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- materialisms
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noun,
preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- palmistries
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noun,
the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- materialism
-
noun,
preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- psalteries
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noun,
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- israelites
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- parasitism
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noun,
Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
- immaterial
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adjective,
of no essential consequence; unimportant.
- time-lapse
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adjective,
done by means of time-lapse photography:
- aerialists
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- assimilate
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noun,
something that is assimilated.
- asperities
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- patisserie
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noun,
a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
- metalepsis
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noun,
the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- satrapies
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noun,
the province or jurisdiction of a satrap.
- metaplasm
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noun,
Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- Listerism
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noun,
an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- spermatia
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noun,
Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- malaperts
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noun,
a malapert person.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- mealtimes
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noun,
the usual time for a meal.
- missileer
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noun,
missileman.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelimits
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- meristems
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noun,
embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
- pilasters
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- alarmists
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- lamisters
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noun,
lamster.
- marialite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- Parseeism
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noun,
the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- asperates
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verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- masteries
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noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- matelasse
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noun,
an embossed, compound fabric woven on a dobby or Jacquard loom.
- sapremias
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noun,
blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- materials
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- aspirates
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- plaisters
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- psammites
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noun,
any sandstone.
- mistrials
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Semiramis
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noun,
a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- pastramis
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noun,
a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- separates
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noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- apiarists
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noun,
a person who keeps an apiary.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- serialism
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noun,
twelve-tone technique.
- impartial
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adjective,
not partial or biased; fair; just:
- palestras
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- imperials
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noun,
a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 inches (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 inches (58 × 84 cm) in America.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- stapelias
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- spritsail
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noun,
a sail extended by a sprit.
- espaliers
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- apiarist
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noun,
a person who keeps an apiary.
- asperate
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verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- melismas
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- aspirate
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- apiaries
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noun,
a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
- termless
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adjective,
not limited; unconditional.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- messmate
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noun,
a person, especially a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
- meristem
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noun,
embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
- Milpitas
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noun,
a town in W California.
- Serpasil
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- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- mistrals
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- mistimes
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verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- misprise
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verb (used with object),
misprize.
- mismates
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verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- Semitism
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noun,
Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- septimes
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noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- metamers
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noun,
a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- separate
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noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- seriemas
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- Maritime
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adjective,
connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- mealtime
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noun,
the usual time for a meal.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Israelis
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- stammers
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noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- stammrel
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adjective, noun,
staumrel.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- tameless
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adjective,
untamed or untamable.
- Islamism
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noun,
the religion or culture of Islam.
- stampers
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- staplers
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- steamers
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- imprests
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impresas
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- imperils
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- Imperial
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noun,
a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 inches (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 inches (58 × 84 cm) in America.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- impastes
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- empirism
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noun,
empiricism (def 2).
- emprises
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- immerses
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verb (used with object),
to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- imamates
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- stemmers
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noun,
a person who removes stems.
- epitasis
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noun,
the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed.
Compare catastasis, catastrophe (def 4), protasis.
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- elitisms
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- lamsters
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- malaises
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- masseter
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noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- marmites
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- slammers
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noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- maltases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- maleates
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noun,
a salt or ester of maleic acid.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- malapert
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noun,
a malapert person.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- spiremes
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- smelters
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- spelters
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- lempiras
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- spielers
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- spiraeas
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noun,
spirea.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- elastase
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noun,
a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- prelimit
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- pietisms
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noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- almemars
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noun,
bimah.
- pismires
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noun,
an ant.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- timeless
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adjective,
without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- piasters
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- realisms
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- relapses
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- seamster
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- persalts
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- partials
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- psalmist
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noun,
an author of psalms.
- alarmist
-
noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- airmails
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- psalters
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- trammels
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- samplers
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noun,
a person who samples.
- sapremia
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noun,
blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- psammite
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noun,
any sandstone.
- plasters
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- trilemma
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noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- traipses
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- perlites
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- pastries
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noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- pastrami
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noun,
a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- ampliate
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adjective,
enlarged; dilated.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- tilapias
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noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- ammeters
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noun,
an instrument for measuring current in amperes.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- imamate
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- spireme
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- Larissa
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noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- lipemia
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noun,
excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- stemmer
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noun,
a person who removes stems.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- spirits
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Imamite
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noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- lampers
-
noun,
lampas.
- spirals
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- espials
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- liaises
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Prissie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- samlets
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noun,
a young salmon.
- esprits
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- lempira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- limmers
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Lamaism
-
noun,
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- Staples
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- Ipiales
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impasse
-
noun,
a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- impress
-
noun,
the act of impressing.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- implies
-
verb (used with object),
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated:
- impers.
-
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- imperil
-
verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- reptile
-
noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- impearl
-
verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- impalas
-
noun,
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- immerse
-
verb (used with object),
to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- spitals
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- spriest
-
adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- sprites
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- impales
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- stammer
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- rimples
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- ramstam
-
noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Salamis
-
noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- listers
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- persist
-
verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pesters
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- pestles
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- mistime
-
verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- misstep
-
noun,
a wrong step.
- missile
-
noun,
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- Silesia
-
noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- mimesis
-
noun,
Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- similes
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- miasmas
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- Palmira
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- pastels
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paresis
-
noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- pasters
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pasties
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- palsies
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- patrial
-
noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- palmers
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- palmate
-
adjective,
shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- pelisse
-
noun,
an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pelmets
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serapis
-
noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- malpais
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
- martele
-
adjective,
martellato.
- slammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- sampler
-
noun,
a person who samples.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- marital
-
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- prelim.
-
- maltase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- maleate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of maleic acid.
- praises
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- malates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- prelims
-
noun,
preliminary.
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- malaise
-
noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- Mai-Tai
-
noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- slimmer
-
noun,
a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
- presets
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- smelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Martial
-
noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- samples
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- simmers
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- satraps
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- metamer
-
noun,
a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- simpers
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- simples
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- Melissa
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- pleases
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- melisma
-
noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- measles
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
an acute infectious disease occurring mostly in children, characterized by catarrhal and febrile symptoms and an eruption of small red spots; rubeola.
any of certain other eruptive diseases. Compare German measles.
- sarapes
-
noun,
serape.
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- plasmas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- misseem
-
verb (used with object),
misbecome.
- patsies
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Almeria
-
noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- ammeter
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring current in amperes.
- almemar
-
noun,
bimah.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- tamales
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- empales
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- EMPRESS
-
noun,
a female ruler of an empire.
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- aliases
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- aspires
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- airmail
-
noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- Trammel
-
noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- aimless
-
adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- trample
-
noun,
the act of trampling.
- earlaps
-
noun,
earflap.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- Templar
-
noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- elapses
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Tampere
-
noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- armless
-
adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- Tarpeia
-
noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- tsimmes
-
noun,
tzimmes.
- asperse
-
verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- stripes
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- tilapia
-
noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Pamela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- smalts
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- smarms
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- smelts
-
noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- metal.
-
- limmer
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- AmerSp
-
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- Mesmer
-
noun,
Franz [frants,, franz;; German frahnts] /frænts,, frænz;; German frɑnts/ (Show IPA), or Friedrich Anton [free-drik an-tn,, -ton;; German free-drikh ahn-tohn] /ˈfri drɪk ˈæn tn,, -tɒn;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1733–1815, Austrian physician.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- patri-
-
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- milit.
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Simmel
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- simmer
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pelmet
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- matri-
-
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Peraea
-
noun,
a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Miriam
-
noun,
the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- plasm-
-
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- plasma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- sleeps
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Mamers
-
noun,
Mars.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- plasia
-
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- emmers
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
- emmets
-
noun,
an ant.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Emmies
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- imper.
-
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- empale
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Semmes
-
noun,
Raphael, 1809–77, Confederate admiral in the American Civil War.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Stamps
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- impala
-
noun,
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Palmas
-
noun,
Las. Las Palmas.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- palmar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in or on the palm of the hand or to the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- steres
-
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- salpas
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- passim
-
adverb,
here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- lampas
-
noun,
congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- amimia
-
noun,
the inability to express ideas by means of gestures or signs.
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- sperm-
-
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- sperms
-
noun,
semen.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- pastas
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Lammas
-
noun,
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
- lapses
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Temple
-
noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- splats
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- MSMetE
-
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- septi-
-
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- peri-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- para-
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- AMPAS
-
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pass.
-
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- pari-
-
- Parl.
-
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- patr-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- term.
-
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- part.
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- aeri-
-
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- rept.
-
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- 30-30
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- AAPSS
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- aemia
-
- treas
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prim.
-
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- alti-
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Amer.
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- peta-
-
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- petri
-
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- prem.
-
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- plat.
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plast
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- prae-
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- samps
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spasm
-
noun,
Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- spies
-
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- male-
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- imit.
-
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Emmet
-
noun,
an ant.
- Emmer
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATSE
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Tampa
-
noun,
a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- elem.
-
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Srta.
-
- Ital.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Simms
-
noun,
William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- MPers
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- MMetE
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- metr-
-
- meta-
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Memel
-
noun,
German name of Klaipeda.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- seti-
-
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- temp.
-
- Miss.
-
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- tele-
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Melia
-
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- mast-
-
- asst.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tears
-
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- astr.
-
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tera-
-
- semi-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Palma
-
noun,
Also called Palma de Mallorca [Spanish pahl-mah th e mah-lyawr-kah] /Spanish ˈpɑl mɑ ðɛ mɑˈlyɔr kɑ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in and the capital of the Balearic Islands, on W Majorca.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sept.
-
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- matr-
-
- pale-
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tri-
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rpt.
-
- rit.
-
- Sem.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- str.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- ter.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Ste.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SMSA
-
- SMTP
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SASE
-
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Tasm
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Saml
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- tel-
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- RIIA
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lip-
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Imp.
-
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- 1080
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mem.
-
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- MEPA
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Mar.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IATA
-
- IAEA
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Apr.
-
- APSA
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Amal
-
- alt.
-
- Arm.
-
- AISI
-
- AAEE
-
- AARP
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ARIS
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Emp.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- epi-
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- epit
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- esp.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ASSR
-
- art.
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- ASME
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- met.
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- par.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- MSPE
-
- MSTS
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- per.
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- PLSS
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pre-
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pts.
-
- psia
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- PERL
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pers
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- MSME
-
- pam.
-
- MSEM
-
- MIPS
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- MSIE
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- mis-
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MSEE
-
- MSAM
-
- MSAE
-
- Rep.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repl
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mrem
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- mil.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- EAA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EIS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Aar
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAM
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AAP
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PSE
-
- AAM
-
- eir
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- PSA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- rt.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- EPA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- Ep.
-
- TAL
-
- pl.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TSI
-
- EPS
-
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EPT
-
- PLA
-
- SAR
-
- al.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PSS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- AIA
-
- trp
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- PRA
-
- ap-
-
- pli
-
- PMT
-
- Am.
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- PLR
-
- TSE
-
- ATP
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ae.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- REA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Apl
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- APS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tlr
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TPI
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- TPM
-
- RPM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tr.
-
- RSS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Sp.
-
- SAA
-
- SAE
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- TIA
-
- ALM
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rs.
-
- AMS
-
- Tpr
-
- tra
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASM
-
- Re.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ASR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ast
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- AEA
-
- at.
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ATA
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- RMA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ASI
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ase
-
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TSS
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SMM
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- LMT
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- lpm
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SMS
-
- LSI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LSM
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MM.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- pt.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ps.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Pr.
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- pm.
-
- LIM
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- MSL
-
- MSM
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SLA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ml.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MIT
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MLR
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MIP
-
- MEP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIE
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MLA
-
- MLS
-
- SMA
-
- MRP
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- MAA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MSI
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- MME
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- SLE
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MPA
-
- MMT
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Les
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- IPS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- se-
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- ier
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- il-
-
- IAS
-
- ist
-
- STL
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- STP
-
- STM
-
- ESL
-
- ial
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- STI
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- Sta
-
- Sr.
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ite
-
- spt
-
- SSM
-
- SPS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- SPR
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SSI
-
- ITA
-
- SSR
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ee
-
- L1
-
- le
-
- RP
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- L2
-
- M.
-
- EI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- L.
-
- MP
-
- LR
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LM
-
- TP
-
- IP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SL
-
- TM
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SM
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- R.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.