Anagrams of apportionment
Word apportionment has
1279 anagrams
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- appointment
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noun,
a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement:
- portamento
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noun,
a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
- omnipotent
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noun,
an omnipotent being.
- propionate
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noun,
an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- antiproton
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- armipotent
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adjective,
strong in battle.
- important
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adjective,
of much or great significance or consequence:
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- part-time
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noun,
a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- apportion
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verb (used with object),
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution:
- proponent
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noun,
a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- prominent
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adjective,
standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable:
- pronation
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noun,
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- notionate
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adjective,
strong-willed or stubborn.
- mentation
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noun,
mental activity.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- protonema
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noun,
a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- appointor
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noun,
a person who exercises a power of appointment of property.
- remontant
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noun,
a remontant rose.
- internat.
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- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- antipope
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noun,
a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- patentor
-
noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- penpoint
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noun,
the point or writing end of a pen, especially a small, tapering, metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing; nib.
- monotint
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noun,
monochrome.
- noontime
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noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- ointment
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noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- opponent
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noun,
a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- 11-point
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- temporo-
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- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- open-pit
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- Pompeian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Pompeii.
- potation
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- impotent
-
noun,
an impotent person:
- martinet
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- Martinon
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- anteroom
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- notation
-
noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- tropaion
-
noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- amoretto
-
noun,
a little cupid.
- triptane
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- trippant
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adjective,
(of a deer or the like) represented in the act of walking:
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- nemato-
-
- Oneonta
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noun,
a city in E central New York.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- Tompion
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noun,
tampion.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- trippet
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noun,
a projection, cam, or the like, for striking some other part at regular intervals.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- propane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- propine
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noun,
a present; gift.
- propman
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noun,
a person responsible for securing, handling, and storing the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
- tomenta
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noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- tontine
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- reptant
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adjective,
repent2 .
- partite
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- Pompeia
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noun,
flourished 1st century b.c, second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c.
Compare Calpurnia, Cornelia (def 2).
- pompano
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noun,
a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states.
- mannite
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noun,
mannitol.
- propmen
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noun,
a person responsible for securing, handling, and storing the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Tritoma
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- pintano
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- martnet
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noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Pontian
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noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- taproot
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noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- taproom
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noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- Menotti
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noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- mention
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- portent
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- pampero
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noun,
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- Ottoman
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noun,
a Turk.
- tampion
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- pannier
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- promote
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- entrant
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- Mattoon
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noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entomo-
-
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Otranto
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noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- propone
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verb (used with object),
to suggest for consideration; propose.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- remnant
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noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- Ipomoea
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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.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- intrant
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- appoint
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verb (used with object),
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
- periapt
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noun,
an amulet.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- antero-
-
- Trenton
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noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- 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.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- pinnate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- torment
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noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- patroon
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- napper
-
noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- nepman
-
noun,
(in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- preamp
-
noun,
a preamplifier.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- nemat-
-
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- proto-
-
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- nipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that nips.
- rappen
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Nippon
-
noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- nitro-
-
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- ptero-
-
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- moppet
-
noun,
a young child.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- matri-
-
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- 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.
- tappet
-
noun,
a sliding rod, intermittently struck by a cam, for moving another part, as a valve.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- 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.
- metro-
-
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- tiptop
-
noun,
the extreme top or summit.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- pepino
-
noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- pamper
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
- anemo-
-
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- eroto-
-
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- penta-
-
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- Pepita
-
noun,
the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.
- tippet
-
noun,
a scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front.
Compare stole2 (def 2).
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- patri-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- iatro-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- parpen
-
noun,
perpend1 .
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- pompon
-
noun,
pompom2 (def 1).
- tomato
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Ponape
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- panto-
-
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- aeron.
-
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- tetra-
-
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- 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.
- potpie
-
noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- terat-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Penman
-
noun,
a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- tropo-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- troppo
-
adverb,
too much; excessively.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- amino-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- petro-
-
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imper.
-
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Pomona
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- inter.
-
- peri-
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nona-
-
- Pepin
-
noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- nomo-
-
- nitr-
-
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- petri
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- petr-
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- peta-
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- pert.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- poet.
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- omni-
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- primp
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Port.
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- prim.
-
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- onto-
-
- 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.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- pret.
-
- prep.
-
- prem.
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- 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.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- opto-
-
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- noto-
-
- Penn.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- 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).
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Prot.
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- part.
-
- prae-
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- prom.
-
- 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).
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- prop.
-
- pant-
-
- pron.
-
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- 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.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pari-
-
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- intr.
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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).
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- term.
-
- tonia
-
- temp.
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Iran.
-
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenn.
-
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- anon.
-
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- 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.
- amin-
-
- anti-
-
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- ante-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- tono-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- atto-
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- topo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- areo-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- toti-
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- appmt
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Apepi
-
noun,
Apophis.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- 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.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- motto
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- rept.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Mont.
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- mono-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- nano-
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- reni-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Matt.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- matr-
-
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- meno-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- metr-
-
- meta-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- mero-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tron
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tri-
-
- trit
-
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- 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)
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- 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).
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pnea
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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.
- pot.
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rpt.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- prin
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- top-
-
- RONA
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- pomp
-
noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- pop-
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- tion
-
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tit.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- 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.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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.
- 1080
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- 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.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- met.
-
- MEPA
-
- ment
-
- men-
-
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mon.
-
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NIRA
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- MOpt
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mRNA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Man.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- ano-
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arm.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apr.
-
- appt
-
- app.
-
- apo-
-
- ant.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ann.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- amp.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- 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:
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- inae
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Imp.
-
- ator
-
- Emp.
-
- attn
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- epi-
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- epit
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- non-
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- oro-
-
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- 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.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- NTIA
-
- 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.
- per.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- OPer
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- opp.
-
- opia
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ont.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pam.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- not-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- TPI
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TIA
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- IOT
-
- POR
-
- ier
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- pp.
-
- ETR
-
- Pr.
-
- ETO
-
- prn
-
- ERT
-
- ior
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ite
-
- trp
-
- Am.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- 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.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ap-
-
- ITA
-
- ERP
-
- an.
-
- IRO
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- Ir.
-
- ipr
-
- aor
-
- IPO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- IPM
-
- IPA
-
- PIO
-
- Pa.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tro
-
- pt.
-
- Tpr
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- ATP
-
- tr.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TPN
-
- at.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- TPM
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- 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.
- 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.
- tra
-
- PTO
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- POA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- EPT
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- TMO
-
- TNT
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- EPA
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Ep.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- 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.
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- PMT
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- 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:
- eir
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- op.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MRP
-
- MPE
-
- 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.
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTP
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MPA
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- MOR
-
- OEO
-
- ROI
-
- OEM
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- 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
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- prp
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- PTT
-
- PTP
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Npt
-
- NRA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nr.
-
- ne-
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- NEA
-
- NPR
-
- NOP
-
- REA
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- 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.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Om.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- OPM
-
- oon
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- OOT
-
- MOI
-
- MIE
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- oo-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- PRA
-
- 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.
- PPT
-
- ppr
-
- PPM
-
- PPI
-
- 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:
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Mao
-
- PPE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- OPA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MIP
-
- 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.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- ROP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- MIT
-
- ONI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- ONR
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RI
-
- MN
-
- N.
-
- TN
-
- M.
-
- RN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TM
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- 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.
- MP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- O.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- RP
-
- OA
-
- IP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- i.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- TP
-
- NP
-
- RO
-
- NM
-
- 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.
- TT
-