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- OASTA kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
- OCCLUDERSplural of occluder
- OCULISTAn eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- OGIVEThe curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- OSTLERA person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom.
- OSTLERSplural of ostler
- OUTLIEDsimple past and past participle of outlie
- OUTLIERSplural of outlier
- OUTLYINGRelatively remote from some central location.
- OVERFISHEDsimple past and past participle of overfish
- OVERFITTo use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample, leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
- OVERMANA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
- OYSTERMANA person who cultivates, harvests or sells oysters.
- PACEMANA fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.
- PAEANA 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.
- PAEANSplural of paean
- PAEDOA paedophile.
- PAINTERLYCharacteristic of a painter or paintings.
- PALTRIESTsuperlative form of paltry: most paltry
- PANDARA person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
- PASHAA high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
- PASHEDsimple past and past participle of pash
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PAYABLESdebts and liabilities owed by a business
- PAYOLASplural of payola
- PELFSplural of pelf
- PENURYExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of this.
- PESTLINGpresent participle and gerund of pestle
- PHIALSplural of phial
- PHILTRESplural of philtre
- PHIZThe face.
- PHLOXAny flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
- PHONEMEAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- PIEMANA man who sells pies.
- PIEMENplural of pieman
- PIEROGIESplural of pierogi
- PLOUGHMANAlternative spelling of plowman.
- PLOWMANA man who plows land with a plow.
- POMSplural of pom
- PONGIESTsuperlative form of pongy: most pongy
- POORISHSomewhat poor.
- POORLIESTsuperlative form of poorly: most poorly
- POSHLYIn a posh way.
- POSITRONSplural of positron
- POSTWOMANA female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
- POSTWOMENplural of postwoman
- POTTLEA former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size.
- POUTINESplural of poutine
- PREDATIONThe preying of one animal on others.
- PROCONSULA magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PUSTULESplural of pustule
- PUTTOA representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
- PYXESplural of pyx
- PYXISA small box.
- QUACKISHLike a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
- QUAKINGLYIn a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- QUINTILESplural of quintile
- RAUNCHIESTsuperlative form of raunchy: most raunchy
- RECOUPINGSplural of recouping
- REDOCKTo dock again.
- REEVALUATIONA second or subsequent evaluation or rating
- REGLUESthird-person singular simple present indicative of reglue
- REINFLATETo inflate or fill with air again.
- REINOCULATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of reinoculate
- REPOSITIONTo put into a new position
- RHEUMIESTsuperlative form of rheumy: most rheumy
- ROUEAlternative spelling of roué.
- ROUSEMENTThe act of rousing or arousing; incitement to action.
- ROUXA mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
- RUNTIESTsuperlative form of runty: most runty
- SATINYLike satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
- SCREELoose stony debris on a slope.
- SCULLERYA small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- SCYTHEROne who scythes.
- SERAPHA burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal.
- SHAWA thicket; a small wood or grove.
- SHEKELA currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
- SHEWArchaic spelling of show.
- SHIRRINGTwo or more rows of gathers used to decorate parts of garments, usually the sleeves, bodice and yoke.
- SHIVAA weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
- SHIVAREEAlternative form of charivari.
- SHTUPpush
- SHTUPSthird-person singular simple present indicative of shtup
- SHWAAlternative form of schwa.
- SKOALA toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
- SKYMENplural of skyman
- SLEDGERSomeone who rides a sledge.
- SLOUGHIERHaving the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
- SLUTTIERcomparative form of slutty: more slutty
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SORTIEAn attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- SORTITIONSplural of sortition
- SOUPCONAlternative spelling of soupçon.
- SPAKEQuiet; tame.
- SPHERICSpherical.
- SPHEROIDOf a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
- SPHEROIDALLike a spheroid; roughly spherical.
- SPITTOONA receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.
- SQUICKINGpresent participle and gerund of squick