| APPEL | • appel n. (Fencing) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one’s opponent. • appel v. Obsolete spelling of appeal. • Appel prop.n. A surname. |
| CUPEL | • cupel n. A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. • cupel v. To refine by means of a cupel. • CUPEL v. to refine gold or silver in a small vessel. |
| EXPEL | • expel v. To eject or erupt. • expel v. (Obsolete) To fire (A bullet, arrow etc.). • expel v. (Transitive) To remove from membership. |
| IMPEL | • impel v. (Transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. • impel v. (Transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. • IMPEL v. to drive forward. |
| LAPEL | • lapel n. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below… • LAPEL n. an extension of the collar of a garment, also LAPPEL. |
| PELAS | • PELA n. (Chinese) a type of white wax from a scale insect. |
| PELAU | • pelau n. Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”). • pelau n. A Trinidadian dish of meat, rice, and peas cooked together in one pot. • PELAU n. a dish made with meat, rice, and pigeon peas, also PILAF, PILAFF, PILAO, PILAU, PILAW, PILLAU, PILOW, PULAO. |
| PELES | • PELE n. (historical) a palisaded enclosure. |
| PELFS | • pelfs n. Plural of pelf. • PELF n. wealth or riches, esp. when dishonestly acquired. |
| PELLS | • pells n. Plural of pell. • Pells prop.n. A surname transferred from the given name. • PELL v. to strike or thump violently. |
| PELMA | • pelma n. (Zoology) The undersurface of the foot. • PELMA n. (Greek) the sole of the foot. |
| PELON | • PELON n. a hairless person or animal. |
| PELTA | • pelta n. (Historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped. • pelta n. (Art, historical) A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics. • pelta n. (Botany) A flat apothecium with no rim. |
| PELTS | • pelts n. Plural of pelt. • pelts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pelt. • Pelts prop.n. Plural of Pelt. |
| REPEL | • repel v. (Transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. • repel v. (Transitive) To reject, put off (A request, demand etc.). • repel v. (Transitive) To ward off (A malignant influence, attack etc.). |
| SPELD | • speld n. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter. • speld v. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To split. • SPELD v. (Scots) to spread open, sprawl, also SPELDER. |
| SPELK | • spelk n. (Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood. • spelk n. (Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin. • spelk n. (Northern English) A rod or switch. |
| SPELL | • spell n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. • spell n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. • spell n. (Obsolete) Speech, discourse. |
| SPELT | • spelt v. (Chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of spell. • spelt n. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species… • spelt n. (Dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter. |