Anagrams of antiparticles
Word antiparticles has
2626 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of antiparticles.
- pancreatitis
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noun,
inflammation of the pancreas.
- antiparticle
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noun,
a particle all of whose properties, as mass, spin, or charge, have the same magnitude as but, where appropriate, the opposite sign of a specific elementary particle; neutral pions, photons, and gravitons are considered to be their own antiparticles:
Compare antimatter, annihilation (def 3).
- strait-lace
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verb (used with object),
to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- capitalist
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noun,
a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- Plasticine
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- alacrities
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noun,
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
- antiseptic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- psittacine
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adjective,
of or relating to parrots.
- sapiential
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adjective,
containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- natalities
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noun,
birthrate.
- Palestrina
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noun,
Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- triplicate
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noun,
one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- reptilians
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noun,
a reptile.
- anticipate
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verb (used with object),
to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee:
- patriciate
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noun,
the patrician class.
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- placentas
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- Placentia
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noun,
a town in S California.
- Patrician
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noun,
a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- translate
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verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- pittances
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- Antipater
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noun,
398?–319 b.c, Macedonian statesman and general: regent of Macedonia 334–323.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- insatiate
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adjective,
insatiable:
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- platinate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- Platinite
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- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- ice-plant
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noun,
a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- plein-air
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adjective,
pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- laitances
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- laniaries
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noun,
a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.
- pantalets
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noun,
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- Scarlatti
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- ancipital
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- parasitic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- ancestral
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adjective,
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
- satirical
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire:
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- pancreat-
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- analities
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noun,
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development.
- analeptic
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noun,
a pharmacological substance that stimulates the central nervous system and also acts as an anticonvulsant.
- analcites
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- Spartiate
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noun,
a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen.
Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- palatines
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- tin-plate
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noun,
thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.
- parlances
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noun,
a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:
- arsenical
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noun,
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
- patristic
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adjective,
of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- Castilian
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noun,
the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile.
- laciniate
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adjective,
cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- triplites
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noun,
a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- Cisalpine
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adjective,
on this (the Roman or south) side of the Alps.
- cartelist
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noun,
a member of a cartel or an advocate of cartelization.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- Centralia
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noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- reptilian
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noun,
a reptile.
- reactants
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- triticale
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noun,
a hybrid produced by crossing wheat, Triticum aestivum, and rye, Secale cereale.
- tipcarts
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- teacarts
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noun,
tea wagon.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- pancreas
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noun,
a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- partials
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Palencia
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noun,
a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- Palatine
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- castanet
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noun,
either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- partlets
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- apatetic
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adjective,
assuming colors and forms that effect deceptive camouflage.
- apatites
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluorophosphate, Ca 5 FP 3 O 12 , occurring in individual crystals and in masses and varying in color, formerly used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.
- partitas
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- cattails
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noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- partisan
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noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- titanias
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- 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.
- panicles
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noun,
a compound raceme.
- apiarist
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noun,
a person who keeps an apiary.
- parlance
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noun,
a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom:
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- Parisian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- parental
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noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- 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.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- pantalet
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noun,
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- Sinclair
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noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- splitter
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noun,
a person or thing that splits.
- captains
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noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- Tantalic
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adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- sprattle
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noun,
a struggle; fight.
- 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.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- capitate
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adjective,
Botany. forming or shaped like a head or dense cluster.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- capitals
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noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- Atlantic
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noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Capetian
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noun,
a member of this dynasty.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- capelins
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noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- tailspin
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noun,
spin (def 23).
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- Tacitean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- clatters
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- aspirant
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noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- 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.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- tilapias
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noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- laitance
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- Laetitia
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noun,
a female given name.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- splatter
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noun,
an act or instance of splattering.
- lactates
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noun,
an ester or salt of lactic acid.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- paternal
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adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- 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.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- pittance
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- airplane
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noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- transept
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noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- placenta
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- transact
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verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- placates
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noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Alicante
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noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- pintails
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noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- Alpinist
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noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- 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.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- platinas
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- triplane
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- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- triptane
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- triplite
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noun,
a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reactant
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- prenatal
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adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- prattles
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Pleasant
-
adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- platinic
-
adjective,
of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
- alterant
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- castrate
-
noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- analcite
-
noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- tractile
-
adjective,
capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- antepast
-
noun,
a foretaste; appetizer.
- patinate
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or encrust with a patina.
- scalepan
-
noun,
scale2 (def 2).
- Patricia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
- penicils
-
noun,
a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- analects
-
plural noun,
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- pelicans
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- patterns
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- taipans
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- 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.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- prattle
-
noun,
the act of prattling.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- enclasp
-
verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- elitist
-
noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- pattens
-
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.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- earlaps
-
noun,
earflap.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- peasant
-
noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- inclips
-
verb (used with object),
to grasp or enclose.
- inclasp
-
verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Platter
-
noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- saltire
-
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.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- iatrics
-
- partans
-
noun,
a crab.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- strati-
-
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- tactile
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- praline
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- teacart
-
noun,
tea wagon.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- ciliate
-
noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Ciliata
-
noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- centri-
-
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- pastina
-
noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- cattail
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- catnaps
-
noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- patinas
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Telstar
-
- Catalin
-
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- clatter
-
noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- tarpans
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Tarpeia
-
noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- partita
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- clasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- 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.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Partlet
-
noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- spancel
-
noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- pintail
-
noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- scalare
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- spacial
-
adjective,
spatial.
- Pescara
-
noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- panicle
-
noun,
a compound raceme.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- spatial
-
adjective,
of or relating to space.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- lattice
-
noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- satiate
-
adjective,
satiated.
- picaras
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Script.
-
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- pinatas
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Latitia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Plantae
-
noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- Ipiales
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- plantar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- planate
-
adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- parians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- 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.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- pelican
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- plancer
-
noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- pencils
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- piscina
-
noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- piscine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Spiraea
-
noun,
spirea.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- placate
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- 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.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- spittle
-
noun,
saliva; spit.
- placers
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- lactate
-
noun,
an ester or salt of lactic acid.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- penicil
-
noun,
a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- lacinia
-
noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- splenic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- CAPTAIN
-
noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- carpale
-
noun,
any of the bones of the wrist.
- carpals
-
noun,
a carpale.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- carpels
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- capstan
-
noun,
any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- capelin
-
noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- Capsian
-
adjective,
of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
- Acrilan
-
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- canapes
-
noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- anapest
-
noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- captans
-
noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- transl.
-
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- transp.
-
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- apicals
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- caplins
-
noun,
capelin.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- capital
-
noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Caspian
-
noun,
Caspian Sea.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- caplets
-
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- tilapia
-
noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- Astarte
-
noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- apatite
-
noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluorophosphate, Ca 5 FP 3 O 12 , occurring in individual crystals and in masses and varying in color, formerly used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- arsen-
-
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- palace
-
noun,
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- 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.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- panels
-
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.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- 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.
- splen-
-
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- 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):
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- 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.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- tinct.
-
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Parcae
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Lettic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Platte
-
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.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- actin-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- planet
-
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.
- plani-
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plants
-
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.
- plasia
-
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- 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.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recti-
-
- 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.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- scler-
-
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- patri-
-
- Patten
-
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.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- penta-
-
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- parica
-
noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- 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.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- pisci-
-
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- picara
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- 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.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- 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.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- capita
-
noun,
plural of caput.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- caplet
-
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapeta
-
noun,
Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
- 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.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- captan
-
noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- canape
-
noun,
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Iletin
-
- terat-
-
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerat-
-
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- catnap
-
noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- 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.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Carnap
-
noun,
Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleans
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inter.
-
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- instr.
-
- inclip
-
verb (used with object),
to grasp or enclose.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- intra-
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 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.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- 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.
- lact-
-
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- clase
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- sarc-
-
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Alta.
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- intr.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Alas.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- plan-
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- crit.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- peri-
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- 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.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- 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.
- alti-
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- anat.
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- anal.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- 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.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- 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.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- pert.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- astr.
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- peta-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- petri
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- 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.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- acpt.
-
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rcpt.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- acet-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- istic
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- resp.
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- reni-
-
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- cata-
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rept.
-
- 30-30
-
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- 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.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- recip
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Recit
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- recpt
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- carp-
-
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- 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).
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- prae-
-
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- aeri-
-
- stat.
-
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- 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.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- plast
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- treas
-
- plat.
-
- 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.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- 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.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- cert.
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Srta.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Iran.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- 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.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Ital.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- patr-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- 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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- 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.
- incr.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- NAACP
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- nitr-
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Seric
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- 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.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- init.
-
- seti-
-
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Arnel
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- spec.
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- ASEAN
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- licet
-
- 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.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- 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.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Icel.
-
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ASPCA
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- span-
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- incl.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ician
-
- 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.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- pari-
-
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- panel
-
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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- 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:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- pant-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- encl.
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- Parl.
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- caps.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- inst.
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Capt.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- 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.
- insp.
-
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- part.
-
- insep
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- para-
-
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Epis.
-
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Epist
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tera-
-
- sect.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Episc
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- pale-
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- scr.
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- SPCA
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tel-
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- scil
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tRNA
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- sepn
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- trit
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sat.
-
- sec.
-
- sci.
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- RNAS
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- 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.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- SLIC
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rpt.
-
- tri-
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Tit.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sra.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- RIIA
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- atic
-
- 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.
- ates
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lip-
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- 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.
- 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.
- attn
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCAA
-
- NCTE
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- 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.
- 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.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ARIS
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- att.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- art.
-
- NACA
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clep
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- IAEA
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- iana
-
- cis-
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- crat
-
- cir.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ect-
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- cat.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- IATA
-
- Inc.
-
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- inae
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Ire.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pnea
-
- AISI
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- prin
-
- prs.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- Alis
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- 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.
- psec
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- psia
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acea
-
- AARP
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- 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.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- Apr.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- ance
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- 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.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- NTIA
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANPA
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- PERL
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pers
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- per.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Pet.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Pen.
-
- 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.
-
- APSA
-
- pct.
-
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- cle
-
- CPR
-
- APC
-
- AAE
-
- CPL
-
- CPI
-
- CPA
-
- CNS
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- ea.
-
- Aar
-
- CLR
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- CLI
-
- AAP
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- an.
-
- APS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ap-
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- TSP
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Apl
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- TSI
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- CRT
-
- CPS
-
- CRS
-
- ac-
-
- trp
-
- 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.
- CRP
-
- AIA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CTA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- al.
-
- 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.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- TSE
-
- CIA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- tra
-
- at.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ATA
-
- ALC
-
- ATC
-
- ANC
-
- ASI
-
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ATP
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- CEA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TPI
-
- TLC
-
- EAA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ACP
-
- tlr
-
- TNT
-
- TCA
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ARS
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- ae.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TIA
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- TPN
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Tpr
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ase
-
- tr.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- IRL
-
- ean
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- 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.
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCP
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- 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).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- sc.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SLE
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- SLA
-
- 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.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LPN
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RNA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SAA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Sp.
-
- RCP
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pli
-
- 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:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SAR
-
- 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.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
-
- 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.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- PLA
-
- PLC
-
- PLR
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- PRA
-
- PRC
-
- pt.
-
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PTT
-
- SAE
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TTS
-
- ine
-
- IRS
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLP
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- EPS
-
- ISR
-
- EPA
-
- ist
-
- Ep.
-
- Esc
-
- ILP
-
- il-
-
- ITA
-
- ics
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- ESR
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- ESA
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- ERT
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- ETR
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- ETS
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- ERP
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ier
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- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- STP
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- STL
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- IAS
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- STI
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- EPT
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- St.
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- Sta
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- en-
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- Les
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- LCI
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- ec-
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- LCT
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lep
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SLR
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- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LCA
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- ESL
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- Lt.
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- TAL
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- SPR
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sr.
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- EIS
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- ite
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- La.
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- ITC
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- eir
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- ECA
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- LAC
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- spt
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SA
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- S.
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- SL
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- TT
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- RN
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- AI
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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.
- RI
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RP
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ln
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- RC
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- CE
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NL
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
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- L2
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
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- L.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NP
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- NI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- SN
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- LR
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- LC
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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.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- T1
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- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
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- TC
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- IP
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- TP
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- TN
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TL
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NC
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