (8) [noun] Abbreviation of tempore. | [noun] A temporary employee, usually in an office. | [noun] A temporary storage location. TEPA (6) TIPI (6) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPS (6) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. TOPE (6) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa. TOPH (9) TOPI (6) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPS (6) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TRAP (6) [noun] A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. | [noun] A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. | [noun] A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. | [noun] A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock. | [verb] To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses). | [noun] The trapezius muscle. TRIP (6) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake | [noun] A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. TROP (6) TUMP (8) [noun] A mound or hillock. | [verb] To form a mass of earth or a hillock around. | [verb] To bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump") | [noun] A tumpline. TUPS (6) [noun] A male sheep, a ram. | [noun] The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. TYPE (9) [noun] A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. | [noun] An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc. | [noun] An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment. TYPO (9) [noun] A typographical error. | [verb] To make a typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYPP (11) TYPY (12) UMPS (8) [noun] An umpire. | [verb] To act as an umpire. UPAS (6) [noun] (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions. | [noun] A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree. | [noun] A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute. UPBY (11) UPDO (7) [noun] A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck UPON (6) [adverb] Being the target of an action. | [preposition] Physically above and in contact with. | [preposition] Physically directly supported by. VAMP (11) [noun] The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. | [noun] Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. | [noun] Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. | [noun] A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her. | [noun] A volunteer firefighter. VEEP (9) [noun] (US politics) The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. | [noun] Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.) WAPS (9) WARP (9) [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: | [noun] A distortion: | [noun] The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft. | [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: WASP (9) [noun] Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. | [noun] Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). | [noun] A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish. | [noun] A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. WEEP (9) [noun] A session of crying. | [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [noun] A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). WEPT (9) [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [verb] (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. WHAP (12) [noun] A blow; a hit; a variation of whop. | [noun] The curlew. | [verb] To strike hard and suddenly. WHIP (12) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHOP (12) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WIMP (11) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIPE (9) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. | [noun] A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). | [noun] An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout. WISP (9) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WOPS (9) [noun] A person of Italian descent. WRAP (9) [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. | [verb] To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. | [noun] A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm. | [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. YAPS (9) [noun] The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. | [noun] Casual talk; chatter. | [noun] The mouth, which produces speech. YAUP (9) YAWP (12) [noun] A yelp or bark | [noun] Loud or coarse talk | [verb] To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise YELP (9) [noun] An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. | [noun] A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. | [verb] To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. YIPE (9) [interjection] Used to express surprise, fear, or dismay. YIPS (9) [noun] A sharp, high-pitched bark | [verb] To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice | [noun] A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault. YUPS (9) [noun] A yes; an affirmative answer. | [noun] A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. ZAPS (15) [noun] A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy. | [noun] An electric shock. | [noun] A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism. ZIPS (15) [noun] A twist or fold. | [noun] Any of the folds on the surface of the brain. | [noun] The shape of something rotating; a vortex.

ABAMP (11) ADAPT (8) [verb] To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit | [verb] To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust | [verb] To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character ADEPT (8) [noun] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient | [adjective] Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient ADOPT (8) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. AGAPE (8) [adjective] In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open. | [adjective] Wide open. | [adverb] In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention. | [noun] The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others. ALEPH (10) [noun] The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا. ALPHA (10) [noun] The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. | [noun] Latin alpha | [noun] The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix. AMPLE (9) [adjective] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. | [adjective] Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty | [adjective] Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive AMPLY (12) [adverb] In an ample manner. AMPUL (9) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. | [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. APACE (9) [adverb] Quickly, rapidly, with speed. APART (7) [adjective] (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct. | [adjective] Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces. | [adverb] Placed separately (in regard to space or time). APEAK (11) [adjective] On or at the peak; at the highest point or level. APEEK (11) APERS (7) [verb] Third person singular present of "ape," meaning to imitate or mimic someone or something, often in a mocking way. APERY (10) [noun] A place where apes are kept. | [noun] The practice of aping; an apish action. APHID (11) [noun] Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. APHIS (10) [noun] An aphid. APIAN (7) [noun] (very rare) A bee. | [adjective] Relating to bees. APING (8) [verb] To behave like an ape. | [verb] To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. | [noun] Foolish imitation or mimicry. APISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ape APNEA (7) [noun] The cessation of breathing. APODS (8) APORT (7) [adverb] On or toward the port (left side) of a ship. APPAL (9) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEL (9) [noun] A stamp of the foot in fencing to signal readiness or to distract an opponent. APPLE (9) [noun] A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. | [noun] Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. | [noun] The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. APPLY (12) [verb] To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) | [verb] To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case | [verb] To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative | [adjective] Resembling apples, apple-like. APRES (7) [preposition] After | [noun] Such activities or events that occur after skiing. APRON (7) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. APSES (7) [noun] A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. | [noun] The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches. | [noun] A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. APSIS (7) [noun] A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. | [noun] Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside APTER (7) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. APTLY (10) [adverb] In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; appropriately ARPEN (7) ASPEN (7) [adjective] Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree. | [adjective] Tremulous, trembling. | [adjective] Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping. | [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. ASPER (7) [noun] A monetary unit formerly used in Turkey and some other Ottoman territories. | [adjective] Rough or harsh to the touch. ASPIC (9) [noun] A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé. | [noun] An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt. | [noun] A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot. ASPIS (7) [noun] A small round shield used by ancient Greek hoplites. | [noun] A venomous snake found in Africa and Asia. ATAPS (7) [noun] A type of palm leaf used for thatching roofs, particularly in Southeast Asia. ATOPY (10) [noun] A genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases such as asthma, eczema, or hay fever. ATRIP (7) [adjective] (nautical) With the anchor just clear of the bottom of the sea. | [adjective] In a state of readiness or preparation. BEBOP (11) [noun] An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies. | [verb] To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre. | [verb] (usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner. BECAP (11) BEEPS (9) [noun] The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. | [noun] A short, electronically produced tone. | [verb] To sound (something that makes a beep). BIPED (10) [noun] An animal, being or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs). BIPOD (10) [noun] A two-legged stand. BLEEP (9) [noun] A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device. | [noun] Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence. | [noun] A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock. BLIMP (11) [noun] An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container. | [noun] (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable. | [noun] An obese person. BLIPS (9) [verb] To emit one or more bleeps. | [verb] To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. | [noun] A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. BLOOP (9) [noun] A low-pitched beeping sound. | [verb] To make a hit just beyond the infield. | [verb] To produce a low-pitched beeping sound. BLYPE (12) [noun] A thin layer or shred of skin that peels off, especially from sunburn. | [verb] To peel off in thin layers or shreds. BUMPH (14) [noun] Toilet paper. | [noun] Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. BUMPS (11) [noun] A light blow or jolting collision. | [noun] The sound of such a collision. | [noun] A protuberance on a level surface. BUMPY (14) [adjective] Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements | [adjective] Covered with or full of bumps BURPS (9) [noun] A belch. | [verb] To emit a burp. | [verb] To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp. CAMPI (11) [noun] Plural of campus, referring to multiple college or university grounds. CAMPO (11) [noun] A police officer assigned to a university campus. | [noun] A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. CAMPS (11) [noun] An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. | [noun] An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. | [noun] A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. CAMPY (14) [adjective] Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional. CAPED (10) [adjective] Wearing a cape or capes. | [adjective] (in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind. | [adjective] Cancelled CAPER (9) [noun] A playful leap or jump. | [noun] A jump while dancing. | [noun] A prank or practical joke. | [noun] A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer. | [noun] The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten. | [noun] The capercaillie. CAPES (9) [noun] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | [noun] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. | [noun] A superhero. CAPHS (12) CAPON (9) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. | [verb] To castrate; to make a capon of. CAPOS (9) [noun] A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. | [noun] A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime. | [noun] A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches. CAPUT (9) [noun] The head or a head-like structure, especially in anatomy. | [noun] A chapter or section of a book or legal document. CARPI (9) [noun] The group of bones that make up the wrist. CARPS (9) [noun] Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. | [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. CEPES (9) [noun] Plural of cepe, an edible fungus also known as a porcini mushroom. CHAMP (14) [noun] Buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address) | [noun] An ongoing winner in a game or contest. | [noun] Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. | [noun] A meal of mashed potatoes and scallions | [noun] Champagne | [noun] (obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief CHAPE (12) [noun] The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. | [noun] The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. | [noun] The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard. CHAPS (12) [noun] (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. | [noun] A customer, a buyer. | [noun] A child. | [noun] Protective leather leggings attached at the waist. CHAPT (12) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "chap," meaning to crack or become cracked, especially of skin or lips. | [adjective] Cracked or roughened, typically describing skin. CHEAP (12) [noun] Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering. | [noun] A market; marketplace. | [noun] Price. CHEEP (12) [noun] A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. | [verb] Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep". | [verb] To express in a chirping tone. CHIMP (14) [verb] To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken. | [verb] To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera. | [noun] A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans. CHIPS (12) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. CHIRP (12) [noun] A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. | [noun] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. | [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets CHOMP (14) [noun] The act of chomping (see below) | [verb] To bite or chew loudly or heavily. | [verb] (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character). CHOPS (12) [noun] A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. | [noun] A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. | [noun] A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. | [verb] To talk, chat; also, to talk back, to be cheeky. CHUMP (14) [verb] To bite or chew loudly or heavily. | [verb] (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character). | [noun] An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. CLAMP (11) [noun] A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. | [noun] An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. | [noun] A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. | [noun] A heavy footstep; a tramp. CLAPS (9) [noun] The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. | [noun] The explosive sound of thunder. | [noun] Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. CLAPT (9) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "clap," meaning to applaud by striking palms together, or to move or strike suddenly and loudly. CLASP (9) [noun] A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps. | [noun] (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. | [verb] To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly. CLEPE (9) [noun] A cry; an appeal; a call. | [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. CLEPT (9) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLIPS (9) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. CLIPT (9) CLOMP (11) [noun] The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly. | [verb] To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs. | [verb] To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound. CLOPS (9) [noun] The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. | [noun] My Little Pony-themed pornography | [verb] To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. CLUMP (11) [noun] A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. | [noun] A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. | [noun] A dull thud. COAPT (9) [verb] To fit or come together; to join or adapt closely. COMPO (11) [noun] The act or principle of compensating. | [noun] Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. | [noun] The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount. COMPS (11) [noun] Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images. | [noun] Clipping of comprehensive examination. | [noun] Clipping of complimentary ticket or item. COMPT (11) COOPS (9) [noun] A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep. | [noun] Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives. | [noun] Any shop owned by a co-operative. COOPT (9) [verb] To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. | [verb] To commandeer, appropriate or take over. | [verb] To absorb or assimilate into an established group. COPAL (9) [noun] A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink. COPED (10) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. COPEN (9) COPER (9) [noun] One who copes. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COPES (9) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. COPRA (9) [noun] The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded. COPSE (9) [noun] A thicket of small trees or shrubs. | [verb] To trim or cut. | [verb] To plant and preserve. CORPS (9) [noun] A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. | [noun] An organized group of people united by a common purpose. | [noun] A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private. COUPE (9) [noun] An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in. | [noun] A car with two doors (variant of coupé). | [noun] An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place. COUPS (9) [noun] A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. | [noun] (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery. | [noun] A coup d'état. COYPU (12) [noun] A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere. CRAMP (11) [noun] A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. | [noun] That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | [noun] A clamp for carpentry or masonry. CRAPE (9) [noun] Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. | [verb] To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp. | [verb] To clothe in crape. CRAPS (9) [noun] A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. | [noun] The husk of grain; chaff. | [noun] (mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. | [verb] To defecate. CREEP (9) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. | [noun] The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails) CREPE (9) [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. | [noun] Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper. CREPT (9) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. CREPY (12) CRIMP (11) [noun] A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. | [noun] The natural curliness of wool fibres. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. | [noun] An agent who procures seamen, soldier, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them. CRIPE (9) CRISP (9) [noun] A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack. | [noun] A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping | [noun] Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack CROPS (9) [noun] A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. | [noun] The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. | [noun] A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. CROUP (9) [noun] An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty. | [verb] (obsolete outside dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise. CRUMP (11) [noun] The sound of a muffled explosion. | [verb] To produce such a sound. | [verb] For one's health to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash). | [adjective] Hard or crusty; dry baked | [adjective] Crooked; bent. CRYPT (12) [noun] A cave or cavern. | [noun] An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. | [noun] A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. CULPA (9) [noun] Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. CUPEL (9) [noun] A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. | [verb] To refine by means of a cupel. CUPID (10) CUPPA (11) [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). | [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. | [noun] Pronunciation spelling of cup of. CUPPY (14) [adjective] Having the form of a cup. | [adjective] Having indentations or shallow depressions. | [adjective] (of timber) Characterised by cup shakes. CUSPS (9) [noun] A sharp point or pointed end. | [noun] An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events. | [noun] A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point. CUTUP (9) [noun] Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. DAMPS (10) [noun] Moisture; humidity; dampness. | [noun] Fog; fogginess; vapor. | [noun] Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity. DEEPS (8) [noun] (with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc. | [noun] (with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation. | [noun] A deep shade of colour. DEPOT (8) [noun] A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. | [noun] A bus station or railway station. | [noun] A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units. DEPTH (11) [noun] The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep | [noun] The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet | [noun] The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. DIPPY (13) [adjective] Lacking common sense. | [adjective] Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about. | [adjective] Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping. DIPSO (8) [noun] A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk. DOPAS (8) DOPED (9) [verb] To affect with drugs. | [verb] To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.). | [verb] To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). DOPER (8) DOPES (8) [noun] Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. | [noun] An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. | [noun] Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. DOPEY (11) [adjective] Stupid, silly. DORPS (8) [noun] A village or small town; a town considered provincial. DRAPE (8) [noun] A curtain; a drapery. | [noun] The way in which fabric falls or hangs. | [noun] A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square DRIPS (8) [noun] A drop of a liquid. | [noun] A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. | [noun] An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream. DRIPT (8) DROOP (8) [noun] Something which is limp or sagging | [noun] A condition or posture of drooping | [verb] To hang downward; to sag. DROPS (8) [noun] A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. | [noun] A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything. | [noun] (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general. DROPT (8) DRUPE (8) [noun] A stone fruit. DUMPS (10) [noun] A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. | [noun] A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. | [noun] That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. DUMPY (13) [noun] A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens. | [noun] A small bottle of beer. | [adjective] Short and thick; stout or stocky DUPED (9) [verb] To swindle, deceive, or trick. | [verb] To duplicate. DUPER (8) [noun] A person who dupes another DUPES (8) [noun] A person who has been deceived. | [verb] To swindle, deceive, or trick. | [noun] A duplicate of a photographic image. DUPLE (8) [adjective] Double. | [adjective] Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure. | [adjective] Having two beats in each foot. ELOPE (7) [verb] (of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour. | [verb] (of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement. | [verb] To run away from home (for any reason). EMPTY (12) [noun] (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. | [verb] To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. | [verb] Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. EPACT (9) [noun] The time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter EPEES (7) [noun] A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. EPHAH (13) [noun] A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). EPHAS (10) EPHOD (11) [noun] A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear. EPHOR (10) [noun] One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings. | [noun] (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator. EPICS (9) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. EPOCH (12) [noun] A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. | [noun] A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. | [noun] A precise instant of time that is used as a point of reference. EPODE (8) [noun] The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. | [noun] A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one. EPOXY (17) [noun] A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin. | [verb] To glue with epoxy. | [adjective] Derived from an epoxide. EQUIP (16) [verb] To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging) | [verb] To dress up; to array; to clothe. | [verb] To prepare (someone) with a skill. ERUPT (7) [verb] To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser). | [verb] To burst forth; to break out. | [verb] To spontaneously release pressure or tension. ESTOP (7) [verb] To impede or bar by estoppel. | [verb] To stop up, to plug ETAPE (7) EXPAT (14) [noun] An expatriate; a person who lives outside their own country. EXPEL (14) [verb] To eject or erupt. | [verb] To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.). | [verb] To remove from membership. EXPOS (14) [noun] An exposition. | [noun] An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables. FLAPS (10) FLIPS (10) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. FLOPS (10) [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. | [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. FLUMP (12) [noun] The dull sound so produced. | [noun] A type of large marshmallow. | [noun] (by extension) A fat out-of-shape person. FRAPS (10) [verb] To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. | [verb] To strike. | [noun] An iced cappuccino. FRUMP (12) [noun] A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. | [noun] The clothes that such a person would wear. | [noun] A bad-tempered person. GALOP (8) [noun] A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time. | [noun] The music for a dance of this kind. GAMPS (10) [noun] An umbrella. GAPED (9) [verb] To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. | [verb] To stare in wonder. | [verb] To open wide; to display a gap. GAPER (8) [noun] One who gapes; a starer. | [noun] Any of several species of burrowing clams. | [noun] The comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla. GAPES (8) [noun] An act of gaping; a yawn. | [noun] A large opening. | [noun] A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. GAPPY (13) GASPS (8) [noun] A short, sudden intake of breath. | [noun] : A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper). | [verb] To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. GAWPS (11) [verb] To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. GENIP (8) [noun] A succulent berry with a thick rind, the fruit of plants in the genus Genipa. GETUP (8) [noun] Enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition | [noun] A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. | [noun] A fight or altercation. GIMPS (10) [noun] A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. | [noun] Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. | [noun] The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. GIMPY (13) GIPON (8) GIPSY (11) [noun] (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). | [noun] An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.) GLOPS (8) [verb] To stare in amazement. | [noun] Any gooey substance. | [noun] A gooey blob of some substance. GLYPH (14) [noun] A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. | [noun] Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information. | [noun] A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style. GOOPS (8) [noun] (usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo. | [noun] A silly, stupid, or boorish person. GOOPY (11) GORPS (8) GRAMP (10) [noun] Grandpa, grandfather. GRAPE (8) [noun] A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis. | [noun] A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis. | [noun] A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes. GRAPH (11) [noun] (applied mathematics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers. | [noun] A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m, y)\in\R^{m+1}, where y=f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m) for a given function f: \R^m\rightarrow\R. | [noun] (formally) An ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V; (less formally) a set of vertices (or nodes) together with a set of edges that connect (some of) the vertices. GRAPY (11) GRASP (8) [noun] (sometimes figurative) Grip. | [noun] Understanding. | [noun] That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability. GRIPE (8) [noun] A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. | [noun] A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. | [noun] Grasp; clutch; grip GRIPS (8) [verb] To take hold of, particularly with the hand. | [verb] To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense. | [verb] To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief. GRIPT (8) GRIPY (11) GROPE (8) [noun] An act of groping, especially sexually. | [noun] An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel | [verb] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. GROUP (8) [noun] A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. | [noun] A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. | [noun] An effective divisor on a curve. GRUMP (10) [noun] A habitually grumpy or complaining person. | [noun] A grumpy mood. | [verb] To complain. GULPS (8) [noun] The usual amount swallowed. | [noun] The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear. | [noun] An unspecified small number of bytes, often two. GULPY (11) GUPPY (13) [noun] A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. | [noun] By extension, any tiny fish. | [noun] A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun. GYPSY (14) [noun] (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). | [adjective] (sometimes offensive) Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc). | [noun] An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny. HAPAX (17) HAPLY (13) [adverb] By accident or luck. | [adverb] Perhaps. HAPPY (15) [noun] A happy event, thing, person, etc. | [noun] Preceded by the: happy people as a group. | [verb] Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up. HARPS (10) [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body | [noun] A harmonica. | [noun] A grain sieve. HARPY (13) [noun] A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture. | [noun] A shrewish woman. | [noun] One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. HASPS (10) [noun] A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door. | [noun] A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on. | [noun] An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier. HEAPS (10) [noun] A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. | [noun] A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. | [noun] A great number or large quantity of things. HELPS (10) [noun] Action given to provide assistance; aid. | [noun] (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. | [noun] Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer. HEMPS (12) HEMPY (15) HIPPO (12) [noun] A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) HIPPY (15) [noun] (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks. | [noun] (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. | [noun] (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat. | [adjective] Having prominent or in any other way unusual hips. HOOPS (10) [noun] A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. | [noun] A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. | [noun] A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. HOPED (11) [verb] To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. | [verb] To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. | [verb] To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. HOPER (10) HOPES (10) [verb] To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. | [verb] To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. | [verb] To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. HOPPY (15) HUMPH (15) [verb] To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval. | [interjection] Used to express doubt or disapproval HUMPS (12) [noun] A mound of earth. | [noun] A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine. | [noun] (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. HUMPY (15) [noun] A hut or temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, especially for Aborigines. HYPED (14) [verb] To throw (an opponent) using this technique. | [verb] To promote heavily; to advertise or build up. | [adjective] Having been subject to propaganda and promotion; promoted beyond what is reasonable or appropriate. HYPER (13) [noun] Hyperextension exercise | [noun] Hyperspace | [adjective] Hyperactive | [noun] A wrestler who uses the hipe technique. HYPES (13) [noun] A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back. | [verb] To throw (an opponent) using this technique. | [noun] Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims. HYPHA (16) [noun] Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus. HYPOS (13) [noun] Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression. | [noun] A hypochondriac. | [noun] Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent. IMPED (10) [noun] A creature without feet | [adjective] Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping. | [verb] To plant or engraft. IMPEL (9) [verb] To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. | [verb] To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. IMPIS (9) [noun] A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men. IMPLY (12) [verb] (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence | [verb] (of a person) to suggest by logical inference | [verb] (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement INAPT (7) [adjective] Unapt INEPT (7) [adjective] Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence. | [adjective] Unfit; unsuitable. INPUT (7) [noun] The act or process of putting in; infusion. | [noun] That which is put in, as in an amount. | [noun] Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice. JALAP (14) [noun] A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico. | [noun] A jalapeño. JALOP (14) JAPAN (14) [noun] A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. | [noun] Lacquerware. | [verb] To varnish with japan. JAPED (15) [verb] To jest; play tricks. | [verb] To mock; deride. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. JAPER (14) JAPES (14) [noun] A joke or quip. | [noun] A prank or trick. | [verb] To jest; play tricks. JAUPS (14) JEEPS (14) [noun] A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain. | [noun] A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland. | [noun] (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle. JIMPY (19) JULEP (14) [noun] A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol. | [noun] A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken. JUMPS (16) [noun] The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. | [noun] An effort; an attempt; a venture. | [noun] A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. JUMPY (19) [adjective] Nervous and excited. JUPES (14) JUPON (14) KALPA (11) [noun] A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 yugas). KAPAS (11) KAPHS (14) KAPOK (15) [noun] A silky fibre obtained from the silk-cotton tree used for insulation and stuffing for pillows, mattresses, etc. KAPPA (13) [noun] The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset. | [noun] A tortoise-like creature in the Japanese mythology. KAPUT (11) [adjective] Out of order; not working. KEEPS (11) [noun] The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. | [noun] The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance. | [noun] The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice. KELEP (11) KELPS (11) [noun] Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales). | [noun] The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture. KELPY (14) KEMPS (13) [noun] Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. | [noun] A contest in work, etc. | [noun] A champion; a knight. KEMPT (13) [adjective] Neat and tidy; especially used of hair KEPIS (11) [noun] A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms. KHAPH (17) KNAPS (11) [verb] To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. | [verb] To rap or strike sharply. | [verb] To bite; to bite off; to break short. KNOPS (11) [noun] A knob, usually ornamental KNOSP (11) KOPEK (15) [noun] A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | [noun] A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. KOPHS (14) KOPJE (18) [noun] A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld). KOPPA (13) KREEP (11) LAMPS (9) [noun] A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | [noun] A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp. | [noun] A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets. LAPEL (7) [noun] Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. LAPIN (7) LAPIS (7) [noun] Lapis lazuli. LAPSE (7) [noun] A temporary failure; a slip. | [noun] A decline or fall in standards. | [noun] A pause in continuity. LAYUP (10) [noun] A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away. | [noun] A relatively easy task. | [noun] The state of being laid up. LEAPS (7) [noun] The act of leaping or jumping. | [noun] The distance traversed by a leap or jump. | [noun] A group of leopards. LEAPT (7) [verb] To jump. | [verb] To pass over by a leap or jump. | [verb] To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. LEPER (7) [noun] A person who has leprosy. | [noun] A person who is shunned; a pariah. LEPTA (7) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LETUP (7) [noun] A pause or period of slackening. LIMPA (9) LIMPS (9) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. LIPID (8) [noun] Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. LIPIN (7) LIPPY (12) [adjective] Having prominent lips. | [adjective] Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. | [noun] Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product. | [noun] An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity. LISPS (7) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LOOPS (7) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. LOOPY (10) [adjective] Having loops. | [adjective] Idiotic, crazy or drunk. LOPED (8) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPER (7) LOPES (7) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPPY (12) [adjective] Somewhat lop; inclined to lop. LOUPE (7) [noun] A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers. | [noun] A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists. LOUPS (7) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LUMPS (9) [noun] Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. | [noun] A group, set, or unit. | [noun] A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. LUMPY (12) [adjective] Full of lumps, not smooth. | [adjective] Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy. LUPIN (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LUPUS (7) [noun] Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus. LYMPH (15) [noun] (poetical) Pure water. | [noun] A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells. | [noun] Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. MAPLE (9) [noun] A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. | [noun] The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance MILPA (9) MIXUP (16) [noun] A case of confusion. MOPED (10) [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. | [verb] To make spiritless and stupid. | [adjective] Melancholic, dejected. | [noun] A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. MOPER (9) MOPES (9) [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. | [verb] To make spiritless and stupid. MOPEY (12) MORPH (12) [noun] (grammar) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds. | [noun] An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts. | [noun] Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour. | [noun] A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another. MUMPS (11) [noun] A grimace. | [verb] To mumble, speak unclearly. | [verb] To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness. MYOPE (12) [noun] One who has myopia. MYOPY (15) NAPES (7) [noun] The back part of the neck. | [noun] The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. | [noun] A tablecloth. NAPPE (9) [noun] The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. | [noun] Either of the two parts of a double cone. | [noun] A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. NAPPY (12) [noun] An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of his or her bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper. | [verb] To put a nappy on. | [adjective] Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy. | [noun] A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides. | [noun] A kind of strong ale; nappy ale. | [adjective] Brittle NEAPS (7) [noun] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. | [noun] A neap tide. | [verb] To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. NEEPS (7) [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NETOP (7) NIPAS (7) [noun] A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. | [noun] A liquor made from the sap of nipa palm. | [noun] The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses. NIPPY (12) [adjective] Fast; speedy | [adjective] Of the weather, rather cold. | [adjective] Inclined to nip; bitey. NOPAL (7) [noun] A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food. NYMPH (15) [noun] (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. | [noun] A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | [noun] The larva of certain insects. OKAPI (11) [noun] A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. OOMPH (12) [noun] Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout. | [noun] Sex appeal. | [noun] A bassy grunting or thudding sound. OPAHS (10) [noun] Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. OPALS (7) [noun] A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. | [noun] A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA." | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena. OPENS (7) [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [verb] To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility. | [verb] To bring up, broach. OPERA (7) [noun] A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. | [noun] The score for such a work. | [noun] A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house. | [noun] A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. OPINE (7) [verb] To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). | [verb] To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). | [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours OPING (8) [verb] To open. OPIUM (9) [noun] A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine. | [noun] Anything that numbs or stupefies. OPSIN (7) [noun] Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. OPTED (8) [verb] To choose; select. OPTIC (9) [noun] An eye. | [noun] A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light. | [noun] A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar. ORLOP (7) [noun] The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship. ORPIN (7) [noun] Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. | [noun] A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. OUPHE (10) OUPHS (10) OXLIP (14) [noun] The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers. PACAS (9) [noun] Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides. PACED (10) [verb] To walk back and forth in a small distance. | [verb] To set the speed in a race. | [verb] To measure by walking. PACER (9) [noun] One who paces. | [noun] In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter. | [noun] A pacemaker. | [noun] A mechanical pencil. PACES (9) [noun] Step. | [noun] Way of stepping. | [noun] Speed or velocity in general. PACHA (12) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PACKS (13) [noun] A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. | [noun] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack | [noun] A multitude. PACTS (9) [noun] An agreement; a compact; a covenant. | [noun] An agreement between two or more nations | [verb] To form a pact; to agree formally. PADDY (12) [noun] Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. | [noun] A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. | [adjective] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. | [noun] A fit of temper; a tantrum PADIS (8) PADLE (8) PADRE (8) [noun] A military clergyman | [noun] A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest PADRI (8) PAEAN (7) [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise. PAEON (7) [noun] A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable. PAGAN (8) [noun] A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion. | [noun] (by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person. | [noun] (by extension) An unruly, badly educated child. PAGED (9) [verb] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript. | [verb] (often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication. | [verb] To furnish with folios. PAGER (8) [noun] A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages. | [noun] A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time. | [noun] (in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages. PAGES (8) [noun] One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. | [noun] One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed. | [noun] Any record or writing; a collective memory. PAGOD (9) PAIKS (11) PAILS (7) [noun] A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). | [noun] (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. PAINS (7) [noun] An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. | [noun] The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress | [noun] (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing. PAINT (7) [noun] A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. | [noun] (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. | [noun] The free-throw lane, construed with the. PAIRS (7) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) PAISA (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. | [noun] A Mexican national, especially a rural or rustic one. PAISE (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. | [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. PALEA (7) [noun] The interior chaff or husk of grasses. | [noun] One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower. | [noun] A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. PALED (8) [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [verb] To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. PALER (7) [adjective] Light in color. | [adjective] (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). | [adjective] Feeble, faint. PALES (7) [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [verb] To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. | [noun] A wooden stake; a picket. PALET (7) PALLS (7) [noun] Senses relating to cloth. | [noun] Senses relating to clothing. | [verb] To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. PALLY (10) [noun] An affectionate term of address. | [noun] A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address. | [adjective] Like a pal; friendly. | [noun] A paladin. PALMS (9) [noun] Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. | [noun] A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. | [noun] (by extension) Triumph; victory. PALMY (12) [adjective] Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. | [adjective] Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees. | [adjective] Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving. PALPI (9) [noun] Palp (invertebrate appendage) PALPS (9) [noun] A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating. | [noun] A fleshy part of a fingertip. | [noun] Short for palpation. PALSY (10) [noun] Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking. | [verb] To paralyse, either completely or partially. | [adjective] Chummy, friendly. PAMPA (11) PANDA (8) [noun] The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] Short for giant panda. | [noun] (law enforcement) Short for panda car. | [noun] A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual. PANDY (11) PANED (8) PANEL (7) [noun] A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | [noun] A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | [noun] An individual frame or drawing in a comic. PANES (7) [noun] An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. | [noun] A layer in the build-up of a GUI. | [noun] A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface. PANGA (8) [noun] A large broad-bladed knife. | [noun] Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. | [noun] A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia. | [noun] A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America. PANGS (8) [noun] (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. | [noun] (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow. | [verb] To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture. PANIC (9) [noun] Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. | [noun] Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. | [noun] A kernel panic or system crash. | [noun] A plant of the genus Panicum. PANNE (7) [noun] A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin. | [noun] A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. | [noun] A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland. PANSY (10) [noun] A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor. | [noun] A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia. Also called arguses. PANTO (7) [noun] A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | [noun] By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift. | [noun] A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. PANTS (7) [noun] (Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. | [noun] An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. | [noun] Rubbish; something worthless. | [verb] To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants. | [noun] A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. | [verb] To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. PANTY (10) [noun] (in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys. | [noun] (usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women. | [noun] A helmet cover. PAPAL (9) [adjective] Having to do with the pope or the papacy. PAPAS (9) [noun] Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. | [noun] A pet name for one's grandfather. | [noun] A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. PAPAW (12) [noun] A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit. | [noun] (less commonly) A father. | [noun] Grandfather. PAPER (9) [noun] A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | [noun] A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine). | [noun] Wallpaper. PAPPI (11) [noun] The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed. | [noun] The first hair on the chin. PAPPY (14) [adjective] Like pap; soft; mushy. | [noun] Father | [noun] Grandfather PARAS (7) [noun] A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. | [noun] A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word. | [noun] A paratrooper. PARCH (12) [noun] The condition of being parched. | [verb] To burn the surface of, to scorch. | [verb] To roast, as dry grain. PARDI (8) PARDS (8) [noun] A leopard; a panther. | [noun] Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation PARDY (11) PARED (8) [verb] To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife | [verb] (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off | [verb] To trim the hoof of a horse PAREO (7) [noun] A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong. PARER (7) PARES (7) [verb] To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife | [verb] (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off | [verb] To trim the hoof of a horse PAREU (7) PARGE (8) [noun] A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls. | [verb] To apply a parge on to a surface. PARGO (8) PARIS (7) PARKA (11) [noun] A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind. PARKS (11) [noun] An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. | [noun] A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region. | [noun] An area used for specific purposes. PARLE (7) PAROL (7) [noun] A word; an oral utterance. | [noun] Oral declaration; word of mouth. | [noun] A writing not under seal. | [noun] An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines. PARRS (7) PARRY (10) [noun] A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying. | [noun] A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade. | [noun] (combat sports and martial arts) A defensive move intended to change the direction of an incoming strike to make it miss its intended target, rather than block and absorb it; and typically performed with an open hand in a downward or sideways slapping motion. PARSE (7) [noun] An act of parsing. | [noun] The result of such an act. | [verb] To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. PARTS (7) [noun] A portion; a component. | [noun] Duty; responsibility. | [noun] The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. PARTY (10) [noun] A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. | [noun] A person. | [noun] A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc. | [adjective] (except in compounds) Divided; in part. PARVE (10) [adjective] Of food: that has no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient. | [adjective] (by extension) Neutral, bland, inoffensive. PARVO (10) PASEO (7) [noun] A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation. PASES (7) PASHA (10) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PASSE (7) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. PASTA (7) [noun] Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. | [noun] A dish or serving of pasta. | [noun] A type of pasta. PASTE (7) [noun] A soft moist mixture, in particular: | [noun] A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid | [noun] A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass. PASTS (7) [noun] The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. | [noun] (grammar) The past tense. PASTY (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers. | [adjective] Like paste, sticky. | [adjective] Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor | [noun] A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. PATCH (12) [noun] A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | [noun] A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. | [noun] A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future. | [noun] A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. PATED (8) PATEN (7) [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. | [noun] Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site. PATER (7) [noun] Father PATES (7) [noun] (somewhat obsolete) The head, particularly the top or crown. | [noun] Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities. | [noun] The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color. PATHS (10) [noun] A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. | [noun] A course taken. | [noun] A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry. PATIN (7) PATIO (7) [noun] A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation. | [noun] An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain. PATLY (10) PATSY (10) [noun] A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something. PATTY (10) [noun] (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. | [noun] A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. PAUSE (7) [noun] A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer. | [noun] A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. | [noun] A short time for relaxing and doing something else. PAVAN (10) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Padua. | [noun] An imitation coin resembling old Roman bronze coins, made at Padua in the 16th century. | [noun] A stately Spanish dance. PAVED (11) [verb] To cover something with paving slabs. | [verb] To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. | [verb] To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. PAVER (10) [noun] A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home. | [noun] One who paves; one who lays pavement. PAVES (10) [verb] To cover something with paving slabs. | [verb] To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. | [verb] To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. PAVID (11) PAVIN (10) PAVIS (10) PAWED (11) [verb] (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. | [verb] (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw. | [verb] (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. PAWER (10) PAWKY (17) [adjective] Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour. PAWLS (10) [noun] A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction. | [noun] A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets. PAWNS (10) [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [noun] The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant. | [noun] Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. PAXES (14) PAYED (11) [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | [verb] To be profitable for. PAYEE (10) [noun] One to whom money is paid. PAYER (10) [noun] One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid. | [noun] A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg. PAYOR (10) PEACE (9) [noun] A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. | [noun] A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. | [noun] Harmony in personal relations. PEACH (12) [noun] A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | [noun] The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed. | [noun] A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color. | [verb] To inform on someone; turn informer. | [noun] A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite. PEAGE (8) PEAGS (8) PEAKS (11) [noun] A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. | [noun] The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. | [noun] The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point. PEAKY (14) [adjective] Sickly; peaked. | [adjective] Characterised by peaks. PEALS (7) [noun] A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. | [noun] A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. | [noun] The changes rung on a set of bells. PEANS (7) PEARL (7) [noun] A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. | [noun] Something precious. | [noun] A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application. PEARS (7) [noun] An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem. | [noun] A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). | [noun] The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). PEART (7) [adjective] Lively; active. PEASE (7) [noun] A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. | [noun] The edible seed of some of these plants. | [noun] A ball travelling at high velocity. | [verb] To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile. PEATS (7) [noun] Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. | [noun] A pet, a darling; a woman. PEATY (10) PEAVY (13) [noun] A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end. PECAN (9) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PECHS (12) PECKS (13) [noun] An act of striking with a beak. | [noun] A small kiss. | [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). PECKY (16) PEDAL (8) [noun] A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano | [noun] A foot or footlike part. | [noun] An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on. PEDES (8) [noun] The foot of a human | [noun] The hoof of a quadruped | [noun] Clubfoot or talipes PEDRO (8) PEEKS (11) [verb] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. | [verb] To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place. | [verb] To retrieve (a value) from a memory address. PEELS (7) [noun] A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. | [noun] (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc. | [noun] The action of peeling away from a formation. PEENS (7) [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [noun] Penis. PEEPS (9) [noun] A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird. | [noun] A feeble utterance or complaint. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill. | [noun] Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. PEERS (7) [noun] A look; a glance. | [verb] To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. | [verb] To come in sight; to appear. PEERY (10) [adjective] That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage. | [noun] Spinning top PEEVE (10) [noun] An annoyance or grievance. | [verb] To annoy; vex. PEINS (7) PEISE (7) PEKAN (11) [noun] The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana). PEKES (11) [noun] A Pekingese dog. PEKIN (11) PEKOE (11) [noun] A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores. PELES (7) PELFS (10) PELON (7) PELTS (7) [noun] A blow or stroke from something thrown. | [verb] To bombard, as with missiles. | [verb] To throw; to use as a missile. PENAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to punishment. | [adjective] Subject to punishment; punishable. | [adjective] Serving as a place of punishment. PENCE (9) [noun] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. | [noun] In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. | [noun] In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. PENDS (8) PENES (7) [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [noun] Penis. PENGO (8) [noun] The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér. PENIS (7) [noun] The male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and some other mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum). PENNA (7) [noun] A contour feather PENNE (7) [noun] A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. PENNI (7) [noun] A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1/100 of the markka. PENNY (10) [noun] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. | [noun] In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. | [noun] In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. PEONS (7) [noun] A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. | [noun] A person of low rank or importance. | [noun] A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman. PEONY (10) [noun] A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. | [noun] A dark red colour. PEPLA (9) PEPOS (9) [noun] A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. | [noun] A plant producing such a fruit. PEPPY (14) [adjective] Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy PERCH (12) [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. | [noun] Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: | [noun] Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper. | [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. PERDU (8) PERDY (11) PEREA (7) PERIL (7) [noun] A situation of serious and immediate danger. | [noun] Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. | [noun] An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. PERIS (7) [noun] (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being. PERKS (11) [noun] Perquisite. | [noun] A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up. | [noun] A percolator, particularly of coffee. PERKY (14) [adjective] Lively or enthusiastic. | [adjective] Standing upright; firm. PERMS (9) [noun] A permanent. | [noun] A permanent wave. | [verb] To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc. PERRY (10) [noun] A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider. PERSE (7) [noun] A dark blue-gray colour. | [noun] A cloth of this colour. | [adjective] Dark greyish blue or purple. PESKY (14) [adjective] Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child). PESOS (7) [noun] A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. | [noun] The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines. PESTO (7) [noun] A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino) PESTS (7) [noun] A plague, pestilence, epidemic | [noun] Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. | [noun] An annoying person, a nuisance. PESTY (10) PETAL (7) [noun] One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored. | [noun] Term of endearment. PETER (7) [noun] The penis. | [noun] A safe. | [verb] (most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing. | [verb] In whist, to play a blue peter. PETIT (7) [noun] (usually in the plural) A little schoolboy. | [noun] A kind of pigeon. | [adjective] (of size) Petite: small, little. | [noun] The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point. PETTI (7) PETTO (7) PETTY (10) [noun] (usually in the plural) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size. | [noun] A class or school for young schoolboys. | [noun] An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. PEWEE (10) [noun] The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus). | [noun] A woodcock. | [noun] An American version of the children's game gilli-danda. PEWIT (10) [noun] Any of several birds PHAGE (11) [noun] A virus that is parasitic on bacteria. PHASE (10) PHIAL (10) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. PHLOX (17) [noun] Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox. PHONE (10) [noun] A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. | [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. | [noun] A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. PHONO (10) [noun] A phonograph. PHONS (10) [noun] (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured. PHONY (13) [noun] A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. | [noun] A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. | [noun] Anything fraudulent or fake. PHOTO (10) [noun] A photograph. | [noun] A photo finish. | [verb] To take a photograph of. PHOTS (10) [verb] To photograph PHPHT (15) PHUTS (10) PHYLA (13) [noun] A tribe. | [noun] A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank | [noun] A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another. PHYLE (13) PIANO (7) [noun] A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings | [adjective] Soft, quiet | [adjective] In extended use; quiet, subdued | [adverb] Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) PIANS (7) PIBAL (9) PICAL (9) PICAS (9) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. PICKS (13) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICKY (16) [noun] A picture. | [adjective] Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right. PICOT (9) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PICUL (9) PIECE (9) [noun] A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | [noun] A single item belonging to a class of similar items | [noun] One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. PIERS (7) [noun] A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. | [noun] A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment. | [noun] A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided. PIETA (7) [noun] A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus. PIETY (10) [noun] Reverence and devotion to God. | [noun] Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country. | [noun] A devout act or thought. PIGGY (12) [noun] (hypocoristic) A pig (the animal). | [noun] (hypocoristic) A guinea pig. | [noun] (hypocoristic) A toe. PIGMY (13) [noun] (often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature. | [noun] A member of a race of dwarfs. | [noun] Any dwarfish person or thing. PIING (8) PIKAS (11) [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. PIKED (12) [verb] To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. | [verb] To assume a pike position. | [verb] To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. PIKER (11) [noun] A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. | [noun] One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. | [noun] A stingy person; a cheapskate. PIKES (11) [noun] A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults. | [noun] A sharp point, such as that of the weapon. | [noun] A large haycock. PIKIS (11) PILAF (10) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAR (7) PILAU (7) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. | [adjective] Filthy PILAW (10) PILEA (7) [noun] The top of a bird's head, from the base of the bill to the nape. PILED (8) [verb] (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate | [verb] To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. | [verb] To add something to a great number. PILEI (7) [noun] The cap of a mushroom. | [noun] The bell of a jellyfish. | [noun] A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. PILES (7) [noun] A mass of things heaped together; a heap. | [noun] A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | [noun] A mass formed in layers. | [noun] Haemorrhoids. PILIS (7) PILLS (7) [noun] A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | [noun] (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. | [noun] A comical or entertaining person. PILOT (7) [noun] A person who steers a ship, a helmsman. | [noun] A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast. | [noun] A guide book for maritime navigation. PILUS (7) PIMAS (9) PIMPS (11) [noun] Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. | [noun] A man who can easily attract women. | [verb] To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander. PINAS (7) [noun] Cloth woven from pineapple fiber | [noun] A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting. | [noun] The residual cone of spongy silver left after the retorting. PINCH (12) [noun] The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. | [noun] A close compression of anything with the fingers. | [noun] A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. PINED (8) [verb] To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. | [verb] To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. | [verb] To grieve or mourn for. PINES (7) [noun] Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | [noun] Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. | [noun] The wood of this tree. PINEY (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or having many pines PINGO (8) [noun] A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation). PINGS (8) [noun] A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [noun] (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. | [noun] A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. PINKO (11) [noun] A socialist who is not wholly communist. PINKS (11) [noun] The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. | [noun] A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. | [noun] A narrow boat. PINKY (14) [noun] Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. | [noun] A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc. | [noun] A white person. | [noun] The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot. | [adjective] Winking PINNA (7) [noun] The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal. | [noun] A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf. | [noun] A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage. PINNY (10) [noun] A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. | [noun] A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups. PINON (7) [noun] Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. | [noun] A pine nut. PINOT (7) [noun] Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America. | [noun] (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes. PINTA (7) [noun] A pint of milk. | [noun] A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis. | [noun] (Chicano) prison PINTO (7) [noun] A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. | [adjective] Pied, mottled. PINTS (7) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to: | [noun] (metonym) A pint of milk. | [noun] (metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. PINUP (9) [noun] A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall. | [noun] The person so depicted. | [noun] Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc. PIONS (7) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PIOUS (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing. PIPAL (9) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PIPED (10) [verb] To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute. | [verb] To shout loudly and at high pitch. | [verb] To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. PIPER (9) [noun] A musician who plays a pipe. | [noun] A bagpiper. | [noun] A baby pigeon. | [noun] A plant of the family Piperaceae. PIPES (9) [noun] Meanings relating to a wind instrument. | [noun] Meanings relating to a hollow conduit. | [noun] Meanings relating to a container. PIPET (9) [noun] A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. | [verb] To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette. PIPIT (9) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. PIQUE (16) [noun] A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride. | [noun] A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration. | [noun] Keenly felt desire; a longing. | [noun] In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one. | [noun] A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans. | [noun] A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk. PIRNS (7) PIROG (8) [noun] A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe. PISCO (9) [noun] A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. PISOS (7) PISTE (7) [noun] A downhill trail. | [noun] The field of play of a fencing match. | [noun] The track left by somebody riding a horse. PITAS (7) [noun] A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. | [noun] A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper. | [noun] The plant which yields the fiber. PITCH (12) [noun] A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | [noun] A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | [noun] Pitchstone. | [noun] A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. | [noun] The perceived frequency of a sound or note. PITHS (10) [verb] To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree). | [verb] To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord. PITHY (13) [adjective] Concise and meaningful. | [adjective] Of, like, or abounding in pith. PITON (7) [noun] A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). | [verb] To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing. PIVOT (10) [noun] A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. | [noun] (by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. | [noun] Act of turning on one foot. PIXEL (14) [noun] One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. | [noun] One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer. | [verb] To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels. PIXES (14) PIXIE (14) [noun] (fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. | [noun] A cute, petite woman with short hair. | [noun] An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. PIZZA (25) [noun] A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit | [noun] A single instance of this dish PLACE (9) [noun] (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. | [noun] A location or position in space. | [noun] A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. | [verb] To put (an object or person) in a specific location. PLACK (13) PLAGE (8) [noun] A region; country | [noun] A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun PLAID (8) [noun] A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. | [noun] A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. | [noun] The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. | [verb] To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. PLAIN (7) [adjective] Flat, level. | [adjective] Simple. | [adjective] Obvious. | [noun] A lamentation. | [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. PLAIT (7) [noun] A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. | [noun] A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. | [verb] To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat PLANE (7) [noun] A level or flat surface. | [noun] A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | [noun] A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) | [noun] A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. | [noun] An airplane; an aeroplane. | [noun] A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. PLANK (11) [noun] A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. | [noun] A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. | [noun] Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. PLANS (7) [noun] A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. | [noun] A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. | [noun] A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. PLANT (7) [noun] An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | [noun] An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | [noun] Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall. PLASH (10) [noun] A small pool of standing water; a puddle. | [noun] A splash, or the sound made by a splash. | [noun] A sudden downpour. | [noun] The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. PLASM (9) [noun] A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. | [noun] Protoplasm PLATE (7) [noun] A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. | [noun] Such dishes collectively. | [noun] The contents of such a dish. | [noun] Precious metal, especially silver. PLATS (7) [noun] A plot of land; a lot. | [noun] A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document. | [noun] A plot, a scheme. PLATY (10) [adjective] Resembling plates. | [adjective] Of a field semy of plates. | [adjective] Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral. | [noun] Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails). PLAYA (10) [noun] A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely. | [noun] A dude (an informal term of address or general term to describe a person, typically male). | [noun] A player (someone who plays the field, or has prowess in gaining romantic and sexual relationships). PLAYS (10) [noun] Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. | [noun] Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills. | [noun] The conduct, or course, of a game. PLAZA (16) [noun] A town's public square. | [noun] An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches. | [noun] A strip mall. PLEAD (8) [verb] To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. | [verb] To beg, beseech, or implore. | [verb] To offer by way of excuse. PLEAS (7) [noun] An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty. | [noun] An excuse; an apology. | [noun] That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification. PLEAT (7) [noun] A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance. | [noun] A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness. | [noun] A plait. PLEBE (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens. | [noun] The plebs, the plebeian class. | [noun] The similar lower class of any area. PLEBS (9) [noun] A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society. | [noun] A common person, an unsophisticated or cultureless person. | [noun] (usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy. PLENA (7) PLEWS (10) [noun] Beaver pelt PLICA (9) [noun] A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. | [noun] Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together. | [noun] A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. PLIED (8) [verb] To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. | [verb] To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). | [verb] To work at (something) diligently. PLIER (7) PLIES (7) [noun] A layer of material. | [noun] A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn. | [noun] Short for plywood. | [noun] A smooth and continuous bending of the knees PLINK (11) [noun] A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. | [verb] To make a plink sound. | [verb] (with "out") To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. PLODS (8) [verb] To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over). | [verb] To trudge over or through. | [verb] To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. PLONK (11) [noun] The sound of something solid landing. | [verb] To set or toss (something) down carelessly. | [verb] To automatically ignore a particular poster. | [noun] Cheap or inferior everyday wine. | [noun] A female police constable. PLOPS (9) [noun] A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. | [noun] Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet. | [verb] To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. PLOTS (7) [noun] (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. | [noun] An area or land used for building on or planting on. | [noun] A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. PLOTZ (16) [verb] To flop down wearily. | [verb] To faint. | [verb] To fall down dead. PLOWS (10) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. PLOYS (10) [noun] A tactic, strategy, or gimmick. | [noun] Sport; frolic. | [noun] Employment. PLUCK (13) [noun] An instance of plucking. | [noun] The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. | [noun] Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. PLUGS (8) [noun] A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. | [noun] Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. | [noun] A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. PLUMB (11) [noun] A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. | [noun] A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water. | [noun] The perpendicular direction or position. | [noun] The fruit and its tree. PLUME (9) [noun] A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration. | [noun] A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle. | [noun] A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward. | [verb] To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes. PLUMP (11) [verb] To grow plump; to swell out. | [verb] To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. | [verb] To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily. | [noun] The sound of a sudden heavy fall. | [noun] A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd. PLUMS (9) [noun] The fruit and its tree. | [noun] Extended senses. | [verb] To plumb. PLUMY (12) [adjective] Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. PLUNK (11) [noun] The dull thud of something landing on a surface. | [noun] A large sum of money. | [noun] A dollar. PLUSH (10) [noun] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. | [noun] A plush toy. | [adjective] Very extravagant. PLYER (10) POACH (12) [noun] The act of cooking in simmering liquid. | [verb] To cook something in simmering liquid. | [verb] To be cooked in simmering liquid | [noun] The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return. POCKS (13) [noun] A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease. | [noun] Any pit, especially one formed as a scar POCKY (16) [adjective] Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic. PODGY (12) [adjective] Slightly fat. PODIA (8) [noun] A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. | [noun] A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. POEMS (9) [noun] A literary piece written in verse. | [noun] A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry. | [noun] A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose. POESY (10) [noun] A poem. | [noun] The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. POETS (7) [noun] A person who writes poems. | [noun] A person with a creative or romantic imagination. POGEY (11) [noun] A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc. | [noun] (often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance. POILU (7) [noun] A French infantryman during the First World War POIND (8) [noun] A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized | [verb] To seize property in this manner POINT (7) [noun] A discrete division of something. | [noun] A sharp extremity. | [noun] One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. | [verb] To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. | [verb] To appoint. POISE (7) [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. | [noun] Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. | [noun] Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. POKED (12) [verb] To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. | [verb] To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning. | [verb] To rummage; to feel or grope around. POKER (11) [noun] A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. | [noun] A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. | [noun] One who pokes. | [noun] Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game. | [noun] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. POKES (11) [noun] A prod, jab, or thrust. | [noun] A lazy person; a dawdler. | [noun] A stupid or uninteresting person. POKEY (14) [noun] (with "the") prison. | [adjective] (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped | [adjective] Slow POLAR (7) [noun] The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line. | [adjective] Of or having a pole or polarity. | [adjective] Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. POLED (8) [verb] To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. | [verb] To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. | [verb] To furnish with poles for support. POLER (7) [noun] One who propels a boat using a pole. | [noun] A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle. | [noun] An extortioner. POLES (7) [noun] Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. | [noun] A type of basic fishing rod. | [noun] A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. POLIO (7) [noun] A sufferer from poliomyelitis. | [noun] Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity. POLIS (7) [noun] A Greek city-state. | [noun] The police. | [noun] A police officer. POLKA (11) [noun] A lively dance originating in Bohemia. | [noun] The music for this dance. | [noun] A polka jacket. POLLS (7) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) POLOS (7) POLYP (12) [noun] An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane | [noun] A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles POLYS (10) [noun] Polytechnic. | [noun] Polyethylene (polythene). | [noun] Polyurethane POMES (9) [noun] A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. | [noun] A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. POMMY (14) [noun] A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. | [adjective] English; British. POMPS (11) [noun] Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. | [noun] A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. PONCE (9) [noun] A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. | [verb] To act as a pimp. | [verb] Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. PONDS (8) [noun] An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. | [noun] An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river. | [noun] The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. PONES (7) PONGS (8) [noun] A stench, a bad smell. | [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. POOCH (12) [noun] A dog. | [noun] A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel. | [noun] A bulge, an enlarged part POODS (8) POOFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POOFY (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated. | [adjective] Capable of making a poofing sound. | [adjective] Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture POOHS (10) [verb] To defecate. | [verb] To dirty something with feces. | [verb] To say "pooh". POOLS (7) [noun] A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. | [noun] A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | [noun] A supply of resources. POONS (7) [noun] Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. | [noun] Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman. | [noun] A wimp; a pussy. POOPS (9) [noun] Fecal matter, feces. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch. | [verb] To make a short blast on a horn POORI (7) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from Indian and Pakistan. POOVE (10) [noun] Less common variant of poof (male homosexual). POPES (9) [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. | [noun] An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. | [noun] (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church. POPPA (11) [noun] (sometimes childish) father, papa. POPPY (14) [noun] Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. | [noun] A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower. | [noun] A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Sunday. | [adjective] Having a popping or bursting sound. | [adjective] Popular. | [noun] One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing. POPSY (12) [noun] Grandfather. | [noun] Father. | [noun] A girl. PORCH (12) [noun] A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. | [noun] A portico; a covered walk. | [noun] The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft. PORED (8) [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. | [verb] To meditate or reflect in a steady way. | [adjective] Having or furnished with pores PORES (7) [noun] A tiny opening in the skin. | [noun] By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. | [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. PORGY (11) [noun] Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream. PORKS (11) [verb] (usually of a male) To have sex with (someone). PORKY (14) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of pork. | [adjective] Rather fat; chubby. | [noun] A lie. PORNO (7) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] A pornographic film. | [adjective] Pornographic PORNS (7) PORNY (10) [adjective] Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic. PORTS (7) [noun] A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. | [noun] A town or city containing such a place, a port city. | [noun] The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. POSED (8) [verb] To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. | [verb] To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.). | [verb] To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.). POSER (7) [noun] A particularly difficult question or puzzle. | [noun] Someone who asks a question or sets a problem. | [noun] Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting. POSES (7) [noun] Common cold, head cold; catarrh. | [noun] Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body). | [noun] Affectation. POSIT (7) [noun] Something that is posited; a postulate. | [verb] Assume the existence of; to postulate. | [verb] Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. POSSE (7) [noun] A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. | [noun] A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. | [noun] A search party. POSTS (7) [noun] A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. | [noun] A stud; a two-by-four. | [noun] A pole in a battery. POTSY (10) POTTO (7) [noun] A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. | [noun] The kinkajou. POTTY (10) [verb] To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate. | [verb] To go crazy: to become insane. | [noun] (diminutive) A chamber pot, particularly (children) the pot used when toilet-training children. | [adjective] Insane. POUCH (12) [noun] A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. | [noun] A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young. | [noun] Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch. POUFF (13) POUFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. POULT (7) [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). POUND (8) [noun] A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | [noun] A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere. | [noun] The symbol # (octothorpe, hash) | [noun] A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter. | [noun] A hard blow. POURS (7) [noun] The act of pouring. | [noun] Something, or an amount, poured. | [noun] A downpour, or flood of precipitation. POUTS (7) [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). | [noun] One's facial expression when pouting. | [noun] A fit of sulking or sullenness. POUTY (10) [adjective] Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. POWER (10) [noun] Ability to do or undergo something. | [noun] (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control. | [noun] (physical) Effectiveness. POXED (15) POXES (14) [noun] A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. | [noun] Syphilis. | [noun] A curse. POYOU (10) PRAAM (9) [noun] A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour. | [noun] A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter. | [noun] A type of dinghy with a flat bow. PRAHU (10) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PRAMS (9) [noun] A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator. | [noun] A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour. | [noun] A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter. PRANG (8) [noun] An aeroplane crash. | [noun] A bombing raid. | [noun] An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. | [noun] A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Thailand and Cambodia. PRANK (11) [noun] A practical joke or mischievous trick. | [noun] An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. | [verb] To perform a practical joke on; to trick. PRAOS (7) PRASE (7) [noun] A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green colour. PRATE (7) [noun] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity. | [verb] To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly. PRATS (7) [noun] A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke. | [noun] A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom. | [noun] A fool. PRAUS (7) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PRAWN (10) [noun] A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata. | [noun] A crustacean sometimes confused with shrimp. | [noun] A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face. | [noun] Pornography. PRAYS (10) [verb] To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. | [verb] To humbly beg a person for aid or their time. | [verb] To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. PREED (8) PREEN (7) [noun] A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth. | [noun] (dialectal) pin | [noun] (dialectal) bodkin; brooch | [verb] (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers. PREES (7) PREPS (9) [noun] A preventative medical regiment of HIV medicines used to protect against HIV seroconversion after an exposure. | [noun] Preparation. | [noun] A prep school. PRESA (7) PRESE (7) PRESS (7) [noun] A device used to apply pressure to an item. | [noun] A printing machine. | [noun] (collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers). | [verb] To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon. PREST (7) PREXY (17) [noun] A president, especially of a college or university. PREYS (10) [verb] To act as a predator. PRICE (9) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRICK (13) [noun] A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | [noun] An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | [noun] A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. | [verb] To pierce or puncture slightly. PRICY (12) [adjective] Expensive, dear. PRIDE (8) [noun] The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. | [noun] (often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. | [noun] Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris. PRIED (8) [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [verb] To keep asking about something that does not concern one. | [verb] To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). PRIER (7) PRIES (7) [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [verb] To keep asking about something that does not concern one. | [verb] To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). PRIGS (8) [noun] A tinker. | [noun] A petty thief or pickpocket. | [noun] A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. PRILL (7) [noun] A rill, a small stream | [noun] A spinning top | [verb] To flow, spurt | [noun] A pellet, a granule, a small bead | [noun] The brill, a kind of flatfish. | [verb] To grow sour. PRIMA (9) PRIME (9) [noun] The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. | [noun] The religious service appointed to this hour. | [noun] The early morning generally. | [verb] To prepare a mechanism for its main work. | [noun] An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. PRIMI (9) PRIMO (9) [noun] The principal part of a duet. | [adjective] Best; first-class. PRIMP (11) [verb] To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror. | [verb] To dress in an affected manner. PRIMS (9) [verb] To make affectedly precise or proper. | [verb] To dress or act smartly. PRINK (11) [verb] To give a wink; to wink. | [noun] The act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up | [verb] To look, gaze. PRINT (7) [noun] Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. | [noun] Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. | [noun] The letters forming the text of a document. PRION (7) [noun] A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. | [noun] A petrel of the genus Pachyptila. PRIOR (7) [noun] A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. | [noun] A chief magistrate in Italy. | [noun] (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. PRISE (7) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRISM (9) [noun] A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. | [noun] A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light. | [noun] A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis. PRISS (7) PRIVY (13) [noun] An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse). | [noun] A lavatory: a room with a toilet. | [noun] A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. PRIZE (16) [noun] That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. | [noun] Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. | [noun] An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. | [verb] To consider highly valuable; to esteem. | [adjective] Having won a prize; award-winning. | [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. PROAS (7) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PROBE (9) [noun] Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. | [noun] Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. | [noun] An act of probing; a prod, a poke. PRODS (8) [verb] To poke, to push, to touch. | [verb] To encourage, to prompt. | [verb] To prick with a goad. PROEM (9) [noun] An introduction, preface or preamble. PROFS (10) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PROGS (8) [noun] Progressive rock. | [noun] A program. | [noun] (university slang) A proctor. PROLE (7) [noun] A member of the proletariat; a proletarian | [noun] A pleb (ordinary person). PROMO (9) [noun] An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match. | [verb] To promote; to publicize. | [noun] An advancement in rank or position. PROMS (9) [noun] A promenade concert | [noun] (abbreviation) promenade | [noun] A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year PRONE (7) [adjective] Lying face downward. | [adjective] Having a downward inclination or slope. | [adjective] Predisposed, liable, inclined. PRONG (8) [noun] A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine. | [noun] A branch; a fork. | [noun] The penis. PROOF (10) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. PROPS (9) [noun] An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. | [noun] The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. | [noun] One of the seashells in the game of props. | [noun] Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise. PROSE (7) [noun] Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. | [noun] Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. | [noun] A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. PROSO (7) PROSS (7) PROST (7) PROSY (10) [adjective] Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative. | [adjective] Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious. PROUD (8) [adjective] Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. | [adjective] Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth. | [adjective] Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious. PROVE (10) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. | [verb] To proofread. PROWL (10) [noun] The act of prowling. | [verb] To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. | [verb] To idle; to go about aimlessly. PROWS (10) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. | [noun] The front part of a vessel | [noun] A vessel PROXY (17) [noun] An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person. | [noun] The authority to act for another, especially when written. | [noun] The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. | [noun] A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance. PRUDE (8) [noun] A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature. | [adjective] Prudish. PRUNE (7) [noun] A plum. | [noun] The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. | [noun] An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. | [verb] To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. PRUTA (7) PRYER (10) PSALM (9) [noun] A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. | [noun] One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship. | [verb] To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing PSEUD (8) [noun] An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur | [noun] Pseudomonas bacteria. | [noun] A pseudonym. PSHAW (13) [verb] To express disgust or contempt. | [interjection] Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. PSOAE (7) PSOAI (7) PSOAS (7) [noun] Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk. PSYCH (15) [noun] Psychology or psychiatry. | [noun] A psychologist; a psychiatrist. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). PUBES (9) [noun] The pubic hair. | [noun] The pubic region. | [noun] The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis | [noun] A single pubic hair. PUBIC (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes. PUBIS (9) [noun] The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis PUCES (9) PUCKA (13) [adjective] (originally South Asia) Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper. | [adjective] Superior or of high quality; first-class. | [adjective] Excellent, fantastic, great. PUCKS (13) [noun] A mischievous or hostile spirit. | [noun] A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. | [noun] An object shaped like a puck. PUDGY (12) [adjective] Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby. PUDIC (10) PUFFS (13) [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. | [verb] To pant. | [verb] To advertise. PUFFY (16) [adjective] Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like. | [adjective] Coming or exhaling in puffs. | [adjective] Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. PUGGY (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog. | [adjective] Sticky, claylike PUJAH (17) PUJAS (14) [noun] A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship. PUKED (12) [verb] To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach. | [verb] To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market. PUKES (11) [noun] Vomit. | [noun] A drug that induces vomiting. | [noun] A worthless, despicable person. PUKKA (15) [adjective] (originally South Asia) Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper. | [adjective] Superior or of high quality; first-class. | [adjective] Excellent, fantastic, great. PULED (8) [verb] To whimper or whine. | [verb] To pipe or chirp. PULER (7) PULES (7) [noun] A plaintive melancholy whine. | [verb] To whimper or whine. | [verb] To pipe or chirp. PULIK (11) [noun] One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat. PULIS (7) PULLS (7) [noun] An act of pulling (applying force) | [noun] An attractive force which causes motion towards the source | [noun] Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope PULPS (9) [noun] A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. | [noun] A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. | [verb] To make or be made into pulp. PULPY (12) [adjective] Having the characteristics of pulp | [adjective] Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence PULSE (7) [noun] A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart. | [noun] A beat or throb. | [noun] The beat or tactus of a piece of music. | [verb] To beat, to throb, to flash. | [noun] Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals, especially in the mature, dry condition. PUMAS (9) [noun] The mountain lion or cougar, Puma concolor. | [noun] A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar. PUMPS (11) [noun] A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. | [noun] An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping | [noun] A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel. PUNAS (7) [noun] An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. PUNCH (12) [noun] A hit or strike with one's fist. | [noun] Power, strength, energy. | [noun] Impact. | [noun] A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. | [noun] A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. | [noun] Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. PUNGS (8) PUNKA (11) PUNKS (11) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. PUNKY (14) [noun] A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge; sandfly. | [noun] A fish, Lepomis gibbosus. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood) - soft or rotted. PUNNY (10) [noun] A punishment. | [adjective] (of a pun) Funny. | [adjective] Involving the use of a pun. PUNTO (7) PUNTS (7) [noun] A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole. | [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [noun] A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. PUNTY (10) [noun] A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark". PUPAE (9) [noun] An insect in the development stage between larva and adult. PUPAL (9) PUPAS (9) PUPIL (9) [noun] A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor. | [noun] An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. | [noun] The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. PUPPY (14) [noun] A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12-18 months) | [noun] A young rat. | [noun] A young seal. PURDA (8) PUREE (7) [noun] A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid. | [verb] To crush or grind food into a puree. | [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan. PURER (7) [adjective] Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. | [adjective] Free of foreign material or pollutants. | [adjective] Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. PURGE (8) [noun] An act of purging. | [noun] An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. | [noun] A cleansing of pipes. PURIN (7) PURIS (7) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. | [noun] In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class. PURLS (7) [noun] A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance. | [noun] The edge of lace trimmed with loops. | [noun] An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. PURRS (7) [noun] The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented. | [noun] A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person. | [noun] The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed PURSE (7) [noun] A small bag for carrying money. | [noun] A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items) | [noun] A quantity of money given for a particular purpose. PURSY (10) [adjective] Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness. | [adjective] Fat and short. | [adjective] Puckered. PUSES (7) PUSHY (13) [adjective] Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined. PUSSY (10) [noun] A cat. | [noun] An affectionate term for a woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. | [noun] The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina. | [adjective] Containing pus. | [adjective] Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness. PUTON (7) PUTTI (7) [noun] A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub. PUTTO (7) [noun] A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub. PUTTS (7) [verb] To place something somewhere. | [verb] To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. | [verb] To exercise a put option. PUTTY (10) [noun] A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass. | [noun] Any of a range of similar substances. | [noun] A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha. | [adjective] (pronunciation spelling) pretty; purdy | [noun] A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc. PYGMY (16) [noun] (often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature. | [noun] A member of a race of dwarfs. | [noun] Any dwarfish person or thing. PYINS (10) PYLON (10) [noun] A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. | [noun] A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. | [noun] A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. PYOID (11) PYRAN (10) PYRES (10) [noun] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. | [noun] Any heap or pile of combustibles. PYRIC (12) PYXES (17) [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. | [noun] A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. | [noun] The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. PYXIE (17) PYXIS (17) [noun] A small box | [noun] A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds; a pyxidium | [noun] A nautical compass QOPHS (19) QUIPS (16) [noun] A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. | [verb] To make a quip. | [verb] To taunt; to treat with quips. QUIPU (16) [noun] A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords. RALPH (10) [verb] To vomit. | [noun] A raven. RAMPS (9) [noun] An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline. | [noun] A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway. | [noun] A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport RAPED (8) RAPER (7) [noun] A person who has raped someone; a rapist. RAPES (7) RAPHE (10) [noun] A ridge or seam on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, especially at the join between two halves or sections. RAPID (8) [noun] (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water. | [noun] A burst of rapid fire. | [adjective] Very swift or quick. RASPS (7) [noun] A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file. | [noun] The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. | [verb] To use a rasp. RASPY (10) [adjective] (of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality. | [adjective] Irritable. REAPS (7) [verb] To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine | [verb] To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. | [verb] To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense. REBOP (9) RECAP (9) [noun] A tire that has had new tread glued on. | [verb] To seal (something) again with a cap. | [verb] To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English) | [noun] A recapitulation. | [noun] A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio. | [verb] To replace capacitors in electronic equipment. REDIP (8) REMAP (9) [verb] To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose. | [verb] To map again. REPAY (10) [verb] To pay back. REPEG (8) REPEL (7) [verb] To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. | [verb] To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). | [verb] To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). REPIN (7) REPLY (10) [noun] A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. | [noun] Something given in reply. | [noun] A counterattack. REPOS (7) [noun] Repossession | [noun] A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate | [noun] A repository usually containing software, in either source code or precompiled form. REPOT (7) [verb] To move a growing plant from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth REPPS (9) REPRO (7) [noun] The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page. | [verb] To reproduce (a bug or problem). | [noun] The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. RIPED (8) RIPEN (7) [verb] To grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.) | [verb] To approach or come to perfection. | [verb] To cause to mature; to make ripe RIPER (7) [adjective] (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature | [adjective] (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow | [adjective] Having attained its full development; mature; perfected RIPES (7) ROMPS (9) [noun] Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. | [noun] A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. | [noun] An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. ROPED (8) [verb] To tie (something) with rope. | [verb] To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something). | [verb] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread. ROPER (7) [noun] An accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster. | [noun] Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. | [noun] A maker of ropes. ROPES (7) [noun] Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. | [noun] An individual length of such material. | [noun] A cohesive strand of something. ROPEY (10) [adjective] Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. | [adjective] Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. | [adjective] Of poor quality; in poor health. ROUPS (7) [noun] An outcry. | [noun] A sale of goods by auction. | [verb] To cry or shout. ROUPY (10) RUMPS (9) [noun] The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs | [noun] A cut of meat from the rump of an animal. | [noun] The buttocks. RUPEE (7) [noun] The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ₨. | [noun] A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains). SALEP (7) [noun] A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as the early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula). SALPA (7) SALPS (7) [noun] Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae. SAMPS (9) SAPID (8) [adjective] Tasty, flavoursome or savoury SAPOR (7) SAPPY (12) [adjective] Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy) | [adjective] Having (a particularly large amount of) sap. | [adjective] Juicy. | [adjective] Musty; tainted; rancid. SCALP (9) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCAMP (11) [noun] A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. | [noun] A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. | [verb] To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion. | [noun] A preliminary design sketch. SCAPE (9) [noun] A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. | [noun] The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). | [noun] The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. | [noun] Escape | [noun] The cry of the snipe when flushed. SCARP (9) [noun] The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet | [noun] A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment | [verb] (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment SCAUP (9) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCOOP (9) [noun] Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material. | [noun] The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop. | [noun] The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling. SCOPE (9) [noun] The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. | [noun] A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. | [noun] Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. | [noun] A bundle, as of twigs. SCOPS (9) SCRAP (9) [noun] A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Leftover food. | [noun] The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. | [noun] A fight, tussle, skirmish. SCRIP (9) [noun] A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. | [noun] Small change. | [noun] A scrap of paper. | [noun] A share certificate. | [noun] A medical prescription. SCULP (9) [verb] (sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave. | [verb] To flay. SCUPS (9) SEEPS (7) [noun] A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping. | [noun] Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage. | [noun] The seeping away of a liquid, etc. SEEPY (10) SEPAL (7) [noun] One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure. SEPIA (7) [noun] A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. | [noun] A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. | [noun] (by extension) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. SEPIC (9) SEPOY (10) [noun] A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal. SEPTA (7) [noun] A wall separating two cavities; a partition | [noun] A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. | [noun] A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus. SEPTS (7) [noun] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor (used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland). | [noun] An enclosure; a railing. SETUP (7) [noun] Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus. | [noun] The fashion in which something is organized or arranged. | [noun] A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody. SHAPE (10) [noun] The status or condition of something | [noun] Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. | [noun] The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure. SHARP (10) [noun] The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher. | [noun] A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. | [noun] A note that is sharp in a particular key. SHEEP (10) [noun] A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. | [noun] A timid, shy person who is easily led by others. | [noun] (chiefly plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock). | [noun] A sheep; specifically singular form of sheep. SHIPS (10) [noun] A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. | [noun] (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. | [noun] A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts. SHLEP (10) [noun] A long or burdensome journey. | [noun] A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person. | [noun] A sloppy or slovenly person. SHOPS (10) [noun] An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. | [noun] A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop. | [noun] A large garage where vehicle mechanics work. SIMPS (9) [noun] A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton. | [noun] A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal. SIPED (8) SIPES (7) [noun] Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. | [noun] A drain. SIRUP (7) [noun] Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring. | [noun] (by extension) Any viscous liquid. | [noun] (shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig. SITUP (7) SKELP (11) [noun] A blow; a smart stroke. | [noun] A squall; a heavy fall of rain. | [noun] A large portion. | [noun] A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe. SKEPS (11) [noun] A basket. | [noun] A beehive made of straw or wicker. SKIMP (13) [verb] To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of. | [noun] A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing. | [noun] (in the plural) Underwear. SKIPS (11) [noun] A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. | [noun] The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. | [noun] A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. SLAPS (7) [noun] A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. | [noun] The sound of such a blow. | [noun] Makeup; cosmetics. SLEEP (7) [verb] To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. | [verb] (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | [verb] To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | [noun] The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. SLEPT (7) [verb] To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. | [verb] (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | [verb] To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. SLIPE (7) SLIPS (7) [noun] A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. | [noun] Mud, slime. | [noun] A twig or shoot; a cutting. SLIPT (7) SLOOP (7) [noun] A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. | [noun] A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. | [noun] A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette. SLOPE (7) [noun] An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. | [noun] The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. | [noun] The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical. SLOPS (7) [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal. | [noun] (in the plural) See slops. | [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. SLUMP (9) [noun] A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. | [noun] A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed. | [noun] A boggy place. SLURP (7) [noun] A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking | [noun] A mouthful of liquid | [verb] To eat or drink noisily. SLYPE (10) [noun] A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house. SNAPS (7) [noun] A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. | [noun] A sudden break. | [noun] An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. SNEAP (7) SNIPE (7) [noun] Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. | [noun] A fool; a blockhead. | [noun] A shot fired from a concealed place. | [noun] A cigarette butt. | [noun] A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm. SNIPS (7) [noun] The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. | [noun] A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. | [noun] Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. SNOOP (7) [noun] The act of snooping | [noun] One who snoops | [noun] A private detective SOAPS (7) [noun] A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically. | [noun] A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid | [noun] Flattery or excessively complacent conversation. SOAPY (10) [adjective] Resembling soap. | [adjective] Resembling a soap opera. | [adjective] Full of soap. SOPHS (10) SOPHY (13) [noun] Wisdom, knowledge, learning | [noun] A title of a Safavid dynasty shah. | [noun] A wise man; a sage or wite. | [noun] A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic | [noun] Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy. SOPOR (7) [noun] An unnaturally deep sleep. SOPPY (12) [adjective] Very wet; sodden, soaked. | [adjective] Sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy. SOUPS (7) [noun] Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture. | [noun] Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. | [verb] To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. SOUPY (10) [adjective] Resembling soup; creamy. | [adjective] Extravagant sentimental; slushy. SPACE (9) [noun] (heading) Of time. | [noun] (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. | [noun] (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise. SPACY (12) [adjective] Spaced-out | [adjective] Eccentric | [adjective] Having much space SPADE (8) [noun] A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials. | [noun] A playing card marked with the symbol ♠. | [noun] A black person. | [noun] A hart or stag three years old. SPADO (8) SPAED (8) [verb] To divine; foretell SPAES (7) [verb] To divine; foretell SPAHI (10) [noun] (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. | [noun] (history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces SPAIL (7) SPAIT (7) SPAKE (11) [adjective] Quiet; tame. | [adjective] Ready; prompt. | [verb] To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. SPALE (7) SPALL (7) [noun] A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone. | [verb] To break into fragments or small pieces. | [verb] To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. | [noun] The shoulder. SPANG (8) [noun] A shiny ornament or object; a spangle | [verb] To set with bright points: star or spangle. | [verb] To hitch; fasten. | [verb] (of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report | [noun] A bound or spring; a leap. | [noun] A span. SPANK (11) [noun] An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. | [noun] A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. | [verb] To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. SPANS (7) [noun] The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. | [noun] (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. | [noun] A portion of something by length; a subsequence. SPARE (7) [noun] The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. | [noun] Parsimony; frugal use. | [noun] An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. | [verb] To show mercy. SPARK (11) [noun] A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire. | [noun] A short or small burst of electrical discharge. | [noun] A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. | [noun] A gallant; a foppish young man. SPARS (7) [noun] A rafter of a roof. | [noun] A thick pole or piece of wood. | [noun] A bar of wood used to fasten a door. SPASM (9) [noun] A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. | [noun] A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. | [noun] A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion. SPATE (7) [noun] A river flood; an overflow or inundation. | [noun] (by extension) A sudden rush or increase. SPATS (7) [noun] (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe. | [noun] A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car. | [noun] A brief argument, falling out, quarrel. SPAWN (10) [verb] To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. | [verb] To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. | [verb] To bring forth in general. | [noun] The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism. SPAYS (10) [verb] To divine; foretell | [verb] To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant. SPEAK (11) [noun] A low class bar, a speakeasy. | [noun] Language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group. | [noun] Speech, conversation. SPEAN (7) SPEAR (7) [noun] A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. | [noun] A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman. | [noun] A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish. SPECK (13) [noun] A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. | [noun] A very small thing; a particle; a whit. | [noun] A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. | [noun] Fat; lard; fat meat. SPECS (9) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) SPEED (8) [noun] The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity. | [noun] The rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time. | [noun] The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor. | [verb] To succeed; to prosper, be lucky. SPEEL (7) SPEER (7) SPEIL (7) SPEIR (7) SPELL (7) [noun] Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. | [noun] A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. | [noun] Speech, discourse. | [verb] To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. | [noun] A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. | [noun] A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. SPELT (7) [verb] To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. | [verb] (sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. | [verb] To be able to write or say the letters that form words. | [noun] A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon. | [noun] A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter. SPEND (8) [noun] Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. | [noun] (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money. | [noun] Discharged semen. SPENT (7) [verb] To pay out (money). | [verb] To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. | [verb] To squander. SPERM (9) [noun] The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. | [noun] Semen; the generative substance of male animals. | [noun] Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti. SPEWS (10) [verb] To eject forcibly and in a stream | [verb] To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. | [verb] To vomit SPICA (9) [noun] A spike. | [noun] A spur. | [noun] A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns. SPICE (9) [noun] Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. | [noun] Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. | [noun] A synthetic cannabinoid drug. SPICK (13) SPICS (9) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SPICY (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. | [adjective] (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices | [adjective] (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. SPIED (8) [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. | [verb] To search narrowly; to scrutinize. SPIEL (7) [noun] A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. | [noun] An early form of rap music. | [verb] To talk at length. | [noun] A game of curling. SPIER (7) SPIES (7) [noun] A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). | [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. SPIFF (13) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPIKE (11) [noun] In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument. | [noun] The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument. | [noun] A sort of very large nail. SPIKS (11) SPIKY (14) [adjective] Having spikes, spiny. | [adjective] Hostile; standoffish | [adjective] Of hair, erect, resembling spikes. SPILE (7) [noun] A splinter. | [noun] A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. | [noun] A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. | [noun] A pile; a post or girder. | [verb] Spoil. SPILL (7) [noun] A mess of something that has been dropped. | [noun] A fall or stumble. | [noun] A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. SPILT (7) [verb] To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. | [verb] To spread out or fall out, as above. | [verb] To drop something that was intended to be caught. SPINE (7) [noun] The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column. | [noun] Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate. | [noun] A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant. SPINS (7) [noun] Rapid circular motion. | [noun] A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. | [noun] A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. SPINY (10) SPIRE (7) [noun] The stalk or stem of a plant. | [noun] A young shoot of a plant; a spear. | [noun] Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. | [verb] To breathe. | [noun] One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. SPIRT (7) [verb] To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. | [verb] To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet. | [verb] To make a strong effort for a short period of time. SPIRY (10) SPITE (7) [noun] Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice | [noun] Vexation; chagrin; mortification. | [verb] To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. | [preposition] Notwithstanding; despite. SPITS (7) [noun] A sudden impact or blow. | [noun] The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. | [noun] A slam dunk. SPITZ (16) [noun] Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed SPIVS (10) [noun] A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods. | [noun] A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits. | [noun] In Scotland Yard usage, a low and common thief. SPLAT (7) [noun] The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back. | [noun] The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface. | [noun] The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface. SPLAY (10) [noun] A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. | [verb] To spread; spread out. | [verb] To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. SPLIT (7) [noun] A crack or longitudinal fissure. | [noun] A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. | [noun] A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. SPODE (8) SPOIL (7) [noun] (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. | [noun] Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. | [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. SPOKE (11) [noun] A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. | [noun] A projecting handle of a steering wheel. | [noun] A rung of a ladder. | [verb] To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. SPOOF (10) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. | [noun] Semen. SPOOK (11) [noun] A ghost or phantom. | [noun] A hobgoblin. | [noun] A scare or fright. SPOOL (7) [noun] A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. | [noun] A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. | [verb] To wind on a spool or spools. | [noun] A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa. SPOON (7) [noun] An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. | [noun] An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. | [noun] A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful. | [verb] To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. SPOOR (7) [noun] The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal | [verb] To track an animal by following its spoor SPORE (7) [noun] A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. | [noun] A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions. | [verb] To produce spores. SPORT (7) [noun] Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. | [noun] Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose. | [noun] A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. SPOTS (7) [noun] A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. | [noun] A stain or disfiguring mark. | [noun] A pimple, papule or pustule. SPOUT (7) [noun] A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. | [noun] A stream of liquid. | [noun] The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale. SPRAG (8) [adjective] Lively, full of energy | [noun] A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop. | [verb] To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. | [noun] A young salmon. SPRAT (7) [noun] Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae. SPRAY (10) [noun] A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. | [noun] A pressurized container; an atomizer. | [noun] Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. | [noun] A small branch of flowers or berries. SPREE (7) [noun] A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic. | [noun] Uninhibited activity. | [verb] To engage in a spree. SPRIG (8) [noun] A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. | [noun] An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. | [noun] One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. SPRIT (7) [noun] A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. | [noun] A shoot; a sprout. | [verb] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. | [verb] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. SPRUE (7) [noun] A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis. | [noun] (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. | [noun] (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold. SPRUG (8) SPUDS (8) [noun] A potato. | [noun] A hole in a sock. | [noun] A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends. SPUED (8) [verb] To eject forcibly and in a stream | [verb] To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. | [verb] To vomit SPUES (7) [verb] To eject forcibly and in a stream | [verb] To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. | [verb] To vomit SPUME (9) [noun] Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater. | [verb] To froth. SPUMY (12) SPUNK (11) [noun] A spark. | [noun] Touchwood; tinder. | [noun] A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match. SPURN (7) [noun] An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. | [noun] A kick; a blow with the foot. | [noun] Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. SPURS (7) [verb] To ask, to inquire | [noun] A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight. | [noun] A jab given with the spurs. SPURT (7) [noun] A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound. | [noun] Ejaculation of semen. | [noun] A shoot; a bud. | [noun] A moment, a short period of time. SPUTA (7) STAMP (9) [noun] An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. | [noun] An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. | [noun] A device for stamping designs. STAPH (10) [noun] Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes. STEEP (7) [noun] The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity. | [adjective] Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. | [adjective] Expensive | [noun] A liquid used in a steeping process STEPS (7) [noun] An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace. | [noun] A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder. | [noun] A distinct part of a process; stage; phase. STIPE (7) [noun] The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc. | [noun] The trunk of a tree. | [noun] The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower STIRP (7) STOMP (9) [noun] A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp. | [noun] A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step. | [noun] The jazz music for this dance. STOOP (7) [noun] The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. | [noun] The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep. | [noun] A stooping, bent position of the body. | [noun] A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine. | [noun] A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon. STOPE (7) [noun] A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. | [verb] To excavate in the form of stopes. | [verb] To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. STOPS (7) [noun] A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. | [noun] An action of stopping; interruption of travel. | [noun] That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. STOPT (7) STOUP (7) [noun] A bucket. | [noun] A mug or drinking vessel. | [noun] A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church. STOWP (10) STRAP (7) [noun] A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. | [noun] A strip of thick leather used in flogging. | [noun] Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use. STREP (7) [noun] A strep throat. | [noun] A streptococcus. | [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus. the Cape primroses. STRIP (7) [noun] A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area. | [noun] (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively. | [noun] A comic strip. | [noun] The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease. STROP (7) [noun] A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop. | [noun] A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.) | [noun] A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it. | [verb] To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO. | [noun] A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond. STUMP (9) [noun] The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. | [noun] The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. | [noun] A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. STUPA (7) [noun] A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha. | [noun] A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge). STUPE (7) [noun] A stupid person or (rarely) thing. | [noun] A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally. | [verb] To foment with such a cloth or sponge. SUMPS (9) [noun] A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink. | [noun] The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains. | [noun] A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving. SUNUP (7) [noun] The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. | [noun] The change in color of the sky at sunup. SUPER (7) [adjective] Of excellent quality, superfine. | [adjective] Better than average, better than usual; wonderful. | [adverb] Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-). | [noun] Short for superannuation. SUPES (7) SUPRA (7) [adverb] Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one. | [noun] A traditional Georgian feast. SWAMP (12) [noun] A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes. | [noun] A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment. | [noun] A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult. SWAPS (10) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. SWEEP (10) [noun] A single action of sweeping. | [noun] The person who steers a dragon boat. | [noun] A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew. SWEPT (10) [verb] To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. | [verb] To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke. | [verb] To search (a place) methodically. SWIPE (10) [noun] A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep. | [noun] A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. | [noun] An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it. SWOOP (10) [noun] An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. | [noun] A sudden act of seizing. | [noun] A quick passage from one note to the next. SWOPS (10) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. SYLPH (13) [noun] An invisible being of the air. | [noun] The elemental being of air, usually female. | [noun] (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. SYPHS (13) SYRUP (10) [noun] Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring. | [noun] (by extension) Any viscous liquid. | [noun] (shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig. SYSOP (10) [noun] A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board. | [noun] (WMF jargon) An administrator on a wiki. | [verb] To work as a sysop. TAMPS (9) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAPAS (7) [noun] A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry. | [noun] (by extension) Small food items generally. TAPED (8) [verb] To bind with adhesive tape. | [verb] To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. | [verb] (passive) To understand, figure out. TAPER (7) [noun] A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle | [noun] (by extension) a small light. | [noun] A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object | [noun] One who operates a tape machine. TAPES (7) [noun] Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. | [noun] Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. | [noun] Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. TAPIR (7) [noun] Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. TAPIS (7) [noun] A tapestry. | [noun] Carpeting. | [noun] The cover of a council table. TARPS (7) [noun] A tarpaulin. TAUPE (7) [noun] A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. | [adjective] Of a dark brownish-grey colour. TEMPI (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPO (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPS (9) [noun] A temporary employee, usually in an office. | [noun] A temporary storage location. | [verb] To work as a temporary employee. TEMPT (9) [verb] To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. | [verb] To attract; to allure. | [verb] To provoke something; to court. TEPAL (7) [noun] Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. TEPAS (7) TEPEE (7) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TEPID (8) [adjective] Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. | [adjective] Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness. TEPOY (10) THORP (10) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THRIP (10) [noun] Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera. THUMP (12) [noun] A blow that produces a muffled sound. | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud. | [noun] Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. TIPIS (7) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPPY (12) [noun] A dandy. | [adjective] Fashionable, tip-top. | [adjective] (absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool. | [adjective] Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable. TIPSY (10) [adjective] Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages | [adjective] (metonymy) unsteady, askew TOPAZ (16) [noun] A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. | [noun] An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this. | [noun] A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone. TOPED (8) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TOPEE (7) [noun] A pith helmet. TOPER (7) TOPES (7) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. TOPHE (10) TOPHI (10) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPHS (10) TOPIC (9) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPIS (7) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPOI (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TOPOS (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TRAMP (9) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond. | [noun] A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. | [noun] Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. TRAPS (7) [noun] A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. | [noun] A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. | [noun] A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. TRAPT (7) TRIPE (7) [noun] The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. | [noun] The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. | [noun] (chiefly plural) Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television). TRIPS (7) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake TROMP (9) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. | [noun] A blowing apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. TROOP (7) [noun] (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). | [noun] A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. | [noun] A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. TROPE (7) [noun] Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. | [noun] A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. | [noun] Mathematical senses. TRUMP (9) [noun] The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. | [noun] A playing card of that suit. | [noun] Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve. | [noun] A trumpet. | [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. TULIP (7) [noun] A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa. | [noun] The flower of this plant. TUMPS (9) [noun] A mound or hillock. | [noun] A tumpline. TUPIK (11) [noun] A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer. TURPS (7) [noun] Turpentine or turpentine substitute. | [noun] Any alcoholic drink. TWERP (10) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TWIRP (10) [interjection] An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. | [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. TYPAL (10) TYPED (11) [verb] To put text on paper using a typewriter. | [verb] To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. | [verb] To determine the blood type of. TYPES (10) [noun] A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. | [noun] An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc. | [noun] An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment. TYPEY (13) TYPIC (12) TYPOS (10) [noun] A typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYPPS (12) ULPAN (7) UMPED (10) [verb] To act as an umpire. UNAPT (7) [adjective] Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited. | [adjective] Unaccustomed. UNCAP (9) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNHIP (10) [adjective] Not hip; uncool, unfashionable. UNPEG (8) [verb] To remove from a peg. UNPEN (7) UNPIN (7) [verb] To unfasten by removing a pin. | [verb] To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned. | [verb] To get out of a pin UNRIP (7) [verb] To open something by ripping/tearing. UNZIP (16) [verb] To open something using a zipper. | [verb] To come open by means of a zipper. | [verb] To decompress (a zip file). UPBOW (12) UPBYE (12) UPDOS (8) [noun] A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck UPDRY (11) UPEND (8) [verb] To end up; to set on end. | [verb] To tip or turn over. | [verb] To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. UPLIT (7) UPPED (10) [verb] To increase or raise. | [verb] To promote. | [verb] (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly. UPPER (9) [noun] A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. | [noun] The upper portion of something | [noun] Someone with higher social standing UPSET (7) [noun] Disturbance or disruption. | [noun] An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win. | [noun] (automobile insurance) An overturn. USURP (7) [verb] To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means. | [verb] To use and assume the coat of arms of another person. | [verb] To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else. VAMPS (12) [noun] The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. | [noun] Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. | [noun] Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. VAPID (11) [adjective] Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. | [adjective] Lifeless, dull, or banal. | [adjective] Tasteless, bland, or insipid. VAPOR (10) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VEEPS (10) [noun] (US politics) The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. | [noun] Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.) VIPER (10) [noun] A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. | [noun] A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. | [noun] A person who smokes marijuana. WARPS (10) [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: | [verb] (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred. | [verb] To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving. WASPS (10) [noun] A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. | [noun] A member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. | [noun] Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. WASPY (13) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. | [adjective] Infested with wasps. | [adjective] Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. WATAP (10) WEEPS (10) [verb] To cry; shed tears. | [verb] To lament; to complain. | [verb] (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. WEEPY (13) [noun] A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. | [adjective] Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose. WHAPS (13) [noun] A blow; a hit; a variation of whop. | [noun] The curlew. WHAUP (13) [noun] Curlew WHEEP (13) WHELP (13) [noun] A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. | [noun] An insolent youth; a mere child. | [noun] A kind of ship. | [verb] (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth. | [interjection] Well, typically used in exasperation. WHIPS (13) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHIPT (13) WHOMP (15) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOP (13) [noun] A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. | [noun] A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. | [noun] A bump on a racetrack. | [verb] To beat, to strike. WHOPS (13) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WHUMP (15) [noun] A thumping sound. | [noun] A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering. | [verb] To strike something with a whump. WIMPS (12) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIMPY (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. WIPED (11) [verb] To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) | [verb] To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. WIPER (10) [noun] Someone who wipes. | [noun] Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. | [noun] Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. WIPES (10) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. WISPS (10) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WISPY (13) [adjective] Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle. WOOPS (10) WRAPS (10) [noun] A sharp blow with something hard. | [noun] Blame for something. | [noun] A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. WRAPT (10) [verb] To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. | [verb] To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. | [verb] To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. YAPOK (14) [noun] The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) YAPON (10) YAUPS (10) YAWPS (13) [noun] A yelp or bark | [noun] Loud or coarse talk | [verb] To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise YELPS (10) [noun] An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. | [noun] A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. | [verb] To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. YIPES (10) [interjection] Expression of shock and alarm. | [interjection] Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances. YUPON (10) ZAPPY (21) [adjective] Lively or energetic. ZIPPY (21) [adjective] Energetic and lively. | [adjective] Quick, speedy.

ABAMPS (12) ABRUPT (10) [noun] Something which is abrupt; an abyss. | [verb] To tear off or asunder. | [verb] To interrupt suddenly. ACCEPT (12) [verb] To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. | [verb] To admit to a place or a group. | [verb] To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. ADAPTS (9) [verb] To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit | [verb] To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust | [verb] To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character ADEPTS (9) [noun] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient ADIPIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to adipic acid, a dicarboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon and other synthetic polymers. ADOPTS (9) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. AGAPAE (9) [noun] Plural of agape, referring to Christian love or brotherly love, or plural of agape referring to a type of mollusk shell. AGAPAI (9) ALEPHS (11) [noun] The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا. ALIPED (9) ALPACA (10) [noun] A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña. | [noun] Wool from the alpaca. ALPHAS (11) [noun] The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. | [noun] Latin alpha | [noun] The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix. ALPHYL (14) ALPINE (8) [noun] Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden | [adjective] Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line | [adjective] Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.) AMPERE (10) [noun] A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A AMPLER (10) [adjective] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. | [adjective] Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty | [adjective] Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive AMPULE (10) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. AMPULS (10) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. | [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. ANOPIA (8) [noun] A condition of partial or complete loss of vision in one or both eyes. APACHE (13) [noun] Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. | [noun] A person belonging to an Apache people. | [noun] A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. APATHY (14) [noun] Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). APERCU (10) [noun] A clever insight. | [noun] A summary or outline; words that summarize. APEXES (15) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APHIDS (12) [noun] Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. APHTHA (14) [noun] Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida) | [noun] An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause. | [noun] Foot-and-mouth disease APIARY (11) [noun] A place where bees and their hives are kept. APICAL (10) [noun] A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | [adjective] Of or connected with the apex. | [adjective] (of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue. APICES (10) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APIECE (10) [adverb] Each by itself; for or to each one APLITE (8) [noun] A fine-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of quartz and feldspar, typically occurring as veins in granite. APLOMB (12) [noun] Self-confidence; poise; composure. | [noun] The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer. | [noun] The perpendicular; perpendicularity. APNEAL (8) APNEAS (8) [noun] Plural of apnea; temporary cessations of breathing, especially during sleep. APNEIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APNOEA (8) [noun] A temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep. APODAL (9) [adjective] Without feet or fins; lacking limbs or appendages. APOGEE (9) [noun] The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. | [noun] (more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. | [noun] (possibly obsolete outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest from the Earth. APOLLO (8) [noun] A very handsome young man. | [noun] Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo). APOLOG (9) APPALL (10) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPALS (10) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEAL (10) [noun] An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | [noun] The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | [noun] The right of appeal. APPEAR (10) [verb] To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. | [verb] To come before the public. | [verb] To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. APPELS (10) [noun] Plural of appel, a stamping movement in fencing where a fencer taps their foot on the ground. | [verb] Third person singular of appel, to make a stamping movement in fencing. APPEND (11) [noun] An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. | [verb] To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended | [verb] To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex APPLES (10) [noun] A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. | [noun] Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. | [noun] The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. | [noun] (Australian rhyming slang) Nice, fine. APPOSE (10) [verb] To interrogate; to question. | [verb] To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. | [verb] To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). APRONS (8) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. APTEST (8) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. ARMPIT (10) [noun] The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. | [noun] Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable. ARPENS (8) [noun] A unit of land area formerly used in France and French-speaking regions, equal to approximately one acre. ARPENT (8) [noun] A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures. | [noun] A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures. ASLEEP (8) [adjective] In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. | [adjective] Inattentive. | [adjective] (of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness. ASLOPE (8) [adjective] Slanted or sloping | [adverb] Slanted or sloping ASPECT (10) [noun] Any specific feature, part, or element of something. | [noun] The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. | [noun] The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. ASPENS (8) [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. | [noun] The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft. ASPERS (8) [noun] Plural of asper, a monetary unit formerly used in Ottoman Turkey and other countries. | [noun] Rough or uneven surfaces; plural of asperity in some contexts. ASPICS (10) [noun] Savory jellies made from meat or fish stock, used as a coating or glaze for cold dishes. | [noun] Plural of aspic. ASPIRE (8) [verb] To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. | [verb] To go as high as, to reach the top of (something). | [verb] To move upward; to be very tall. ASPISH (11) ATOPIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to or suffering from atopy. ATYPIC (13) AUSPEX (15) [noun] A Roman official who interpreted omens from the flight of birds and other signs to determine the will of the gods. | [noun] Any person who observes or interprets signs or omens. BACKUP (16) [noun] A reserve or substitute. | [noun] A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged. | [noun] An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow. BARHOP (13) [verb] To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening. BEBOPS (12) [verb] Third person singular of "bebop," meaning to play or dance to bebop jazz music. | [noun] Plural of "bebop," referring to instances or styles of bebop jazz. BECAPS (12) BEDPAN (11) [noun] A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience. BEEPED (11) [verb] To sound (something that makes a beep). | [verb] To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts | [verb] To produce a beep. BEEPER (10) [noun] Something that makes a beeping sound, especially a simple computer speaker. | [noun] A pager (device). BELEAP (10) BEWEEP (13) [verb] To weep over or lament; to cry for or bewail. BEWEPT (13) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "beweep," meaning to weep over or lament. BEWRAP (13) [verb] To wrap up or cover completely with wrapping material. BICEPS (12) [noun] Any muscle having two heads. | [noun] Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow. | [noun] The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm. BIOPIC (12) [noun] (film genre) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). BIOPSY (13) [noun] The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes. | [verb] To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination. BIPACK (16) BIPEDS (11) [noun] An animal, being or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs). BIPODS (11) [noun] A two-legged stand. BISHOP (13) [noun] An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory. | [noun] The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc. | [noun] Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker. | [verb] To murder by drowning. BLEEPS (10) [noun] A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device. | [noun] Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence. | [noun] A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock. BLIMPS (12) [noun] An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container. | [noun] (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable. | [noun] An obese person. BLOOPS (10) [verb] To make a hit just beyond the infield. | [verb] To produce a low-pitched beeping sound. | [verb] To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce. BLOWUP (13) [noun] An explosion, or violent outburst | [noun] An enlargement BLYPES (13) [noun] Pieces of skin or bark that peel off in flakes or strips. | [verb] Third person singular of "blype," meaning to peel off in flakes or strips. BOPEEP (12) BOPPED (13) [verb] To strike gently or playfully. | [verb] To dance to this music, or any sort of popular music with a strong beat. | [verb] To have sex. BOPPER (12) [noun] A person or thing that bops. | [noun] A style of jazz music characterized by complex harmonies and fast tempos. BOWPOT (13) [noun] A decorative container or vase for displaying flowers or plants. BUMPED (13) [verb] To knock against or run into with a jolt. | [verb] To move up or down by a step; displace. | [verb] To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. BUMPER (12) [noun] Someone or something that bumps. | [noun] A drinking vessel filled to the brim. | [noun] Anything large or successful. BUMPHS (15) [noun] Plural of bumph; printed materials or documents, especially those considered tedious or superfluous. | [noun] Toilet paper. BUPPIE (12) [noun] A black urban professional; an African American subset of the yuppie category. The group includes black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties. BURLAP (10) [noun] A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc. BURPED (11) [verb] To emit a burp. | [verb] To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp. BYPASS (13) [noun] A road that passes around something, such as a residential area | [noun] A circumvention | [noun] A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture BYPAST (13) [adjective] Past; bygone. | [noun] The past; time gone by. BYPATH (16) [noun] An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway. BYPLAY (16) [noun] Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action. | [noun] Any action, by supporting actor. CALIPH (13) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CALPAC (12) [noun] A tall felt hat worn by people in some Muslim countries, especially Turkey and Central Asia. CAMPED (13) [verb] To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. | [verb] To set up a camp. | [verb] To afford rest or lodging for. CAMPER (12) [adjective] Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. | [adjective] (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate. | [adjective] Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying. CAMPOS (12) [noun] A police officer assigned to a university campus. | [noun] A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. CAMPUS (12) [noun] The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. | [noun] An institution of higher education and its ambiance. | [verb] To confine to campus as a punishment. CANAPE (10) [noun] An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish. | [noun] A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa. CANOPY (13) [noun] A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. | [noun] Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. | [noun] The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. CAPERS (10) [noun] A playful leap or jump. | [noun] A jump while dancing. | [noun] A prank or practical joke. CAPFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a unit of measure for liquids or powders. CAPIAS (10) [noun] An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. CAPITA (10) [noun] A Latin term meaning "by heads" or "per person," used in phrases like "per capita" to indicate distribution or calculation on an individual basis. CAPLET (10) [noun] A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets. | [noun] A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets. CAPLIN (10) [noun] Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. | [noun] The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel. CAPONS (10) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. CAPOTE (10) [noun] A long coat or cloak with a hood. | [noun] A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen. | [noun] A close-fitting woman's bonnet. CAPPED (13) [verb] To cover or seal with a cap. | [verb] To award a cap as a mark of distinction. | [verb] To lie over or on top of something. CAPPER (12) [noun] One who caps. | [noun] A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles. | [noun] A person that makes or sells caps. | [noun] A person who records a television broadcast to their computer. CAPRIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or containing capric acid, a saturated fatty acid found in coconut oil and other sources. CAPRIS (10) [noun] Capri pants CAPSID (11) [noun] The outer protein shell of a virus CAPTAN (10) [noun] A particular phthalimide fungicide. | [noun] Ethyl mercaptan CAPTOR (10) [noun] One who is holding a captive or captives. | [noun] One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. CARHOP (13) [noun] A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates. | [verb] To work as a carhop. CARPAL (10) [noun] Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the carpus. CARPED (11) [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. | [verb] To find fault with; to censure. CARPEL (10) [noun] One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together. CARPER (10) [noun] One who carps; a person who complains or finds fault. | [noun] A freshwater fish of the carp family. CARPET (10) [noun] A fabric used as a complete floor covering. | [noun] Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. | [noun] Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae CARPUS (10) [noun] The group of bones that make up the wrist. CARTOP (10) CATNAP (10) [noun] A brief, light sleep. | [verb] To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. | [verb] To kidnap a cat. CATNIP (10) [noun] Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities. | [noun] Something that causes excitement or interest. CATSUP (10) [noun] A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners. | [noun] Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes). CERIPH (13) [noun] A small line or stroke extending from the end of a letter in certain typefaces; a serif. CHAMPS (15) [verb] To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. CHAMPY (18) CHAPEL (13) [noun] A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church. | [noun] A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer. | [noun] A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services. CHAPES (13) [noun] The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. | [noun] The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. | [noun] The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard. CHEAPO (13) [noun] A person who is stingy, a cheapskate. | [noun] A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position. | [adjective] Inexpensive and of poor quality. CHEAPS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "cheap," meaning to make something cost less or to reduce the price of something. | [noun] Plural of "cheap," referring to inexpensive items or bargains. CHEEPS (13) [noun] A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. | [verb] Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep". | [verb] To express in a chirping tone. CHIMPS (15) [noun] A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans. CHIPPY (18) [noun] A fish-and-chip shop. | [noun] A carpenter. | [noun] The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk. CHIRPS (13) [noun] A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. | [noun] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. | [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets CHIRPY (16) [noun] An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance | [noun] Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie. | [adjective] In a good mood; happy and energetic. CHOMPS (15) [noun] The act of chomping (see below) | [verb] To bite or chew loudly or heavily. | [verb] (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character). CHOPIN (13) CHOPPY (18) [adjective] (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves. | [adjective] Discontinuous, intermittent. | [adjective] (of wind) Shifting, variable CHUMPS (15) [noun] An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. | [noun] A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. | [noun] The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat. CIPHER (13) [noun] A numeric character. | [noun] Any text character. | [noun] A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. CLAMPS (12) [noun] A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. | [noun] An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. | [noun] A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. CLASPS (10) [noun] A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps. | [noun] (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. CLASPT (10) CLEPED (11) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLEPES (10) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLOMPS (12) [noun] The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly. | [verb] To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs. | [verb] To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound. CLUMPS (12) [noun] A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. | [noun] A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. | [noun] A dull thud. CLUMPY (15) [adjective] Forming or tending to form clumps. | [adjective] Resembling a clump. | [adjective] Clompy; with heavy footfalls. CLYPEI (13) [noun] The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax. COAPTS (10) [verb] To fit together or adapt closely; to join or unite parts so they fit together precisely. COCKUP (16) [noun] (mildly) A mistake. | [noun] A superior letter. A lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations. | [noun] A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun. | [noun] A hat or cap worn turned up in front. COEMPT (12) [verb] To buy or purchase; to acquire by paying a price. COLLOP (10) [noun] A slice of meat. | [noun] A slice of bacon, a rasher. | [noun] A roll or fold of flesh on the body. COMPED (13) [verb] To accompany, in music. | [verb] To compose (a visual design); to make a composite. | [verb] To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket). COMPEL (12) [verb] To drive together, round up | [verb] To overpower; to subdue. | [verb] To force, constrain or coerce. COMPLY (15) [verb] To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform. | [verb] To accomplish, to fulfil. | [verb] To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. COMPOS (12) [noun] The act or principle of compensating. | [noun] Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. | [noun] The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount. | [adjective] Compos mentis; of sound mind; sane COMPTS (12) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "compt," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to count or reckon. COOPED (11) [verb] To keep in a coop. | [verb] To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp. | [verb] To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election. COOPER (10) [noun] A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs. | [noun] A drink of half stout and half porter. | [verb] To make and repair barrels etc. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COOPTS (10) [verb] To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. | [verb] To commandeer, appropriate or take over. | [verb] To absorb or assimilate into an established group. COPALM (12) COPALS (10) [noun] Plural of copal, a resin obtained from tropical trees, used in varnishes and lacquers. COPECK (16) [noun] A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | [noun] A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. COPENS (10) COPERS (10) [noun] One who copes. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COPIED (11) [verb] To produce an object identical to a given object. | [verb] To give or transmit a copy to (a person). | [verb] To place a copy of an object in memory for later use. COPIER (10) [noun] A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. | [noun] A person who copies documents. | [noun] A program or process that copies. COPIES (10) [noun] The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. | [noun] An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. | [noun] The text that is to be typeset. COPING (11) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. COPLOT (10) COPPED (13) [verb] To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. | [verb] To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. | [verb] (trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time. COPPER (12) [noun] A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. | [noun] The reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | [noun] Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item. | [noun] (law enforcement) A police officer. COPPRA (12) COPRAH (13) [noun] The dried meat or kernel of the coconut, used for extracting coconut oil. COPRAS (10) [noun] Plural of copra, the dried meat or kernel of a coconut. COPSES (10) [noun] A thicket of small trees or shrubs. COPTER (10) [noun] A helicopter. | [verb] To helicopter: to transport by helicopter. | [verb] To helicopter: to travel by helicopter. COPULA (10) [noun] (grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate. | [noun] A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables. | [noun] A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ. CORPSE (10) [noun] A dead body. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead. | [verb] (of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably. CORPUS (10) [noun] A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc. | [noun] (specifically) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses. | [noun] A body, a collection. | [noun] Synonym of long primer COTYPE (13) COUPED (11) [adjective] Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. COUPES (10) [noun] An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in. | [noun] A car with two doors (variant of coupé). | [noun] An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place. COUPLE (10) [noun] Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. | [noun] Two of the same kind connected or considered together. | [noun] A small number. COUPON (10) [noun] A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc. | [noun] A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product. | [noun] A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant. COWPAT (13) [noun] A dropping of cow dung. COWPEA (13) [noun] Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea. COWPIE (13) COWPOX (20) [noun] A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox. COYPOU (13) COYPUS (13) [noun] A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere. CRAMPS (12) [noun] A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. | [noun] That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | [noun] A clamp for carpentry or masonry. CRAPED (11) CRAPES (10) [noun] Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. | [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. CRAPPY (15) [adjective] (mildly) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful. | [adjective] (mildly, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed. | [adjective] (mildly) Covered in crap (faeces/feces). CREEPS (10) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. CREEPY (13) [adjective] Moving by creeping along. | [adjective] Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin. | [adjective] Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out. CREPED (11) CREPES (10) [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. | [noun] Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper. CREPEY (13) CREPON (10) [noun] A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool CRIMPS (12) [noun] A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. | [noun] The natural curliness of wool fibres. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. CRIMPY (15) CRIPES (10) [interjection] A mild curse or expression of surprise. CRISPS (10) [noun] A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack. | [noun] A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping | [noun] Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack CRISPY (13) [noun] The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat. | [adjective] Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender. CROUPE (10) CROUPS (10) [verb] (obsolete outside dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise. CROUPY (13) CRUMPS (12) [noun] The sound of a muffled explosion. CRYPTO (13) [noun] A secret supporter or follower. | [noun] Cryptography. | [noun] Cryptocurrency. CRYPTS (13) [noun] A cave or cavern. | [noun] An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. | [noun] A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. CULPAE (10) CUPELS (10) [noun] A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. CUPFUL (13) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CUPIDS (11) CUPOLA (10) [noun] A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. | [noun] A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle. | [noun] An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith. CUPPAS (12) [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). | [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. | [noun] Pronunciation spelling of cup of. CUPPED (13) [verb] To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. | [verb] To hold something in cupped hands. | [verb] To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. CUPPER (12) CUPRIC (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper. | [adjective] Containing copper with an oxidation number of 2 CUPRUM (12) CUPULA (10) CUPULE (10) [noun] Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies CUSPED (11) CUSPID (11) [noun] A tooth with a single cusp; a canine. CUSPIS (10) CUTUPS (10) [noun] Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. CYPHER (16) [noun] A numeric character. | [noun] Any text character. | [noun] A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. CYPRES (13) CYPRUS (13) DAMPED (12) [verb] To dampen; to make moderately wet | [verb] To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull. | [verb] To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). DAMPEN (11) [verb] To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. | [verb] To become damp or moist. | [verb] To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. DAMPER (11) [adjective] In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. | [adjective] Despondent; dispirited, downcast. | [adjective] Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale. DAMPLY (14) DAPHNE (12) [noun] Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. DAPPED (12) [verb] To greet with a dap. DAPPER (11) [adjective] Neat, trim. | [adjective] Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy. | [adjective] Quick; little and active. DAPPLE (11) [noun] A mottled marking, usually in clusters. | [noun] An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat. | [verb] To mark or become marked with mottling or spots. DECAMP (13) [verb] To break up camp and move on. | [verb] To disappear suddenly and secretly. DEEPEN (9) [verb] To make deep or deeper | [verb] To make darker or more intense; to darken | [verb] To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree DEEPER (9) [adjective] (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. | [adjective] (intellectual, social) Complex, involved. | [adjective] (sound, voice) Low in pitch. DEEPLY (12) [adverb] At depth, in a deep way. | [adverb] To a deep extent. | [adverb] Profoundly. DEPART (9) [noun] Division; separation, as of compound substances. | [noun] A going away; departure. | [verb] To leave. DEPEND (10) [verb] (followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. | [verb] (followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. | [verb] To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. DEPERM (11) DEPICT (11) [verb] To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. | [adjective] Depicted. DEPLOY (12) [noun] Deployment | [verb] To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use. | [verb] To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use. DEPONE (9) [verb] To testify, especially in the form of a deposition. | [verb] To take the deposition of; to depose. | [verb] To lay, as a stake; to wager. DEPORT (9) [verb] To comport (oneself); to behave. | [verb] To evict, especially from a country. DEPOSE (9) [verb] To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. | [verb] To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent. | [verb] To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition DEPOTS (9) [noun] A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. | [noun] A bus station or railway station. | [noun] A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units. DEPTHS (12) [noun] The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep | [noun] The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet | [noun] The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. DEPUTE (9) [noun] Deputy | [verb] To assign (someone or something) to or for something | [verb] To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate DEPUTY (12) [noun] One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office | [noun] A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners. | [noun] (France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif DESPOT (9) [noun] A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. | [noun] A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries) DEWLAP (12) [noun] The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal. | [noun] The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person. DIAPER (9) [noun] A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread. | [noun] A towel or napkin made from such fabric. | [noun] An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy. DIAPIR (9) [noun] An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden. DIMPLE (11) [noun] A small depression or indentation in a surface. | [noun] Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth. | [verb] To create a dimple in. DIMPLY (14) DIPLEX (16) DIPLOE (9) DIPNET (9) [verb] To catch (fish) in a hand net. | [noun] A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch. This kind of net is used, eg, for trapping butterflies or individual fish. DIPODY (13) DIPOLE (9) [noun] Any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles) | [noun] Any molecule or radical that has delocalised positive and negative charges | [noun] A dipole antenna DIPPED (12) [verb] To lower into a liquid. | [verb] To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. | [verb] (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly. DIPPER (11) [noun] One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid). | [noun] Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom. | [noun] A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop. DIPSAS (9) DIPSOS (9) [noun] A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk. DISPEL (9) [noun] An act or instance of dispelling. | [verb] To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. | [verb] To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. DOGNAP (10) [verb] To abduct (a dog). DOLLOP (9) [noun] A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food. | [verb] To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops. | [verb] To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form. DOPANT (9) [noun] A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent DOPERS (9) DOPIER (9) [adjective] Stupid, silly. DOPING (10) [verb] To affect with drugs. | [verb] To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.). | [verb] To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). DORPER (9) DRAPED (10) [verb] To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery | [verb] To spread over, cover. | [verb] To rail at; to banter. DRAPER (9) [noun] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths. DRAPES (9) [noun] A curtain; a drapery. | [noun] The way in which fabric falls or hangs. | [noun] A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square DRAPEY (12) DRIPPY (14) [adjective] Dripping or tending to drip. | [adjective] Rainy or wet. | [adjective] Maudlin, tiresome or annoying; DROOPS (9) [verb] To hang downward; to sag. | [verb] To slowly become limp; to bend gradually. | [verb] To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag. DROOPY (12) [adjective] Tending to droop; sagging; wilting. DROPSY (12) [noun] Swelling, edema, often from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DRUPES (9) [noun] A stone fruit. DUMPED (12) [verb] To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. | [verb] To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore. | [verb] To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping. DUMPER (11) [noun] A small vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. | [noun] A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites. | [noun] One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship. DUPERS (9) [noun] A person who dupes another DUPERY (12) DUPING (10) [verb] To swindle, deceive, or trick. | [verb] To duplicate. DUPLEX (16) [noun] A house made up of two dwelling units. | [noun] A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting. | [noun] A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. DUPPED (12) DUSTUP (9) [noun] A scuffle or fight. | [noun] (by extension) An argument or dispute. EARLAP (8) ECTYPE (13) EGGCUP (12) [noun] A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten. ELAPID (9) ELAPSE (8) [verb] (of time) To pass or move by. ELOPED (9) [verb] (of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour. | [verb] (of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement. | [verb] To run away from home (for any reason). ELOPER (8) ELOPES (8) [verb] (of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour. | [verb] (of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement. | [verb] To run away from home (for any reason). EMPALE (10) EMPERY (13) EMPIRE (10) [adjective] (furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). | [adjective] (of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. | [noun] A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority. EMPLOY (13) [noun] The state of being an employee; employment. | [noun] The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment. | [verb] To hire (somebody for work or a job). ENCAMP (12) [verb] To establish a camp or temporary shelter. | [verb] To form into a camp. ENRAPT (8) [adjective] Fascinated, enraptured ENTRAP (8) [verb] To catch in a trap or snare. | [verb] To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act. ENWRAP (11) [verb] To wrap around, surround; to envelop | [verb] To absorb completely or engross EPACTS (10) [noun] The time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter EPARCH (13) [noun] The governor or prefect of a province. | [noun] The ruler of an eparchy. | [noun] The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy. EPHAHS (14) [noun] A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). EPHEBE (13) [noun] A 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training. | [noun] (by extension) A young man; a youth. EPHEBI (13) EPHODS (12) [noun] A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear. EPHORI (11) EPHORS (11) [noun] One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings. | [noun] (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator. EPICAL (10) EPIGON (9) EPILOG (9) [noun] A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play | [noun] The performer who gives this speech | [noun] A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword EPIMER (10) [noun] Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres. EPIZOA (17) [noun] An external animal parasite. EPOCHS (13) [noun] A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. | [noun] A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. | [noun] A precise instant of time that is used as a point of reference. EPODES (9) [noun] The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. | [noun] A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one. EPONYM (13) [noun] A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item. | [noun] A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name. | [noun] (by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing. EPOPEE (10) EPOSES (8) EQUIPS (17) [verb] To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging) | [verb] To dress up; to array; to clothe. | [verb] To prepare (someone) with a skill. ERUPTS (8) [verb] To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser). | [verb] To burst forth; to break out. | [verb] To spontaneously release pressure or tension. ESCAPE (10) [noun] The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. | [noun] Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. | [noun] Something that has escaped; an escapee. ESCARP (10) [noun] The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp. | [verb] To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp. ESPIAL (8) [noun] Act of noticing or observing. | [noun] The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery. | [noun] A spy; a scout. ESPIED (9) [verb] To catch sight of; to see; to spot (said especially of something not easy to see) | [verb] To examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe. | [verb] To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. ESPIES (8) [verb] To catch sight of; to see; to spot (said especially of something not easy to see) | [verb] To examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe. | [verb] To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy. ESPRIT (8) [noun] Spirit, enthusiasm. | [noun] A wit. | [noun] Liveliness, or active mind and spirit. ESTOPS (8) [verb] To impede or bar by estoppel. | [verb] To stop up, to plug ETAPES (8) EUPNEA (8) EURIPI (8) EXCEPT (17) [verb] To exclude; to specify as being an exception. | [verb] To take exception, to object (to or against). | [preposition] With the exception of; but. EXEMPT (17) [noun] One who has been released from something. | [noun] A type of French police officer. | [noun] One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon. EXPAND (16) [verb] To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open. | [verb] To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). | [verb] To express (something) at length and/or in detail. EXPATS (15) [noun] An expatriate; a person who lives outside their own country. EXPECT (17) [verb] To predict or believe that something will happen | [verb] To consider obligatory or required. | [verb] To consider reasonably due. EXPELS (15) [verb] To eject or erupt. | [verb] To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.). | [verb] To remove from membership. EXPEND (16) [verb] To consume, exhaust (some resource) | [verb] (of money) to spend, disburse EXPERT (15) [noun] A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject. | [noun] A player ranking just below master. | [adjective] Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable. EXPIRE (15) [verb] To die. | [verb] To lapse and become invalid. | [verb] To exhale; to breathe out. EXPIRY (18) [noun] A date by which an object either should not be used or loses its value, depending upon the item. | [noun] End; termination; expiration. | [noun] Death. EXPORT (15) [noun] Something that is exported | [noun] The act of exporting | [verb] To carry away EXPOSE (15) [verb] To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to. | [verb] To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image. | [verb] To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness. EYECUP (13) [noun] An eyebath | [noun] Coon eyes | [noun] A shield surrounding the eyepiece of a camera. FACEUP (13) FILLIP (11) [noun] The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. | [noun] A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. | [noun] (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. FIPPLE (13) [noun] The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway. FLAPPY (16) FLIPPY (16) [noun] A flippy disk. | [adjective] Having a tendency to flip. FLOPPY (16) [noun] A floppy disk. | [noun] (Rhodesia) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot. | [noun] A comic book. FLUMPS (13) [noun] The dull sound so produced. | [noun] A type of large marshmallow. | [noun] (by extension) A fat out-of-shape person. FOPPED (14) FRAPPE (13) [noun] Liqueur poured over shaved ice. | [noun] A thick milkshake containing ice cream. | [noun] (Greece) An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink. FRUMPS (13) [noun] A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. | [noun] The clothes that such a person would wear. | [noun] A bad-tempered person. FRUMPY (16) [adjective] Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. | [adjective] Bad-tempered. FRYPAN (14) [noun] A frying pan. FUCKUP (17) [noun] A serious mistake. | [noun] One who continually makes mistakes. | [noun] An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot GALLOP (9) [noun] The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. | [noun] An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop. | [verb] (of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop. GALOPS (9) [noun] A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time. | [noun] The music for a dance of this kind. GAPERS (9) [noun] One who gapes; a starer. | [noun] Any of several species of burrowing clams. | [noun] The comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla. GAPING (10) [verb] To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. | [verb] To stare in wonder. | [verb] To open wide; to display a gap. | [noun] The act of one who gapes. GAPPED (12) GASPED (10) [verb] To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. | [verb] To breathe laboriously or convulsively. | [verb] To speak in a breathless manner. GASPER (9) [noun] Agent noun of gasp; a person or animal that gasps. | [noun] A cigarette. | [noun] (BDSM) One who is aroused by asphyxiation. GAWPED (13) [verb] To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. GAWPER (12) GAZUMP (20) [noun] The act of gazumping. | [verb] To swindle; to extort. | [verb] To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one. | [noun] An automobile. GENIPS (9) [noun] A succulent berry with a thick rind, the fruit of plants in the genus Genipa. GETUPS (9) [noun] Enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition | [noun] A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. | [noun] A fight or altercation. GIDDAP (11) [interjection] (directed at a horse) Move on!, go faster! GIMPED (12) [verb] (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped. | [verb] To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves. | [verb] To limp; to hobble. GIPONS (9) GIPPED (12) GIPPER (11) GLOPPY (14) GLUMPY (14) GLYPHS (15) [noun] A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. | [noun] Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information. | [noun] A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style. GONOPH (12) GOPHER (12) [noun] A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae. | [noun] The gopher tortoise. | [noun] The gopher rockfish. | [noun] A worker who runs errands; an errand boy. GOSPEL (9) [noun] The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus. | [noun] An account of the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era. | [noun] The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments. GOSSIP (9) [noun] Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. | [noun] Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present. | [noun] Idle conversation in general. GRAMPS (11) [noun] Grandpa, grandfather. | [noun] (by extension) Old man. GRAPES (9) [noun] A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis. | [noun] A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis. | [noun] A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes. GRAPEY (12) GRAPHS (12) [noun] (applied mathematics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers. | [noun] A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m, y)\in\R^{m+1}, where y=f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m) for a given function f: \R^m\rightarrow\R. | [noun] (formally) An ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V; (less formally) a set of vertices (or nodes) together with a set of edges that connect (some of) the vertices. GRAPPA (11) [noun] An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace. | [noun] A variety or serving of grappa. GRASPS (9) [noun] (sometimes figurative) Grip. | [noun] Understanding. | [noun] That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability. GRIPED (10) [verb] To complain; to whine. | [verb] To annoy or bother. | [verb] To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm. GRIPER (9) GRIPES (9) [noun] A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. | [noun] A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. | [noun] Grasp; clutch; grip GRIPEY (12) GRIPPE (11) [noun] Influenza, the flu. GRIPPY (14) [adjective] Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well. | [adjective] Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy. | [adjective] Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza. GROPED (10) [verb] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. | [verb] To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see. | [verb] To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually. GROPER (9) [noun] Agent noun of grope; one who gropes. | [noun] An employee of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially those who perform inspections on passengers. | [noun] Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. GROPES (9) [noun] An act of groping, especially sexually. | [noun] An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel | [verb] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. GROUPS (9) [noun] A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. | [noun] A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. | [noun] An effective divisor on a curve. GRUMPS (11) [noun] A habitually grumpy or complaining person. | [noun] A grumpy mood. | [verb] To complain. GRUMPY (14) [adjective] Dissatisfied and irritable. GUIMPE (11) [noun] Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming. | [noun] A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress. | [noun] A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress. GULPED (10) [verb] To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow. | [verb] To react nervously by swallowing. GULPER (9) [noun] One who gulps. | [noun] A gulper eel. GYPPED (15) [verb] (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately. GYPPER (14) GYPSUM (14) [noun] A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. HAMPER (13) [noun] A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals | [noun] (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper | [verb] To put into a hamper. | [noun] A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. HANGUP (12) [noun] An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex. | [noun] An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch. HAPPED (14) [verb] To happen; to befall; to chance. | [verb] To happen to. | [verb] To wrap, clothe. HAPPEN (13) [verb] To occur or take place. | [verb] To happen to; to befall. | [verb] (with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly. HAPTEN (11) [noun] Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein. HAPTIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to the sense of touch. | [adjective] Of or relating to haptics. HARPED (12) [verb] (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject. | [verb] To play on (a harp or similar instrument) | [verb] To play (a tune) on the harp. HARPER (11) [noun] A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals. | [noun] An old Irish brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp. HARPIN (11) HASPED (12) [verb] To shut or fasten with a hasp. | [adjective] Fitted with a hasp. HATPIN (11) [noun] A long straight pin, often with a decorative head, used to secure a woman's hat to her hair. HEAPED (12) [verb] To pile in a heap. | [verb] To form or round into a heap, as in measuring. | [verb] To supply in great quantity. HELPED (12) [verb] To provide assistance to (someone or something). | [verb] To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to. | [verb] To contribute in some way to. HELPER (11) [noun] One who helps; an aide. | [noun] That which helps; anything serving to assist. | [noun] A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee. HEMPEN (13) [adjective] Made of hemp | [adjective] Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment. HEMPIE (13) HEPCAT (13) [noun] A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s. | [noun] A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s; a hipster. | [noun] A sophisticated person, one who is stylish. HEPTAD (12) [noun] A group of seven things. | [noun] A sequence of seven bases. HERPES (11) [noun] A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals. HICCUP (15) [noun] A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound. | [noun] (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change. | [noun] A minor setback. HIPPED (14) [adjective] Having hips or a feature resembling hips. | [verb] To use one's hips to bump into someone. | [verb] To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock"). | [verb] To use one's hips to bump into someone. | [adjective] Depressed. HIPPER (13) [adjective] Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. HIPPIE (13) [noun] (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks. | [noun] (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. | [noun] (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat. HIPPOS (13) [noun] A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) HIRPLE (11) [verb] To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling. HISPID (12) [adjective] (obsolete outside biology) Covered in short, stiff hairs; bristly. HOLDUP (12) [noun] A delay or wait. | [noun] A robbery at gunpoint. | [noun] The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later. HOLPEN (11) HOOKUP (15) [noun] (sometimes attributive) A connection. | [noun] A brief sexual relationship or encounter. | [noun] A sexual partner. HOOPED (12) [verb] To bind or fasten using a hoop. | [verb] To clasp; to encircle; to surround. | [verb] To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. HOOPER (11) [noun] One who applies hoops to casks or tubs. | [noun] One who hula hoops. | [noun] The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus). HOOPLA (11) [noun] A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise. | [noun] A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs. HOOPOE (11) [noun] An Old World bird, Upupa epops, known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill. HOOPOO (11) HOPERS (11) HOPING (12) [verb] To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. | [verb] To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. | [verb] To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. HOPPED (14) [verb] To jump a short distance. | [verb] To jump on one foot. | [verb] To be in state of energetic activity. HOPPER (13) [noun] One who or that which hops. | [noun] A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped. | [noun] A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes. | [noun] A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast. HOPPLE (13) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze. | [verb] To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble. | [verb] To entangle; to hamper. HUBCAP (15) [noun] A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel HUIPIL (11) HUMPED (14) [verb] To bend something into a hump. | [verb] To carry (something), especially with some exertion. | [verb] To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse HUMPHS (16) HUTZPA (20) [noun] Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion. HYPHAE (17) [noun] Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus. HYPHAL (17) HYPHEN (17) [noun] The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line. | [noun] Something that links two more consequential things. | [noun] An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings. HYPING (15) [verb] To throw (an opponent) using this technique. | [verb] To promote heavily; to advertise or build up. HYPNIC (16) HYPOED (15) HYSSOP (14) [noun] Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally | [noun] Any of several similar plants | [noun] The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ICECAP (12) [noun] An iced cappuccino. | [noun] A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, e.g. in Earth's polar zones or at high elevation. | [noun] An ice pack designed to be worn on the head. IMPACT (12) [noun] The striking of one body against another; collision. | [noun] The force or energy of a collision of two objects. | [noun] A forced impinging. IMPAIR (10) [verb] To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. | [verb] To grow worse; to deteriorate. | [adjective] Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable. IMPALA (10) [noun] An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns. IMPALE (10) [verb] To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object. | [verb] To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage). | [verb] To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. IMPARK (14) [verb] To enclose or confine in, or as if in, a park. | [verb] To enclose or fence in (land) to make a park. IMPART (10) [verb] To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). | [verb] To give a part or to share. | [verb] To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.). IMPAWN (13) IMPEDE (11) [verb] To get in the way of; to hinder. IMPELS (10) [verb] To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. | [verb] To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. IMPEND (11) [verb] To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. | [verb] Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger. | [verb] To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. IMPHEE (13) IMPING (11) [verb] To plant or engraft. | [verb] To graft, implant; to set or fix. | [verb] To engraft (feathers) into a bird's wing. IMPISH (13) [adjective] Mischievous; of or befitting an imp. IMPONE (10) IMPORT (10) [noun] Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. | [noun] The practice of importing. | [noun] Significance, importance. | [verb] To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. IMPOSE (10) [verb] To establish or apply by authority. | [verb] To be an inconvenience (on or upon) | [verb] To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way IMPOST (10) [noun] A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise. | [noun] The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap. | [noun] The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch. IMPROV (13) [noun] Improvisation. | [noun] A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience. | [verb] To perform improv. IMPUGN (11) [verb] To assault, attack. | [verb] To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of. IMPURE (10) [verb] To defile; to pollute | [adjective] Not pure IMPUTE (10) [verb] To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. | [verb] To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution. | [verb] To take into account. INCEPT (10) [verb] To take in or ingest. | [verb] To begin. | [verb] To begin a Master of Arts degree at a university. INCLIP (10) INKPOT (12) [noun] A pot for holding ink; inkwell. INPOUR (8) INPUTS (8) [noun] The act or process of putting in; infusion. | [noun] That which is put in, as in an amount. | [noun] Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice. INSPAN (8) [verb] To yoke (oxen). | [verb] To bring or force into service. INSTEP (8) [noun] The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. | [noun] A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. | [noun] In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint. INWRAP (11) [verb] To wrap around, surround; to envelop | [verb] To absorb completely or engross IPECAC (12) [noun] The plant ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) or its root. | [noun] Syrup of ipecac, produced from this plant's root, used to induce emesis (vomiting). IRRUPT (8) [verb] To break into. | [verb] To enter forcibly or uninvited. | [verb] To rapidly increase or intensify. ISOPOD (9) [noun] Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace. JALAPS (15) JALOPS (15) JALOPY (18) [noun] An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile. | [noun] A hip, cool, groovy automobile. JAPANS (15) [noun] A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. | [noun] Lacquerware. | [verb] To varnish with japan. JAPERS (15) JAPERY (18) JAPING (16) [verb] To jest; play tricks. | [verb] To mock; deride. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. JASPER (15) [noun] Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian. | [noun] An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. | [noun] Jasperware pottery. | [noun] A wasp. JAUPED (16) JEEPED (16) JIMPER (17) JIMPLY (20) JOSEPH (18) JOYPOP (20) JULEPS (15) [noun] A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol. | [noun] A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken. JUMPED (18) [verb] To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. | [verb] To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. | [verb] To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap. JUMPER (17) [noun] Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. | [noun] A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height. | [noun] A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire. | [noun] A woolen sweater or pullover. JUPONS (15) KAKAPO (16) [noun] A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand. KALIPH (15) KALPAK (16) KALPAS (12) [noun] A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 yugas). KAPOKS (16) KAPPAS (14) [noun] The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset. | [noun] A tortoise-like creature in the Japanese mythology. KAPUTT (12) KEEPER (12) [noun] One who keeps something. | [noun] A person or thing worth keeping. | [noun] A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper. KELEPS (12) KELPED (13) KELPIE (12) [noun] A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland. | [noun] An Australian breed of sheepdog. KEPPED (15) KEPPEN (14) KEYPAD (16) [noun] A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine. KHAPHS (18) KICKUP (18) KIDNAP (13) [noun] The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping. | [verb] To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom. KIPPED (15) [verb] (chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity. | [verb] To snatch; take up hastily; filch | [verb] To hold or keep (together) KIPPEN (14) KIPPER (14) [noun] A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon. | [noun] A male salmon after spawning. | [noun] (RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. | [noun] (often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party). | [adjective] Amorous KLEPHT (15) [noun] An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. KNOSPS (12) KOPECK (18) [noun] A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | [noun] A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. KOPEKS (16) [noun] A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | [noun] A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. KOPJES (19) [noun] A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld). KOPPAS (14) KOPPIE (14) [noun] A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld). KREEPS (12) LAMPAD (11) LAMPAS (10) [noun] A type of luxury fabric with a background weft. | [noun] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the palate immediately behind the foreteeth in a horse. LAMPED (11) [verb] To hit, clout, belt, wallop. | [verb] To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping. | [verb] To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular. LAPDOG (10) [noun] A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. | [noun] (by extension) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. LAPELS (8) [noun] Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. LAPFUL (11) LAPINS (8) LAPPED (11) [verb] To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. | [verb] To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. | [verb] To fold; to bend and lay over or on something. LAPPER (10) LAPPET (10) [noun] A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. | [noun] A wattle or flap-like structure on the face. | [noun] A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants. LAPSED (9) [verb] To fall away gradually; to subside. | [verb] To fall into error or heresy. | [verb] To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. LAPSER (8) LAPSES (8) [noun] A temporary failure; a slip. | [noun] A decline or fall in standards. | [noun] A pause in continuity. LAPSUS (8) LAPTOP (10) [noun] A laptop computer. LARRUP (8) [noun] A blow or smack. | [noun] Backchat or rudeness | [verb] To beat or thrash LAYUPS (11) [noun] A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away. | [noun] A relatively easy task. | [noun] The state of being laid up. LEAPED (9) [verb] To jump. | [verb] To pass over by a leap or jump. | [verb] To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. LEAPER (8) LEPERS (8) [noun] A person who has leprosy. | [noun] A person who is shunned; a pariah. LEPTON (8) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LETUPS (8) [noun] A pause or period of slackening. LIMPAS (10) LIMPED (11) [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [verb] (of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | [verb] To move or proceed irregularly. LIMPER (10) [adjective] Flaccid; flabby, like flesh. | [adjective] Lacking stiffness; flimsy | [adjective] (of a penis) not erect LIMPET (10) [noun] A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores. | [noun] Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space. LIMPID (11) [adjective] Clear, transparent or bright. LIMPLY (13) LIMPSY (13) LINEUP (8) [noun] A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them | [noun] A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue. | [noun] Collectively, the members of a team. LINKUP (12) [noun] A connection. | [noun] The act of connecting. LIPASE (8) [noun] Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids. LIPIDE (9) LIPIDS (9) [noun] Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. LIPINS (8) LIPOID (9) [noun] A lipid or other substance resembling fat | [adjective] Of pertaining to fat. LIPOMA (10) [noun] A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells. LIPPED (11) [verb] To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). | [verb] (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. | [verb] To wash against a surface, lap. LIPPEN (10) LIPPER (10) LISPED (9) [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. | [verb] To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid. LISPER (8) LOCKUP (14) [noun] A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. | [noun] A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage | [noun] A device for locking type into position for printing. LOLLOP (8) [verb] To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. | [verb] To act lazily, loll, lie around. LOOKUP (12) [noun] An attempt to retrieve data. | [noun] The process of locating a term in a reference work. LOOPED (9) [verb] To form something into a loop. | [verb] To fasten or encircle something with a loop. | [verb] To fly an aircraft in a loop. LOOPER (8) [noun] An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc. | [noun] A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae. | [noun] A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops. LOPERS (8) LOPING (9) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPPED (11) [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [verb] To allow to hang down. LOPPER (10) [noun] A person who lops. | [noun] A gardening tool used for lopping. | [verb] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. LOUPED (9) LOUPEN (8) LOUPES (8) [noun] A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers. | [noun] A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists. LUMPED (11) [verb] To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). | [verb] To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another. | [verb] To hit or strike (a person). LUMPEN (10) [adjective] Of or relating to social outcasts. | [adjective] Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat. | [adjective] Plebeian. | [adjective] Lump-like. | [verb] To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy LUMPER (10) [noun] The viviparous eelpout. | [noun] An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship. | [noun] A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups. LUPINE (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, the wolf. LUPINS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LUPOUS (8) LYMPHS (16) MADCAP (13) [noun] An impulsive, hasty, capricious person. | [noun] An insane person, a lunatic. | [adjective] Impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious. MAGILP (11) [noun] A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. MAGPIE (11) [noun] One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae | [noun] A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen. | [noun] Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects. MAKEUP (14) [noun] An item's composition. | [noun] Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance. | [noun] Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up. MAPLES (10) [noun] A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. | [noun] The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance MAPPED (13) [verb] To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography. | [verb] (followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else. | [verb] (followed by a "to" phrase) To have a direct relationship; to correspond. MAPPER (12) MARKUP (14) [noun] The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed. | [noun] The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price. | [noun] An increase in price. MAYHAP (16) [adverb] Maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance: MAYPOP (15) [noun] A type of passionflower, purple in color (Passiflora incarnata). MEGILP (11) [noun] A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. METEPA (10) METOPE (10) [noun] The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze. METUMP (12) MILPAS (10) MISHAP (13) [noun] An accident, mistake, or problem. | [noun] Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. | [verb] To happen through misfortune; to mishappen. MISPEN (10) MIXUPS (17) [noun] A case of confusion. MOBCAP (14) [noun] A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band. | [noun] (modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings. MOCKUP (16) [noun] A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as paper illustrations, screenshots, or simple configurations of screens with limited interaction. MOPEDS (11) [noun] A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. MOPERS (10) MOPERY (13) [noun] Violation of an imaginary or trivial law MOPIER (10) MOPING (11) [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. | [verb] To make spiritless and stupid. | [noun] The act of one who mopes. MOPISH (13) MOPOKE (14) [noun] A morepork. MOPPED (13) [verb] To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop. | [verb] To make a wry expression with the mouth. MOPPER (12) MOPPET (12) [noun] A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way. | [noun] A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth. | [noun] A long-haired pet dog. MORPHO (13) [noun] Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies. MORPHS (13) [noun] (grammar) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds. | [noun] An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts. | [noun] Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour. MUDCAP (13) MUMPED (13) MUMPER (12) MURPHY (16) [noun] An Irish or white potato. MYOPES (13) [noun] One who has myopia. MYOPIA (13) [noun] A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it. | [noun] A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning. MYOPIC (15) [noun] A short-sighted individual. | [adjective] Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided | [adjective] Shortsighted; improvident NAPALM (10) [noun] A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. | [verb] To spray or attack with this substance. NAPERY (11) [noun] Household linen, especially table linen. NAPKIN (12) [noun] A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating. | [noun] A nappy (UK), a diaper (American). | [noun] A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty. NAPPED (11) [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. | [verb] To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather). NAPPER (10) [noun] A person who takes a nap | [noun] A sheep stealer | [noun] The head NAPPES (10) [noun] The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. | [noun] Either of the two parts of a double cone. | [noun] A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. NAPPIE (10) NEPHEW (14) [noun] A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew). | [noun] A son of one's child. NETOPS (8) NIPPED (11) [verb] To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. | [verb] To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. | [verb] To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. NIPPER (10) [noun] One who, or that which, nips. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping. | [noun] A child. NIPPLE (10) [noun] The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. | [noun] A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. | [noun] An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. NONPAR (8) NOPALS (8) NYMPHA (16) NYMPHO (16) [verb] To become obsessed about sex. | [noun] A woman with an excessive libido. NYMPHS (16) [noun] (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. | [noun] A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | [noun] The larva of certain insects. OCCUPY (15) [verb] (of time) To take or use. | [verb] To take or use space. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. OCTOPI (10) OILCUP (10) OKAPIS (12) [noun] A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. OOMPAH (13) [noun] A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments. | [noun] A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence. | [verb] To produce an oom-pah sound. OOMPHS (13) OPAQUE (17) [noun] An area of darkness; a place or region with no light. | [noun] Something which is opaque rather than translucent. | [verb] To make, render (more) opaque. OPENED (9) [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [verb] To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility. | [verb] To bring up, broach. OPENER (8) [noun] A person who opens something. | [noun] A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener. | [noun] (in combination) An establishment that opens. OPENLY (11) [adverb] In an open manner, visibly, not covertly. OPERAS (8) [noun] A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. | [noun] The score for such a work. | [noun] A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house. OPERON (8) [noun] A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together. OPHITE (11) OPIATE (8) [noun] A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium. | [noun] Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment. | [verb] To treat with an opiate drug. OPINED (9) [verb] To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). | [verb] To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). OPINES (8) [verb] To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). | [verb] To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). OPIOID (9) [noun] A substance that has effects similar to opium. | [noun] Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain. | [noun] Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature. OPIUMS (10) OPPOSE (10) [verb] To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. | [verb] To object to. | [verb] To present or set up in opposition; to pose. OPPUGN (11) [verb] To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement. OPSINS (8) OPTICS (10) [noun] The physics of light and vision. | [noun] The light-related aspects of a device. | [noun] Perception, image, public relations. | [noun] An eye. OPTIMA (10) [noun] The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances. OPTIME (10) OPTING (9) [verb] To choose; select. OPTION (8) [noun] One of a set of choices that can be made. | [noun] The freedom or right to choose. | [noun] A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. OPUSES (8) [noun] A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. | [noun] A work, especially of art. ORLOPS (8) [noun] The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship. ORPHAN (11) [noun] A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. | [noun] A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. | [noun] A young animal with no mother. ORPHIC (13) ORPINE (8) [noun] Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. | [noun] A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. ORPINS (8) OSPREY (11) [noun] A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions. | [noun] Aigrette (ornamental feather) OUPHES (11) OUTPUT (8) [noun] Production; quantity produced, created, or completed. | [noun] Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another. | [noun] The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine. OXLIPS (15) [noun] The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers. PABLUM (12) [noun] Anything overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing. | [noun] Nourishment. PACERS (10) [noun] One who paces. | [noun] In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter. | [noun] A pacemaker. PACHAS (13) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PACIFY (16) [verb] To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. | [verb] To appease (someone). PACING (11) [verb] To walk back and forth in a small distance. | [verb] To set the speed in a race. | [verb] To measure by walking. PACKED (15) [verb] (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. | [verb] (social) To cheat. | [verb] To load with a pack PACKER (14) [noun] A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation | [noun] A software program that compresses code or data. | [noun] A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well. PACKET (14) [noun] A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel | [noun] Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia). | [noun] A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet. PACKLY (17) PADAUK (13) [noun] Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus. | [noun] The valuable timber of these trees. PADDED (11) [verb] To stuff. | [verb] To furnish with a pad or padding. | [verb] To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler. PADDER (10) PADDLE (10) [noun] A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. | [noun] A double-bladed oar used for kayaking. | [noun] Time spent on paddling. | [verb] To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside. PADLES (9) PADNAG (10) PADOUK (13) [noun] Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus. | [noun] The valuable timber of these trees. PADRES (9) [noun] A military clergyman | [noun] A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest PAEANS (8) [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise. PAELLA (8) [noun] A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked on a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish. PAEONS (8) [noun] A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable. PAESAN (8) PAGANS (9) [noun] A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion. | [noun] (by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person. | [noun] (by extension) An unruly, badly educated child. PAGERS (9) [noun] A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages. | [noun] A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time. | [noun] (in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages. PAGING (10) [verb] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript. | [verb] (often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication. | [verb] To furnish with folios. PAGODA (10) [noun] A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. | [noun] (usually in form pagod) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol. | [noun] A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India. PAGODS (10) PAIKED (13) PAINCH (13) PAINED (9) [verb] To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture. | [verb] To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve. | [verb] To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. PAINTS (8) [noun] A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. | [noun] (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. | [noun] The free-throw lane, construed with the. PAINTY (11) PAIRED (9) [verb] To group into one or more sets of two. | [verb] To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating. | [verb] To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. PAISAN (8) [noun] (Alternate spelling of paesano, from Neapolitan language "paisano," often shortened to "paisan" or "paesan") among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent, a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian. | [noun] A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry. | [noun] Roadrunner. PAISAS (8) PAJAMA (17) [noun] A pair of pajamas. | [noun] Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers. | [noun] Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India. PAKEHA (15) [noun] A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander. PALACE (10) [noun] Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system. | [noun] A large and lavishly ornate residence. | [noun] A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions. PALAIS (8) PALATE (8) [noun] The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus. | [noun] The sense of taste. | [noun] Relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste) PALEAE (8) [noun] The interior chaff or husk of grasses. | [noun] One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower. | [noun] A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. PALEAL (8) PALELY (11) PALEST (8) [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [verb] To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. PALETS (8) PALIER (8) PALING (9) [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [verb] To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. PALISH (11) PALLED (9) [verb] To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. | [verb] To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. | [verb] To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste. | [verb] Be friends with, hang around with. PALLET (8) [noun] A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage. | [noun] A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment. | [noun] (DOD only) 463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft. | [noun] A straw bed. | [noun] Paleness; pallor. | [noun] A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. PALLIA (8) [noun] A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers. | [noun] A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion. | [noun] The mantle of a mollusc. PALLID (9) [adjective] Appearing weak, pale or wan. PALLOR (8) [noun] Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness. PALMAR (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage | [adjective] In the direction of the palm | [adjective] Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds. PALMED (11) [verb] To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something. | [verb] To hold something without bending the fingers significantly. | [verb] To move something with the palm of the hand. PALMER (10) [noun] A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary. | [noun] Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body. | [noun] A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees. | [noun] A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms. | [noun] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice. PALPAL (10) PALPUS (10) [noun] Palp (invertebrate appendage) PALTER (8) [verb] To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. | [verb] To trifle. | [verb] To haggle. PALTRY (11) [adjective] Trashy, trivial, of little value. | [adjective] Of little monetary worth. PAMPAS (12) [noun] The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon. PAMPER (12) [verb] To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence. | [verb] To feed luxuriously. PANADA (9) [noun] A thick paste made by mixing breadcrumbs, flour, etc. with water, milk, stock, butter or sometimes egg yolks | [noun] Any of several soups made using this paste PANAMA (10) PANDAS (9) [noun] The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] Short for giant panda. | [noun] (law enforcement) Short for panda car. PANDER (9) [noun] A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer. | [noun] An offer of illicit sex with a third party. | [noun] An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt. PANDIT (9) [noun] (Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar. PANELS (8) [noun] A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | [noun] A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | [noun] An individual frame or drawing in a comic. PANFRY (14) PANFUL (11) PANGAS (9) [noun] A large broad-bladed knife. | [noun] Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. | [noun] A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia. PANGED (10) PANGEN (9) PANICS (10) [noun] Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. | [noun] Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. | [noun] A kernel panic or system crash. PANIER (8) PANNED (9) [verb] To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). | [verb] To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely. | [verb] With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful. PANNES (8) PANTED (9) [verb] To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. | [verb] To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. | [verb] To long for (something); to be eager for (something). PANTIE (8) PANTOS (8) [noun] A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | [noun] By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift. | [noun] A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. PANTRY (11) [noun] A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. PANZER (17) [noun] A tank, especially a German one of World War II. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to the armoured units employed by the German forces in World War II. PAPACY (15) [noun] The office of the pope. | [noun] The period of a particular pope's reign. | [noun] Roman Catholicism generally. PAPAIN (10) [noun] A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat. PAPAWS (13) [noun] A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit. | [noun] (less commonly) A father. | [noun] Grandfather. PAPAYA (13) [noun] A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit | [noun] The fruit of this tree. | [noun] An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh. PAPERS (10) [noun] A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | [noun] A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine). | [noun] Wallpaper. PAPERY (13) [adjective] Being like paper in terms of consistency, thickness, texture, dryness, etc. PAPIST (10) [noun] A Roman Catholic, whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome. | [adjective] The quality of being a papist. PAPPUS (12) [noun] The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed. | [noun] The first hair on the chin. PAPULA (10) [noun] A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. | [noun] One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes. PAPULE (10) [noun] A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus. PAPYRI (13) [noun] (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley. | [noun] (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant. | [noun] A scroll or document written on papyrus. PARADE (9) [noun] An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd of spectators. | [noun] A procession of people moving down a street, organized to protest something. | [noun] Any succession, series, or display of items. PARAMO (10) [noun] A treeless grassland ecosystem covering extensive high areas of equatorial mountains, especially in South America. PARANG (9) [noun] A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon. | [noun] A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. PARAPH (13) [noun] A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery. | [noun] A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division. | [verb] To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials. PARCEL (10) [noun] A package wrapped for shipment. | [noun] An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. | [noun] A division of land bought and sold as a unit. PARDAH (12) PARDEE (9) PARDIE (9) PARDON (9) [noun] Forgiveness for an offence. | [noun] An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. | [verb] To forgive (a person). PARENT (8) [noun] One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. | [noun] A surrogate mother | [noun] A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material PAREOS (8) [noun] A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong. PARERS (8) PAREUS (8) PAREVE (11) [adjective] Of food: that has no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient. | [adjective] (by extension) Neutral, bland, inoffensive. PARGED (10) [verb] To apply a parge on to a surface. PARGES (9) [noun] A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls. PARGET (9) [noun] Gypsum. | [noun] Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. | [noun] Paint, especially for the face. PARGOS (9) PARIAH (11) [noun] A person who is rejected from society or home; an outcast. | [noun] A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised. | [noun] Someone in exile. PARIAN (8) PARIES (8) PARING (9) [verb] To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife | [verb] (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off | [verb] To trim the hoof of a horse PARISH (11) [noun] In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. | [noun] The community attending that church; the members of the parish. | [noun] An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. | [verb] To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. PARITY (11) [noun] Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. | [noun] Senses related to classification into two sets. | [noun] (games) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. | [noun] The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks PARKAS (12) [noun] A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind. PARKED (13) [verb] To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place. | [verb] To defer (a matter) until a later date. | [verb] To bring together in a park, or compact body. PARKER (12) PARLAY (11) [noun] (originally United States) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator. | [verb] To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers. | [verb] (by extension) To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner. PARLED (9) PARLES (8) PARLEY (11) [noun] A conference, especially one between enemies. | [verb] To have a discussion, especially one between enemies. PARLOR (8) [noun] The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room | [noun] The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside. | [noun] A comfortable room in a public house. PARODY (12) [noun] A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. | [noun] A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. | [verb] To make a parody of something. PAROLE (8) [noun] The release of a former prisoner under condition of compliance with specific terms. | [noun] The amount of time a former prisoner spends on limited release. | [noun] A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released. PAROLS (8) PAROUS (8) [adjective] Having given birth. PARRAL (8) PARRED (9) [verb] To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes. PARREL (8) PARROT (8) [noun] A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. | [noun] A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others. | [noun] A puffin. PARSEC (10) [noun] Parallax second PARSED (9) [verb] To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. | [verb] To examine closely; to scrutinize. | [verb] To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored. PARSER (8) [noun] A computer program that parses. | [noun] One who parses. PARSES (8) [verb] To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. | [verb] To examine closely; to scrutinize. | [verb] To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored. PARSON (8) [noun] An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. | [noun] A Protestant minister. PARTAN (8) PARTED (9) [verb] To leave the company of. | [verb] To cut hair with a parting; shed. | [verb] To divide in two. PARTLY (11) [adverb] In part, or to some degree, but not completely. PARTON (8) PARURA (8) PARURE (8) [noun] A set of jewellery to be worn together. PARVIS (11) [noun] An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral. | [noun] A portico surrounding such a space. | [noun] The porch of a church, or the room over it. PARVOS (11) PASCAL (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa. PASEOS (8) [noun] A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation. PASHAS (11) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PASHED (12) [verb] To snog, to make out, to kiss. | [verb] To throw (or be thrown) and break. | [verb] To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash into pieces. PASHES (11) [noun] A passionate kiss. | [noun] A romantic infatuation; a crush. | [noun] The object of a romantic infatuation; a crush. PASSED (9) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. PASSEE (8) PASSEL (8) [noun] An indeterminately large quantity or group. PASSER (8) [noun] One who succeeds in passing a test, etc. | [noun] Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass. | [noun] A passed pawn. PASSES (8) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. PASSIM (10) [adverb] Throughout or frequently | [adverb] Here and there PASSUS (8) [noun] A section of a long narrative poem; a canto PASTAS (8) [noun] Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. | [noun] A dish or serving of pasta. | [noun] A type of pasta. PASTED (9) [verb] To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste. | [verb] To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else. | [verb] To strike or beat someone or something. PASTEL (8) [noun] Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender | [noun] A drawing made with any of those colors. | [noun] A type of dried paste used to make crayons. | [noun] A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone. PASTER (8) PASTES (8) [noun] A soft moist mixture, in particular: | [noun] A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid | [noun] A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass. PASTIE (8) [noun] An item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples. | [noun] A type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. | [noun] A circular, battered and deep-fried meat pie usually consisting of minced pork, onion, potato and seasoning and served in a bap or with chips. A peculiarity of Northern Irish "chippy" cuisine, rarely (if ever) seen outside the area. PASTIL (8) PASTIS (8) [noun] A liqueur containing aniseed. PASTOR (8) [noun] A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals. | [noun] Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people | [noun] A minister or priest in a church. PASTRY (11) [noun] A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc. | [noun] The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries. | [noun] The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries. PATACA (10) [noun] The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos. | [noun] A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin. | [noun] A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958. PATCHY (16) [adjective] Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches. | [adjective] Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven. PATENS (8) [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. | [noun] Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site. PATENT (8) [noun] A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent. | [noun] A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent. | [noun] License; formal permission. | [adjective] Open, unobstructed, expanded. PATERS (8) [noun] Father PATHOS (11) [noun] The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality. | [noun] A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity. | [noun] An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character. PATINA (8) [noun] A paten, flat type of dish | [noun] The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals. | [noun] A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. PATINE (8) PATINS (8) PATIOS (8) [noun] A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation. | [noun] An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain. PATOIS (8) [noun] A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard. | [noun] Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France. | [noun] Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti). PATROL (8) [noun] A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. | [noun] A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. | [noun] The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. | [verb] To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. PATRON (8) [noun] One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. | [noun] An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble. | [noun] A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant. PATTED (9) [verb] To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing. | [verb] To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat | [verb] To stroke or fondle (an animal). PATTEE (8) PATTEN (8) [noun] Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs. | [noun] One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground. | [noun] A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing. | [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. PATTER (8) [noun] A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface. | [verb] To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch. | [verb] To spatter; to sprinkle. | [noun] Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator. | [noun] One who pats. PATTIE (8) [noun] (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. | [noun] A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. PATZER (17) [noun] A bad player; an amateur. PAULIN (8) PAUNCH (13) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. | [noun] The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. | [noun] A paunch mat. PAUPER (10) [noun] One who is extremely poor. | [noun] One living on or eligible for public charity. PAUSAL (8) PAUSED (9) [verb] To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. | [verb] To interrupt an activity and wait. | [verb] To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. PAUSER (8) PAUSES (8) [noun] A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer. | [noun] A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. | [noun] A short time for relaxing and doing something else. PAVANE (11) [noun] A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries. | [noun] A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter. PAVANS (11) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Padua. | [noun] An imitation coin resembling old Roman bronze coins, made at Padua in the 16th century. | [noun] A stately Spanish dance. PAVEED (12) PAVERS (11) [noun] A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home. | [noun] One who paves; one who lays pavement. PAVING (12) [verb] To cover something with paving slabs. | [verb] To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. | [verb] To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. PAVINS (11) PAVIOR (11) [noun] A person who lays paving slabs. | [noun] A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs. | [noun] A brick or slab used for paving. PAVISE (11) PAWERS (11) PAWING (12) [verb] (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. | [verb] (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw. | [verb] (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. PAWNED (12) [verb] To pledge; to stake or wager. | [verb] To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. | [verb] (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game). PAWNEE (11) [noun] One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. PAWNER (11) PAWNOR (11) PAWPAW (16) [noun] Any of several types of trees having edible fruit: | [noun] The fruit of these trees. | [noun] Grandfather. PAXWAX (25) PAYDAY (15) [noun] The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid. PAYEES (11) [noun] One to whom money is paid. PAYERS (11) [noun] One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid. | [noun] A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg. PAYING (12) [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | [verb] To be profitable for. PAYNIM (13) [noun] A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew. PAYOFF (17) [noun] A payment. | [noun] A reward. | [noun] A bribe. PAYOLA (11) [noun] A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record). PAYORS (11) PAYOUT (11) [noun] An amount of money paid out. | [noun] The value of dividends paid to shareholders. PAZAZZ (35) [noun] Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor. PEACED (11) [verb] To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace. | [verb] To peace out. PEACES (10) [noun] A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. | [noun] A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. | [noun] Harmony in personal relations. PEACHY (16) [adjective] Resembling a peach, peach-like. | [adjective] Very good, excellent. PEAGES (9) PEAHEN (11) [noun] A female peafowl. PEAKED (13) [adjective] Having a peak or peaks. | [adjective] Sickly-looking, peaky. | [verb] To reach a highest degree or maximum. PEALED (9) [verb] To sound with a peal or peals. | [verb] To utter or sound loudly. | [verb] To assail with noise. PEANUT (8) [noun] A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea. | [noun] A very small clam. | [verb] To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten. PEARLS (8) [noun] A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. | [noun] Something precious. | [noun] A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application. PEARLY (11) [noun] A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. | [noun] (especially in plural) A tooth. | [adjective] Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. PEASEN (8) PEASES (8) PEAVEY (14) [noun] A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end. PEBBLE (12) [noun] A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. | [noun] A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. | [noun] A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface. PEBBLY (15) PECANS (10) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PECHAN (13) PECHED (14) [verb] To pant, to struggle for breath. | [adjective] Tired, out of breath, worn out. PECKED (15) [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). | [verb] To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. | [verb] To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. PECKER (14) [noun] Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly: | [noun] (by extension of the sense ‘beak’) A nose. | [noun] (by extension, from the expression ‘keep one's pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage. PECTEN (10) [noun] The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. | [noun] The pubic bone. | [noun] A comb structure. PECTIC (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances | [adjective] Relating to pectic acid or its derivatives PECTIN (10) [noun] A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting). PEDALO (9) [noun] A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation. PEDALS (9) [noun] A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano | [noun] A foot or footlike part. | [noun] An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on. PEDANT (9) [noun] A teacher or schoolmaster. | [noun] A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar. | [noun] A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. PEDATE (9) PEDDLE (10) [verb] To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities. | [verb] To sell illegal narcotics. | [verb] To spread or cause to spread. PEDLAR (9) [noun] An itinerant seller of small goods. | [noun] A drug dealer. PEDLER (9) PEDROS (9) PEEING (9) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] (mildly vulgar) To drizzle. PEEKED (13) [verb] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. | [verb] To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place. | [verb] To retrieve (a value) from a memory address. PEELED (9) [verb] To remove the skin or outer covering of. | [verb] To remove something from the outer or top layer of. | [verb] To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. PEELER (8) [noun] A police officer. | [noun] One who peels. | [noun] A device for peeling fruit or vegetables. PEENED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PEEPED (11) [verb] To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird. | [verb] To speak briefly with a quiet voice. | [verb] To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. PEEPER (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The eye. | [noun] Someone who peeps; a spy. | [noun] A private detective. PEEPUL (10) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PEERED (9) [verb] To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. | [verb] To come in sight; to appear. | [verb] To make equal in rank. PEERIE (8) [noun] A Shetland sheepdog. | [adjective] Small, tiny. | [noun] Spinning top PEEVED (12) [verb] To annoy; vex. PEEVES (11) [noun] An annoyance or grievance. | [verb] To annoy; vex. PEEWEE (11) [noun] A short or small person; a small object. | [noun] A kind of small marble in children's games. | [noun] A player in a sports league for very young children. | [noun] (New South Wales and Queensland) A magpie-lark or mudlark, Grallina cyanoleuca. PEEWIT (11) [noun] Any of several birds PEGBOX (18) [noun] The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs. PEGGED (11) [verb] To fasten using a peg. | [verb] To affix or pin. | [verb] To fix a value or price. PEINED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PEISED (9) PEISES (8) PEKANS (12) [noun] The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana). PEKINS (12) PEKOES (12) PELAGE (9) [noun] Fur, or any other form of the coat of a mammal PELITE (8) [noun] A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles. PELLET (8) [noun] A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter. | [noun] A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns. | [noun] Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones. PELMET (10) [noun] An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance. PELOTA (8) [noun] Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall. PELTED (9) [verb] To bombard, as with missiles. | [verb] To throw; to use as a missile. | [verb] To rain or hail heavily. PELTER (8) PELTRY (11) [noun] Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs. PELVES (11) [noun] The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx. | [noun] A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter PELVIC (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis PELVIS (11) [noun] The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx. | [noun] A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter PENANG (9) PENCEL (10) PENCIL (10) [noun] A paintbrush. | [noun] A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. | [noun] An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. PENDED (10) PENGOS (9) [noun] The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér. PENIAL (8) PENILE (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the penis. PENMAN (10) [noun] A scribe, or person who copies texts | [noun] A journalist or other author PENMEN (10) [noun] A scribe, or person who copies texts | [noun] A journalist or other author PENNAE (8) PENNED (9) [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [verb] To write (an article, a book, etc.). | [adjective] Winged; having plumes PENNER (8) PENNIA (8) PENNIS (8) PENNON (8) [noun] A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear. | [noun] A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel. | [noun] A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing. PENSEE (8) PENSIL (8) PENTAD (9) [noun] A group or series of five things. | [noun] A mean average value of temperature, etc., taken every five days. | [noun] Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad. PENTYL (11) [noun] Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. PENULT (8) [noun] The next-to-last syllable of a word. | [noun] The next to the last in a series. PENURY (11) [noun] Extreme want; poverty; destitution. | [noun] A lack of something; a dearth. PEONES (8) PEOPLE (10) [noun] Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. | [noun] Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc. | [noun] A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler. PEPLOS (10) [noun] An Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. PEPLUM (12) [noun] A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics. | [noun] An individual film in this genre. | [noun] A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla. PEPLUS (10) PEPPED (13) [verb] To inject with energy and enthusiasm. PEPPER (12) [noun] A plant of the family Piperaceae. | [noun] A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant. | [noun] A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties. PEPSIN (10) [noun] A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids. PEPTIC (12) [noun] An agent that promotes digestion. | [noun] (in the plural) The digestive organs. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion. PEPTID (11) PERDIE (9) PERDUE (9) PERDUS (9) PEREIA (8) PEREON (8) PERILS (8) [noun] A situation of serious and immediate danger. | [noun] Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. | [noun] An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. PERIOD (9) [noun] A length of time. | [noun] A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. | [noun] The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). PERISH (11) [verb] To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. | [verb] To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose | [verb] To die; to cease to live. PERKED (13) [verb] To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker. | [verb] Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds. | [verb] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of. PERMED (11) [verb] To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc. | [adjective] That has been given a permanent wave PERMIT (10) [noun] An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. | [noun] Formal permission. | [verb] To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. | [noun] A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus. PEROXY (18) PERRON (8) [noun] A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc. | [noun] A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. PERSES (8) PERSON (8) [noun] An individual; usually a human being. | [noun] The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | [noun] Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. PERTER (8) PERTLY (11) PERUKE (12) [noun] A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries. PERUSE (8) [noun] An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing. | [verb] To examine or consider with care. | [verb] To read completely. PESADE (9) PESETA (8) [noun] The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos. PESEWA (11) [noun] In the currency of Ghana, one hundredth of a cedi. PESTER (8) [noun] A bother or nuisance. | [verb] To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. | [verb] To crowd together thickly. PESTLE (8) [noun] A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things. | [noun] A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape. | [noun] The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig. PESTOS (8) PETALS (8) [noun] One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored. | [noun] Term of endearment. PETARD (9) [noun] A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall. | [noun] Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense. | [noun] A loud firecracker. PETERS (8) [verb] In whist, to play a blue peter. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] A safe. PETITE (8) [adjective] (especially of a woman) fairly short and of slim build. | [adjective] (clothing) of small size. | [adjective] Small, little; insignificant; petty. PETNAP (10) PETREL (8) [noun] Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. PETROL (8) [noun] Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel. | [noun] A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel). PETSAI (8) PETTED (9) [verb] To stroke or fondle (an animal). | [verb] To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. | [verb] Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously. PETTER (8) PETTLE (8) PEWEES (11) [noun] The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus). | [noun] A woodcock. | [noun] An American version of the children's game gilli-danda. PEWITS (11) [noun] Any of several birds PEWTER (11) [noun] An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony. | [noun] An alloy of tin and lead. | [noun] Items made of pewter; pewterware. PEYOTE (11) [noun] A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. | [noun] A mescal button produced by the plant. PEYOTL (11) PHAGES (12) [noun] A virus that is parasitic on bacteria. PHALLI (11) [noun] A penis, especially when erect. | [noun] A representation of an erect penis symbolising fertility or potency. | [noun] A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male ratites. PHAROS (11) PHASED (12) [adjective] Organized or structured chronologically in phases PHASES (11) [noun] Phase; stage | [noun] Aspect PHASIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to phase | [adjective] Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues PHASIS (11) PHATIC (13) [adjective] Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship, e.g., polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "How are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting. (Similarly, a response such as "Fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting.) PHENIX (18) PHENOL (11) [noun] A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid. | [noun] Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring. PHENOM (13) [noun] Someone or something that is phenomenal, especially a young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf. | [noun] One who is hip and fashionable. PHENYL (14) [noun] A univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) formally derived from benzene by the removal of a hydrogen atom, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. PHIALS (11) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. PHIZES (20) [noun] (chiefly Britain) The face. PHLEGM (14) [noun] One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. | [noun] Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. | [noun] A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution. PHLOEM (13) [noun] A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot PHOBIA (13) [noun] An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). PHOBIC (15) [noun] A person who has a phobia. | [adjective] Relating to a phobia. | [adjective] Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike). PHOEBE (13) [noun] Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis. PHONAL (11) PHONED (12) [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. PHONES (11) [noun] A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. | [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. | [noun] A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. PHONEY (14) [noun] A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. | [noun] A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. | [noun] Anything fraudulent or fake. PHONIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. PHONON (11) [noun] The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave. | [noun] A unit of phonemics. PHONOS (11) [noun] A phonograph. PHOOEY (14) [noun] Hooey; nonsense | [interjection] An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment. PHOTIC (13) [adjective] Of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible. PHOTOG (12) [noun] A photographer, especially a professional one. PHOTON (11) [noun] The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson. PHOTOS (11) [noun] A photograph. | [noun] A photo finish. | [verb] To take a photograph of. PHRASE (11) [noun] A short written or spoken expression. | [noun] (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words. | [noun] A small section of music in a larger piece. PHYLAE (14) PHYLAR (14) PHYLIC (16) PHYLLO (14) [noun] A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked. PHYLON (14) PHYLUM (16) [noun] A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank | [noun] A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another. PHYSED (15) PHYSES (14) PHYSIC (16) [noun] A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative. | [noun] The art or profession of healing disease; medicine. | [noun] Natural philosophy; physics. PHYSIS (14) PHYTOL (14) PHYTON (14) PIAFFE (14) [noun] A calm, composed, elevated trot in place. | [verb] To strut pretentiously, to parade about. | [verb] To trot a horse with a high, slow, step, lifting the feet but without moving forward significantly. PIANIC (10) PIANOS (8) [noun] A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings PIAZZA (26) [noun] A public square, especially in Italian cities. | [noun] A veranda; a porch. | [noun] A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building). PIAZZE (26) PIBALS (10) PICARA (10) PICARO (10) [noun] Rogue, adventurer PICKAX (21) [noun] A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge. | [verb] To use a pickaxe. PICKED (15) [verb] To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. | [verb] To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. | [verb] To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. PICKER (14) [noun] Agent noun of pick; one who picks. | [noun] Any user interface control that selects something. | [noun] A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre. PICKET (14) [noun] A stake driven into the ground. | [noun] A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake. | [noun] A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls. PICKLE (14) [noun] A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup. | [noun] (often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish. | [noun] The brine used for preserving food. | [noun] A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.) PICKUP (16) [noun] An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player. | [noun] A pickup truck. | [noun] (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players. PICNIC (12) [noun] An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. | [noun] The meal eaten at such a gathering. | [noun] An easy or pleasant task. PICOTS (10) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PICRIC (12) PICULS (10) PIDDLE (10) [verb] To eat with small, quick bites. | [verb] To bite lightly. | [verb] To consume gradually. PIDDLY (13) [adjective] Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on. PIDGIN (10) [noun] 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. | [noun] A person's business, occupation, work, or trade. PIECED (11) [verb] (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative). | [verb] To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out. | [verb] To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag. PIECER (10) [noun] One who pieces; a patcher. | [noun] A child employed in a spinning mill to tie together broken threads. PIECES (10) [noun] A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | [noun] A single item belonging to a class of similar items | [noun] One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. PIEING (9) PIERCE (10) [verb] To puncture; to break through | [verb] To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry | [verb] To break or interrupt abruptly | [noun] A pierced earring PIETAS (8) PIFFLE (14) [noun] Nonsense, foolish talk. | [verb] To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner. | [verb] To waste, to fritter away. PIGEON (9) [noun] One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species. | [noun] The meat from this bird. | [noun] A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game. PIGGED (11) [verb] (of swine) to give birth. | [verb] To greedily consume (especially food). | [verb] To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed. PIGGIE (10) PIGGIN (10) PIGLET (9) [noun] A young pig PIGNUS (9) PIGNUT (9) [noun] The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe. | [noun] Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut. | [noun] Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba. PIGOUT (9) PIGPEN (11) [noun] A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept. | [noun] Something extremely dirty or messy. | [noun] The pigpen cipher PIGSTY (12) [noun] An enclosure where pigs are kept. | [noun] A dirty or very untidy place. PIKAKE (16) PIKERS (12) [noun] A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. | [noun] One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. | [noun] A stingy person; a cheapskate. PIKING (13) [verb] To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. | [verb] To assume a pike position. | [verb] To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. PILAFF (14) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAFS (11) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAUS (8) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAWS (11) PILEUM (10) PILEUP (10) [noun] A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially | [noun] An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome. PILEUS (8) [noun] The cap of a mushroom. | [noun] The bell of a jellyfish. | [noun] A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. PILFER (11) [verb] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft. PILING (9) [verb] (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate | [verb] To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. | [verb] To add something to a great number. PILLAR (8) [noun] A large post, often used as supporting architecture. | [noun] Something resembling such a structure. | [noun] An essential part of something that provides support. PILLED (9) [verb] Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. | [verb] To form into the shape of a pill. | [verb] To medicate with pills. PILLOW (11) [noun] A soft cushion used to support the head in bed. | [noun] A pillow lava. | [noun] A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. PILOSE (8) [adjective] Covered with fine hair. PILOTS (8) [noun] A person who steers a ship, a helmsman. | [noun] A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast. | [noun] A guide book for maritime navigation. PILOUS (8) [adjective] Covered with fine hair; pilose. PILULE (8) [noun] A little pill. PIMPED (13) [verb] To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander. | [verb] To prostitute someone. | [verb] To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out). PIMPLE (12) [noun] An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus. | [noun] An annoying person. | [noun] Scotch (whisky) PIMPLY (15) PINANG (9) PINATA (8) [noun] (Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out. | [verb] To hit something or someone with sticks after having filled them with candy. PINCER (10) [noun] Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To surround with a pincer attack. PINDER (9) PINEAL (8) [noun] The pineal gland. | [adjective] In the shape of a pine cone. | [adjective] Pertaining to the pineal gland. PINENE (8) [noun] Either of two isomeric bicyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons that are the principal components of pine resin PINERY (11) PINETA (8) [noun] An arboretum, or part of an arboretum or garden, devoted to growing conifers PINGED (10) [verb] To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [verb] (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects. | [verb] To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility. PINGER (9) [noun] A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems. | [noun] A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking. | [noun] A computer program that sends a ping message over a network. PINGOS (9) [noun] A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation). PINIER (8) PINING (9) [verb] To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. | [verb] To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. | [verb] To grieve or mourn for. PINION (8) [noun] A wing. | [noun] The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body. | [noun] Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing. | [noun] The smallest gear in a gear train. PINITE (8) PINKED (13) [verb] To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe. | [verb] To prick with a sword. | [verb] To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule. PINKEN (12) PINKER (12) [adjective] Having a colour between red and white; pale red. | [adjective] Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet. | [adjective] Having conjunctivitis. PINKEY (15) PINKIE (12) [noun] A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb. | [noun] (less commonly) A little toe, the toe furthest on a foot from the big toe. | [noun] Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. | [noun] (South Australia) A bilby. PINKLY (15) PINKOS (12) [noun] A socialist who is not wholly communist. PINNAE (8) [noun] The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal. | [noun] A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf. | [noun] A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage. PINNAL (8) PINNAS (8) PINNED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [verb] (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin. PINNER (8) PINOLE (8) [noun] A coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, which may be eaten by itself or incorporated into drinks. PINONS (8) [noun] Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. | [noun] A pine nut. PINOTS (8) PINTAS (8) [noun] A pint of milk. PINTLE (8) [noun] (now dialectal) The penis, or tarse. | [noun] A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder. | [noun] (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves. PINTOS (8) [noun] A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. PINUPS (10) [noun] A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall. | [noun] The person so depicted. | [noun] Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc. PINYIN (11) [noun] A phonetic script or romanization system for a language spoken in the People's Republic of China. | [proper noun] A system of romanization for Standard Mandarin, used in the People’s Republic of China, and more recently in other Chinese-speaking areas as well. | [proper noun] A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. PINYON (11) [noun] Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. | [noun] A pine nut. PIOLET (8) [noun] An ice axe/ice ax. PIONIC (10) PIPAGE (11) PIPALS (10) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PIPERS (10) [noun] A musician who plays a pipe. | [noun] A bagpiper. | [noun] A baby pigeon. PIPETS (10) [noun] A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. PIPIER (10) PIPING (11) [verb] To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute. | [verb] To shout loudly and at high pitch. | [verb] To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. PIPITS (10) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. PIPKIN (14) [noun] A small earthen pot. PIPPED (13) [verb] To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin | [verb] To hit with a gunshot | [verb] To peep, to chirp PIPPIN (12) [noun] A seed | [noun] Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red | [noun] Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties PIQUED (18) [verb] To wound the pride of; to excite to anger. | [verb] To take pride in; to pride oneself on. | [verb] To stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting; to excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy. PIQUES (17) [noun] A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride. | [noun] A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration. | [noun] Keenly felt desire; a longing. PIQUET (17) [noun] A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. PIRACY (13) [noun] Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. | [noun] A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft. | [noun] The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. PIRANA (8) PIRATE (8) [noun] A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. | [noun] An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels. | [noun] One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission PIRAYA (11) PIROGI (9) [noun] A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling. | [noun] A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe. PISCOS (10) [noun] A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. PISHED (12) PISHES (11) PISSED (9) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] To discharge as or with the urine. | [adjective] Drunk. PISSER (8) [noun] A clam which squirts water, such as a geoduck (Panopea generosa) or a long-neck clam (Mya arenaria). | [noun] One who pisses. | [noun] That which pisses, particularly a penis. PISSES (8) [noun] (usually uncountable) Urine. | [noun] An instance of pissing. | [noun] Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality. PISTES (8) [noun] A downhill trail. | [noun] The field of play of a fencing match. | [noun] The track left by somebody riding a horse. PISTIL (8) [noun] A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. PISTOL (8) [noun] A handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine. | [noun] The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator. | [noun] A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises. PISTON (8) [noun] A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) | [noun] A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch | [verb] To move up and down like a piston. PITCHY (16) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch. | [adjective] Very dark black; pitch-black. | [adjective] Off pitch; out of tune. PITHED (12) [verb] To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree). | [verb] To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord. PITIED (9) [verb] To feel pity for (someone or something). | [verb] To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. PITIER (8) PITIES (8) [noun] A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. | [noun] Something regrettable. | [noun] Piety. PITMAN (10) [noun] (plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. | [noun] (plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill. PITMEN (10) [noun] (plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. | [noun] (plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill. PITONS (8) [noun] A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). PITSAW (11) [noun] A saw worked by two people, one standing on the log and the other beneath it, often in a pit. PITTED (9) [verb] To make pits in; to mark with little hollows. | [verb] To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting. | [verb] To bring (something) into opposition with something else. PIVOTS (11) [noun] A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. | [noun] (by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. | [noun] Act of turning on one foot. PIXELS (15) [noun] One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. | [noun] One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer. PIXIES (15) [noun] (fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. | [noun] A cute, petite woman with short hair. | [noun] An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. PIZAZZ (35) [noun] Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor. PIZZAS (26) [noun] A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit | [noun] A single instance of this dish PIZZLE (26) [noun] The penis of an animal. | [noun] A baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals. PLACED (11) [verb] To put (an object or person) in a specific location. | [verb] To earn a given spot in a competition. | [verb] To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. PLACER (10) [noun] One who places or arranges something. | [noun] One who deals in stolen goods; a fence. | [noun] (sheep) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality. | [noun] A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc. PLACES (10) [noun] (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. | [noun] A location or position in space. | [noun] A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. PLACET (10) [noun] A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. | [noun] The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. | [interjection] Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. PLACID (11) [adjective] Calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil PLACKS (14) PLAGAL (9) [adjective] Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form. | [adjective] Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic. PLAGES (9) [noun] A region; country | [noun] A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun PLAGUE (9) [noun] (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis. | [noun] An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease. | [noun] A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution. PLAGUY (12) [adjective] Causing annoyance or bother; irritating. PLAICE (10) [noun] Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: PLAIDS (9) [noun] A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. | [noun] A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. | [noun] The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. PLAINS (8) [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. | [noun] A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. | [noun] A place where competitive matches are carried out. PLAINT (8) [noun] A lament or woeful cry. | [noun] A complaint. | [noun] A sad song. PLAITS (8) [noun] A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. | [noun] A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. | [verb] To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat PLANAR (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a plane. | [adjective] Flat, two-dimensional. | [adjective] (of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting. PLANCH (13) PLANED (9) [verb] To smooth (wood) with a plane. | [verb] To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water. | [verb] To glide or soar. PLANER (8) [adjective] Of a surface: flat or level. | [noun] A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed. | [noun] A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines. PLANES (8) [noun] A level or flat surface. | [noun] A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | [noun] A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) PLANET (8) [noun] Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. | [noun] A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.) | [noun] A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion. PLANKS (12) [noun] A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. | [noun] A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. | [noun] Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. PLANTS (8) [noun] An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | [noun] An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | [noun] Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall. PLAQUE (17) [noun] Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch. | [noun] A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event. | [noun] A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip. PLASHY (14) PLASMA (10) [noun] A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons | [noun] A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin | [noun] Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions PLASMS (10) PLATAN (8) [noun] A planetree. PLATED (9) [verb] To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal. | [verb] To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving. | [verb] To score a run. PLATEN (8) [noun] The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. | [noun] The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression. | [noun] The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool. PLATER (8) PLATES (8) [noun] A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. | [noun] Such dishes collectively. | [noun] The contents of such a dish. PLATYS (11) PLAYAS (11) [noun] A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely. | [noun] A dude (an informal term of address or general term to describe a person, typically male). | [noun] A player (someone who plays the field, or has prowess in gaining romantic and sexual relationships). PLAYED (12) [verb] To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. | [verb] To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game). | [verb] To take part in amorous activity; to make love. PLAYER (11) [noun] One that plays | [noun] One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. | [noun] A significant participant. PLAZAS (17) [noun] A town's public square. | [noun] An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches. | [noun] A strip mall. PLEACH (13) [noun] An act or result of interweaving; specifically, a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. | [noun] A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. | [noun] A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. PLEADS (9) [verb] To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. | [verb] To beg, beseech, or implore. | [verb] To offer by way of excuse. PLEASE (8) [verb] To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to. | [verb] To desire; to will; to be pleased by. | [adverb] Used to make a polite request. | [adverb] (Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information. PLEATS (8) [noun] A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance. | [noun] A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness. | [noun] A plait. PLEBES (10) [noun] (usually in the plural) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens. | [noun] The plebs, the plebeian class. | [noun] The similar lower class of any area. PLEDGE (10) [noun] A solemn promise to do something. | [noun] A security to guarantee payment of a debt. | [noun] A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved. PLEIAD (9) [noun] A group of illustrious or talented people, especially one with seven members. PLENCH (13) PLENTY (11) [noun] A more-than-adequate amount. | [adjective] Plentiful | [adverb] More than sufficiently. PLENUM (10) [noun] A space that is completely filled with matter. | [noun] A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something). | [noun] A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present. PLEURA (8) [noun] The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane. | [noun] A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum. PLEXAL (15) PLEXOR (15) [noun] A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes. PLEXUS (15) [noun] A network or interwoven mass, especially of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels. | [noun] The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. PLIANT (8) [adjective] Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking | [adjective] Easily influenced; tractable. PLICAE (10) [noun] A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. | [noun] Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together. | [noun] A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. PLICAL (10) PLIERS (8) [noun] A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things. | [noun] One who plies. PLIGHT (12) [noun] A dire or unfortunate situation. | [noun] A (neutral) condition or state. | [noun] Good health. | [noun] Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril. | [verb] To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. | [noun] A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. PLINKS (12) [noun] A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. | [verb] To make a plink sound. | [verb] (with "out") To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. PLINTH (11) [noun] A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. | [noun] The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall. | [noun] A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet. PLISKY (15) PLISSE (8) [noun] A fabric treated so as to be permanently puckered or crinkled. | [adjective] Of a fabric, treated to give a permanent puckered or crinkled effect. PLOIDY (12) [noun] The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell. PLONKS (12) [noun] The sound of something solid landing. | [verb] To set or toss (something) down carelessly. | [verb] To automatically ignore a particular poster. PLOTTY (11) [adjective] (of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot. PLOUGH (12) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. PLOVER (11) [noun] Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae. PLOWED (12) [verb] To use a plough on to prepare for planting. | [verb] To use a plough. | [verb] To have sex with, penetrate. PLOWER (11) PLOYED (12) PLUCKS (14) [verb] To pull something sharply; to pull something out | [verb] To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. | [verb] To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. PLUCKY (17) [adjective] Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances. PLUMBS (12) [noun] The fruit and its tree. | [noun] Extended senses. | [noun] A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. PLUMED (11) [verb] To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes. | [verb] Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence , to prepare for (something). | [verb] (by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate. PLUMES (10) [noun] A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration. | [noun] A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle. | [noun] A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward. PLUMMY (15) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums | [adjective] Desirable; profitable; advantageous | [adjective] (of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent PLUMPS (12) [verb] To grow plump; to swell out. | [verb] To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. | [verb] To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily. PLUNGE (9) [noun] The act of plunging or submerging | [noun] A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water) | [noun] A swimming pool PLUNKS (12) [verb] To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound. | [verb] To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down. | [verb] To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch. PLURAL (8) [noun] (grammar) The plural number. | [noun] (grammar) 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. | [adjective] Consisting of or containing more than one of something. PLUSES (8) [noun] A positive quantity. | [noun] An asset or useful addition. | [noun] A plus sign: +. PLUSHY (14) [adjective] Like plush; soft and shaggy. | [adjective] Plush; sumptuous. PLUTEI (8) [noun] A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church | [noun] The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms. PLUTON (8) [noun] A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma PLYERS (11) PLYING (12) [verb] To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. | [verb] To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). | [verb] To work at (something) diligently. PNEUMA (10) [noun] A neume. | [noun] The spirit or soul. | [noun] One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul. POACHY (16) POCKED (15) POCKET (14) [noun] A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | [noun] Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources. | [noun] An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table. PODDED (11) [verb] To bear or produce pods | [verb] To remove peas from their case. | [verb] To put into a pod or to enter a pod. PODITE (9) PODIUM (11) [noun] A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. | [noun] A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. PODSOL (9) [noun] The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests. PODZOL (18) [noun] The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests. POETIC (10) [adjective] Relating to poetry. | [adjective] Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc. | [adjective] Connecting to the soul of the beholder. POETRY (11) [noun] Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. | [noun] A poet's literary production. | [noun] An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality. POGEYS (12) POGIES (9) POGROM (11) [noun] A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews. | [noun] An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators. | [verb] To persecute or massacre a particular group of people. POILUS (8) [noun] A French infantryman during the First World War POINDS (9) [noun] A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized POINTE (8) [noun] The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe. POINTS (8) [noun] A discrete division of something. | [noun] A sharp extremity. | [noun] One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. POINTY (11) [noun] Any pointed object. | [adjective] Pointed in shape; having a point or points. | [adjective] In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->). POISED (9) [verb] To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. | [verb] To counterpoise; to counterbalance. | [verb] To be of a given weight; to weigh. POISER (8) POISES (8) [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. | [noun] Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. | [noun] Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. POISHA (11) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. POISON (8) [noun] A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism. | [noun] Something that harms a person or thing. | [noun] A drink; liquor. POKERS (12) [noun] A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. | [noun] A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. | [noun] One who pokes. POKEYS (15) POKIER (12) [adjective] Slow. | [adjective] Stupid; mentally dull. | [adjective] (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby. POKIES (12) [noun] A poker machine. Mostly used in the plural (pokies). Poker machine is the standard term used in the singular. | [noun] Any of several species of arboreal tarantula in the genus Poecilotheria. | [noun] A gambling device based on the card game poker. POKILY (15) POKING (13) [verb] To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. | [verb] To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning. | [verb] To rummage; to feel or grope around. POLARS (8) [noun] The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line. POLDER (9) [noun] An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. | [verb] To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes. POLEAX (15) [noun] An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle. | [noun] A long-handled battle axe, being a combination of ax, hammer and pike. | [verb] To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe. POLEIS (8) [noun] A Greek city-state. POLERS (8) [noun] One who propels a boat using a pole. | [noun] A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle. | [noun] An extortioner. POLEYN (11) POLICE (10) [noun] A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order. | [noun] A police officer. | [noun] People who seek to enforce norms or standards. POLICY (13) [noun] A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. | [noun] Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. | [noun] Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. | [noun] A contract of insurance. POLING (9) [verb] To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. | [verb] To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. | [verb] To furnish with poles for support. POLIOS (8) POLISH (11) [noun] A substance used to polish. | [noun] Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. | [noun] Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. POLITE (8) [verb] To polish; to refine; to render polite. | [adjective] Well-mannered, civilized. | [adjective] Smooth, polished, burnished. POLITY (11) [noun] An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc. | [noun] A politically organized unit; a state. POLKAS (12) [noun] A lively dance originating in Bohemia. | [noun] The music for this dance. | [noun] A polka jacket. POLLED (9) [verb] To take, record the votes of (an electorate). | [verb] To solicit mock votes from (a person or group). | [verb] To vote at an election. POLLEE (8) [noun] Someone who participates in a poll. POLLEN (8) [noun] A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.) | [noun] Fine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED.) | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, pollen. POLLER (8) POLLEX (15) [noun] The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing. POLYPI (13) [noun] A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem. | [noun] An octopus. POLYPS (13) [noun] An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane | [noun] A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles POMACE (12) [noun] The pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc., has been pressed to extract the oil). | [noun] Fish scrap. POMADE (11) [noun] A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny. | [noun] Any medicinal ointment. | [verb] To anoint with pomade; to use pomade to style (hair). POMELO (10) [noun] The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh. | [noun] The tree which produces this fruit. | [noun] The grapefruit. POMMEE (12) POMMEL (12) [noun] The upper front brow of a saddle. | [noun] A rounded knob or handle. | [noun] The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. POMMIE (12) [noun] (sometimes pejorative) An English immigrant; a pom. | [adjective] (sometimes derogatory) English; British. POMPOM (14) [noun] A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading. POMPON (12) [noun] A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading. | [noun] A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads. | [noun] Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose. PONCED (11) [verb] To act as a pimp. | [verb] Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. | [verb] To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. PONCES (10) [noun] A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. | [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. PONCHO (13) [noun] A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head. | [noun] A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood. PONDED (10) [verb] To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam. | [verb] To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. | [verb] To form a pond; to pool. PONDER (9) [noun] A period of deep thought. | [verb] To wonder, think of deeply | [verb] To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, mull over PONENT (8) PONGED (10) [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. PONGEE (9) [noun] A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves. PONGID (10) [noun] Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans PONIED (9) [verb] To lead (a horse) from another horse. | [verb] To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating. PONIES (8) [noun] Horsepower | [noun] (with the) horse racing | [noun] A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. PONTES (8) [noun] A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ. | [noun] A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem. PONTIL (8) [noun] A punty; a metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. PONTON (8) POODLE (9) [noun] A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy. | [noun] A person servile towards someone whom he or she considers his or her superior. POOHED (12) [verb] To defecate. | [verb] To dirty something with feces. | [verb] To say "pooh". POOLED (9) [verb] (of a liquid) To form a pool. | [verb] To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of. | [verb] To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction. POOPED (11) [verb] To make a short blast on a horn | [verb] To break wind. | [verb] To defecate. POORER (8) [adjective] With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | [adjective] Of low quality. | [adjective] Used to express pity. POORIS (8) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from Indian and Pakistan. POORLY (11) [adverb] In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. | [adverb] With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage. | [adverb] Meanly; without spirit. | [adjective] Ill, unwell, sick POOVES (11) [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] Less common variant of poof (male homosexual). POPERY (13) [noun] (usually derogatory) The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church. POPGUN (11) [noun] A toy gun that emits a loud pop by firing a cork from a barrel in which a piston slides, compressing the air and forcing the cork out. The cork is traditionally attached to the toy by a piece of string. | [noun] A firearm of unimpressive appearance. POPISH (13) [adjective] (used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism | [adjective] Acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope. POPLAR (10) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. | [noun] Wood from the poplar tree. POPLIN (10) [noun] A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses. POPPAS (12) [noun] (sometimes childish) father, papa. POPPED (13) [verb] To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound. | [verb] To burst (something) with a popping sound. | [verb] (with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart. POPPER (12) [noun] One who or that which pops. | [noun] A dagger. | [noun] A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked. | [noun] A small carton of fruit juice with an attached plastic straw. POPPET (12) [noun] (term of endearment) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. | [noun] (term of endearment) A young woman or girl. | [noun] The stem and valve head in a poppet valve. POPPLE (12) [noun] Poplar | [noun] Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind). | [verb] Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner. POPSIE (10) PORING (9) [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. | [verb] To meditate or reflect in a steady way. | [noun] The act of one who pores. PORISM (10) PORKER (12) [noun] A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. | [noun] An obese person. | [noun] A lie (from Cockney rhyming slang pork pie). PORNOS (8) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] A pornographic film. POROSE (8) POROUS (8) [adjective] Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. | [adjective] With many gaps. | [adjective] (by extension) full of loopholes PORTAL (8) [noun] An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. | [noun] A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. | [noun] A short vein that carries blood into the liver. PORTED (9) [verb] To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm. | [verb] To carry, bear, or transport. See porter. | [verb] To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command. PORTER (8) [noun] A person who carries luggage and related objects. | [noun] An ant having the specialized role of carrying. | [noun] One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform). | [noun] A person in control of the entrance to a building. PORTLY (11) [adjective] Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. | [adjective] Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. POSADA (9) [noun] A traditional Mexican Christmas procession. | [noun] An inn in Spanish-speaking regions. POSERS (8) [noun] A particularly difficult question or puzzle. | [noun] Someone who asks a question or sets a problem. | [noun] Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting. POSEUR (8) [noun] One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others. POSHER (11) [adjective] Associated with the upper classes. | [adjective] Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive). | [adjective] (usually offensive) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else. POSHLY (14) POSIES (8) [noun] A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. | [noun] A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring. POSING (9) [verb] To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. | [verb] To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.). | [verb] To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.). POSITS (8) [noun] Something that is posited; a postulate. | [verb] Assume the existence of; to postulate. | [verb] Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. POSSES (8) [noun] A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. | [noun] A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. | [noun] A search party. | [verb] To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub. POSSET (8) [noun] A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine. | [noun] A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk. | [verb] To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate. POSSUM (10) [noun] An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas. | [noun] Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands. POSTAL (8) [adjective] Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail. POSTED (9) [verb] To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review. | [verb] To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation. | [verb] To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger. POSTER (8) [noun] A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. | [noun] An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something. | [noun] One who posts a message. | [noun] A posthorse. POSTIN (8) POTAGE (9) [noun] A thick creamy soup. POTASH (11) [noun] The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer. | [noun] An impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts. | [noun] Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash". POTATO (8) [noun] The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant. | [noun] A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking | [noun] A camera that takes poor-quality pictures. POTBOY (13) POTEEN (8) [noun] Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. | [noun] (by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey. POTENT (8) [noun] A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes. | [noun] A prince; a potentate. | [noun] A staff or crutch. POTFUL (11) POTHER (11) [noun] A commotion, a tempest. | [verb] To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. | [verb] To puzzle or perplex. POTION (8) [noun] A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. | [verb] To drug. POTMAN (10) [noun] A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment POTMEN (10) [noun] A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment POTPIE (10) [noun] A pie, having pastry sides and bottom, and filled with meat etc | [noun] A dish of meat and vegetable stew with dumplings POTSIE (8) POTTED (9) [verb] To put (something) into a pot. | [verb] To preserve by bottling or canning. | [verb] To cause a ball to fall into a pocket. POTTER (8) [noun] One who makes pots and other ceramic wares. | [noun] One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots. | [noun] One who pots meats or other eatables. | [verb] To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things. POTTLE (8) [noun] A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size. | [noun] A receptacle, typically for potato chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs. | [noun] A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries. POTTOS (8) [noun] A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. | [noun] The kinkajou. POTZER (17) POUCHY (16) POUFED (12) POUFFE (14) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. POUFFS (14) POULTS (8) [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). POUNCE (10) [noun] A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface. | [noun] Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. | [verb] To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder. | [noun] A sudden leaping attack. POUNDS (9) [noun] A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | [noun] A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere. | [noun] The symbol # (octothorpe, hash) POURED (9) [verb] To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. | [verb] To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape. | [verb] To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. POURER (8) POUTED (9) [verb] To push out one's lips. | [verb] To thrust itself outward; to be prominent. | [verb] To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk. POUTER (8) [noun] A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss | [noun] A breed of pigeon that inflates its crop POWDER (12) [noun] The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. | [noun] A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing. | [noun] An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. POWERS (11) [noun] Ability to do or undergo something. | [noun] (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control. | [noun] (physical) Effectiveness. POWTER (11) POWWOW (17) [noun] A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman. | [noun] A Native American shaman. | [noun] A Native American council or meeting. POXING (16) POYOUS (11) PRAAMS (10) [noun] A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour. | [noun] A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter. | [noun] A type of dinghy with a flat bow. PRAHUS (11) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PRAISE (8) [noun] Commendation; favourable representation in words | [noun] Worship | [verb] To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. PRANCE (10) [noun] A prancing movement. | [verb] (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs. | [verb] To strut about in a showy manner. PRANGS (9) [noun] An aeroplane crash. | [noun] A bombing raid. | [noun] An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. PRANKS (12) [noun] A practical joke or mischievous trick. | [noun] An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. | [verb] To perform a practical joke on; to trick. PRASES (8) PRATED (9) [verb] To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly. PRATER (8) [noun] A person who prates; a chatterer. PRATES (8) [noun] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity. | [verb] To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly. PRAWNS (11) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work. | [noun] Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. PRAXES (15) PRAXIS (15) [noun] The practical application of any branch of learning. | [noun] The deliberate action of a rational being. | [noun] The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either. PRAYED (12) [verb] To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. | [verb] To humbly beg a person for aid or their time. | [verb] To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. PRAYER (11) [noun] A practice of communicating with one's God. | [noun] The act of praying. | [noun] The specific words or methods used for praying. | [noun] One who prays. PREACH (13) [noun] A religious discourse. | [verb] To give a sermon. | [verb] To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. PREACT (10) PREAMP (12) [noun] Preamplifier | [verb] Preamplify PREARM (10) PRECIS (10) [noun] A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view. | [verb] To write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge PRECUT (10) [verb] To cut in advance. PREENS (8) [verb] To pin; fasten. | [verb] (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers. | [verb] To show off, posture, or smarm. PREFAB (13) [noun] A prefabricated building. | [noun] A prefabricated section of a building. | [noun] A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use. PREFER (11) [verb] To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. | [verb] To advance, promote (someone or something). | [verb] To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). PREFIX (18) [noun] Something placed before another | [verb] To determine beforehand; to set in advance. | [verb] To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. PRELIM (10) [noun] Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc. | [adjective] Preliminary PREMAN (10) PREMED (11) [noun] An undergraduate college academic program, typically in biochemistry or related sciences, that prepares a student to pursue graduate or post-graduate studies in medicine. | [noun] A premedication. PREMEN (10) PREMIE (10) PREMIX (17) [noun] A blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of further processing. | [noun] A manufactured beverage consisting of alcohol and soft drink, milk or other non-alcoholic drinks; an alcopop. | [verb] To blend in advance. PREPAY (13) [verb] To pay in advance, or beforehand PREPPY (15) [noun] A student of a prep school. | [adjective] Relating to things (such as clothing) that are typical of students at prep schools PRESET (8) [noun] Something that is set in advance. | [verb] To set something in advance. | [adjective] Set in advance, or as a default. PRESTO (8) [noun] A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. | [adverb] Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo. | [interjection] Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà. PRESTS (8) PRETAX (15) [adjective] Before the payment of taxes. PRETOR (8) [noun] (history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time: | [noun] (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title. | [noun] (translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy. PRETTY (11) [noun] A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. | [noun] Something that is pretty. | [verb] To make pretty; to beautify PREVUE (11) PREWAR (11) [adjective] Before a war. PREXES (15) [noun] (college slang) A president, especially of a university. | [noun] Prefix. PREYED (12) [verb] To act as a predator. PREYER (11) PREZES (17) PRIAPI (10) PRICED (11) [verb] To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. | [verb] To pay the price of; to make reparation for. | [verb] To set a price on; to value; to prize. PRICER (10) PRICES (10) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRICEY (13) [adjective] Expensive, dear. PRICKS (14) [noun] A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | [noun] An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | [noun] A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. PRICKY (17) PRIDED (10) [verb] To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. PRIDES (9) [noun] The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. | [noun] (often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. | [noun] Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris. PRIERS (8) PRIEST (8) [noun] A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple | [noun] A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish | [noun] The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood PRILLS (8) [noun] A rill, a small stream | [noun] A spinning top | [noun] A pellet, a granule, a small bead PRIMAL (10) [noun] A primal cut (of meat). | [verb] To take part in primal therapy. | [adjective] Being the first in time or in history. PRIMAS (10) PRIMED (11) [verb] To prepare a mechanism for its main work. | [verb] To apply a coat of primer paint to. | [verb] To be renewed. PRIMER (10) [noun] A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations. | [noun] Similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer. | [noun] A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell. | [noun] Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive. | [adjective] First in time, initial, early. PRIMES (10) [noun] The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. | [noun] The religious service appointed to this hour. | [noun] The early morning generally. PRIMLY (13) PRIMOS (10) [noun] The principal part of a duet. PRIMPS (12) [verb] To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror. | [verb] To dress in an affected manner. PRIMUS (10) [noun] One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. PRINCE (10) [noun] A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. | [noun] A female monarch. | [noun] Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. PRINKS (12) [verb] To give a wink; to wink. | [verb] To look, gaze. | [verb] To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up. PRINTS (8) [noun] Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. | [noun] Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. | [noun] The letters forming the text of a document. PRIONS (8) [noun] A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. | [noun] A petrel of the genus Pachyptila. PRIORS (8) [noun] A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. | [noun] A chief magistrate in Italy. | [noun] (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. PRIORY (11) [noun] A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress. PRISED (9) [verb] To force (open) with a lever; to pry. PRISES (8) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRISMS (10) [noun] A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. | [noun] A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light. | [noun] A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis. PRISON (8) [noun] A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. | [noun] Confinement in prison. | [noun] Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home. PRISSY (11) [noun] A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy. | [adjective] Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy. | [adjective] (usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy. PRIVET (11) [noun] Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum. | [interjection] Hello, hi PRIZED (18) [verb] To consider highly valuable; to esteem. | [verb] To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate. | [verb] To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry. PRIZER (17) PRIZES (17) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PROBED (11) [verb] To explore, investigate, or question | [verb] To insert a probe into. PROBER (10) PROBES (10) [noun] Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. | [noun] Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. | [noun] An act of probing; a prod, a poke. PROBIT (10) [noun] A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses PROEMS (10) [noun] An introduction, preface or preamble. PROFIT (11) [noun] Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. | [noun] Benefit, positive result obtained. | [noun] In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game). PROJET (15) PROLAN (8) PROLEG (9) [noun] An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg. PROLES (8) [noun] A member of the proletariat; a proletarian | [noun] A pleb (ordinary person). PROLIX (15) [adjective] Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details. | [adjective] Long; having great length. PROLOG (9) [noun] A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel. | [noun] A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine. PROMOS (10) [noun] An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match. | [noun] An advancement in rank or position. | [noun] Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity. PROMPT (12) [noun] A reminder or cue. | [noun] A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. | [noun] A sequence of characters that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input. PRONGS (9) [noun] A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine. | [noun] A branch; a fork. | [noun] The penis. PRONTO (8) [adverb] Quickly, very soon, promptly. PROOFS (11) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. PROPEL (10) [verb] To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward. | [verb] To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result. PROPER (10) [noun] Something set apart for a special use. | [adjective] (heading) Suitable. | [adjective] (heading) Possessed, related. PROPYL (13) [noun] Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. PROSED (9) [verb] To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. PROSER (8) PROSES (8) [noun] Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. | [noun] Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. | [noun] A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. PROSIT (8) [interjection] Toast to indicate one is drinking to someone's, or to each other's, health. PROSOS (8) PROTEA (8) [noun] Any of many South African flowering plants, of the genus Protea, having colourful cone-shaped flower heads. PROTEI (8) PROTON (8) [noun] A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. PROTYL (11) PROVED (12) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. PROVEN (11) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. PROVER (11) PROVES (11) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. PROWAR (11) PROWER (11) PROWLS (11) [verb] To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. | [verb] To idle; to go about aimlessly. | [verb] To collect by plunder. PRUDES (9) [noun] A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature. PRUNED (9) [verb] To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. | [verb] To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. | [verb] To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). PRUNER (8) PRUNES (8) [noun] A plum. | [noun] The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. | [noun] An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. PRUNUS (8) [noun] A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume. PRUTAH (11) PRUTOT (8) PRYERS (11) PRYING (12) [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [verb] To keep asking about something that does not concern one. | [verb] To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). PSALMS (10) [noun] A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. | [noun] One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship. PSEUDO (9) [noun] An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. | [noun] A poseur; one who is fake. | [noun] (travel industry) pseudo-city code PSEUDS (9) [noun] An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur | [noun] A pseudonym. PSHAWS (14) [verb] To express disgust or contempt. PSOCID (11) [noun] Any insect of the order Psocoptera. PSYCHE (16) [noun] The human soul, mind, or spirit. | [noun] (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual. | [noun] A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind. PSYCHO (16) [noun] A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane. | [noun] A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner. | [adjective] Psychotic, or otherwise insane. | [noun] A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught. PSYCHS (16) [noun] Psychology or psychiatry. | [noun] A psychologist; a psychiatrist. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). PSYLLA (11) [noun] Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae. PSYWAR (14) [noun] Psychological warfare PTERIN (8) PTISAN (8) PTOSES (8) PTOSIS (8) [noun] The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts. PTOTIC (10) PUBLIC (12) [noun] The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. | [noun] A public house; an inn. | [adjective] Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment. PUCKER (14) [noun] A fold or wrinkle. | [noun] A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. | [verb] To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold. PUDDLE (10) [noun] A small pool of water, usually on a path or road. | [noun] Stagnant or polluted water. | [noun] A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. PUDDLY (13) PUEBLO (10) [noun] A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building. PUFFED (15) [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. | [verb] To pant. | [verb] To advertise. | [adjective] Panting because of having exercised. PUFFER (14) [noun] Someone or something that puffs. | [noun] Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger. | [noun] A manually-operated inhaler. PUFFIN (14) [noun] The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. | [noun] The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. | [noun] Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses. PUGGED (11) [verb] To mix and stir when wet. | [verb] To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. PUGGRY (13) PUGREE (9) PUISNE (8) [adjective] Younger; junior. | [adjective] Insignificant, petty; ineffectual. | [adjective] Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior. PUJAHS (18) PUKING (13) [verb] To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach. | [verb] To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market. | [noun] The act of one who pukes or vomits. PULERS (8) PULING (9) [verb] To whimper or whine. | [verb] To pipe or chirp. PULLED (9) [verb] To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. | [verb] To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. | [verb] To attract or net; to pull in. PULLER (8) PULLET (8) [noun] A young hen, especially one less than a year old. | [noun] A spineless person; a coward. | [noun] A young girl. PULLEY (11) [noun] 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] To raise or lift by means of a pulley. PULLUP (10) [noun] An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. | [noun] A pullup resistor. PULPAL (10) PULPED (11) [verb] To make or be made into pulp. | [verb] To beat to a pulp. | [verb] To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. PULPER (10) PULPIT (10) [noun] A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon. | [noun] 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. | [noun] A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker. PULQUE (17) [noun] A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants. PULSAR (8) [noun] A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically PULSED (9) [verb] To beat, to throb, to flash. | [verb] To flow, particularly of blood. | [verb] To emit in discrete quantities. PULSER (8) PULSES (8) [noun] A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart. | [noun] A beat or throb. | [noun] The beat or tactus of a piece of music. PUMELO (10) PUMICE (12) [noun] A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock. | [verb] To abrade or roughen with pumice. PUMMEL (12) [noun] The upper front brow of a saddle. | [noun] A rounded knob or handle. | [noun] The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. PUMPED (13) [verb] To use a pump to move (liquid or gas). | [verb] (often followed by up) To fill with air. | [verb] To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump. PUMPER (12) [noun] One who pumps something. | [noun] A steroid or other drug taken to improve blood flow and increase muscular size. PUNCHY (16) [adjective] Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous. | [adjective] Behaving or appearing punch drunk. | [adjective] (of a person) Being over-reactive to routine events. PUNDIT (9) [noun] An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. | [noun] A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. | [noun] A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders. PUNGLE (9) PUNIER (8) [adjective] Of inferior size, strength or significance; small, weak, ineffective. PUNILY (11) PUNISH (11) [verb] To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. | [verb] To treat harshly and unfairly. | [verb] To handle or beat severely; to maul. PUNKAH (15) [noun] A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant. PUNKAS (12) PUNKER (12) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. PUNKEY (15) PUNKIE (12) PUNKIN (12) PUNNED (9) [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. | [verb] To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words. PUNNER (8) PUNNET (8) [noun] A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries. PUNTED (9) [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [verb] To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance. | [verb] To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc). PUNTER (8) [noun] One who bets (punts) against the bank. | [noun] One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon). | [noun] One who punts a football. PUNTOS (8) PUPATE (10) [verb] To become a pupa. PUPILS (10) [noun] A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor. | [noun] An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. | [noun] The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. PUPPED (13) [verb] To give birth to pups. PUPPET (12) [noun] Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove. | [noun] A person, country, etc, controlled by another. | [noun] A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll. PURANA (8) PURDAH (12) [noun] A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions. | [noun] A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains. | [noun] The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities. PURDAS (9) PUREED (9) [verb] To crush or grind food into a puree. PUREES (8) [noun] A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid. | [verb] To crush or grind food into a puree. | [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan. PURELY (11) [adverb] Wholly; really, completely. | [adverb] Solely; exclusively; merely, simply. | [adverb] Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault. PUREST (8) [adjective] Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. | [adjective] Free of foreign material or pollutants. | [adjective] Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. PURFLE (11) [noun] An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing. | [noun] An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings. | [verb] To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border. PURGED (10) [verb] To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities. | [verb] To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds | [verb] To remove by cleansing; to wash away. PURGER (9) PURGES (9) [noun] An act of purging. | [noun] An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. | [noun] A cleansing of pipes. PURIFY (14) [verb] To cleanse, or rid of impurities. | [verb] To free from guilt or sin. | [verb] To become pure. PURINE (8) [noun] Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids. PURINS (8) PURISM (10) [noun] An insistence on pure or unmixed forms. | [noun] An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things. | [noun] An example of purist language etc. PURIST (8) [noun] An advocate of purism. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to purism. PURITY (11) [noun] The state or degree of being pure. PURLED (9) [verb] To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge | [verb] An inverted stitch producing ribbing etc | [verb] To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong. PURLIN (8) [noun] A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof. PURPLE (10) [noun] A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. | [noun] (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. | [noun] 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. PURPLY (13) [adjective] Of or having somewhat of a purple color or hue. PURRED (9) [verb] Of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented. | [verb] To say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner. | [verb] To make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure. PURSED (9) [verb] To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. | [verb] To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit. | [verb] To put into a purse. PURSER (8) [noun] The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft. PURSES (8) [noun] A small bag for carrying money. | [noun] A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items) | [noun] A quantity of money given for a particular purpose. PURSUE (8) [verb] To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. | [verb] To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). | [verb] To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). PURVEY (14) [verb] To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision. | [verb] To furnish or provide. | [verb] To procure; to get. PUSHED (12) [verb] To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force. | [verb] To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action. | [verb] To press or urge forward; to drive. PUSHER (11) [noun] Someone or something that pushes. | [noun] A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule. | [noun] A girl or woman. PUSHES (11) [noun] A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. | [noun] An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. | [noun] A great effort (to do something). PUSHUP (13) [noun] An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor. | [noun] A push-up bra. PUSLEY (11) PUSSES (8) [noun] (often as a term of address) A cat. | [noun] A girl or young woman, or any child. | [noun] A hare. PUSSLY (11) PUTLOG (9) [noun] 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. PUTOFF (14) PUTONS (8) PUTOUT (8) PUTRID (9) [adjective] Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh. | [adjective] Vile, disgusting. PUTSCH (13) [noun] A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. PUTTED (9) [verb] To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter. | [verb] To make a putting sound. | [verb] To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride. PUTTEE (8) [noun] A strip of cloth wound round the leg, worn for protection or support by hikers, soldiers etc. | [noun] (grammar) Something that is put somewhere; the object of the action of putting. PUTTER (8) [verb] To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. | [noun] One who puts or places. | [noun] A shot-putter. | [noun] A golf club specifically intended for a putt. | [verb] To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating. PUTZED (18) [verb] Waste time. | [verb] (Pennsylvania Dutch) To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood. PUTZES (17) [noun] Fool, idiot. | [noun] Jerk. | [noun] Penis. PUZZLE (26) [noun] Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. | [noun] A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. | [noun] A crossword puzzle. PYEMIA (13) [noun] A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia. PYEMIC (15) PYKNIC (17) [noun] A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a endomorph. | [adjective] Short and stout; endomorphic PYLONS (11) [noun] A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. | [noun] A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. | [noun] A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. PYLORI (11) [noun] The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum. | [noun] A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ. PYOSES (11) PYOSIS (11) PYRANS (11) PYRENE (11) [noun] A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar | [noun] The stone of a drupe PYRITE (11) [noun] The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system. | [noun] (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metallic-looking sulphide, such as the above, which is the most common. | [noun] (usually as a plural: pyrites) Any metal dichalcogenide that is isostructural to the common mineral. PYROLA (11) PYRONE (11) PYROPE (13) [noun] A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone. PYRROL (11) PYTHON (14) [noun] A type of large constricting snake. | [noun] Penis PYURIA (11) [noun] The presence of pus in the urine. PYXIES (18) QUIPPU (19) QUIPUS (17) [noun] A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords. RAGTOP (9) [noun] A convertible automobile. RALPHS (11) [verb] To vomit. RAMPED (11) [verb] To behave violently; to rage. | [verb] To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently. | [verb] To climb, like a plant; to creep up. RAPERS (8) [noun] A person who has raped someone; a rapist. RAPHAE (11) [noun] A ridge or seam on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, especially at the join between two halves or sections. RAPHES (11) RAPHIA (11) RAPHIS (11) RAPIDS (9) [noun] (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water. | [noun] A burst of rapid fire. RAPIER (8) [noun] A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless). | [adjective] Extremely sharp. | [adjective] Cutting; employing keen wit. RAPINE (8) [noun] The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder. | [verb] To plunder. RAPING (9) RAPINI (8) [noun] A vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. rapa, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste. RAPIST (8) RAPPED (11) [verb] To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. | [verb] To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. | [verb] To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. RAPPEE (10) [noun] A dark, coarse, strongly flavored snuff. RAPPEL (10) [noun] Descending by means of a rope, abseiling. | [verb] To abseil. | [verb] To call back a hawk. | [noun] A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather. RAPPEN (10) [noun] A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc. RAPPER (10) [noun] One who, or that which, raps or knocks. | [noun] A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music. | [noun] A sword. RAPTLY (11) RAPTOR (8) [noun] A bird of prey. | [noun] One who ravishes or plunders. | [noun] One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs. RASPED (9) [verb] To use a rasp. | [verb] To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. | [verb] To work something with a rasp. RASPER (8) [noun] A person who, or thing that, rasps or scrapes. | [noun] One who speaks with a rasping voice. | [noun] A fence that is challenging for a horse to jump over. REAPED (9) [verb] To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine | [verb] To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. | [verb] To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense. REAPER (8) [noun] One who reaps. | [noun] A machine used to harvest crops. | [noun] (often with initial capital) Short for Grim Reaper. REBOPS (10) RECAPS (10) [noun] A tire that has had new tread glued on. | [verb] To seal (something) again with a cap. | [verb] To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English) RECEPT (10) RECIPE (10) [noun] A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. | [noun] Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. | [noun] By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. RECOPY (13) RECOUP (10) [verb] To make back, as an investment. | [verb] To recover from an error. | [verb] To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct. REDCAP (11) [noun] A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army. | [noun] A porter in a US railway station. | [noun] The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). REDIPS (9) REDIPT (9) REDTOP (9) [noun] A tabloid newspaper, particularly one of those considered to have lower journalistic standards than the broadsheets. | [noun] A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle. | [noun] Species of the genus Agrostis, the bentgrasses. REMAPS (10) [verb] To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose. | [verb] To map again. REOPEN (8) [verb] To open (something) again. | [verb] To open again. REPACK (14) [verb] To pack again. | [verb] To clean the bearings and replace the grease on a wheel. REPAID (9) [verb] To pay back. REPAIR (8) [noun] The act of repairing something. | [noun] The result of repairing something. | [noun] The condition of something, in respect of need for repair. | [noun] The act of repairing or resorting to a place. | [verb] To pair again REPAND (9) REPARK (12) REPASS (8) [verb] To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return. REPAST (8) [noun] A meal. | [noun] The food eaten at a meal. | [verb] To supply food to; to feast. REPAVE (11) REPAYS (11) [verb] To pay back. REPEAL (8) [noun] An act or instance of repealing. | [verb] To cancel, invalidate, annul. | [verb] To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment. REPEAT (8) [noun] An iteration; a repetition. | [noun] A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun. | [noun] A refill of a prescription. REPEGS (9) REPELS (8) [verb] To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. | [verb] To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). | [verb] To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). REPENT (8) [verb] To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". | [verb] To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. | [verb] To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. | [adjective] Creeping along the ground. REPERK (12) REPINE (8) [verb] To fail; to wane. | [verb] To complain; to regret. REPINS (8) REPLAN (8) [verb] To plan again; to make a different plan. REPLAY (11) [noun] The replaying of (something), for example of televised footage. | [noun] Saved video footage of the gameplay of a computer game | [noun] A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw. REPLED (9) REPLOT (8) REPOLL (8) REPORT (8) [noun] A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). | [noun] Reputation. | [noun] The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion. REPOSE (8) [noun] Rest; sleep. | [noun] Quietness; ease; peace; calmness. | [noun] The period between eruptions of a volcano. | [verb] To pose again. REPOTS (8) [verb] To move a growing plant from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth REPOUR (8) REPPED (11) [verb] To represent; to act as a representative for. | [verb] Repeat | [adjective] Corded transversely, like the fabric called rep REPROS (8) [noun] The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page. | [noun] The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. | [noun] The act of making copies. REPUGN (9) REPUMP (12) REPUTE (8) [noun] Reputation, especially a good reputation. | [verb] To attribute or credit something to something; to impute. | [verb] To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something RESHIP (11) RESPOT (8) RETAPE (8) RETYPE (11) [verb] To re-enter (text) using a keyboard. REVAMP (13) [noun] A renovation, revision or improvement. | [verb] To renovate, revise, improve or renew. REWRAP (11) [verb] To wrap again. RHAPHE (14) RIMPLE (10) RIPELY (11) RIPENS (8) [verb] To grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.) | [verb] To approach or come to perfection. | [verb] To cause to mature; to make ripe RIPEST (8) [adjective] (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature | [adjective] (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow | [adjective] Having attained its full development; mature; perfected RIPING (9) RIPOFF (14) [noun] A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. | [noun] A theft or robbery. | [noun] A scam. RIPOST (8) RIPPED (11) [verb] To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. | [verb] To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. | [verb] To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. RIPPER (10) [noun] Something that rips something else. | [noun] Someone who rips something. | [noun] A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials. | [noun] One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. RIPPLE (10) [noun] A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid. | [noun] A sound similar to that of undulating water. | [noun] A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together. | [verb] To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze | [noun] An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. RIPPLY (13) RIPRAP (10) [noun] An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping. | [noun] Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring. | [verb] To form a riprap in or upon. RIPSAW (11) [noun] A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut. | [noun] A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands. | [verb] To cut with a ripsaw. ROMPED (11) [verb] To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously. | [verb] (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress. | [verb] To win easily. ROMPER (10) [noun] Someone who romps or frolics. | [noun] A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy; see also straggler. | [noun] A onesie. | [verb] To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered. ROPERS (8) [noun] An accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster. | [noun] Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. | [noun] A maker of ropes. ROPERY (11) ROPIER (8) [adjective] Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. | [adjective] Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. | [adjective] Of poor quality; in poor health. ROPILY (11) ROPING (9) [verb] To tie (something) with rope. | [verb] To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something). | [verb] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread. ROUPED (9) [verb] To cry or shout. | [verb] To sell by auction. | [adjective] Affected with roup; roupy. ROUPET (8) RUMPLE (10) [noun] A wrinkle. | [verb] To make wrinkled, particularly fabric. | [verb] To muss; to tousle. RUMPLY (13) RUMPUS (10) [noun] A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. | [noun] A rumpus room. RUPEES (8) [noun] The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ₨. | [noun] A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains). RUPIAH (11) [noun] The unit of currency in Indonesia. SALEPS (8) SALOOP (8) SALPAE (8) SALPAS (8) SALPID (9) SAMPAN (10) [noun] A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars. SAMPLE (10) [noun] A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. | [noun] A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population. | [noun] A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free. SANNOP (8) SANNUP (8) SAPORS (8) SAPOTA (8) SAPOTE (8) SAPOUR (8) SAPPED (11) [verb] To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.). | [verb] To exhaust the vitality of. | [verb] To strike with a sap (with a blackjack). SAPPER (10) [noun] One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer. | [noun] An officer or private of the Royal Engineers. SARAPE (8) [noun] A type of blanket worn as a cloak, especially by Spanish-Americans, or used as a saddle blanket. SATRAP (8) [noun] A governor of a Persian province. | [noun] A subordinate ruler. SCALPS (10) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCAMPI (12) [noun] A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). | [noun] Any similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns. SCAMPS (12) [noun] A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. | [noun] A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. | [verb] To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion. SCAPED (11) SCAPES (10) [noun] A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. | [noun] The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). | [noun] The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. SCARPH (13) SCARPS (10) [noun] The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet | [noun] A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment | [verb] (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment SCAUPS (10) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCHLEP (13) [noun] A long or burdensome journey. | [noun] A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person. | [noun] A sloppy or slovenly person. SCOOPS (10) [noun] Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material. | [noun] The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop. | [noun] The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling. SCOPED (11) [verb] To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. | [verb] To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. | [verb] To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. SCOPES (10) [noun] The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. | [noun] A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. | [noun] Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. SCRAPE (10) [noun] A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). | [noun] A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. | [noun] An awkward set of circumstances. SCRAPS (10) [noun] A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Leftover food. | [noun] The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. SCRIMP (12) [noun] A pinching miser; a niggard. | [verb] To make too small or short. | [verb] To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. SCRIPS (10) [noun] A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. | [noun] Small change. | [noun] A scrap of paper. SCRIPT (10) [noun] A writing; a written document. | [noun] Written characters; style of writing. | [noun] Type made in imitation of handwriting. SCROOP (10) SCULPS (10) [verb] (sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave. | [verb] To flay. SCULPT (10) [noun] A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance. | [verb] To form by sculpture. | [verb] To work as a sculptor. SCYPHI (16) SECPAR (10) SEEPED (9) [verb] To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. | [verb] To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. | [verb] To diminish or wane away slowly. SEMPLE (10) SEMPRE (10) [adverb] (as a qualifier) always, still; maintaining the same style SENDUP (9) [noun] A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. SEPALS (8) [noun] One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure. SEPIAS (8) [noun] A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. | [noun] A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. | [noun] (by extension) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. SEPOYS (11) [noun] A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal. SEPSES (8) [noun] A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. SEPSIS (8) [noun] A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. SEPTAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the septum. | [adjective] Relating to an Irish clan or sept. SEPTET (8) [noun] A group of seven, often a musical group of seven performers. | [noun] A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices. SEPTIC (10) [noun] A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction. | [noun] A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to sepsis. | [noun] A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven. | [noun] An American, a Yank. SEPTUM (10) [noun] A wall separating two cavities; a partition | [noun] A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. | [noun] A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus. SERAPE (8) [noun] A type of blanket worn as a cloak, especially by Spanish-Americans, or used as a saddle blanket. SERAPH (11) [noun] A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. They are the 5th highest order of angels in Jewish angelology. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6 SETUPS (8) [noun] Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus. | [noun] The fashion in which something is organized or arranged. | [noun] A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody. SEXPOT (15) [noun] A sexy person. SHAPED (12) [verb] To create or make. | [verb] To give something a shape and definition. | [verb] To form or manipulate something into a certain shape. SHAPEN (11) SHAPER (11) SHAPES (11) [noun] The status or condition of something | [noun] Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. | [noun] The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure. SHARPS (11) [noun] The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher. | [noun] A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. | [noun] A note that is sharp in a particular key. SHARPY (14) SHERPA (11) [noun] A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed. | [noun] An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting. | [noun] A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool or fleece. SHLEPP (13) SHLEPS (11) [noun] A long or burdensome journey. | [noun] A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person. | [noun] A sloppy or slovenly person. SHLUMP (13) [noun] Someone who is lazy, slovenly or dull-looking. SHNAPS (11) SHOPPE (13) [noun] (sometimes capitalized) A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness. SHRIMP (13) [noun] Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen. | [noun] The flesh of such crustaceans. | [noun] A small, puny or unimportant person. SIMPER (10) [noun] A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk. | [verb] To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, or smug manner. | [verb] To glimmer; to twinkle. SIMPLE (10) [noun] A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant. | [noun] (by extension) A physician. | [noun] A simple or atomic proposition. SIMPLY (13) [adverb] (manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone. | [adverb] (manner) Plainly; without art or subtlety | [adverb] (manner) Weakly; foolishly; stupidly. SIPHON (11) [noun] A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another. | [noun] A soda siphon. | [noun] A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants. SIPING (9) SIPPED (11) [verb] To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. | [verb] To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. | [verb] To diminish or wane away slowly. SIPPER (10) SIPPET (10) [noun] A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy. SIRUPS (8) [noun] Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring. | [noun] (by extension) Any viscous liquid. | [noun] (shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig. SIRUPY (11) [adjective] Having the taste or consistency of syrup. | [adjective] Overly sweet. | [adjective] Overly sentimental. SITUPS (8) SKELPS (12) [verb] To beat or slap. | [verb] To move briskly along. | [verb] To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp. SKIMPS (14) [verb] To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of. | [verb] To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. | [verb] To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. SKIMPY (17) [noun] (Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing. | [adjective] Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing. SKYCAP (17) [noun] A porter at an airport. SLEEPS (8) [verb] To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. | [verb] (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. | [verb] To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. SLEEPY (11) [noun] The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound. | [adjective] Tired; feeling the need for sleep. | [adjective] Suggesting tiredness. SLIPED (9) SLIPES (8) SLIPPY (13) [adjective] (slightly informal) Slippery. | [adjective] Spry, nimble. SLIPUP (10) [noun] A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep. SLOOPS (8) [noun] A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. | [noun] A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. | [noun] A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette. SLOPED (9) [verb] To tend steadily upward or downward. | [verb] To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. | [verb] (usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously. SLOPER (8) SLOPES (8) [noun] An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. | [noun] The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. | [noun] The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical. SLOPPY (13) [adjective] Very wet; covered in or composed of slop. | [adjective] Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. | [adjective] Imprecise or loose. SLUMPS (10) [noun] A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. | [noun] A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed. | [noun] A boggy place. SLURPS (8) [noun] A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking | [noun] A mouthful of liquid | [verb] To eat or drink noisily. SLYPES (11) [noun] A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house. SNAPPY (13) [adjective] Rapid and without delay. | [adjective] Irritable. | [adjective] Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. SNEAPS (8) SNIPED (9) [verb] To hunt snipe. | [verb] To shoot at individuals from a concealed place. | [verb] (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle. SNIPER (8) [noun] A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position. | [noun] Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position. | [noun] One who shoots from a concealed position. SNIPES (8) [noun] Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. | [noun] A fool; a blockhead. | [noun] A shot fired from a concealed place. SNIPPY (13) [adjective] Fragmentary; snipped. | [adjective] Irritable; impatient; short-tempered. | [adjective] Stingy. SNOOPS (8) [noun] The act of snooping | [noun] One who snoops | [noun] A private detective SNOOPY (11) SOAPED (9) [verb] To apply soap to in washing. | [verb] To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank. | [verb] To be discreet about (a topic). SOAPER (8) SOPITE (8) SOPORS (8) SOPPED (11) [verb] To steep or dip in any liquid. | [verb] To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate. SOUPED (9) [verb] To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. | [verb] To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution. | [verb] Alternative form of sup SPACED (11) [verb] To roam, walk, wander. | [verb] To set some distance apart. | [verb] To insert or utilise spaces in a written text. SPACER (10) SPACES (10) [noun] (heading) Of time. | [noun] (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. | [noun] (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise. SPACEY (13) [adjective] Spaced-out | [adjective] Eccentric | [adjective] Having much space SPADED (10) [verb] To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting. SPADER (9) SPADES (9) [noun] A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials. | [noun] A playing card marked with the symbol ♠. | [noun] A black person. SPADIX (16) [noun] A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids. | [noun] A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm. SPAHEE (11) SPAHIS (11) [noun] (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. | [noun] (history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces SPAILS (8) SPAITS (8) SPALES (8) SPALLS (8) [noun] A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone. | [noun] The shoulder. SPANKS (12) [noun] An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. | [noun] A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. | [verb] To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. SPARED (9) [verb] To show mercy. | [verb] To keep. | [verb] To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with. SPARER (8) [adjective] Scant; not abundant or plentiful. | [adjective] Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money. | [adjective] Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous. SPARES (8) [noun] The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. | [noun] Parsimony; frugal use. | [noun] An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. SPARGE (9) [noun] The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain. | [verb] To sprinkle or spray. | [verb] To introduce bubbles into (a liquid). SPARID (9) [noun] Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae SPARKS (12) [noun] A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire. | [noun] A short or small burst of electrical discharge. | [noun] A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. SPARKY (15) [noun] A radio operator. | [noun] An electrician. | [adjective] Lively and animated. SPARRY (11) [adjective] Abundant in spar (the mineral) | [adjective] Resembling spar (the mineral) SPARSE (8) [verb] To scatter; to disperse. | [adjective] Having widely spaced intervals. | [adjective] Not dense; meager; scanty SPASMS (10) [noun] A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. | [noun] A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. | [noun] A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion. SPATES (8) [noun] A river flood; an overflow or inundation. | [noun] (by extension) A sudden rush or increase. SPATHE (11) [noun] A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix. SPAVIE (11) SPAVIN (11) [noun] A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones. SPAWNS (11) [verb] To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. | [verb] To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. | [verb] To bring forth in general. SPAYED (12) [verb] To divine; foretell | [verb] To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant. SPEAKS (12) [noun] A low class bar, a speakeasy. | [noun] Language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group. | [noun] Speech, conversation. SPEANS (8) SPEARS (8) [noun] A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. | [noun] A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman. | [noun] A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish. SPECIE (10) [noun] Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. | [noun] Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage. SPECKS (14) [noun] A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. | [noun] A very small thing; a particle; a whit. | [noun] A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. SPEECH (13) [noun] The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate. | [noun] A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person. | [noun] A style of speaking. SPEEDO (9) [noun] A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile. | [noun] A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit. SPEEDS (9) [noun] The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity. | [noun] The rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time. | [noun] The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor. SPEEDY (12) [verb] To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way | [verb] (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) to apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); speedy delete | [adjective] Rapid; swift SPEELS (8) SPEERS (8) SPEILS (8) SPEIRS (8) SPEISE (8) SPEISS (8) [noun] A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead SPELLS (8) [noun] Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. | [noun] A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. | [noun] Speech, discourse. SPELTS (8) SPELTZ (17) SPENCE (10) [noun] A buttery or pantry SPENDS (9) [noun] Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. | [noun] (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money. | [noun] Discharged semen. SPENSE (8) SPERMS (10) [noun] The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. | [noun] Semen; the generative substance of male animals. | [noun] Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti. SPEWED (12) [verb] To eject forcibly and in a stream | [verb] To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. | [verb] To vomit SPEWER (11) SPHENE (11) [noun] Titanite SPHERE (11) [noun] A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter . | [noun] A spherical physical object; a globe or ball. | [noun] The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. SPHERY (14) SPHINX (18) [noun] A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion). | [noun] A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person. | [noun] A mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, formerly classified a baboon, and called sphinx baboon. SPICAE (10) SPICAS (10) [noun] A spike. | [noun] A spur. | [noun] A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns. SPICED (11) [verb] To add spice or spices to; season. | [verb] To spice up. | [adjective] Having spice added, spicy. SPICER (10) SPICES (10) [noun] Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. | [noun] Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. | [noun] A synthetic cannabinoid drug. SPICEY (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. | [adjective] (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices | [adjective] (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. SPICKS (14) SPIDER (9) [noun] Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. | [noun] A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information. | [noun] A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade). SPIELS (8) [noun] A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. | [noun] An early form of rap music. | [verb] To talk at length. SPIERS (8) SPIFFS (14) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPIFFY (17) [noun] A dapper person. | [adjective] Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance. SPIGOT (9) [noun] A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | [noun] The plug of a faucet or cock. | [noun] A faucet. SPIKED (13) [verb] To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails. | [verb] To set or furnish with spikes. | [verb] To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people. SPIKER (12) SPIKES (12) [noun] In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument. | [noun] The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument. | [noun] A sort of very large nail. SPIKEY (15) [adjective] Having spikes, spiny. | [adjective] Hostile; standoffish | [adjective] Of hair, erect, resembling spikes. SPILED (9) [verb] To plug (a hole) with a spile. | [verb] To draw off (a liquid) using a spile. | [verb] To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile. SPILES (8) [noun] A splinter. | [noun] A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. | [noun] A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. SPILLS (8) [noun] A mess of something that has been dropped. | [noun] A fall or stumble. | [noun] A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. SPILTH (11) [noun] A spillage; spilled material. SPINAL (8) [noun] A spinal anesthesia. | [adjective] Of or relating to the spine. | [adjective] (of a frog, or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact spinal cord. SPINED (9) SPINEL (8) [noun] Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours. | [noun] Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral. | [noun] Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. SPINES (8) [noun] The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column. | [noun] Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate. | [noun] A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant. SPINET (8) [noun] A short, compact harpsichord or piano. | [noun] A spinney. SPINNY (11) [noun] A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds. | [adjective] Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion. | [adjective] Thin and long; slim; slender SPINOR (8) SPINTO (8) SPIRAL (8) [noun] A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. | [noun] A helix. | [noun] A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once. SPIREA (8) [noun] Any of many flowering shrubs, of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers | [noun] The Astilbe. SPIRED (9) SPIREM (10) SPIRES (8) [noun] The stalk or stem of a plant. | [noun] A young shoot of a plant; a spear. | [noun] Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. SPIRIT (8) [noun] The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose. | [noun] A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel. | [noun] Enthusiasm. SPIRTS (8) [verb] To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. | [verb] To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet. | [verb] To make a strong effort for a short period of time. SPITAL (8) SPITED (9) [verb] To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. | [verb] To be angry at; to hate. | [verb] To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. SPITES (8) [verb] To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. | [verb] To be angry at; to hate. | [verb] To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. SPLAKE (12) [noun] A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout SPLASH (11) [noun] The sound made by an object hitting a liquid. | [noun] A small amount of liquid. | [noun] A small amount (of color). SPLATS (8) [noun] The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back. | [noun] The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface. | [noun] The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface. SPLAYS (11) [noun] A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. SPLEEN (8) [noun] 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. | [noun] (except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness. | [noun] A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. SPLENT (8) SPLICE (10) [noun] A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together. | [noun] The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable. | [noun] That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade. SPLIFF (14) [noun] A cannabis cigarette. SPLINE (8) [noun] Long thin piece of metal or wood. | [noun] 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. | [noun] 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. SPLINT (8) [noun] An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure. | [noun] A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. | [noun] A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia. SPLITS (8) [noun] A crack or longitudinal fissure. | [noun] A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. | [noun] A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. SPLORE (8) SPLOSH (11) [noun] A heavy splashing sound. | [noun] Tea (the drink). | [verb] To make a heavy splashing sound. SPODES (9) SPOILS (8) [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. | [verb] To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. | [verb] To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). SPOILT (8) [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. | [verb] To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. | [verb] To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). SPOKED (13) SPOKEN (12) [verb] To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. | [verb] To have a conversation. | [verb] (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. SPOKES (12) [noun] A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. | [noun] A projecting handle of a steering wheel. | [noun] A rung of a ladder. SPONGE (9) [noun] Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica. | [noun] A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic). | [noun] A porous material such as sponges consist of. SPONGY (12) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous. | [adjective] Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. | [adjective] Drunk. SPOOFS (11) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. SPOOFY (14) SPOOKS (12) [noun] A ghost or phantom. | [noun] A hobgoblin. | [noun] A scare or fright. SPOOKY (15) [adjective] Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural. | [adjective] Spooked; afraid; frightened. | [adjective] Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses). SPOOLS (8) [noun] A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. | [noun] A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. | [verb] To wind on a spool or spools. SPOONS (8) [verb] To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. | [noun] An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. | [noun] An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. SPOONY (11) [noun] A foolish, simple, or silly person. | [noun] A foolishly amorous person. | [adjective] Enamored in a silly or sentimental way. SPOORS (8) [verb] To track an animal by following its spoor SPORAL (8) SPORED (9) SPORES (8) [noun] A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. | [noun] A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions. | [verb] To produce spores. SPORTS (8) [noun] Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. | [noun] Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose. | [noun] A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. SPORTY (11) [adjective] Favourable to sports | [adjective] Flashy in appearance. SPOTTY (11) [noun] A common New Zealand fish, Notolabrus celidotus | [adjective] Having spots; spotted. | [adjective] Of inconsistent quality SPOUSE (8) [noun] A person in a marriage or marital relationship. | [verb] To wed; to espouse. SPOUTS (8) [noun] A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. | [noun] A stream of liquid. | [noun] The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale. SPRAGS (9) [noun] A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop. | [noun] A young salmon. SPRAIN (8) [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 SPRANG (9) [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 | [verb] To burst forth. | [verb] (of beards) To grow. SPRATS (8) [noun] Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae. SPRAWL (11) [noun] An ungainly sprawling posture. | [noun] A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. | [verb] To sit with the limbs spread out. SPRAYS (11) [noun] A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. | [noun] A pressurized container; an atomizer. | [noun] Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. SPREAD (9) [noun] The act of spreading. | [noun] Something that has been spread. | [noun] A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading. SPREES (8) [noun] A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic. | [noun] Uninhibited activity. SPRENT (8) SPRIER (8) SPRIGS (9) [noun] A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. | [noun] An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. | [noun] One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. SPRING (9) [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 | [noun] An act of springing: a leap, a jump. | [noun] The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life, variously reckoned as SPRINT (8) [noun] A short race at top speed. | [noun] A burst of speed or activity. | [noun] In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings. SPRITE (8) [noun] Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. | [noun] A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost. | [noun] A kind of short arrow. SPRITS (8) [noun] A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. | [noun] A shoot; a sprout. SPRITZ (17) [noun] A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid. | [verb] To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly. | [verb] To drizzle, to rain lightly. SPROUT (8) [noun] A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts. | [noun] A child. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A Brussels sprout. SPRUCE (10) [noun] Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. | [noun] The wood of a spruce. | [noun] (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce. SPRUCY (13) SPRUES (8) [noun] A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis. | [noun] (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. | [noun] (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold. SPRUGS (9) SPRUNG (9) [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 | [verb] To burst forth. | [verb] (of beards) To grow. SPRYER (11) SPRYLY (14) SPUING (9) SPUMED (11) [verb] To froth. SPUMES (10) [noun] Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater. | [verb] To froth. SPUNKS (12) [verb] To catch fire; flame up. | [verb] To ejaculate. SPUNKY (15) [adjective] Spirited or plucky. | [adjective] Pertaining to or like spunk (semen). | [adjective] Stained with semen. SPURGE (9) [noun] Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species. | [verb] To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation. SPURNS (8) [noun] An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. | [noun] A kick; a blow with the foot. | [noun] Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. SPURRY (11) [noun] Any of several European annual herbs of the genus Spergula. SPURTS (8) [noun] A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound. | [noun] Ejaculation of semen. | [noun] A shoot; a bud. SPUTUM (10) [noun] Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus. SPYING (12) [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. | [verb] To search narrowly; to scrutinize. STAMPS (10) [noun] An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. | [noun] An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. | [noun] A device for stamping designs. STAPES (8) [noun] A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear. STAPHS (11) [noun] Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes. STAPLE (8) [noun] A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group. | [noun] (by extension) Place of supply; source. | [noun] The principal commodity produced in a town or region. | [noun] A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around. STEEPS (8) [verb] (middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly. | [verb] To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in. STEPPE (10) [noun] The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. | [noun] A vast cold, dry grass-plain. STIPED (9) STIPEL (8) STIPES (8) [noun] The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion. | [noun] The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. | [noun] A stipe; a stalk or stem. STIRPS (8) STOMPS (10) [noun] A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp. | [noun] A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step. | [noun] The jazz music for this dance. STOOPS (8) [verb] To suck one's teeth, indicating disappointment, derision or disgust. | [noun] The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. | [noun] The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep. STOPED (9) [verb] To excavate in the form of stopes. | [verb] To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. STOPER (8) STOPES (8) [noun] A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. STOUPS (8) [noun] A bucket. | [noun] A mug or drinking vessel. | [noun] A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church. STOWPS (11) STRAPS (8) [noun] A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. | [noun] A strip of thick leather used in flogging. | [noun] Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use. STREPS (8) [noun] A strep throat. | [noun] A streptococcus. | [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus. the Cape primroses. STRIPE (8) [noun] A long, relatively straight region of a single colour. | [noun] (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. | [noun] Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. STRIPS (8) [noun] The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease. | [noun] (of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes. | [verb] To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. STRIPT (8) STRIPY (11) [adjective] Having stripes; striped. STROPS (8) [noun] A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop. | [noun] A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.) | [noun] A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it. STUMPS (10) [noun] The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. | [noun] The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. | [noun] A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. STUMPY (13) [noun] An amputee who has lost a leg. | [adjective] Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off. | [adjective] Full of stumps. STUPAS (8) [noun] A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha. | [noun] A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge). STUPES (8) [noun] A stupid person or (rarely) thing. | [noun] A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally. STUPID (9) [noun] A stupid person; a fool. | [noun] The state or condition of being stupid. | [adjective] Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence. STUPOR (8) [noun] A state of reduced consciousness or sensibility. | [noun] A state in which one has difficulty in thinking or using one’s senses. | [verb] To place into a stupor; to stupefy. SUBPAR (10) SULPHA (11) [noun] A sulphanilamide. | [adjective] Of or containing sulphanilamide. SUNUPS (8) [noun] The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. | [noun] The change in color of the sky at sunup. SUPERB (10) [adjective] First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good. | [adjective] Grand; magnificent; august; stately. | [adjective] Haughty. SUPERS (8) [noun] Short for superannuation. | [noun] Short for supercomputer. | [noun] Short for superhero. SUPINE (8) [noun] (grammar) In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle. | [noun] (grammar) In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses. | [adjective] Lying on its back. SUPPED (11) [verb] To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon. | [verb] To take supper. SUPPER (10) [noun] Food consumed before going to bed. | [noun] Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon. | [noun] A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips. | [noun] A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups). SUPPLE (10) [verb] To make or become supple. | [verb] To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. | [adjective] Pliant, flexible, easy to bend SUPPLY (13) [noun] The act of supplying. | [noun] An amount of something supplied. | [noun] (in the plural) provisions. | [adverb] Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness. SWAMPS (13) [noun] A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes. | [noun] A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment. | [noun] A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult. SWAMPY (16) [adjective] Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp. | [adjective] Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones. SWEEPS (11) [noun] A single action of sweeping. | [noun] The person who steers a dragon boat. | [noun] A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew. SWEEPY (14) SWIPED (12) [verb] To grab or bat quickly. | [verb] To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion. | [verb] To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader. SWIPES (11) [noun] A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep. | [noun] A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. | [noun] An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it. SWIPLE (11) SWOOPS (11) [noun] An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. | [noun] A sudden act of seizing. | [noun] A quick passage from one note to the next. SYLPHS (14) [noun] An invisible being of the air. | [noun] The elemental being of air, usually female. | [noun] (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. SYLPHY (17) SYPHER (14) SYPHON (14) [noun] A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another. | [noun] A soda siphon. | [noun] A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants. SYRUPS (11) [noun] Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring. | [noun] (by extension) Any viscous liquid. | [noun] (shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig. SYRUPY (14) [adjective] Having the taste or consistency of syrup. | [adjective] Overly sweet. | [adjective] Overly sentimental. SYSOPS (11) [noun] A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board. | [noun] (WMF jargon) An administrator on a wiki. TAIPAN (8) [noun] A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. | [noun] Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. TAKEUP (12) [noun] The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in. | [noun] (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. | [noun] Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.). TAMPAN (10) TAMPED (11) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAMPER (10) [noun] A person or thing that tamps. | [noun] A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe. | [noun] A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast. | [verb] To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something). TAMPON (10) [noun] A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. | [noun] A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum. | [noun] An inking pad used in lithographic printing. TAPALO (8) TAPERS (8) [noun] A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle | [noun] (by extension) a small light. | [noun] A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object TAPETA (8) TAPING (9) [verb] To bind with adhesive tape. | [verb] To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. | [verb] (passive) To understand, figure out. TAPIRS (8) [noun] Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. TAPPED (11) [verb] To furnish with taps. | [verb] To draw off liquid from a vessel. | [verb] To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. TAPPER (10) TAPPET (10) [noun] A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion. TARPAN (8) [noun] An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus. TARPON (8) [noun] Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish. TAUPES (8) TAWPIE (11) TEACUP (10) [noun] A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. | [noun] A unit of measure; a teacupful. | [adjective] Of an animal, smaller than average. TEAPOT (8) [noun] A vessel for brewing and serving tea. TEAPOY (11) [noun] Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; sometimes also having a tea chest for holding a tea service. TEEPEE (8) [verb] To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it. TEMPED (11) [verb] To work as a temporary employee. TEMPEH (13) [noun] An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus). TEMPER (10) [noun] A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. | [noun] State of mind; mood. | [noun] A tendency to become angry. TEMPLE (10) [noun] A house of worship, especially: | [noun] A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. | [noun] Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. | [noun] The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. | [noun] A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. TEMPOS (10) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPTS (10) [verb] To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. | [verb] To attract; to allure. | [verb] To provoke something; to court. TENPIN (8) [noun] Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling. | [noun] The game of ten-pin bowling. TEOPAN (8) TEPALS (8) [noun] Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. TEPEES (8) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TEPEFY (14) TEPHRA (11) [noun] The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas. TEPOYS (11) TERAPH (11) [noun] An image of a Semitic household god. THORPE (11) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THORPS (11) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THREAP (11) [noun] An altercation, quarrel, argument | [noun] An accusation or serious charge | [noun] Stubborn insistence | [verb] To contradict THREEP (11) THRIPS (11) [noun] Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants. THUMPS (13) [noun] A blow that produces a muffled sound. | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud. | [noun] Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. TIEPIN (8) [noun] A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt. TIPCAT (10) [noun] An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible. | [noun] The wooden piece used in this game. TIPOFF (14) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. TIPPED (11) [verb] To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. | [verb] (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. | [verb] (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. TIPPER (10) [noun] Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity. | [noun] A small moustache. | [noun] A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry. | [noun] A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well. TIPPET (10) [noun] A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front. | [noun] A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen. | [noun] A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line. TIPPLE (10) [noun] An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. | [noun] An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. | [noun] Any alcoholic drink. TIPTOE (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) The tip of the toe. | [verb] To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. | [adjective] Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. TIPTOP (10) [noun] The very topmost point. | [noun] The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. | [adverb] Excellently; in a first-rate manner. TITTUP (8) [noun] A caper, or canter. | [verb] To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily. TOECAP (10) [noun] A piece of leather or other material on a shoe or boot that covers the toes. TOPEES (8) [noun] A pith helmet. TOPERS (8) TOPFUL (11) TOPHES (11) TOPHUS (11) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPICS (10) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPING (9) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TOPPED (11) [verb] To cover on the top or with a top. | [verb] To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) | [verb] To excel, to surpass, to beat. TOPPER (10) [noun] Something that is on top. | [noun] A top hat. | [noun] Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank. TOPPLE (10) [verb] To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something | [verb] To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so TORPID (9) [noun] (Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. | [adjective] Unmoving | [adjective] Dormant or hibernating TORPOR (8) [noun] A state of being inactive or stuporous. | [noun] A state of apathy or lethargy. | [noun] A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep. TOSSUP (8) [noun] A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. | [noun] Either of two outcomes that are equally likely. | [noun] The toss of a coin used to decide some issue. TOUPEE (8) [noun] A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man. | [noun] A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. | [noun] A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. TRAMPS (10) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond. | [noun] A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. | [noun] Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. TRAPAN (8) TRAPES (8) [noun] A long or tiring walk. | [verb] To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. | [verb] To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. | [noun] (seldom in use since about WWII) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. TREPAN (8) [noun] A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. | [noun] A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. | [verb] To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means. | [noun] A trickster. TREPID (9) TRIPES (8) TRIPLE (8) [noun] Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc | [noun] A drink with three portions of alcohol. | [noun] A hamburger with three patties. TRIPLY (11) TRIPOD (9) [noun] A three-legged stand or mount. | [noun] A man with macrophallism. | [verb] To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. TRIPOS (8) [noun] A three-legged structure; a tripod. | [noun] (Cambridge University) Any of the final examinations for a BA honours degree. | [noun] (Cambridge University) The list of successful candidates in such an examination. TRIPPY (13) [adjective] Strange, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen. TROMPE (10) TROMPS (10) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. TROOPS (8) [noun] (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). | [noun] A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. | [noun] A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. TROPES (8) [noun] Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. | [noun] A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. | [noun] Mathematical senses. TROPHY (14) [noun] Tropæum. | [noun] An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. | [noun] An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed. TROPIC (10) TROPIN (8) TROUPE (8) [noun] A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers. | [noun] Any group of people working together on a shared activity. | [verb] To tour with a troupe. TRUMPS (10) [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. | [noun] The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. | [noun] A playing card of that suit. TULIPS (8) [noun] A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa. | [noun] The flower of this plant. TUMPED (11) TUNEUP (8) [noun] A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance | [noun] A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up | [noun] A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes. TUPELO (8) [noun] Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States. TUPIKS (12) [noun] A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer. TUPPED (11) [verb] To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. | [verb] To have sex with, to bonk, etc. | [verb] (regional English) To butt: said of a ram. TURNIP (8) [noun] The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. | [noun] The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. | [noun] A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable. TURNUP (8) TWERPS (11) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TWIRPS (11) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TYMPAN (13) [noun] A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed. | [noun] The stretched membrane of a drum. | [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end. TYPHON (14) TYPHUS (14) [noun] One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. TYPIER (11) TYPIFY (17) [verb] To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. | [verb] To portray stereotypically. | [verb] To serve as a typical or reference specimen of. TYPING (12) [verb] To put text on paper using a typewriter. | [verb] To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. | [verb] To determine the blood type of. TYPIST (11) [noun] A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter. UMPING (11) [verb] To act as an umpire. UMPIRE (10) [noun] The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair. | [noun] One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match. | [noun] One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game. UNCAPS (10) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNCLIP (10) [verb] To release something by removing a clip. UNIPOD (9) [noun] Monopod UNKEPT (12) [adjective] Not kept (especially of promises). UNOPEN (8) UNPACK (14) [verb] To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. | [verb] To empty containers that had been packed. | [verb] To analyze a concept or a text. UNPAID (9) [adjective] Not paid for. | [adjective] Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily. UNPEGS (9) [verb] To remove from a peg. UNPENS (8) UNPENT (8) UNPICK (14) [verb] To undo sewing stitches. | [verb] To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool. | [verb] To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc. UNPILE (8) UNPINS (8) [verb] To unfasten by removing a pin. | [verb] To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned. | [verb] To get out of a pin UNPLUG (9) [verb] To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket. | [verb] To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress. | [verb] To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain). UNPURE (8) UNRIPE (8) [adjective] Not ripe. | [adjective] Developing too early; premature. UNRIPS (8) [verb] To open something by ripping/tearing. UNSHIP (11) [verb] To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel | [verb] To remove an oar or mast from its normal position | [verb] To throw from a horse; to unseat UNSNAP (8) [verb] To unfasten (something held by snaps). UNSPUN (8) UNSTEP (8) [verb] To remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel. UNSTOP (8) [verb] To remove a stoppage; to clear a blockage. | [verb] To unplug or uncork a container. | [verb] To draw out the stops of (an organ). UNWEPT (11) [adjective] Not wept. | [adjective] Unmourned. UNWRAP (11) [verb] To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. | [verb] To become unwrapped. | [verb] To remove word wrap from. UNZIPS (17) [verb] To open something using a zipper. | [verb] To come open by means of a zipper. | [verb] To decompress (a zip file). UPASES (8) [noun] (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions. | [noun] A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree. | [noun] A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute. 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UPLAND (9) [noun] The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands). | [noun] The country, as against the town. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands. UPLEAP (10) UPLIFT (11) [noun] The act or result of being uplifted. | [noun] A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. | [noun] A brassiere that raises the breasts. UPLINK (12) [noun] The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link. | [noun] (by analogy, less formally) The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server etc. | [noun] Data transmission from a data station to the headend. UPLOAD (9) [noun] Such a file transfer. | [verb] To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet. UPMOST (10) [adjective] Uppermost. UPPERS (10) [noun] A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite. | [noun] The upper portion of something | [noun] Someone with higher social standing UPPILE (10) UPPING (11) [verb] To increase or raise. | [verb] To promote. | [verb] (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly. UPPISH (13) [adjective] (since circa 1678) Having plenty of money. | [adjective] Proud; arrogant; assuming | [adjective] (of a shot) In which the ball is hit into the air, with the chance of being caught. UPPITY (13) [adjective] Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty. | [adjective] Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled. UPPROP (12) UPRATE (8) [noun] An increase in a rating | [verb] To give something a higher rating UPREAR (8) [verb] To raise something up; to rise up; to erect UPRISE (8) [noun] The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. | [verb] To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. | [verb] To have an upward direction or inclination UPROAR (8) [noun] Tumultuous, noisy excitement. | [noun] Loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources. | [noun] A loud protest, controversy, outrage UPROOT (8) [verb] To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate. | [verb] (by extension) To remove from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. | [verb] To destroy utterly; to eradicate, exterminate. UPROSE (8) [verb] To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. | [verb] To have an upward direction or inclination | [verb] To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising. 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UPTILT (8) UPTIME (10) [noun] The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot. UPTORE (8) UPTORN (8) UPTOSS (8) UPTOWN (11) [noun] The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center | [adjective] In the upper part of a town. | [adjective] (by extension) Of or relating to an affluent area or population. UPTURN (8) [noun] An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit | [verb] To turn (something) up or over UPWAFT (14) UPWARD (12) [noun] The upper part; the top. | [adjective] Directed toward a higher place. | [adverb] In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin UPWELL (11) UPWIND (12) [adjective] Exposed to the wind | [adverb] In the direction from which the wind is blowing | [verb] To wind upwards. UROPOD (9) [noun] Either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans | [noun] The hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis USURPS (8) [verb] To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means. | [verb] To use and assume the coat of arms of another person. | [verb] To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else. UTOPIA (8) [noun] A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony. VAMPED (14) [verb] To patch, repair, or refurbish. | [verb] Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing. | [verb] To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise. VAMPER (13) VAPORS (11) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VAPORY (14) [adjective] Resembling vapor; vaporous. | [adjective] Characterized by the presence of vapor; full of, or obscured by, vapor. VAPOUR (11) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VEEPEE (11) VESPER (11) [noun] The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell | [noun] The evening. | [noun] A vesper martini. VESPID (12) VIPERS (11) [noun] A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. | [noun] A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. | [noun] A person who smokes marijuana. WALKUP (15) [noun] An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. | [noun] An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training. | [noun] A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment. WALLOP (11) [noun] A heavy blow, punch. | [noun] A person's ability to throw such punches. | [noun] An emotional impact, psychological force. | [verb] To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server. WAMPUM (15) [noun] Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples. | [noun] A string of such beads. | [noun] Money. WAMPUS (13) WAPITI (11) [noun] The American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis or Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. WAPPED (14) WARMUP (13) [noun] The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity | [noun] Any act of preparation for a performance | [noun] A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups. WARPED (12) [verb] To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: | [verb] (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred. | [verb] To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving. WARPER (11) WASHUP (14) [noun] The act by which something is washed. | [noun] Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been. | [noun] A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game. WATAPE (11) WATAPS (11) WEAPON (11) [noun] An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords. | [noun] An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. | [noun] A tool of any kind. WEEPER (11) [noun] A person who weeps. | [noun] A hired mourner. | [noun] A pleurant. WEEPIE (11) [noun] A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience. WHAUPS (14) [noun] Curlew WHEEPS (14) WHELPS (14) [noun] A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. | [noun] An insolent youth; a mere child. | [noun] A kind of ship. WHIPPY (19) [adjective] Whiplike; thin and pliant. | [adjective] Active, nimble WHOMPS (16) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOPS (14) [interjection] Oops. | [noun] A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. | [noun] A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. WHUMPS (16) [noun] A thumping sound. | [noun] A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering. | [verb] To strike something with a whump. WICOPY (16) WIKIUP (15) WIMPLE (13) [noun] A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders. | [noun] A fold or pleat in cloth. | [noun] A ripple, as on the surface of water. | [verb] To cover with a wimple. WINDUP (12) [noun] The act of ending or concluding something. | [noun] The last part of something; a conclusion. | [noun] A practical joke or tease. WIPERS (11) [noun] Someone who wipes. | [noun] Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. | [noun] Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. WIPING (12) [verb] To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) | [verb] To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. WISPED (12) WORKUP (15) [noun] A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. | [noun] All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. | [noun] A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation. YAPOCK (17) YAPOKS (15) [noun] The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) YAPONS (11) YAPPED (14) [verb] Of a small dog, to bark. | [verb] To talk, especially excessively; to chatter. | [verb] To rob or steal from (someone). | [adjective] Of a book: having a yapp. YAPPER (13) YAUPED (12) YAUPER (11) YAUPON (11) [noun] The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States. | [noun] A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine). YAWPED (15) [verb] To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise | [verb] To talk loudly and coarsely | [verb] Clamor, utter loud complaints YAWPER (14) YCLEPT (13) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. YELPED (12) [verb] To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. YELPER (11) YIPPED (14) [verb] To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice YIPPEE (13) [interjection] Used to express joy or elation. YIPPIE (13) [noun] A member of the Youth International Party, a group of politically active hippies. | [interjection] Used to express joy or elation. YOUPON (11) YUPONS (11) YUPPIE (13) [noun] A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. ZAPPED (20) [verb] To make a zap sound. | [verb] To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television. | [verb] To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting. ZAPPER (19) [noun] A remote control for a television. | [noun] A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper. | [noun] (by extension) Anything that exterminates. ZEPHYR (23) [noun] A light wind from the west. | [noun] Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze. | [noun] Anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric. ZIPPED (20) [verb] To close with a zip fastener. | [verb] To close as if with a zip fastener. | [verb] To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format. ZIPPER (19) [noun] A zip fastener. | [noun] A pressure-sensitive plastic closure. | [noun] Leucine zipper