Anagrams of Asclepius
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- scaleups
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- slipcase
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noun,
a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- specials
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- capsules
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- spicules
-
noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- splices
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- special
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noun,
a special person or thing.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- capsule
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- sluices
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- spicule
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noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- Celsius
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noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- spicula
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noun,
a spicule.
- Lepsius
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noun,
Karl Richard [kahrl rikh-ahrt] /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.
- upscale
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- scaleup
-
noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- pluses
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noun,
a plus quantity.
- plisse
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noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- plaice
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noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Scales
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- sculps
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verb (used with object),
to sculpture; carve or model.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- pileus
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noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- aspics
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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.
- slices
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- scaups
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noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- slipes
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Aussie
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noun,
an Australian.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- sauces
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noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- saleps
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sculp.
-
- saices
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noun,
syce.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- pulses
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- cuisse
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noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- clasps
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noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- cupels
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noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- sepals
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Cassie
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noun,
huisache.
- Cassel
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noun,
Kassel.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- class.
-
- piculs
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- scapes
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noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- apices
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noun,
a plural of apex.
- Leucas
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noun,
Levkas.
- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiels
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noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- lapsus
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noun,
a slip or lapse.
- aisles
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noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- spicas
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noun,
spike2 .
- passel
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noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- spices
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spaces
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noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- pauses
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- pause
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- saice
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noun,
syce.
- Ecua.
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- lases
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verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- sails
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noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- salep
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- peals
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noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Salic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Picus
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noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- cupel
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noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- Salus
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- culpa
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noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- issue
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noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- pale-
-
- paces
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noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- sauce
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noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- leaps
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noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Ipsus
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noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- Lucia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lepus
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noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Sauls
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noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- luces
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noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucas
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noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- leuc-
-
- picas
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noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- 30-30
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- puses
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noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- palis
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noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pilus
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noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- puces
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noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Icel.
-
- piles
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noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pauli
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noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- ileac
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adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Passe
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noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- plica
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pass.
-
- pases
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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.
- laics
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noun,
one of the laity.
- Laius
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Episc
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- Elias
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noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Epis.
-
- pulas
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- scalp
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noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- lapis
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noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- pulis
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noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- Elisa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pilea
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- pilau
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noun,
pilaf.
- pulse
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- scale
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noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scape
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noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alecs
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noun,
a herring.
- Caius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- spice
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- sipes
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verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spies
-
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- capes
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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.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Siple
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- caps.
-
- aspic
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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.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- slipe
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spaes
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verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- specs
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noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- aulic
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adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- spec.
-
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- apses
-
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.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clase
-
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- caus.
-
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- USIA
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- USIS
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- USCA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SPCA
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- 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.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Pal.
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- seps
-
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.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sec.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- SASE
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- SLIC
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- sics
-
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).
- PLSS
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- psec
-
- psia
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- 1080
-
- USPS
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- 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.
- ESIS
-
- esp.
-
- Aus.
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asis
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- ical
-
- Cal.
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- ile-
-
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clep
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- cis-
-
- cule
-
- lip-
-
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Cels
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- ELAS
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- cap.
-
- epi-
-
- isls
-
- Ice.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACLU
-
- lea.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ACLS
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- CIP
-
- up-
-
- ap-
-
- USP
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UAE
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEA
-
- USS
-
- USA
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AUC
-
- Sus
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CLI
-
- SCP
-
- SCS
-
- 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.
- ac-
-
- USC
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- CIE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CIA
-
- al.
-
- UPI
-
- cle
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- UPC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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).
- ACS
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- Apl
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ACP
-
- SPS
-
- 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.
- APC
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AIC
-
- ALC
-
- APS
-
- SSC
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- SLA
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- 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.
- cs.
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ASU
-
- SSE
-
- SLE
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- SSI
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- SLP
-
- CLU
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- CPA
-
- 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:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- La.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IUS
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPS
-
- IPA
-
- PCS
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- CPI
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- IAS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCI
-
- Ia.
-
- Pa.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- lep
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- pc.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Ps.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- ial
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PLC
-
- Sp.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- ics
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- EPA
-
- SAE
-
- EIS
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Ep.
-
- sc.
-
- EPS
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pli
-
- CPL
-
- eu-
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- ESU
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- CPS
-
- CSA
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- PUC
-
- PSS
-
- ESL
-
- CPU
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CU
-
- EI
-
- UC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SL
-
- U.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- CE
-
- IP
-
- PU
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LC
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- S.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SA
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SU
-
- le
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.