| BELLHOPS | • bellhops n. Plural of bellhop. • BELLHOP n. a pageboy in a hotel or club, also BELLBOY. |
| CHELLUPS | • CHELLUP n. (dialect) noise. |
| HELPABLE | • helpable adj. Capable of being helped. • HELPABLE adj. able to be helped. |
| HELPLESS | • helpless adj. Unable to defend oneself. • helpless adj. Lacking help; powerless. • helpless adj. Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble. |
| HELPLINE | • helpline n. (Telecommunications) A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which… • HELPLINE n. an often free telephone line by means of which people with a particular problem may contact advisers who will help them deal with it. |
| LAMPHOLE | • lamphole n. A vertical shaft down which a lamp may be lowered to inspect a sewer. • LAMPHOLE n. a shaft for lowering a lamp into a sewer. |
| LOOPHOLE | • loophole n. (Historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting… • loophole n. (Figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited… • loophole v. (Military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to… |
| LYOPHILE | • lyophile n. (Chemistry) a lyophilic substance. • lyophile adj. (Chemistry) lyophilic. • LYOPHILE adj. of a colloid, readily dispersed in a suitable medium, also LYOPHIL, LYOPHILIC. |
| PELLACHS | • PELLACH n. (Scots) a porpoise, also PELLOCK, PELLACK. |
| PHELLEMS | • phellems n. Plural of phellem. • PHELLEM n. (Greek) a layer of plant cells that make cork. |
| PHELLOID | • PHELLOID adj. resembling cork, but unable to shed water. |
| PHIALLED | • phialled v. Simple past tense and past participle of phial. • PHIAL v. to keep in a small bottle, also VIAL. |
| PHILOMEL | • philomel n. (Poetic) The nightingale. • PHILOMEL n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMELA. |
| PHYLLITE | • phyllite n. (Geology) A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites. • PHYLLITE n. a foliated rock, a kind of metamorphosed mudstone. |
| PHYLLODE | • phyllode n. (Botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not… • PHYLLODE n. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf. |
| PHYLLOME | • phyllome n. (Botany) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |
| PILLHEAD | • pillhead n. (Slang) A person who habitually takes tranquilizers, amphetamines, barbiturates, and other drugs, in… • PILLHEAD n. a regular, usually addicted taker of sedative or stimulant pills. |
| PLUGHOLE | • plughole n. (Chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be… • PLUGHOLE n. a drain-hole in a sink, bath etc. which may be stopped with a plug. |
| PRECHILL | • prechill v. (Transitive) To chill in advance. • PRECHILL v. to chill beforehand. |