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appreciation
noun, gratitude; thankful recognition:
insectaria
noun, a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
inapposite
adjective, not apposite; not pertinent.
isentropic
adjective, having a constant entropy.
apparition
noun, a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith:
aspiration
noun, a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition:
ascription
noun, the act of ascribing.
principate
noun, supreme power or office.
separation
noun, an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
speciation
noun, the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
spaceport
noun, a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
caparison
noun, a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
cap-a-pie
adverb, from head to foot.
one-a-cat
noun, one old cat.
epipastic
adjective, suitable for use as a dusting powder.
procaines
noun, a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
certosina
noun, a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
creations
noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
opacities
noun, the state or quality of being opaque.
sectarian
noun, a member of a sect.
Principes
noun, an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa: one of the two chief components of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 54 sq. mi. (140 sq. km).
inspector
noun, a person who inspects.
Peronista
noun, Peronist.
recaption
noun, the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
craniates
noun, a craniate animal.
anti-icer
noun, a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
seriation
noun, the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
antipopes
noun, a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.
precision
noun, the state or quality of being precise.
pancreat-
precisian
noun, a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
catnapper
noun, a person who takes catnaps, especially regularly or habitually.
ascertain
verb (used with object), to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
portances
noun, bearing; behavior.
Cartesian
noun, a follower of Cartesian thought.
atropines
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.
pantropic
adjective, (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
opticians
noun, a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
topiaries
noun, topiary work; the topiary art.
operatics
noun, Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb) the technique or method of producing or staging operas. exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
caseation
noun, Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
Patrician
noun, a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
parasitic
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
appertain
verb (used without object), to belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.; pertain or relate (usually followed by to):
proscenia
noun, Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
pinstripe
noun, a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
cast-iron
noun, an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
antipope
noun, a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.
notaries
noun, notary public.
intarsia
noun, an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
cisterna
noun, cistern (def 2).
Iscariot
noun, the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
operatic
noun, Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb) the technique or method of producing or staging operas. exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
Poitiers
noun, a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
open-pit
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.
conspire
verb (used with object), to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
caproate
noun, a salt or ester of caproic acid.
citrines
noun, a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
Pointers
noun, a person or thing that points.
Artesian
adjective, noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
capstone
noun, a finishing stone of a structure.
Capriote
noun, a native or inhabitant of Capri.
operants
noun, a person or thing that operates.
Poincare
noun, Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
captains
noun, a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
apiarist
noun, a person who keeps an apiary.
open-air
noun, the outdoors.
carinate
adjective, Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
arcanist
noun, a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
picrates
noun, a salt or ester of picric acid.
picrites
noun, a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
ocarinas
noun, a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
carotins
noun, carotene.
pinaster
noun, a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
caterans
noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
Caterina
noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
repaints
noun, a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
appraise
verb (used with object), to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess:
apposite
adjective, suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt:
appoints
verb (used with object), to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
apparent
adjective, readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible:
seatrain
noun, a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
apocrine
adjective, of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
periapts
noun, an amulet.
Piranesi
noun, Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
periotic
adjective, surrounding the ear.
aoristic
adjective, Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
Peronist
noun, a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
piscator
noun, fisherman.
tapiocas
noun, a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
apastron
noun, the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
Santeria
noun, (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
apocarps
noun, a female element of a flower having separate carpels.
piracies
noun, practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
septaria
noun, a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
apiaries
noun, a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
saponite
noun, a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
senorita
noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
pertains
verb (used without object), to have reference or relation; relate:
recision
noun, an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
reaction
noun, a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
pontiacs
noun, c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
pristine
adjective, having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
epicarps
noun, the outermost layer of a pericarp, as the rind or peel of certain fruits.
propanes
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.
pancreas
noun, a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
aconites
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
pronates
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.
procaine
noun, a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
Creation
noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
optician
noun, a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
partisan
noun, an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
Canaries
noun, any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
ripienos
noun, tutti (defs 3, 4).
painters
noun, an artist who paints pictures.
actinias
noun, a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
Erastian
noun, an advocate of Erastianism.
Principe
noun, an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa: one of the two chief components of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 54 sq. mi. (140 sq. km).
craniate
noun, a craniate animal.
propines
noun, a present; gift.
panoptic
adjective, permitting the viewing of all parts or elements:
aspirant
noun, a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
ectopias
noun, the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
parasite
noun, an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
atropine
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.
Parisian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
tropines
noun, a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
parities
noun, equality, as in amount, status, or character.
Croatian
noun, a Croat.
paraison
noun, parison.
raincoat
noun, a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
acarines
noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
papacies
noun, the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope.
crispate
adjective, (of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
enspirit
verb (used with object), inspirit.
Aaronite
noun, one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
pantries
noun, a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
crinites
noun, a fossil crinoid.
prospect
noun, Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future:
aspirate
noun, Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
Priscian
noun, flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
Priapean
adjective, priapic.
cantoris
adjective, of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
peacoats
noun, pea jacket.
ancestor
noun, a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
inertias
noun, inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
portance
noun, bearing; behavior.
copperas
noun, ferrous sulfate.
Capetian
noun, a member of this dynasty.
Patricia
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
soricine
adjective, of or resembling the shrews.
practise
noun, habitual or customary performance; operation:
cantrips
noun, Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
Aesopian
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables:
Estancia
noun, (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
scenario
noun, an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
spectro-
canopies
noun, a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
Paterson
noun, a city in NE New Jersey.
canister
noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
canotier
noun, a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
11-point
carnose
adjective, of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
caption
noun, a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
Oceania
noun, the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
tarpons
noun, a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
cappers
noun, a person or thing that caps.
carotin
noun, carotene.
papains
noun, Biochemistry. a proteolytic enzyme found in the fruit of the papaya tree, Carica papaya.
riposte
noun, a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
canters
noun, an easy gallop.
orceins
noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
ocarina
noun, a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
carpets
noun, a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
parapet
noun, Fortification. a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification. an elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification.
satanic
adjective, of Satan.
notices
noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
opiates
noun, a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
capotes
noun, a long cloak with a hood.
opiatic
adjective, of, relating to, or resembling opiates.
tarpans
noun, a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
caprine
adjective, of or relating to goats.
carnies
noun, a person employed by a carnival.
Roscian
adjective, of, relating to, or involving acting.
carinas
noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
sapient
adjective, having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
captans
noun, a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
cantrip
noun, Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
canapes
noun, a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
oneiric
adjective, of or relating to dreams.
ripieno
noun, tutti (defs 3, 4).
Saracen
noun, History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
CAPTAIN
noun, a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
operant
noun, a person or thing that operates.
capstan
noun, any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
orients
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
Cainite
noun, a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
paniers
noun, pannier.
Capsian
adjective, of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
Tarpeia
noun, a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
caritas
noun, charity.
octanes
noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
panties
noun, underpants or undershorts for women and children.
Sarcina
noun, any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
carnets
noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
paisano
noun, paisan.
orpines
noun, a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
retsina
noun, a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
norites
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.
Estonia
noun, a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
Spiraea
noun, spirea.
Ericson
noun, Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
eristic
noun, a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
erotica
noun, written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
erotics
noun, an erotic poem.
spicate
adjective, having spikes, as a plant.
Costain
noun, Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
Esparto
noun, any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
spectra
noun, a plural of spectrum.
cortina
noun, a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
Spartan
noun, a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
stopper
noun, a person or thing that stops.
cornets
noun, Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
iatrics
corneas
noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
Icarian
noun, an inhabitant of Icaria.
incepts
verb (used with object), to take in; ingest.
copters
noun, helicopter.
incisor
noun, any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
incites
verb (used with object), to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
inertia
noun, inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
copiers
noun, a person or thing that copies; copyist.
inscape
noun, the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
cranio-
erasion
noun, the act of erasing.
inspect
verb (used with object), to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
Crispen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become crisp.
step-on
adjective, made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
step-in
noun, step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
stearo-
stearin
noun, Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
stearic
adjective, of or relating to suet or fat.
croppie
noun, crappie.
cronies
noun, a close friend or companion; chum.
Croatia
noun, a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
ectopia
noun, the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
Crispin
noun, Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
crinose
adjective, hairy.
crappie
noun, either of two small sunfishes of central U.S. rivers, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie)
crinite
noun, a fossil crinoid.
entopic
adjective, being or occurring in the usual place.
cretins
noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
entraps
verb (used with object), to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
epicarp
noun, the outermost layer of a pericarp, as the rind or peel of certain fruits.
epicist
noun, a writer of epic poetry.
crepons
noun, a heavyweight crepe fabric.
epinaos
noun, a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
cratons
noun, a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
episcia
noun, any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
spirant
noun, fricative (def 2).
Insecta
noun, the class comprising the insects.
inspire
verb (used with object), to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
Caserta
noun, a city in S Italy, near Naples.
Tarasco
noun, Tarascan.
atopies
noun, an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
cerato-
senator
noun, a member of a senate.
centro-
centri-
nectars
noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
section
noun, a part that is cut off or separated.
neritic
adjective, of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
seaport
noun, a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
Nicetas
noun, Saint Ignatius (def 2).
catnips
noun, a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
certain
Idioms, for certain, without a doubt; surely:
catnaps
noun, a short, light nap or doze.
Nicosia
noun, a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
cations
noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
Script.
cateran
noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
nippers
noun, a person or thing that nips.
scrinia
noun, a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
scrapie
noun, a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
Niteroi
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
Caspian
noun, Caspian Sea.
noetics
noun, the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
narcose
adjective, characterized by stupor; stuporous.
nappies
noun, liquor, especially ale.
contras
noun, (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
ironies
noun, the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
contra-
constr.
conster
verb (used with or without object), construe.
Sno-Cat
snippet
noun, a small piece snipped off; a small bit, scrap, or fragment:
snapper
noun, any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
taipans
noun, (in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
sirenic
adjective, of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
irenics
noun, the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches. Compare polemics (def 2).
coaster
noun, a person or thing that coasts.
coarsen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become coarse.
ironist
noun, a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
tapioca
noun, a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
citrons
noun, a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
citrins
noun, bioflavonoid.
citrine
noun, a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
isation
cistron
noun, a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
cistern
noun, a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
tanrecs
noun, tenrec.
Sinatra
noun, Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
Setaria
noun, any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
sericin
noun, a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
nappers
noun, a textile worker who naps cloth.
atresia
noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
Painter
noun, an artist who paints pictures.
atonies
noun, Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
piscina
noun, a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
apprise
verb (used with object), to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of):
appoint
verb (used with object), to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
appears
verb (used without object), to come into sight; become visible:
pinites
noun, a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
aporias
noun, Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
apocarp
noun, a female element of a flower having separate carpels.
toppers
noun, a person or thing that tops.
topspin
noun, a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate forward.
piscine
adjective, of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
pincers
noun, a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
Pistoia
noun, a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
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.
recants
verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
pitiers
noun, a person who pities.
antiars
noun, the upas tree.
Pitocin
Anteros
noun, Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
antero-
Antares
noun, a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
pinesap
noun, either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
pinatas
noun, (in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
poietic
toecaps
noun, a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
arpents
noun, an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
Persian
noun, a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
arnicas
noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
persona
noun, a person.
pertain
verb (used without object), to have reference or relation; relate:
aristo-
Pescara
noun, a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
reposit
verb (used with object), to put back; replace.
Aretino
noun, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
pianist
noun, a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
apricot
noun, the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
Piarist
noun, a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
repaint
noun, a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
piaster
noun, a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
picaras
noun, a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
picaros
noun, a rogue or vagabond.
picrate
noun, a salt or ester of picric acid.
picrite
noun, a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
apteria
noun, one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
Pierian
adjective, of or relating to the Muses.
poetics
noun, literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
pointer
noun, a person or thing that points.
arseno-
prosaic
adjective, commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
Actinia
noun, a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
Actaeon
noun, a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
acrasin
noun, a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
pronate
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.
aconite
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
propane
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
noun, a present; gift.
acetoin
noun, a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
acetins
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
prosect
verb (used with object), to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
princes
noun, a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
acarine
noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
prostie
noun, a prostitute.
protean
adjective, readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
Aaronic
adjective, of or relating to Aaron.
protein
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.
pterion
noun, the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
tropine
noun, a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
tsarina
noun, czarina.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
actino-
rapines
noun, the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
anopias
noun, absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
ratines
noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
pointes
noun, the tip of the toe.
Pontiac
noun, c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
Toscana
noun, Italian name of Tuscany.
popinac
noun, huisache.
porcine
adjective, of or relating to swine.
rations
noun, a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
anapest
noun, a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
traipse
noun, a tiring walk.
postern
noun, a back door or gate.
transp.
Priapic
adjective, (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to Priapus; phallic.
Trapani
noun, a seaport in NW Sicily.
treason
noun, the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
trepans
noun, a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
prances
noun, the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
Rappist
noun, Harmonist.
rappini
noun, rapini.
precast
adjective, (of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
Preston
noun, a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
triceps
noun, a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
periapt
noun, an amulet.
sterno-
peptics
noun, a substance promoting digestion.
pectins
noun, a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
parians
noun, a native or inhabitant of Paros.
partans
noun, a crab.
parties
noun, a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
Asiatic
noun, an Asian person.
parison
noun, a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
tiepins
noun, a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
pastina
noun, very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
aspirin
noun, Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
pastern
noun, the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
Aterian
adjective, of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
patines
noun, patina.
parotic
adjective, situated about or near the ear.
Pearson
noun, Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
peacoat
noun, pea jacket.
retains
verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
Astaire
noun, Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
partons
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.
patinas
noun, a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
atonics
noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
parsnip
noun, a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
Artesia
noun, a city in S California.
pepinos
noun, a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
artisan
noun, a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
peasant
noun, a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
aseptic
noun, a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
incept
verb (used with object), to take in; ingest.
ration
noun, a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
incise
verb (used with object), to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
poster
noun, a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
incite
verb (used with object), to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
incest
noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
potpie
noun, a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
incase
verb (used with object), encase.
paints
noun, a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
Sorata
noun, Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
Icaria
noun, Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
iatro-
ratine
noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
ratans
noun, rattan.
iatric
adjective, of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
sortie
noun, a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
Sparta
noun, an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
praise
noun, the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
Sparti
noun, Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
paisan
noun, compatriot.
Estrin
noun, estrone.
Portia
noun, the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
re-act
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
steric
adjective, of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
rosace
noun, rosette (def 3).
points
noun, a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
inters
verb (used with object), to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
pacers
noun, a person or thing that paces.
intra-
intro.
intros
noun, an introduction.
ionics
noun, Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
inter.
paters
noun, British Informal. father.
pointe
noun, the tip of the toe.
patina
noun, a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
sit-in
noun, any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
Sirena
noun, a female given name.
irenic
adjective, tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
poiser
noun, a person or thing that poises.
Ponape
noun, an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
pastor
noun, a minister or priest in charge of a church.
insert
noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
soaper
noun, soap opera.
paeons
noun, Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
ricins
noun, a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
insect
noun, any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
paster
noun, a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
patens
noun, a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Pontic
noun, an artificial tooth in a bridge.
instr.
paeans
noun, any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
ponies
noun, a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
instar
noun, an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
ponces
noun, a pimp.
Poncas
noun, a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
instep
noun, the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
prance
noun, the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
escarp
noun, Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
prates
noun, act of prating.
Parcae
noun, an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
epacts
noun, the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
entrap
verb (used with object), to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
prosit
interjection, (used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
paries
noun, Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
parica
noun, a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
Enrico
noun, a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
enrapt
adjective, rapt; transported; enraptured:
sprain
noun, a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
enacts
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
protei
noun, plural of proteus (def 3).
Parian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Paros.
sprent
adjective, sprinkled.
raisin
noun, a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
sprint
noun, a short race at full speed.
ptero-
parpen
noun, perpend1 .
pteron
noun, (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
ptisan
noun, a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
sprite
noun, an elf, fairy, or goblin.
sproat
noun, a fishhook having a circular bend.
Raetic
noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
Stacia
noun, a female given name.
parens
plural noun, parentheses:
Easton
noun, a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
stance
noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
racons
noun, radar beacon.
racist
noun, a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
steno-
Racine
noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
Parent
noun, a father or a mother.
Papist
noun, a Roman Catholic.
papain
noun, Biochemistry. a proteolytic enzyme found in the fruit of the papaya tree, Carica papaya.
Pascin
noun, Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
partis
noun, the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
esprit
noun, sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
Espana
noun, Spanish name of Spain.
rappen
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
escort
noun, a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
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.
reason
noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
precis
noun, a concise summary.
presto
noun, Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
ripens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become ripe.
erotic
noun, an erotic poem.
spinet
noun, a small upright piano.
panier
noun, pannier.
spinor
noun, a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
spinto
adjective, having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
ericas
noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
parsec
noun, a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
Spirit
noun, the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
parson
noun, a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
pantos
noun, pantomime (def 2).
rapine
noun, the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
prison
noun, a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
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.
spiro-
spirea
noun, any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
prices
noun, the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
prints
noun, the state of being printed.
panto-
Partan
noun, a crab.
pantie
noun, panties.
Prince
noun, a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
Priest
noun, a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
poetic
noun, poetics.
sipper
noun, a person who sips.
sippet
noun, a small bit; fragment.
norias
noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
noctis
adjective, (in prescriptions) of the night.
Noetic
adjective, of or relating to the mind.
picro-
scoria
noun, Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
no-par
adjective, without par or face value:
pecans
noun, a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
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.
Pictor
noun, the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
picots
noun, one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
Scipio
noun, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
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.
picaro
noun, a rogue or vagabond.
opiate
noun, a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
notice
noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
nocti-
Scoter
noun, any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
scato-
Pieria
noun, a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
scrota
noun, the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
optics
noun, (used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
nipper
noun, a person or thing that nips.
pinata
noun, (in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
Pietas
noun, the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
Saipan
noun, an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
scrape
noun, an act or instance of scraping.
Scotia
noun, a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
opines
verb (used with or without object), to hold or express an opinion.
niters
noun, potassium nitrate.
nitres
noun, niter.
nitric
adjective, containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
Renata
noun, a female given name.
nitro-
picara
noun, a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
satrap
noun, a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
riatas
noun, a lariat.
sapote
noun, Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
Pesaro
noun, a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
Octans
noun, the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
sarape
noun, serape.
pepino
noun, a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
sapro-
sapper
noun, a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
Sapota
noun, sapote.
repots
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
person
noun, a human being, whether an adult or child:
Pepita
noun, the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.
santir
noun, a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
Persia
noun, Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
pernio
noun, chilblain.
pepsin
noun, an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
Peoria
noun, a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
penta-
satori
noun, sudden enlightenment.
Reston
noun, James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
satire
noun, the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
pectin
noun, a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
oaters
noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
Sarton
noun, May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
sancta
noun, a sacred or holy place.
retain
verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
Sarnia
noun, a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
octane
noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
repast
noun, a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
Petros
noun, Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
petro-
Petras
noun, an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
sarco-
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.
Pinero
noun, Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
sacro-
reatas
noun, riata.
orpine
noun, a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
isotac
noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
Piston
noun, a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
patois
noun, a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
Istria
noun, a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
Itasca
noun, Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
set-in
adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
recaps
noun, a recapped tire.
pitier
noun, a person who pities.
nacres
noun, mother-of-pearl.
Naoise
noun, the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
septic
adjective, pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
septi-
Napier
noun, neper.
napper
noun, a textile worker who naps cloth.
oscine
noun, an oscine bird.
patios
noun, an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
pisci-
Pitris
noun, the legendary progenitor of any family.
irones
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.
ironic
adjective, using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
Rosina
noun, a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
recant
verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
peptic
noun, a substance promoting digestion.
Sippar
noun, an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
Isaian
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
pities
noun, sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
Rosita
noun, a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
patine
noun, patina.
pitons
noun, a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
sinter
noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
isatin
noun, a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
Osetic
adjective, noun, Ossetic.
Patras
noun, Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
Pisano
noun, Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
pineta
noun, an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
pinots
noun, any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
necro-
nectar
noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
Orient
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
pintas
noun, a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
rectos
secant
noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
Nestor
noun, the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
pintos
noun, Western U.S. a pinto horse.
Nicaea
noun, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
orcein
noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
patron
noun, a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
pinite
noun, a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
orates
verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
Nicias
noun, died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
Pinter
noun, Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
sector
noun, Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
nappes
noun, Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
recons
noun, reconnaissance.
recast
noun, a recasting.
pirate
noun, a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
ornate
adjective, elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
patri-
narco-
narcos
noun, narc.
NASCAR
noun, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
recti-
nastic
adjective, of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
pipits
noun, any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
pipets
noun, verb (used with object), pipette.
pipers
noun, a person who plays on a pipe.
Senora
noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
Pareto
noun, Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
Senior
noun, a person who is older than another.
seniti
noun, a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
sonata
noun, a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
cteno-
aroint
verb (imperative), begone:
toners
noun, a person or thing that tones.
arcane
adjective, known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
toe-in
noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
arecas
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
toecap
noun, a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
tapers
noun, gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
Ariane
noun, Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
ariose
adjective, characterized by melody; songlike.
cerias
noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
Arista
noun, Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
Tocsin
noun, a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
arnica
noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
cerat-
tisane
noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
tapirs
noun, any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
tanrec
noun, tenrec.
centas
noun, a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
catnap
noun, a short, light nap or doze.
catnip
noun, a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
Artois
noun, a former province in N France: artesian wells.
censor
noun, an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
arsino
adjective, containing the arsino group.
arsine
noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
centi-
Tappan
noun, Arthur, 1786–1865, and his brother Lewis, 1788–1873, U.S. businessmen, philanthropists, and abolitionists.
arsen-
centos
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
centr-
centra
noun, a plural of centrum.
tapper
noun, a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
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.
topers
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
appose
verb (used with object), to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
cation
noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
copier
noun, a person or thing that copies; copyist.
antres
noun, a cavern; cave.
contes
plural, Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
contr.
antiar
noun, the upas tree.
copens
noun, Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
copers
noun, a horse dealer.
copies
noun, an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
tainos
noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
ansate
adjective, having a handle or handlelike part.
copper
noun, a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
Tories
noun, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
anopia
noun, absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
copras
noun, the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
copter
noun, helicopter.
conies
noun, the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
aorist
noun, a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
appear
verb (used without object), to come into sight; become visible:
coapts
verb (used with object), to bring close together:
cities
noun, a large or important town.
citrin
noun, bioflavonoid.
Citron
noun, a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
aporia
noun, Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
C-note
noun, See C (def 11).
apneas
noun, a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
coarse
adjective, composed of relatively large parts or particles:
aortas
noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
Taipei
noun, a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
Coates
noun, Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
coatis
noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
Topper
noun, a person or thing that tops.
apices
noun, a plural of apex.
taipan
noun, (in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
tipper
noun, a person or thing that tips:
Asante
noun, Ashanti.
aniso-
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.
caries
noun, decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
Carian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Caria.
atones
verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
carets
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
atonic
noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
terais
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
atopic
adjective, of or relating to atopy.
tarpan
noun, a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
carats
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
captor
noun, a person who has captured a person or thing.
captan
noun, a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
Capris
noun, Capri pants.
tensor
noun, Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
capper
noun, a person or thing that caps.
Capote
noun, a long cloak with a hood.
Carnap
noun, Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
tarso-
cantar
noun, a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
Cantor
noun, the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
Cantos
noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
tarsia
noun, intarsia.
capers
noun, a playful leap or skip.
caners
noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
canape
noun, a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
tenias
noun, taenia.
capias
noun, a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
Cairns
noun, a seaport in NE Australia.
capita
noun, plural of caput.
Capone
noun, Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
capons
noun, a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
Caesar
noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
Carina
noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
carnet
noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
caters
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
Caster
noun, a person or thing that casts.
casein
noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
casern
noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
casino
noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
casita
noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
Caspar
noun, one of the three Magi.
Casper
noun, a city in central Wyoming.
Castor
noun, Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
cartop
adjective, of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
Castro
noun, Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
ascent
noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
Catano
noun, a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
tip-in
noun, tap-in.
catena
noun, a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
tip-on
noun, tip1 (def 4).
tineas
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
carton
noun, a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
tiaras
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
tie-in
noun, an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
Ticino
noun, a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
Carnot
noun, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
astron
astro-
Carpet
noun, a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
carpo-
astern
adverb, in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
cartes
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
carpos
noun, an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
tiepin
noun, a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
Carson
noun, Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
aspire
verb (used without object), to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
aspect
noun, appearance to the eye or mind; look:
asonia
noun, tone deafness.
taenia
noun, Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
Canter
noun, an easy gallop.
COSINE
noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse. the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
trines
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
tripos
noun, (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
CORNET
noun, Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
stoper
noun, a machine for drilling rock from below.
actin-
Crispi
noun, Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
trones
noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
transe
noun, a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
trans.
corset
noun, Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
trapes
noun, a tiring walk.
Crista
noun, a crest or ridge.
Cortes
noun, (in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
Strine
noun, Australian English.
trepan
noun, a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
trains
noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
Cretan
noun, a native or inhabitant of Crete.
triacs
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
crones
noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
aeron.
triose
noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
acetin
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
tronas
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.
cornea
noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
Strain
noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
Coster
noun, costermonger.
tropes
noun, Rhetoric. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
crapes
noun, a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
crates
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
C-star
noun, carbon star.
cripes
interjection, (used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
triens
noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
corpse
noun, a dead body, usually of a human being.
Crania
noun, the skull of a vertebrate.
craton
noun, a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
Cripps
noun, Sir Stafford, 1889–1952, British statesman and socialist leader.
cretin
noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
tripes
noun, the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
aceto-
trices
noun, a very short time; an instant:
traces
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
stoner
noun, Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
action
noun, the process or state of acting or of being active:
corita
noun, a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
actins
noun, a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
crepon
noun, a heavyweight crepe fabric.
COSTAR
noun, a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
stripe
noun, a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
tropic
noun, Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
trance
noun, a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
aspic
noun, a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
popes
noun, (often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
asper
noun, a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
ASPEN
noun, any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
Pater
noun, British Informal. father.
proas
noun, any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
Paten
noun, a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Rieti
noun, Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
Pasto
noun, a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
proc.
aster
noun, any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
paste
noun, a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
pasta
noun, any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
paseo
noun, a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
Pasco
noun, a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
acpt.
pron.
parts
noun, a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
acorn
noun, the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
astir
adjective, moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
ASPCA
tinea
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
pates
noun, the crown or top of the head.
asco-
trine
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
Peano
noun, Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
peans
noun, paean.
print
noun, the state of being printed.
Pears
noun, Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
ascon
noun, a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
peart
adjective, lively; brisk; cheerful.
peats
noun, a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
riant
adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
pecan
noun, a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
ASCII
noun, a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
Pecos
noun, a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
Actis
noun, a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
ASCAP
noun, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
Acton
noun, a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
penis
noun, the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
tipis
noun, tepee.
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.
Ascot
noun, a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
rapes
noun, unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
Asine
noun, an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
tiers
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
trios
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
patio
noun, an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
acro-
acron
noun, the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
Patna
noun, a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
ricin
noun, a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
Paton
noun, Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
riata
noun, a lariat.
patr-
Asian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
Aston
noun, Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
prise
noun, leverage.
tines
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
ASEAN
rices
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
Tinia
noun, the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
prone
noun, a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
Paros
noun, a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
Astor
noun, John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
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.
pairs
noun, two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
paisa
noun, Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
trop-
TCPIP
tears
Cairo
noun, a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
raias
noun, rayah.
cairn
noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
Canea
noun, a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
Panic
noun, a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
cains
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
psora
noun, psoriasis.
Rains
noun, water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
caine
noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
pant-
raise
noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
tenia
noun, taenia.
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.
caner
noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
pants
noun, trousers (def 1).
canst
noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
30-30
Cant.
ropes
noun, a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
roast
noun, roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
racon
noun, radar beacon.
roans
noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
pacas
noun, a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
pacer
noun, a person or thing that paces.
paces
noun, a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
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.
paean
noun, any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
Canso
noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
Tsana
noun, Lake. Tana, Lake.
Paeon
noun, Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
canoe
noun, any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
canes
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
Paine
noun, Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
pains
noun, physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
teno-
ranis
noun, ranee.
astr.
terna
noun, a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
pares
noun, (of a female) first among equals.
pari-
prose
noun, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
acet-
pros.
atone
verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
Paris
noun, Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
ation
Terni
noun, a city in central Italy.
Terai
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
props
noun, proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
terns
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
tiara
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
parse
verb (used with object), to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
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.
part.
acnes
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
prop.
acari
noun, plural of acarus.
paren
plural noun, parentheses:
rants
noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
Tepic
noun, a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
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.
ripen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become ripe.
tenor
noun, the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
Aaron
noun, the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
papas
noun, father.
Prot.
Papen
noun, Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
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.
riots
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
rinse
noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
para-
trois
noun, the number 3.
paras
noun, a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
atrip
adjective, aweigh.
atria
noun, Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
prost
interjection, prosit.
Parca
noun, an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
tera-
Actor
noun, a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
pepos
noun, the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
actos
apace
adverb, with speed; quickly; swiftly.
Apepi
noun, Apophis.
toran
noun, (in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
Recit
pirns
noun, a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
recip
apast
preposition, past; beyond.
post-
apart
Idioms, apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
torcs
noun, torque (def 4).
apian
adjective, of or relating to bees.
posit
noun, something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
aorta
noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
poser
noun, a person who poses.
pisco
noun, a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
Posen
noun, German name of Poznań.
ratio
noun, the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
piste
noun, a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
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.
RECON
noun, reconnaissance.
pipit
noun, any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
antre
noun, a cavern; cave.
treas
prae-
aport
adverb, on or toward the port side.
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.
Apoc.
rason
noun, a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
Pinto
noun, Western U.S. a pinto horse.
topis
noun, topee.
ratan
noun, rattan.
rates
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
recpt
recta
noun, a plural of rectum.
pions
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.
rect.
Piper
noun, a person who plays on a pipe.
apnea
noun, a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
pipes
noun, a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
airts
noun, a direction.
pipet
noun, verb (used with object), pipette.
recap
noun, a recapped tire.
pitas
noun, a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
topic
noun, a subject of conversation or discussion:
Trace
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
ratos
noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
anoia
noun, extreme mental deficiency.
anoas
noun, a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
poise
noun, a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
rcpt.
torse
noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
Anita
noun, a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
Ponca
noun, a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
Ponce
noun, a pimp.
Point
noun, a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
anise
noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
pones
noun, Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
anis-
torsi
noun, a plural of torso.
Aneto
noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
Tosca
noun, an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
anear
adverb, preposition, near.
ancre
adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
torii
noun, (in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
pores
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
antis
noun, a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
train
noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
ports
noun, a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
Aisne
noun, a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
antic
noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
anti-
piton
noun, a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
antes
noun, Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
Pitri
noun, the legendary progenitor of any family.
ante-
antas
noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
Ansar
noun, the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
TORES
noun, a torus.
Port.
reata
noun, riata.
porns
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):
poet.
toric
adjective, noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
anat.
reaps
verb (used with object), to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
Aetna
noun, Mount. Etna, Mount.
appar
peons
noun, (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
aero-
prep.
aeons
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.
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).
arose
verb, simple past tense of arise.
repps
noun, rep1 .
TIROS
noun, one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
aeri-
Aeria
noun, an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
pert.
preps
noun, preparatory school.
arise
verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
triac
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
repot
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
pesto
noun, a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
Arion
noun, flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
peta-
Aries
noun, Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
repos
noun, a repurchase agreement.
peris
noun, one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
tires
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
petr-
resin
noun, any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
tries
noun, plural of try.
resp.
Price
noun, the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
Pepin
noun, ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
Artie
noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
Tiran
noun, Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
resit
noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
react
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
arson
noun, Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
Pres.
preta
noun, a wandering or disturbed ghost.
pret.
aecia
noun, the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
rept.
peri-
trice
noun, a very short time; an instant:
prest
noun, a loan.
presa
noun, a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
petos
noun, wahoo3 .
Petra
noun, an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
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.
pinas
noun, pineapple.
reni-
tonia
roset
noun, resin; rosin.
Piers
noun, a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
reist
verb (used without object), reest2 .
Pieta
noun, a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
toper
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
reins
noun, Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
Aesir
noun, the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
praos
noun, proa.
apron
noun, a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
apres
preposition, after; following (used in combination):
topes
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
Pines
noun, Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
Aesop
noun, c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
appro
noun, (of a purchase) approval:
prana
noun, Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
Appia
noun, Adolphe [French a-dawlf] /French aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1928, Swiss stage designer and theatrical producer.
tones
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
Arcas
noun, a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
Arica
noun, a seaport in N Chile.
piano
noun, a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
petri
arias
noun, an air or melody.
prats
noun, the buttocks.
Prato
noun, a city in central Italy, near Florence.
repic
noun, the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
arian
noun, an adherent of Arianism.
prate
noun, act of prating.
areo-
pians
noun, yaws.
toner
noun, a person or thing that tones.
ARENA
noun, the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
Areca
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
rents
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
prase
noun, a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
toise
noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
arces
noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
picas
noun, a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
pico-
picot
noun, one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
tonic
noun, a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
Oscan
noun, one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
Rosie
noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
iotas
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
Cons.
snort
noun, the act or sound of snorting.
snore
noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
tains
noun, a thin tin plate.
Ionia
noun, an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
Ionic
noun, Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
coirs
noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
snipe
noun, any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
snare
noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
coins
noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
Const
sito-
Coats
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
sitar
noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
Iran.
Siret
noun, a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
irate
adjective, angry; enraged:
coati
noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
Irina
noun, a female given name.
Siren
noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
coast
noun, the land next to the sea; seashore:
intr.
cont.
coapt
verb (used with object), to bring close together:
init.
tacos
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
copse
noun, a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
copra
noun, the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
incor
incr.
SONAR
noun, a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
inept
adjective, without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
inert
adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
copr-
copes
noun, a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
Conte
noun, count2 .
coper
noun, a horse dealer.
insep
inset
noun, something inserted; insert.
insp.
copen
noun, Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
Taine
noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
Copan
noun, Santa Rosa de Copán.
inst.
Taino
noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
Soane
noun, Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
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.
Taira
noun, a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
incas
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
Cesti
noun, Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
naira
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
serac
noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
taper
noun, gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
Ciano
noun, Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
napes
noun, the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
nappa
noun, a very soft glove leather made from the skin of a sheep, kid, or goat.
nappe
noun, Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
Tapes
noun, a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
cetin
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
cesta
noun, a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
cine-
cert.
septa
noun, plural of septum.
ceros
noun, a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
cero-
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.
narcs
noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
nares
plural noun, the nostrils or the nasal passages.
Sept.
Nasca
adjective, Nazca.
naso-
serai
noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
nacre
noun, mother-of-pearl.
Irons
noun, Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
Siena
noun, a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
Isaac
noun, a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
cites
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
Sino-
Tanis
noun, an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Isiac
adjective, of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
since
adverb, from then till now (often preceded by ever):
cires
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
Sinai
noun, Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
istic
Siepi
noun, Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
Seton
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
cines
noun, a film; motion picture.
iters
noun, a canal or passage.
ition
rosin
noun, Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
seti-
cions
noun, scion (def 2).
sero-
serin
noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
tapas
noun, the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
Seric
NAACP
Corea
noun, Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
Inari
noun, Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
ceria
noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
spite
noun, a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
Ensor
noun, James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
entia
noun, plural of ens.
ento-
crine
noun, hair; head of hair.
cries
noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
sport
noun, an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
spore
noun, Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
eosin
noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
spor-
epact
noun, the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
sprat
noun, a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
spirt
noun, a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
crest
noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
stope
noun, any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
crept
noun, an act or instance of creeping:
Creon
noun, a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
Epis.
Episc
Epist
crate
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
spire
noun, a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
crips
noun, a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
CRISP
noun, Chiefly British. potato chip.
crape
noun, a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
Stoic
noun, a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
ster.
stipe
noun, Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
step-
stipo
noun, a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
Stein
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
stirp
noun, a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
stare
noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
earns
verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
stane
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
stair
noun, one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
enact
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
Stone
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
stain
noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
Eaton
noun, Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
Srta.
econ.
crone
noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
ecto-
Croat
noun, a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
crit.
sprit
noun, a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
craps
noun, a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
Erato
noun, the Muse of love poetry.
inapt
adjective, not apt or fitting.
Soter
noun, Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
spate
noun, a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
Corse
noun, corpse.
corps
noun, Military. a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
spare
noun, a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
span-
Spain
noun, a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
corpn
space
noun, the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
sotie
noun, a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
corp.
spean
verb (used with object), to wean.
corns
noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
IATSE
taces
noun, tasset.
coria
noun, plural of corium.
Iceni
noun, an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
ician
icons
sonic
adjective, of or relating to sound.
Sonia
noun, a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
cores
etnas
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
Spear
noun, a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
ERICA
noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
spier
noun, a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
Crane
noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
store
noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
ERISA
noun, Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
strap
noun, a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
Strep
noun, streptococcus.
Ernst
noun, Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
spine
noun, the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
cotes
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
stria
noun, a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
spina
noun, a spine or spinelike projection.
spice
noun, any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
spec.
Spica
noun, spike2 .
Costa
noun, a rib or riblike part.
spent
verb, simple past tense and past participle of spend.
strip
noun, a striptease.
coset
noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
strop
noun, any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
spect
noun, single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
Corti
noun, Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
estoc
noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
estop
verb (used with object), Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
sepia
noun, a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
races
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
nates
noun, buttocks; rump.
octa-
Oates
noun, Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
carpi
noun, plural of carpus.
Sarto
noun, Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
senti
noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
carns
noun, cairn.
ocean
noun, the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
ocrea
noun, a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
carne
noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
octan
noun, an octan fever.
oaten
adjective, of, relating to, or made of oats.
sarc-
Carin
noun, a female given name.
Saran
noun, a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
Carie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
Caria
noun, an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
onces
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
sapor
noun, the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
caret
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
oater
noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
Satan
noun, the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
Caren
noun, a female given name.
sceat
noun, a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
tarns
noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
Norse
noun, (used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
carts
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
scion
noun, a descendant.
scent
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
notes
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
Carte
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
scena
noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
taros
noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
Satie
noun, Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
scat-
scart
verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
scarp
noun, a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
scare
noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
scape
noun, Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
scant
adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
carse
noun, bottom land.
carps
noun, a peevish complaint.
satin
noun, a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
cares
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Sapir
noun, Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
noria
noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
rotes
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
orans
noun, orant.
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.
orate
verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
Orcas
noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
Capet
noun, Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
capes
noun, a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
caper
noun, a playful leap or skip.
tarps
noun, tarpaulin.
ornes
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
Capon
noun, a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
ornis
noun, an avifauna.
rotas
noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
Stern
noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
OSCAR
noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
cants
noun, insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
osier
noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
oste-
Ostia
noun, a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
canto
noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
saice
noun, syce.
optic
noun, the eye.
onset
noun, a beginning or start:
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.
Saone
noun, a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
ontic
adjective, possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
Santo
noun, a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
carat
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
Caras
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
Santa
noun, Santa Claus.
opens
noun, an open or clear space.
sanit
Capt.
Saint
noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
caps.
Capri
noun, an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
OPers
Capra
noun, Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
opine
verb (used with or without object), to hold or express an opinion.
capot
noun, the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
Saite
noun, a native or citizen of Saïs.
capos
noun, any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
opsin
noun, any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
Tarne
noun, (in the Iliad) Sardis.
carp-
Scone
noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
cent.
senor
noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
tapis
noun, Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
scrap
noun, a small piece or portion; fragment:
neaps
noun, neap tide.
nears
cents
noun, a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
nitre
noun, niter.
CENTO
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
Nepos
noun, Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
nitr-
sect.
nerts
interjection, nuts (def 1).
noct-
tares
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
Cenis
noun, Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
SEATO
noun, an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
cata-
Niter
noun, potassium nitrate.
Ceara
noun, Fortaleza.
Nisei
noun, a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
scrip
noun, a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
Tarai
noun, Terai.
cater
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
nipas
noun, a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
Niort
noun, a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
caste
noun, Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
Cates
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
scope
noun, extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
Scot.
scopa
noun, pollen brush.
score
noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
ceras
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
noise
noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
scorn
noun, open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
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.
ten.
Tena
noun, Koyukon.
Stir
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
Sera
noun, a plural of serum.
teas
noun, the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
seat
noun, something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
str.
Rapp
noun, George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
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.
stoa
noun, Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
sain
verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
sec.
Ste.
sear
noun, a mark or scar made by searing.
Tape
noun, a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
repp
noun, rep1 .
Rosa
noun, Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
spic
noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
tone
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
ROSE
noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
Sean
noun, a male given name, form of John.
tsar
noun, czar.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
sepn
spin
noun, the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
Saco
noun, a city in SW Maine.
Rep.
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
sane
noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
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.
Seri
noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
Raia
noun, rayah.
Tara
noun, a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
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).
spit
noun, saliva, especially when ejected.
RONA
tRNA
RIPS
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
RISC
noun, reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
Tiro
noun, tyro.
reps
noun, a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
Rise
noun, an act or instance of rising.
toea
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
rit.
rote
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
rant
noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
Sra.
RITA
noun, the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
rite
noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
tron
RNAS
roan
noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
ROTC
noun, a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
spp.
Saar
noun, Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
Roti
noun, roast.
rpt.
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.
Trio
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
Star
noun, any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
rocs
noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
ROTS
noun, the process of rotting.
repo
noun, a repurchase agreement.
tars
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
SPOT
noun, a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
Rais
noun, Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
Roca
noun, Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
tri-
Rani
noun, ranee.
Stan
noun, a male given name, form of Stanley.
stop
noun, the act of stopping.
Trip
noun, a journey or voyage:
Tace
noun, tasset.
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.
sati
noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
Otis
noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
SCAN
noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
Sato
noun, Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
Tarn
noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
SINE
noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse. (of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
Tori
noun, plural of torus.
SOAP
noun, a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
SOAR
noun, an act or instance of soaring.
RIIA
Rico
noun, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
sate
noun, a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
scr.
Riis
noun, Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
Sat.
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.
topi
noun, topee.
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.
rets
verb (used with object), to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
tain
noun, a thin tin plate.
Tane
noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
scar
noun, a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
tans
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
snip
noun, the act of snipping, as with scissors.
SITA
noun, (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
Rice
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
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.
TOPS
noun, the tops, top1 (def 22).
recs
noun, recreation.
sire
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
torc
noun, torque (def 4).
sci.
snit
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
Sion
noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
RIAS
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
TINA
noun, a female given name.
tion
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.
Tore
noun, a torus.
Tana
noun, thana.
snot
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
sipe
verb (used without object), (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
tors
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
Sina
noun, a female given name.
rapt
noun, a quick, smart, or light blow:
SPCA
tipi
noun, tepee.
SPAR
noun, Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
Tapa
noun, (especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
Reno
noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
spat
noun, a petty quarrel.
trap
noun, a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
Tare
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
rate
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
Seta
noun, a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
Rena
noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
rasp
noun, an act of rasping.
Sert
noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
rase
verb (used with object), raze.
scop
noun, an Old English bard or poet.
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.
ter.
rasa
noun, (in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
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.
rest
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
spae
verb (used with object), to prophesy; foretell; predict.
top-
RACE
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
taco
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
sone
noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
reap
verb (used with object), to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
Taos
noun, a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
tics
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
Soni
Sari
noun, a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
Reis
plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
sora
noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
Rina
noun, a female given name.
sice
noun, syce.
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.
sore
noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
Sian
noun, Older Spelling. Xian.
sori
noun, plural of sorus.
tarp
noun, tarpaulin.
RATO
noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
sort
noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
tope
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
SARA
noun, a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
Toni
noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
1080
Aiea
noun, a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
Ice.
ETAS
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
etc.
etic
adjective, pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
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.
acr-
IAEA
iana
Iasi
noun, Romanian name of Jassy.
IATA
ICAO
ices
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
est.
inae
Inc.
Inca
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
INRI
inro
noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
ins.
int.
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.
Iona
noun, an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
ions
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 = .
IOTA
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
Acre
noun, a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
esp.
IRAS
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
Enos
noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
ctr.
cts.
Acta
plural noun, official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
EARN
verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
Earp
noun, Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
ears
noun, the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
East
noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
eats
noun, eats, Informal. food.
eco-
ect-
enc.
Ens.
ESOP
noun, a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
eons
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
epi-
epic
noun, an epic poem.
epit
EPOS
noun, an epic.
Eric
noun, Eric the Red.
Erin
noun, Literary. Ireland.
Eris
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
Erna
noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
Eros
noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
erst
adverb, before the present time; formerly.
eso-
acne
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
Ire.
crip
noun, a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
nope
adverb, no1 (def 1).
nest
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
NICE
noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
Nier
noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
nipa
noun, a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
nips
noun, an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
NIRA
nisi
adjective, not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
nits
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
NOAA
noes
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
noir
adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
Nor.
Neri
noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
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.
nos-
nose
noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
not-
nota
noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
note
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nots
noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
NTIA
OAPC
oast
noun, a kiln for drying hops or malt.
OATS
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
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.
neo-
Iris
noun, Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
Nair
noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
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.
Isai
noun, Jesse.
Isin
noun, an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
iso-
Acis
noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
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.
acea
iter
noun, a canal or passage.
itis
AARP
NACA
Naos
noun, a temple.
neat
noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
Napa
noun, Chinese cabbage.
nape
noun, the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
Nara
noun, a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
narc
noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
NASA
noun, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Nasi
noun, the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
Nast
noun, Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
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.
NATS
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
NCAA
NCTE
neap
noun, neap tide.
crop
noun, the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
Cres
Oct.
Aron
noun, a male given name.
Aras
noun, Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
arca
noun, a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
Arce
noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
ARCO
adverb, (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
area
noun, any particular extent of space or surface; part:
Ares
noun, the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
Aria
noun, an air or melody.
ARIS
Arne
noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
aesc
noun, ash2 (def 3).
Arno
noun, Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
arse
noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
apt.
plural, apartment.
art.
ASAP
adverb, without delay; promptly.
Asat
noun, (in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons. Compare sat2 (def 1).
asc-
asci
noun, plural of ascus.
asea
adjective, adverb, to or toward the sea; seaward.
Aser
noun, Asher (def 1).
Asia
noun, a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
Asir
noun, a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
Asti
noun, a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
atar
noun, attar (def 1).
Aten
noun, Aton.
apts
plural, apartment.
APSE
noun, Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
atic
anoa
noun, a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
ains
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
Aire
airs
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
airt
noun, a direction.
AISI
aits
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
Anas
ance
aet.
anes
adverb, once.
ano-
ANPA
APSA
ansa
noun, Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
ANSI
ant.
ANTA
noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
apes
noun, any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
Apia
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
Apis
noun, a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
apo-
app.
Apps
noun, an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
appt
Apr.
ates
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.
crat
Con.
ciao
interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
cion
noun, scion (def 2).
cir.
cire
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cis-
cist
noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
cit.
cite
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
coat
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
coin
noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
coir
noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
cone
noun, Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
Ceta
noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
Cope
noun, a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
Copt
noun, a member of the Coptic Church.
Cor.
Cora
noun, Classical Mythology. Kore.
Cori
noun, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
CORN
noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
Cort
ACTS
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
cose
verb (used without object), coze.
Cost
noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
Cote
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
crap
noun, Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
Ceto
cet-
atop
preposition, on the top of:
CAPP
noun, Al (Alfred Gerald Caplin) 1909–79, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Li'l Abner.”.
ator
aer-
Cain
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
Can.
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.
Cana
noun, an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
cane
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
cap.
capa
noun, the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
Cape
noun, a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
capo
noun, any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
Cara
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
CERN
CARE
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Carn
noun, cairn.
CART
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
Casa
noun, a house.
CASE
noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
cast
noun, act of casting or throwing.
cat.
Cate
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Cato
noun, Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
cen.
ceps
noun, an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
cera
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
ocas
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
Isar
noun, a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
pone
noun, Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
paps
noun, soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
pair
noun, two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
pore
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
Pori
noun, a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Pan.
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):
pos.
pose
noun, a bodily attitude or posture:
Orca
noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
pot.
pias
noun, a female given name.
pane
noun, one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
pian
noun, yaws.
papa
noun, father.
ARCS
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
Pica
noun, a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
par.
Pare
noun, Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
pets
noun, any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
peto
noun, wahoo3 .
pise
noun, rammed earth.
pars
noun, (in prescriptions) a part.
prat
noun, the buttocks.
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.
pase
noun, (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
pre-
prec
oras
noun, plural of os2 .
Pet.
Pain
noun, physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
orcs
noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
prie
noun, a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
Piet
noun, Scot. a magpie.
pita
noun, a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
pnea
Piro
noun, piroplasmosis.
pirn
noun, a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
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.
pips
noun, one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
pipi
noun, an edible bivalve of eastern Australia, Plebidonax deltoides.
pipe
noun, a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
otic
adjective, of or relating to the ear; auricular.
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.
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.
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.
pina
noun, pineapple.
pons
noun, Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
PACT
noun, an agreement, covenant, or compact:
pop-
Pope
noun, (often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pies
noun, plural of pi2 .
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.
osar
noun, plural of os3 .
Pict
noun, a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
orts
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
PICS
noun, a movie.
pice
noun, a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie5 .
paca
noun, a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
PACE
noun, a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
pacs
noun, pack1 (def 1).
Orne
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
Oran
noun, a seaport in NW Algeria.
prao
noun, proa.
Pest
noun, an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
pts.
pats
noun, a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
per.
Ont.
psia
once
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
Onas
noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
peps
noun, lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
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.
Ptas
plural, peseta.
prin
pct.
OPEC
noun, an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
pean
noun, paean.
peon
noun, (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
Pent
noun, penthouse (def 4).
Oita
noun, a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
pens
noun, any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
Pen.
pear
noun, the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
peat
noun, a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
Pecs
noun, a city in SW Hungary.
Oise
noun, a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
perp
noun, the perpetrator of a crime.
Pisa
noun, a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
open
noun, an open or clear space.
opes
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
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.
opts
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
Past
noun, the time gone by:
peso
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
prs.
pat.
Pers
opp.
opia
Pate
noun, the crown or top of the head.
PSAT
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.
psec
OPer
CEO
TAR
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
PIO
CEA
COP
noun, a police officer.
PIP
noun, one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
Tan
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
CRP
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.
Tai
noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
CNS
CAS
verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
PIC
noun, a movie.
CNO
CRS
pis
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
CAR
noun, an automobile.
CRT
CSA
cep
noun, an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
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.
pes
noun, a foot or footlike part.
CIP
COS
noun, romaine.
PIA
noun, a female given name.
PEP
noun, lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
CPA
TAO
noun, (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
TAE
preposition, to.
TAP
noun, a light but audible blow:
CPI
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:
AEA
CIE
CPO
CIA
res
noun, an object or thing; matter.
CPR
STP
CPS
ae.
PIN
noun, a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
COT
noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
oic
PIT
noun, a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
PSA
AOA
aor
APA
noun, a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
APC
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.
Tor
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
API
abbreviation, Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
PSE
RAN
noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
PSC
Rap
noun, a quick, smart, or light blow:
PST
interjection, (used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
APS
prp
ARA
noun, the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
ARC
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
PRC
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.
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.
RAS
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
PRA
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
PSI
noun, the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
PTA
plural, peseta.
PPS
TSE
Ain
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
TSP
AIR
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
RPS
Re.
RCS
AIS
noun, a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
RCP
ait
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
TSI
ANC
ans
noun, the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
tra
tr.
Tpr
TPN
TPI
Rae
noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
ane
adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
ANI
noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
Rai
noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
PTP
PPT
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.
REC
noun, recreation.
ct.
REA
ATP
ATS
noun, a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
ca.
CSR
CIO
noun, a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
Co.
cp.
cr.
cs.
CAA
POR
CAI
TEC
noun, detective.
poi
noun, a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
POE
noun, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
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.
POC
TCS
POA
TCA
AEC
RCT
TES
noun, ti1 .
ppr
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.
ARP
noun, Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
ARS
PPI
PPE
ASA
noun, a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
PPC
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.
ase
ASI
ASN
Aso
noun, Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
AES
noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
ASP
noun, any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
ASR
ast
RCA
at.
ATA
TIC
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
RCN
ATC
TIA
CSO
PCS
CST
Ar.
RPO
nae
adverb, no1 ; not.
Rs.
Nap
noun, a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
SER
noun, a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
RSA
RSE
rt.
rte
RTS
Nat
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
Aar
Sep
noun, Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
So.
Sp.
SRO
SAA
ne-
NEA
orc
noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
SAC
noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
NAA
an.
NEC
ist
OSP
IRS
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ISA
SIP
noun, an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
ROT
noun, the process of rotting.
AIC
ise
ose
ISR
Sin
noun, transgression of divine law:
NCO
ITA
ITC
ite
SIC
adverb, so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
ORT
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Ore
noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
ACE
noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
Tro
AAS
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
SEI
noun, sei whale.
NEP
noun, New Economic Policy.
IRO
OSA
nr.
NRA
NRC
NSA
NSC
ONA
noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
AAE
Oc.
sc.
op.
OTC
NPR
OAP
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.
OAS
SAR
OAT
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
OIt
Oca
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
OCR
OCS
OIr
Npt
one
noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
SAE
San
noun, a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
NES
Ora
noun, plural of os2 .
NET
noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
NIA
NIC
noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
opt
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
sea
noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
se-
Nip
noun, an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
OPS
noun, the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
ONI
AAP
SCP
NOC
Noe
noun, Noah (def 1).
NOP
ope
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
OPA
SAP
noun, the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
ons
ONR
STI
SIR
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
ot-
ERA
noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
en-
SPR
eon
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
Ep.
EPA
PAS
noun, a step or series of steps in ballet.
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
EPS
EPT
PAP
noun, soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
eir
ERP
ERS
noun, ervil.
ERT
ESA
Esc
ESR
PAC
noun, pack1 (def 1).
PTO
ETO
RNA
EIS
PCI
ETS
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.
CTA
cte
ctn
plural, carton.
ACT
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
eo-
ACS
ETA
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
ea.
EAA
ean
Ria
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
spt
pea
noun, the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
EAS
noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
eat
noun, eats, Informal. food.
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
Sta
St.
ec-
SRI
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
ECA
Sr.
OTA
ETR
pt.
Ios
noun, a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
trp
ROP
PEI
noun, I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
pc.
IOC
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 = .
Pa.
AIA
ior
IOT
Son
noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
OTS
RIP
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
IPA
IPO
ipr
IPS
Ir.
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
ote
IRC
ACP
SOC
noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
ine
ROI
ics
IRA
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
io-
Ia.
ap-
ian
noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
SPA
noun, a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
ROA
IAS
sot
noun, a drunkard.
Ps.
prn
ICA
noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
Pr.
ROC
noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
pp.
ier
SOP
noun, a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
in.
ina
noun, a female given name.
ac-
ROE
noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
TSR
noun, a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
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.
AA
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
AO
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.
RI
TP
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.
No
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
O.
OE
noun, oy2 .
OA
SA
S.
RP
PE
noun, the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
NI
PI
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
PO
noun, a chamber pot.
RO
R.
RA
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
RC
RN
NP
NC
TN
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
CE
TE
noun, ti1 .
TC
TA
noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
T1
t.
EI
NA
adverb, no1 .
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
i.
ic
SN
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.
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
N.
IP
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