| HOLDUP | • holdup n. Alternative spelling of hold-up. • hold-up n. (Colloquial) A delay or wait. • hold-up n. A robbery at gunpoint. |
| HOLPEN | • holpen v. (Archaic) past participle of help. • HELP v. to give aid. |
| HOOPLA | • hoopla n. A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise. • hoopla n. A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs. • HOOPLA n. a fairground game of throwing hoops on to pegs. |
| HOPPLE | • hopple n. (Chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze. • hopple v. (Transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble. • hopple v. (Transitive, figurative) To entangle; to hamper. |
| PHENOL | • phenol n. (Organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from… • phenol n. (Organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl… • PHENOL n. a caustic compound. |
| PHLOEM | • phloem n. (Botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients… • phlœm n. Obsolete form of phloem. • phloëm n. (Obsolete) Alternative spelling of phloem. |
| PHOLAS | • pholas n. Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas. • Pholas prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pholadidae – including the common piddock. • PHOLAS n. (Greek) a mollusc of the piddock genus of rock-boring molluscs. |
| PHONAL | • phonal adj. Of or relating to the voice. • PHONAL adj. pertaining to speech sounds. |
| PHYLLO | • phyllo n. A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries… • phyllo- pref. Leaf, leaves. • PHYLLO n. (Greek) a kind of very thin pastry dough, also FILLO, FILO. |
| PHYLON | • phylon n. (Taxonomy) A tribe. • PHYLON n. a main taxonomical division, also PHYLUM. |
| PHYTOL | • phytol n. (Organic chemistry) The diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, derived… • PHYTOL n. a chemical alcohol that comes from plants and is used to synthesize vitamins E and K. |
| PLOUGH | • plough n. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. • plough n. The use of a plough; tillage. • plough n. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major). |
| POLISH | • polish n. A substance used to polish. • polish n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. • polish n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. |
| POSHLY | • poshly adv. In a posh way. • POSH adv. smart, stylish. |
| SPLOSH | • splosh v. To make a heavy splashing sound. • splosh v. To traverse mushy or marshy wetlands. • splosh v. To spill or spill over. |
| UPHOLD | • uphold v. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. • uphold v. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling. • uphold v. To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned). |