Anagrams of antepenults
Word antepenults has
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that can be made by using the letters of antepenults.
- antepenult
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noun,
the third syllable from the end in a word, as te in antepenult.
- annulets
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noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- Paulette
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- petulant
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adjective,
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance:
- palettes
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- petuntse
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noun,
a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
- enplanes
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verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- unsettle
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
- lunettes
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noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- pentanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- Neptune
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noun,
any whelk of the genus Neptunea, especially N. decemcostata, common along the eastern coast of North America and having a shell with seven to ten raised reddish-brown spiral ridges on a pale beige or yellow background.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- septate
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adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- tunnels
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noun,
an underground passage.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- palette
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- Sennett
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noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- tautens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- peltate
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adjective,
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- n-tuple
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noun,
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- attunes
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verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- tetanus
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noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- pettles
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verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- annulet
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noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- puttees
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noun,
a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- enplane
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verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- nutlets
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- nutates
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verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- Neupest
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noun,
German name of Ujpest.
- eluates
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- epaulet
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noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- punnets
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noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- patents
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noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pennate
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adjective,
winged; feathered.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Lunette
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noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- upstate
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noun,
the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.
- unsteel
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
- unstate
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- pentane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- pattens
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noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- unspent
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adjective,
not spent or used, as money.
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- Annette
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noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- Nanette
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noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- penults
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- penult
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- Nettle
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- Lenten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Nautes
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noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- statue
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noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- staple
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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.
- penta-
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- letups
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noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- peanut
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noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- latest
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- sultan
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noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- latten
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- elutes
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verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- splen-
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- eluate
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- Luanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- spleen
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- lunate
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noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- Peleus
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noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- suttee
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noun,
sati.
- talent
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- nasute
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noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- suttle
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adjective,
a frequent misspelling of subtle.
- setula
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noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- punnet
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noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- neaten
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Naples
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noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Settle
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- Nantes
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- septet
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noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- etapes
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noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- pettle
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verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- taunts
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noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Nepean
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noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- taupes
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noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- estate
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noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- Lenape
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- tauten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- peseta
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Punans
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noun,
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- Peneus
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noun,
ancient name of Salambria.
- suntan
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noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- latent
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adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- eluant
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- sennet
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- please
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- annuls
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verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- sapele
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noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pantun
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noun,
pantoum.
- tutees
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noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- unpens
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verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Plauen
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noun,
a city in E Germany.
- Platte
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noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- tunnel
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noun,
an underground passage.
- asleep
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adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- pannus
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noun,
Pathology.
an abnormal vascular thickening of the cornea.
an ingrowth of synovial material into a joint, as in rheumatoid arthritis.
- pannes
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noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- patent
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noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- unseal
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verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- astute
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adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salute
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noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- usenet
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noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- peasen
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noun,
a plural of pease.
- unstep
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verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- sannup
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noun,
a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.
- Alette
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- anenst
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preposition,
anent (def 2).
- pattle
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noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- unsnap
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verb (used with object),
to undo by or as if by opening snap fasteners:
- Patten
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noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- unseen
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adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- unseat
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- panels
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noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- attune
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verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- elapse
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noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- selen-
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- tenant
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noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- nutant
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adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- tenets
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noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- nutate
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verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- nutlet
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- puttee
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noun,
a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- planet
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noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- Plante
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- Austen
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noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- plants
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noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- tepals
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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.
- Attlee
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noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- Ateste
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noun,
ancient name of Este.
- platen
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noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- Tetuan
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- speel
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verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- saute
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noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- span-
-
- Penn.
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- spate
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noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- neut.
-
- Sault
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noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- spean
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verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Penna
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noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- sepal
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- setup
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noun,
organization; arrangement.
- pene-
-
- panne
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noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- lunts
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noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- spelt
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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.
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- pause
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- peles
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noun,
peel3 .
- panel
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noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Peale
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noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peals
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noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pease
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noun,
a pea.
- lunes
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noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Nepal
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noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- neaps
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noun,
neap tide.
- pant-
-
- naut.
-
- peats
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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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Pusan
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noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- paste
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pale-
-
- salep
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- putts
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noun,
an act of putting.
- Paten
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pants
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noun,
trousers (def 1).
- septa
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noun,
plural of septum.
- penal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Senna
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noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- peels
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noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Sept.
-
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- 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.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- Teut.
-
- plast
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Aust.
-
- Tesla
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- Tenn.
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- plan-
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- 30-30
-
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- USLTA
-
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- ulpan
-
noun,
an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulent
-
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- 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.
- tele-
-
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- 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.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- step-
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Punan
-
noun,
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Supt.
-
- 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:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- peta-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- putt
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- tel-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USNA
-
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Tues
-
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Ste.
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- pts.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- lea.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- ant.
-
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- att.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ANTU
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- aet.
-
- Pen.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- ette
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- pnea
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- PSAT
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Pan.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- ann.
-
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- alt.
-
- Ens.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Pal.
-
- enl.
-
- 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.
- Ep.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ene
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ESL
-
- EPA
-
- ese
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EPS
-
- en-
-
- ESA
-
- EPT
-
- ean
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ea.
-
- up-
-
- ult
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Une
-
- unp
-
- uns
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALU
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- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- UPS
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noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ule
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noun,
caucho.
- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
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- USE
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noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- an.
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- USN
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- ALP
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noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
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- USP
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- Uta
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noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ap-
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- UTE
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noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ANU
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noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- APE
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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.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATP
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- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- tet
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noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TNT
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- TPN
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- TSE
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- TSP
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- TTS
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- Tu.
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- tue
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- at.
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- Apl
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- tun
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noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ASU
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- ESU
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- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASN
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- ase
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- tup
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noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tut
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noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- APS
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- USA
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- UAE
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- ast
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- Sup
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noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NUS
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Nun
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noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NUL
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- NSU
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- NSA
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- Npt
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- NNP
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- Sep
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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.
- NNE
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- NES
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- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SLA
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- NEA
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- ne-
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SLE
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- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- SLP
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- Nan
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noun,
naan.
- SNU
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- Pa.
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- Ps.
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- put
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noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- PSE
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- PTT
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- Pul
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- PSA
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- plu
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noun,
plew.
- PLA
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- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pun
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noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pl.
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- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pus
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noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Sp.
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- pt.
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- SAE
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- pee
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noun,
the letter p.
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- PAU
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- STL
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- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Lt.
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- Les
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- lep
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- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- TAL
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- leu
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- STP
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- La.
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- eu-
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- LPN
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- Sta
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- ETS
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- St.
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- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LST
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- LTA
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- spt
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- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAT
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verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- L2
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- A.
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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.
- PU
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- L1
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- L.
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ln
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- NP
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- SN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- TP
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TN
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- TL
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- NL
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
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- U.
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- ee
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UL
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- P.
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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.
- TT
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- le
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SU
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- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.