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- molarities
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noun,
the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- polarities
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noun,
Physics.
the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery.
the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- moralities
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noun,
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- Leptospira
-
noun,
any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- Hospitaler
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noun,
a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- apostrophe
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noun,
the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's.
- isothermal
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noun,
Meteorology. an isotherm.
- heirlooms
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noun,
a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- temporals
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- photopias
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noun,
vision in bright light (opposed to scotopia).
- esotropia
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noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- saprolite
-
noun,
soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- piroplasm
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noun,
babesia.
- prelimits
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- heliports
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noun,
a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- horsetail
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noun,
Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- motorship
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noun,
a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- portholes
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noun,
a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light.
Compare port4 (def 1).
- atmophile
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adjective,
(of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- lithemias
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noun,
the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.
- loathsome
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adjective,
causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive:
- Hitlerism
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noun,
the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- oilpapers
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noun,
a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- spermato-
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- tailpipes
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noun,
an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- prostomia
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noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- Malipiero
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noun,
Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- plethoras
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noun,
overabundance; excess:
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- Lotharios
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- hailstorm
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noun,
a storm with hail.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- periplasm
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noun,
an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- oppilates
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verb (used with object),
to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- imperials
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noun,
a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 inches (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 inches (58 × 84 cm) in America.
- troopship
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noun,
a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.
- ophiolite
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noun,
an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- apposite
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adjective,
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt:
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- Mephitis
-
noun,
(in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- ratholes
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- taprooms
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noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- mateship
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noun,
the state of being a mate.
- apothems
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noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- 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.
- tapholes
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noun,
a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- shipmate
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noun,
a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- hospital
-
noun,
an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- top-hole
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adjective,
first-rate.
- marplots
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noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- hospitia
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noun,
a hospice.
- homilies
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noun,
a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
- plethora
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noun,
overabundance; excess:
- homilist
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noun,
a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- milepost
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noun,
any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- armholes
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noun,
an opening in a garment, for the arm.
- hoopster
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noun,
a basketball player.
- tailpipe
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noun,
an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- hoplites
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noun,
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- pisolite
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- metaphor
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noun,
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”.
Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- Milpitas
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noun,
a town in W California.
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- photopia
-
noun,
vision in bright light (opposed to scotopia).
- oppilate
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verb (used with object),
to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- oilpaper
-
noun,
a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- samphire
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noun,
a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- omphalos
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noun,
the navel; umbilicus.
- periapts
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noun,
an amulet.
- harelips
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noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- saleroom
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noun,
Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- teraphim
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plural noun,
idols or images reverenced by the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples, apparently as household gods.
- opistho-
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- opposite
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noun,
a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- epiphora
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noun,
Pathology. an overflow of tears due to excessive secretion of the lacrimal glands or obstruction of the lacrimal ducts.
- epitaphs
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noun,
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- Ethiopia
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noun,
Formerly Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Capital: Addis Ababa.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- ripplets
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noun,
a small ripple.
- pamperos
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noun,
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- pamphlet
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noun,
a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- temporo-
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- temporal
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- Seraphim
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noun,
a plural of seraph.
- moralist
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noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- philtres
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noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- philters
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noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- toilsome
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adjective,
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- hemiolas
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noun,
a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- helotism
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noun,
the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- helistop
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noun,
a heliport.
- heliport
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noun,
a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- sea-room
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noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- earlship
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noun,
earldom (def 1).
- tipplers
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noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- heirloom
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noun,
a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- sapropel
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noun,
mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- Sapphire
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noun,
any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- Stroheim
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noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- thermals
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noun,
Meteorology. a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud.
- aphorist
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noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- potholer
-
noun,
an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- isarithm
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noun,
isopleth.
- liposome
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noun,
Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- Listeria
-
noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- Potiphar
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noun,
the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- ipomoeas
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- potholes
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noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- tremolos
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noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- priapism
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noun,
Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- posthole
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noun,
a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- porthole
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noun,
a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light.
Compare port4 (def 1).
- porpoise
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noun,
any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- impostor
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noun,
a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- impolite
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adjective,
not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude:
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- implores
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- prelimit
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- Imperial
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noun,
a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 inches (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 inches (58 × 84 cm) in America.
- sphaero-
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- lamppost
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noun,
a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lamister
-
noun,
lamster.
- trophies
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- proposal
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noun,
the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- propolis
-
noun,
a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.
- prophase
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noun,
Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- promotes
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- lempiras
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- limiters
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- prolapse
-
noun,
Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- tripolis
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noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- isopleth
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isomorph
-
noun,
an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- Primates
-
noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- imperils
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- lithemia
-
noun,
the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- aphorism
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noun,
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
- polities
-
noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- Lothario
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- polestar
-
noun,
Polaris.
- polemist
-
noun,
a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- slip-top
-
noun,
the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- smoothie
-
noun,
a person who has a winningly polished manner:
- harmost
-
noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- lempira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- harslet
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- ooliths
-
noun,
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- slather
-
noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- harelip
-
noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- 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.
- spermo-
-
- Ophelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slither
-
noun,
a slithering movement; slide.
- oompahs
-
noun,
a repetitious bass accompaniment in music typically provided by brasses.
- 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.
- maltose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Templar
-
noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- Sapporo
-
noun,
a city on W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- smother
-
noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- Lesotho
-
noun,
a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- leproma
-
noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- sampler
-
noun,
a person who samples.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- spheral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sphere.
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- hamster
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- lappers
-
noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- rompish
-
adjective,
given to romping; frolicsome.
- lappets
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- pai-loo
-
noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Palermo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- ethiops
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- palmers
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- pampero
-
noun,
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- lampers
-
noun,
lampas.
- pampers
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- hampers
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- Hamites
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- sphero-
-
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- lathers
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- laptops
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- optimal
-
adjective,
optimum (def 3).
- halters
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- strophe
-
noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- halites
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- orioles
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Orphism
-
noun,
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- roseola
-
noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- Lappish
-
noun,
Lapp (def 2).
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- marplot
-
noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- mithers
-
noun,
mother1 .
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- holster
-
noun,
a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- mishear
-
verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- impearl
-
verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- shipper
-
noun,
a person who ships goods or makes shipments.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- taphole
-
noun,
a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- stopple
-
noun,
a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- Mithras
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- shiplap
-
noun,
an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shilpit
-
adjective,
(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- taproom
-
noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- stopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- loathes
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- hopples
-
verb (used with object),
to hobble; tether.
- imperil
-
verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- hoplite
-
noun,
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- metaph.
-
- Horatio
-
noun,
a male given name.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- hooters
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- impers.
-
- implies
-
verb (used with object),
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated:
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Hoosier
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
- implore
-
verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- hooplas
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- shooter
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
- loopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- hoopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- somato-
-
- limpets
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- loppers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- morphos
-
noun,
any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.
- hepato-
-
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- stipple
-
noun,
the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
- hemiola
-
noun,
a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- lippers
-
noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- lipomas
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- morphol
-
- hemato-
-
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- lipemia
-
noun,
excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- Ishmael
-
noun,
the son of Abraham and Hagar: both he and Hagar were cast out of Abraham's family by Sarah. Gen. 16:11, 12.
- impales
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Sephora
-
noun,
Zipporah.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- stearo-
-
- slipper
-
noun,
any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc.
Compare bedroom slipper, house slipper.
- morpho-
-
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- lithias
-
noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- Hippias
-
noun,
flourished 6th century b.c, tyrant of Athens (brother of Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus).
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- Moorish
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
- Ipiales
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- moppets
-
noun,
a young child.
- shampoo
-
noun,
the act of shampooing.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- hostler
-
noun,
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- Ipomoea
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Morelia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Morelos
-
noun,
a state in S central Mexico. 1916 sq. mi. (4960 sq. km). Capital: Cuernavaca.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- hostile
-
noun,
a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly.
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- shopper
-
noun,
a person who shops.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- thermal
-
noun,
Meteorology. a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud.
- toppers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- pimples
-
noun,
a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- armhole
-
noun,
an opening in a garment, for the arm.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- aristo-
-
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- topples
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- apropos
-
Idioms,
apropos of, with reference to; in respect or regard to:
- plasmo-
-
- 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.
- topsoil
-
noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- apprise
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of):
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tippler
-
noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- tipples
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- retools
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- toheroa
-
noun,
a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.
- Philem.
-
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- Philips
-
noun,
Ambrose, 1675?–1749, English poet and dramatist.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- philos.
-
- philter
-
noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- philtre
-
noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- atheism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- phloems
-
noun,
the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- astrol.
-
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- photism
-
noun,
a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- photom.
-
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- applies
-
verb (used with object),
to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent:
- apothem
-
noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- petrol.
-
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- prelim.
-
- prelims
-
noun,
preliminary.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- airship
-
noun,
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Tripoli
-
noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- promote
-
verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- prompts
-
noun,
Commerce.
a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note)
the contract setting the time limit.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- propels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- Prophet
-
noun,
a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- propose
-
verb (used with object),
to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action:
- tropho-
-
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- prosoma
-
noun,
an anterior body region, especially the arthropod cephalothorax.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- preamps
-
noun,
a preamplifier.
- pothole
-
noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Apophis
-
noun,
a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- pomelos
-
noun,
the very large, yellow or orange citrus fruit of a tree, Citrus maxima, of southeastern Asia.
- Rappist
-
noun,
Harmonist.
- Ampelos
-
noun,
a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- rappels
-
noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- Pompeia
-
noun,
flourished 1st century b.c, second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c.
Compare Calpurnia, Cornelia (def 2).
- pothers
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Pompeii
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: it was buried along with Herculaneum by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; much of the city has been excavated.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- poorish
-
adjective,
somewhat poor; rather poor.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- trample
-
noun,
the act of trampling.
- Amherst
-
noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- poplars
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- tremolo
-
noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- perhaps
-
adverb,
maybe; possibly:
- ripples
-
noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- rimples
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- Tiepolo
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- periapt
-
noun,
an amulet.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- Elohist
-
noun,
a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- thirams
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- ripplet
-
noun,
a small ripple.
- papoose
-
noun,
a North American Indian baby or young child.
- 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.
- Elohism
-
noun,
the worship of Elohim or the religious system based on such worship.
- pathol.
-
- Thermos
-
noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- eoliths
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- epitaph
-
noun,
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- threaps
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- thermo-
-
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Ephraim
-
noun,
the younger son of Joseph. Gen. 41:52.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- rappel
-
noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- osteo-
-
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- ripple
-
noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- poplar
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Popish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- ortho-
-
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- patho-
-
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- pleio-
-
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Mahler
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- lopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- pomelo
-
noun,
the very large, yellow or orange citrus fruit of a tree, Citrus maxima, of southeastern Asia.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- polit.
-
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- smooth
-
noun,
act of smoothing:
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- prompt
-
noun,
Commerce.
a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note)
the contract setting the time limit.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- promos
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- sperm-
-
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- lepto-
-
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Pripet
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- primps
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- pamper
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Paphos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- lapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- Papist
-
noun,
a Roman Catholic.
- lappet
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- laptop
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- spiro-
-
- Lashio
-
noun,
a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- 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.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- propel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- somat-
-
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- 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.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- soothe
-
verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- 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.
- potpie
-
noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- Lithia
-
noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Pothos
-
noun,
any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- litho.
-
- lithos
-
noun,
lithography.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- paleo-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ptero-
-
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- 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.
- lipoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- preamp
-
noun,
a preamplifier.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- lipper
-
noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- phloem
-
noun,
the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- oolith
-
noun,
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- Shalom
-
interjection,
peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).
- Pepita
-
noun,
the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morph-
-
- peplos
-
noun,
a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- morphs
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- photo-
-
- philo-
-
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- mohels
-
noun,
the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
- Mohole
-
noun,
a hole bored through the earth's crust into the region below the Mohorovičić discontinuity, for geological research.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- moppet
-
noun,
a young child.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- oompah
-
noun,
a repetitious bass accompaniment in music typically provided by brasses.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- moolas
-
noun,
money.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- mopish
-
adjective,
given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- oomphs
-
noun,
energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- sapro-
-
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- 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.
- Sappho
-
noun,
c620–c565 b.c, Greek poet, born in Lesbos.
- petro-
-
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- sapper
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Philip
-
noun,
one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- philia
-
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Philae
-
noun,
an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- septi-
-
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- phiale
-
noun,
a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Phelps
-
noun,
William Lyon [lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.
- MSPhar
-
- 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.
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- 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:
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- metal.
-
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- Pelham
-
noun,
Henry, 1696–1754, British statesman: prime minister 1743–54 (brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles).
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- patri-
-
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- oppose
-
verb (used with object),
to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- masto-
-
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- plasm-
-
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- matri-
-
- sippet
-
noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- sipper
-
noun,
a person who sips.
- Sippar
-
noun,
an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- metro-
-
- shrimp
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- mishit
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- pimple
-
noun,
a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
- pimola
-
noun,
an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- mishap
-
noun,
an unfortunate accident.
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- pipits
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- Pelops
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- relish
-
noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- shoppe
-
noun,
shop (used chiefly for quaint effect).
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- milit.
-
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- papism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- pipets
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- pipers
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- pipals
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- Sholom
-
noun,
a male given name.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- isohel
-
noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- proto-
-
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- horol.
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Hopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that hops.
- hopple
-
verb (used with object),
to hobble; tether.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- astro-
-
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- harems
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- 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):
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- hostel
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- Hoples
-
noun,
a son of Ion.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Holmes
-
noun,
John Haynes [heynz] /heɪnz/ (Show IPA), 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.
- Elohim
-
noun,
God, especially as used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- homeo-
-
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Hooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- hoopla
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- tipple
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- holism
-
noun,
Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
Compare organicism (def 1).
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- appose
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imper.
-
- Imphal
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Manipur state, in NE India.
- appels
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- iatro-
-
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- topple
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- amphi-
-
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- helio-
-
- Helios
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- haemo-
-
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- helots
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- hemat-
-
- Thelma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- theol.
-
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- haloes
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- hepta-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Harlem
-
noun,
a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- haplo-
-
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- 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.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- haoles
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- hamper
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- Hamlet
-
noun,
a small village.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- hepat-
-
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- holies
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- tholos
-
noun,
a circular building.
a small, round structure, as a lantern.
a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.
- hippos
-
noun,
hippopotamus.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- eolith
-
noun,
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- histo-
-
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- tapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- 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.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- hippo-
-
- hippie
-
noun,
a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- thiols
-
- therm-
-
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- tholes
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- eroto-
-
- tarso-
-
- hiemal
-
adjective,
of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hiero-
-
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Epiph.
-
- impish
-
adjective,
mischievous.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- 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.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- Alioth
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Ursa Major.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- sporo-
-
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- 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.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- AmerSp
-
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- 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.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- troph-
-
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- troppo
-
adverb,
too much; excessively.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- tropo-
-
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- alephs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- Aleppo
-
noun,
a city in NW Syria.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- part.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- thio-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Parl.
-
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- primp
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- pari-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- prim.
-
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pres.
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- patr-
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- prep.
-
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prem.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Epist
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pashm
-
noun,
the fine woolly underhair of goats raised in northern India.
- Epis.
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- path-
-
- pret.
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Esth.
-
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- opto-
-
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- prop.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- halo-
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- halms
-
noun,
haulm.
- trop-
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 30-30
-
- Prot.
-
- tera-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- hames
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- term.
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- pale-
-
- theo-
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palpi
-
noun,
plural of palpus.
- palps
-
noun,
a palpus.
- theor
-
- Theos
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- oste-
-
- Orth.
-
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osmo-
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- haem-
-
- prom.
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Amer.
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- areo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- plast
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- plat.
-
- Port.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- pimps
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pipal
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pipit
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- alti-
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- alto-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- topo-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arith
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- pomps
-
noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- Apepi
-
noun,
Apophis.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- 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).
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- appmt
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Apple
-
noun,
the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
- pleo-
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Appel
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- plio-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- plops
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- poops
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- 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.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poet.
-
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- petri
-
- prae-
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Pharm
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- peta-
-
- Phila
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- 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.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- pert.
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- rhoea
-
- rhet.
-
- Phil.
-
- phile
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- treas
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- rept.
-
- 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.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- post-
-
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- atmo-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- resp.
-
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- 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.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- phore
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- phot.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- OPers
-
- oomph
-
noun,
energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- IATSE
-
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- SLAPP
-
noun,
Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- sito-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- mast-
-
- male-
-
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- 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.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- imit.
-
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- ilio-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- ileo-
-
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- meta-
-
- Hoppe
-
noun,
Willie (William Frederick) 1887–1959, U.S. billiards player.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meth-
-
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Metol
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- metr-
-
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- shpt.
-
- hoots
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- meso-
-
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- shoot
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- homos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- homo-
-
- homes
-
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- hosp.
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- math.
-
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- matr-
-
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- hort.
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Melia
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- mero-
-
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Ital.
-
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Isth.
-
- 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.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- spoom
-
noun,
a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- lapps
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- 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:
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Srta.
-
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Sotho
-
noun,
a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- lm-hr
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lith.
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- looms
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ster.
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- lipo-
-
- step-
-
- Lippe
-
noun,
a former state in NW Germany: now part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- 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.
- Lippi
-
noun,
Filippino [fil-uh-pee-noh;; Italian fee-leep-pee-naw] /ˌfɪl əˈpi noʊ;; Italian ˌfi lipˈpi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1457–1504, and his father, Fra Filippo [frah fi-lip-oh;; Italian frah fee-leep-paw] /frɑ fɪˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ fiˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) or Fra Lippo [frah lip-oh;; Italian frah leep-paw] /frɑ ˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ ˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) 1406?–69, Italian painters.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- sooth
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- 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.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- heli-
-
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- hier-
-
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- hipp-
-
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- temp.
-
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- mools
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- herp.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- telo-
-
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- sero-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- hemo-
-
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- hemia
-
- hemi-
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- MOTOS
-
- hemal
-
adjective,
Also, hematal. of or relating to the blood or blood vessels.
- MPers
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- hema-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- herms
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- tears
-
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- MSPHE
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- hemps
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- semi-
-
- semih
-
- seti-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Helms
-
noun,
Nautical.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- oleo-
-
- holo-
-
- Holms
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- miso-
-
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Shema
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- hist.
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- mohel
-
noun,
the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sem.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- ter.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- the-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Ste.
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- psia
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spp.
-
- 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.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rpt.
-
- Sra.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- SRAM
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- PSAT
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Saml
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- pts.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- str.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- repl
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- RIIA
-
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- shr.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SMTP
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tasm
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- 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.
- thi-
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tel-
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- rit.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- prs.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 1080
-
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- met.
-
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hal-
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mil.
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- MIPS
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mes-
-
- MEPA
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- emia
-
- MSAE
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- MSHA
-
- MSHE
-
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- MSIE
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- MSPH
-
- Eph.
-
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Eth.
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- est.
-
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- esp.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- hom-
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- lea.
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Holm
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Imp.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IMHO
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- HRIP
-
- itol
-
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Hos.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hor.
-
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- HEMP
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- hem-
-
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Helm
-
noun,
Nautical.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- HEAO
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- hol-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- HMAS
-
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lip-
-
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- 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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- MSPE
-
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Phar
-
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- phr.
-
- AMLS
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pimp
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Pers
-
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- pat.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- pam.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- aph-
-
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- 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.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- amt.
-
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- per.
-
- perh
-
- PERL
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- pipi
-
noun,
an edible bivalve of eastern Australia, Plebidonax deltoides.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Pal.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- pop-
-
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pot.
-
- Aire
-
- AIME
-
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- PPLO
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- alt.
-
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- pomp
-
noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- AISI
-
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- ASME
-
- opp.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- opia
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- apo-
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- 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.
- ates
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- appl
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- OTOH
-
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Arm.
-
- appt
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Apr.
-
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- art.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- app.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- ILO
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ier
-
- EAM
-
- ILS
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EMR
-
- STP
-
- TSP
-
- ILP
-
- TSI
-
- EOM
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TIA
-
- ea.
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Tro
-
- il-
-
- 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.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ar.
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- IHP
-
- Hts
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- IHS
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- IAS
-
- Am.
-
- ae.
-
- Ep.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AHL
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- HRE
-
- TAL
-
- Ehr
-
- AHE
-
- hrs
-
- EIS
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- eir
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TRH
-
- EPA
-
- TPI
-
- hr.
-
- tph
-
- HMS
-
- ETS
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- TPM
-
- HSM
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- Tpr
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ASI
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Apl
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- th-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- APS
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- 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.
- 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.
- aor
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- AMS
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- 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.
- ASM
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- ATP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ALM
-
- EPT
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EPS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ThM
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TMO
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- eo-
-
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- ESR
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- AME
-
- ASR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ast
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ESL
-
- at.
-
- ESA
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- prp
-
- ior
-
- Sp.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- OPM
-
- SAE
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- OPA
-
- OOT
-
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- OSP
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ROP
-
- OSO
-
- RPM
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- oo-
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- pp.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MTS
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- MTh
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Mt.
-
- se-
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- 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.
- MSH
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- op.
-
- Om.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- OEO
-
- OSA
-
- OEM
-
- SAR
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- OAO
-
- pm.
-
- Pr.
-
- MRI
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PPI
-
- pph
-
- PPE
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- POR
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- PPM
-
- 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.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- ppl
-
- ppr
-
- pli
-
- PPS
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PRA
-
- PPT
-
- PTP
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- REA
-
- PLA
-
- Ps.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- PHA
-
- 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.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- PIO
-
- 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:
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PHS
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PhM
-
- PhL
-
- 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.
- 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).
- MTP
-
- MRE
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LIM
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LMT
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LTA
-
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- SMA
-
- Me.
-
- ltr
-
- LTh
-
- LST
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- MRA
-
- lpm
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- PSA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Mo.
-
- STM
-
- STI
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- STL
-
- Ir.
-
- ise
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- iph
-
- IPA
-
- IOT
-
- ISA
-
- ish
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SPR
-
- Lt.
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- La.
-
- St.
-
- Isl
-
- Sta
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- 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.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIT
-
- sho
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- mi.
-
- MLA
-
- MHR
-
- shp
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHE
-
- sht
-
- MHA
-
- ml.
-
- MLR
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SHA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPH
-
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- MLS
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MEP
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mao
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- t.
-
- LR
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RP
-
- O.
-
- IP
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- SA
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- RI
-
- RH
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- h.
-
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- OA
-
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TM
-
- le
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- LM
-
- ol
-
- PH
-
- EI
-
- RO
-
- TP
-
- MH
-
- TL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- L2
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HL
-
- HP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LH
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- MP
-