Anagrams of Berwick-upon-Tweed
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- twice-born
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adjective,
Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- Penderecki
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noun,
Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.
- tween-deck
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noun,
any space between two continuous decks in the hull of a vessel, as between a shelter deck and a freeboard deck.
- probenecid
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 19 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- write-down
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noun,
a reduction of the entered value of an asset account.
- Cupertino
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noun,
a town in W California.
- piecework
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noun,
work done and paid for by the piece.
- worked-up
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adjective,
excited; perturbed:
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- debenture
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noun,
certificate of indebtedness.
- reduction
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noun,
the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- workpiece
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noun,
a piece of work being machined.
- underbite
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noun,
occlusion in which the lower incisor teeth overlap the upper.
- deception
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noun,
the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
- obedience
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noun,
the state or quality of being obedient.
- two-piece
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noun,
Also, two-piecer. a two-piece garment.
- wide-open
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adjective,
opened to the full extent:
- epicenter
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noun,
Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- centuried
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adjective,
existing for an indefinite number of centuries.
- introduce
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verb (used with object),
to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- centipede
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noun,
any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.
- dew-point
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noun,
the temperature to which air must be cooled, at a given pressure and water-vapor content, for it to reach saturation; the temperature at which dew begins to form.
- intercede
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verb (used without object),
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:
- precedent
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noun,
Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- one-piece
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noun,
Also called one-piecer. a one-piece garment.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- turnpike
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noun,
a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- decentre
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verb (used with object),
decenter.
- decenter
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verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- cokernut
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noun,
coconut.
- undertow
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noun,
the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- obedient
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adjective,
obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority:
- Debrecen
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noun,
a city in E Hungary.
- eduction
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noun,
the act of educing.
- contrib.
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- decrepit
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adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- reedbuck
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noun,
any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.
- brontide
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- in-crowd
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noun,
in-group (def 1).
- inductor
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noun,
Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- centered
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- deutero-
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- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- diketone
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noun,
a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- unpriced
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adjective,
not priced; having no price shown or set.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- put-down
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noun,
a landing of an aircraft.
- inductee
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noun,
a person inducted into military service.
- decurion
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noun,
the head of a decury.
- ironweed
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noun,
any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- cenobite
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noun,
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
- dipteron
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- ductwork
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noun,
a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- pokeweed
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noun,
a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
- bountied
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adjective,
offering a bounty.
- duecento
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noun,
the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- Reinecke
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noun,
Carl Heinrich Carsten [kahrl hahyn-rikh kahr-stuh n] /ˈkɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈkɑr stən/ (Show IPA), 1824–1910, German pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
- bowenite
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noun,
a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
- pedicure
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noun,
professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- counter-
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- 11-point
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- Couperin
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1668–1733, French composer.
- ewe-neck
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noun,
a thin hollow neck, low in front of the shoulder, as of a horse or other animal.
- pretence
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noun,
pretense.
- bricktop
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noun,
a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
- outbreed
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verb (used with object),
to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- open-web
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adjective,
having a web of zigzag or crisscross lacing.
- rockweed
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noun,
a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- write-up
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noun,
a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine:
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- knotweed
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noun,
any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- downtick
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noun,
a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- tie-down
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noun,
a device for tying something down.
- Prudence
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noun,
the quality or fact of being prudent, or wise in practical affairs, as by providing for the future.
- donicker
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noun,
bathroom; toilet.
- deuteron
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noun,
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium.
- cornuted
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adjective,
having horns.
- Benedict
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noun,
a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.
- Benedick
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing) the confident bachelor who courts and finally marries Beatrice.
- Eniwetok
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noun,
an atoll in the NW Marshall Islands: atomic and hydrogen bomb tests 1947–52.
- web-toed
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adjective,
web-footed.
- toepiece
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noun,
toecap.
- repetend
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noun,
Mathematics. the part of a repeating decimal that is repeated, as 1234 in 0.123412341234. ….
- twopence
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noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- Berenice
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- icebound
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adjective,
held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in:
- pterido-
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- uptrend
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noun,
a tendency upward or toward growth, especially in economic development.
- dourine
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- network
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noun,
any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like:
- pricket
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noun,
a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
- neutro-
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- dornick
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noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- windrow
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noun,
a row or line of hay raked together to dry before being raked into heaps.
- Newport
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noun,
a seaport in Gwent, in SE Wales, near the Severn estuary.
- Brownie
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noun,
a tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
- pounder
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noun,
a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats.
- Dnieper
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noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- powered
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noun,
ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- wipeout
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noun,
Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- portend
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- precede
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noun,
Journalism. copy printed at the beginning of a news story presenting late bulletins, editorial notes, or prefatory remarks.
- burdock
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noun,
a composite plant of the genus Arctium, especially A. lappa, a coarse, broad-leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs that stick to the clothing.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- Buckner
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noun,
Simon Bolivar [bol-uh-ver] /ˈbɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1823–1914, U.S. Confederate general and politician.
- necktie
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noun,
a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- burweed
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noun,
any of various plants bearing a burlike fruit, as the cocklebur and burdock.
- potence
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noun,
potency.
- brucine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, C 23 H 26 N 2 O 4 , obtained from the nux vomica tree Strychnos nux-vomica, and from other species of the same genus, resembling but not as powerful as strychnine in its pharmacological action: used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- predict
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- crownet
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noun,
a coronet.
- preteen
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noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- pointed
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- prebend
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noun,
a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.
- brucite
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- pretend
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adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- pebrine
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noun,
an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- tenured
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- cutwork
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noun,
openwork embroidery in which the ground fabric is cut out about the pattern.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- cutdown
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noun,
reduction; decrease; diminution:
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- percoid
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adjective,
belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- pentode
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noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- weekend
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noun,
the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning:
- Courbet
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noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- cowbird
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noun,
any of several New World blackbirds of the genus Molothrus, especially M. ater, of North America, that accompany herds of cattle.
- cowrite
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verb (used with object),
to coauthor.
- cuprite
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- tipburn
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noun,
a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- tinwork
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noun,
something made of tin.
- cue-bid
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noun,
a bid in a suit showing control of the suit, as having an assured winner or a void.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- erodent
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adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- terpene
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- Ticknor
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noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- perinde
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- deuter-
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- deorbit
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- centri-
-
- centro-
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- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- detinue
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noun,
an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.
- pinwork
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noun,
(in the embroidery of needlepoint lace) crescent-shaped stitches raised from the surface of the design.
- Derwent
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noun,
a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.
- noctuid
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noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- Derbent
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noun,
a seaport in the SE Dagestan Autonomous Republic, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Caspian Sea.
- widower
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noun,
a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.
- pierced
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adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- picture
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- obtrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- kineto-
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- picotee
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- Deniker
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noun,
Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1852–1918, French anthropologist and naturalist.
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- nutpick
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noun,
a thin, sharp-pointed table implement or device for removing the edible kernels from nuts.
- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- pickeer
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verb (used without object),
to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
- terebic
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adjective,
of or derived from terebic acid.
- conduit
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- deboite
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noun,
a step in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the back of the other.
- debitor
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noun,
a debtor.
- denture
-
noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- crowned
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noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- rubdown
-
noun,
a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- Renwick
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noun,
James, 1818–95, U.S. architect.
- work-up
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noun,
an undesirable deposit of ink on a surface being printed, caused by the forcing into type-high position of quads or other spacing material.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- turdine
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- entero-
-
- reputed
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- turbine
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- bedtick
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noun,
tick3 .
- bedrock
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noun,
Geology. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
- Bedouin
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- bo-tree
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noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- bouncer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- bounder
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- duckpin
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noun,
Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
- ruction
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- unwired
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adjective,
not wired, especially not connected by power lines, cables, or wires to receive electricity or cable television.
- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- redbone
-
noun,
an American hound having a red coat, used in hunting raccoons, bears, cougars, and wildcats.
- red-ink
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noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- redneck
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noun,
an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
- inducer
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- redoubt
-
noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- eductor
-
noun,
ejector (def 3).
- inbreed
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verb (used with object),
to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- Bernice
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- between
-
noun,
Usually, betweens. a short needle with a rounded eye and a sharp point, used for fine hand stitchery in heavy fabric.
- betoken
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verb (used with object),
to give evidence of; indicate:
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- Berwick
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noun,
Also called Berwickshire [ber-ik-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛr ɪkˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in SE Scotland.
- Rubicon
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noun,
a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- rebound
-
noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- unbroke
-
adjective,
unbroken.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- Euterpe
-
noun,
the Muse of music and lyric poetry.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- product
-
noun,
a thing produced by labor:
- eucrite
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- roebuck
-
noun,
a male roe deer.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- produce
-
noun,
something that is produced; yield; product.
- kernite
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- Kendrew
-
noun,
John C(owdery) [koh-dree] /ˈkoʊ dri/ (Show IPA), 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.
- proceed
-
noun,
proceeds.
something that results or accrues.
the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction:
the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- epidote
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- prudent
-
adjective,
wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- Truckee
-
noun,
a river in E California and W Nevada, rising in Lake Tahoe and flowing E and NE for about 125 miles (201 km).
- protend
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- unbowed
-
adjective,
not bowed or bent.
- Brocket
-
noun,
any of several small, red, South American deer of the genus Mazama, having short, unbranched antlers.
- epicene
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- Brocken
-
noun,
a mountain in N central Germany: the highest peak in the Harz Mountains. 3745 feet (1140 meters).
- erudite
-
adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- bow-net
-
noun,
a clam-shaped net for trapping hawks, set open and baited with a pigeon, and closed upon the hawk by means of a trigger sprung from a blind.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- epicure
-
noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- cteno-
-
- uncork
-
verb (used with object),
to draw the cork from.
- utero-
-
- Eucken
-
noun,
Rudolph Christoph [roo-dawlf kris-tawf] /ˈru dɔlf ˈkrɪs tɔf/ (Show IPA), 1846–1926, German philosopher: Nobel Prize in Literature 1908.
- debtor
-
noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- debunk
-
verb (used with object),
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated:
- under-
-
- deepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become deep or deeper:
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- debone
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
- obduce
-
verb (imperative),
(in prescriptions) cover; conceal; coat.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- decree
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- tiered
-
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.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- weirdo
-
noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- undock
-
verb (used with object),
to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
- decker
-
noun,
something, as a ship or bed, having a specified number of decks, floors, levels, or the like (used in combination):
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- weenie
-
noun,
Informal. a wiener.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- two-up
-
noun,
a game in which two players bet that two tossed coins will land either with matching or nonmatching sides facing up.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- cupro-
-
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- weeper
-
noun,
a person who weeps.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- weeder
-
noun,
a person who removes weeds, as from a garden or lawn.
- weepie
-
noun,
a tearjerker; weeper.
- twicer
-
noun,
Slang. a two-time loser.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Enkidu
-
noun,
the servant and friend of Gilgamesh.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- enter-
-
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- cuboid
-
noun,
Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- Tucker
-
noun,
a person or thing that tucks.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- Updike
-
noun,
John, 1932–2009, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Dubcek
-
noun,
Alexander, 1921–92, Czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1968–69.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- ducker
-
noun,
a person or thing that ducks.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- duckie
-
adjective,
ducky1 .
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- necked
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Necker
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- necro-
-
- up-bow
-
noun,
(in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke toward the heel of the bow: indicated in scores by the symbol V (opposed to down-bow).
- Tunker
-
noun,
Dunker.
- duiker
-
noun,
any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- urino-
-
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- tribo-
-
- docker
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- turbo-
-
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- 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.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- uptown
-
noun,
the uptown section of a town or city:
- Kidron
-
noun,
a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- uptick
-
noun,
a rise or improvement in business activity, in mood, etc.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Kewpie
-
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- upwind
-
noun,
a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.
- Korbut
-
noun,
Olga, born 1955, Russian gymnast.
- docket
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- ketone
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- ketene
-
noun,
a colorless, poisonous gas, C 2 H 2 O, irritating to the lungs, prepared from acetone or acetic acid by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of certain commercial chemicals, as acetic anhydride and aspirin.
- Koweit
-
noun,
Kuwait.
- Kerwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Kuprin
-
noun,
Alexander Ivanovich [al-ig-zan-der i-vah-nuh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- keeper
-
noun,
a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
- Kedron
-
noun,
Kidron.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- neuro-
-
- turco-
-
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- depone
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Turkic
-
noun,
a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut.
- 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.
- depute
-
verb (used with object),
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- unpick
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
- Eckert
-
noun,
John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- detick
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- induct
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- denti-
-
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- unipod
-
noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- induc.
-
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- nocti-
-
- inter.
-
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dupion
-
noun,
a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Dunker
-
noun,
a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the U.S., characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- Townie
-
noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- nitro-
-
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- DuPont
-
noun,
Eleuthère Irénée [e-lœ-ter ee-rey-ney] /ɛ lœˈtɛr i reɪˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- deuto-
-
- intro.
-
- unwept
-
adjective,
not wept for; unmourned:
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- ptero-
-
- Podunk
-
noun,
any small and insignificant or inaccessible town or village:
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- recti-
-
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- pocked
-
adjective,
marked with pustules or with pits left by them; pitted.
- pocket
-
noun,
a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- Winder
-
noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- window
-
noun,
an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- windup
-
noun,
the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- winker
-
noun,
a person or thing that winks.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- birken
-
adjective,
birchen; birch.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- butene
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- betide
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- beweep
-
verb (used with object),
to weep over (something):
- Bewick
-
noun,
Thomas, 1753–1828, English wood engraver.
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- bicker
-
noun,
an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; contention.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- worked
-
noun,
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- Wiener
-
noun,
frankfurter.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- browed
-
adjective,
having a brow of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- Bordet
-
noun,
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent [zhyl zhahn ba-teest van-sahn] /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- broken
-
noun,
an act or instance of breaking; disruption or separation of parts; fracture; rupture:
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- putrid
-
adjective,
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- Woburn
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, N of Boston.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Botkin
-
noun,
Benjamin Albert, 1901–75, U.S. folklorist, editor, and essayist.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- boudin
-
noun,
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- punkie
-
noun,
any of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae.
- bounce
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- punker
-
noun,
a punk rock musician or a devotee of punk rock or punk styles.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- pundit
-
noun,
a learned person, expert, or authority.
- pucker
-
noun,
a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- Browne
-
noun,
Charles Farrer [far-er] /ˈfær ər/ (Show IPA), ("Artemus Ward") 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Bunkie
-
noun,
bunkmate.
- Bunker
-
noun,
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box:
- wonted
-
noun,
custom; habit; practice:
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- recede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- Powder
-
noun,
any solid substance reduced to a state of fine, loose particles by crushing, grinding, disintegration, etc.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- bodice
-
noun,
a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
- bucket
-
noun,
a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- bucker
-
noun,
a horse that bucks.
- Bodkin
-
noun,
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
- bucked
-
noun,
an act of bucking.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- rebuke
-
noun,
sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand.
- Wonder
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- bonduc
-
noun,
a semitropical tree, Caesalpinia bonducella, of the legume family, the decorative seeds of which are used for jewelry and rosaries.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- 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.
- reduce
-
verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- picro-
-
- wicket
-
noun,
a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
- Becker
-
noun,
Carl Lotus [loh-tuh s] /ˈloʊ təs/ (Show IPA), 1873–1945, U.S. historian.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- Becket
-
noun,
a short length of rope for securing spars, coils of rope, etc., having an eye at one end and a thick knot or a toggle at the other, which is passed through the eye.
- beckon
-
noun,
a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- bedeck
-
verb (used with object),
to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.
- Corwin
-
noun,
Norman (Lewis) 1910–2011, U.S. radio and stage dramatist and novelist.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corned
-
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.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Perkin
-
noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- corked
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- Pernik
-
noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- beeper
-
noun,
a device that connects into a telephone circuit and transmits a periodic signal as an indication that the conversation over the circuit is being recorded.
- Pernod
-
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Reuben
-
noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- rewind
-
noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- peruke
-
noun,
a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.
- 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.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- wu-wei
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) action accomplishing its purpose in accordance with the natures of things and events.
- pecker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pecks.
- crewed
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Cowper
-
noun,
William, 1731–1800, English poet and hymnologist.
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Peerce
-
noun,
Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- peewit
-
noun,
pewit.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- cowrie
-
noun,
the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Beduin
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Cobden
-
noun,
Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.
- picket
-
noun,
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Picker
-
noun,
someone or something that picks.
- picked
-
noun,
the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection:
- pewter
-
noun,
any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- petro-
-
- contd.
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- contr.
-
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- wicker
-
noun,
a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Bender
-
noun,
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- workup
-
noun,
a thorough medical diagnostic examination including laboratory tests and x-rays.
- wicked
-
noun,
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Turk.
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- reni-
-
- twice
-
adverb,
two times, as in succession:
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- pubic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the pubes or the pubis.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- ideo-
-
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- twerp
-
noun,
an insignificant or despicable fellow:
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Tweed
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Turki
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- 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.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- rect.
-
- Indo-
-
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- recip
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- retd.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Recit
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Repub
-
- rept.
-
- twirp
-
noun,
twerp.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- recpt
-
- rcpt.
-
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- intr.
-
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- twink
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
wink1 .
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- incor
-
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Euro-
-
- incr.
-
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pewit
-
noun,
the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.
- nuci-
-
- obdt.
-
- pewee
-
noun,
any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
Compare wood pewee.
- petri
-
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- petr-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- nudi-
-
- 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.
- pert.
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- noct-
-
- 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.
- pinko
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- Norw.
-
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- OBrit
-
- 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).
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- pedo-
-
- PEDir
-
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- pedi-
-
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- pekoe
-
noun,
a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Perdu
-
noun,
Obsolete. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- peri-
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ordn.
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Penki
-
noun,
Benxi.
- pene-
-
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- tubi-
-
- Kitwe
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- 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.
- Kindu
-
noun,
a town in E Zaire, on the Lualaba River.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- knout
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- knowe
-
noun,
knoll1 .
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- prick
-
noun,
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- prob.
-
- proc.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Proud
-
Idioms,
do one proud,
to be a source of pride or credit to a person:
to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly:
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- truck
-
noun,
any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
- prude
-
noun,
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- Keene
-
noun,
a city in SW New Hampshire.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- prod.
-
- kendo
-
noun,
a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.
- kente
-
noun,
a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African-American pride.
- Prot.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- keto-
-
- pron.
-
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- pret.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- poker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pokes.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- neur-
-
- poet.
-
- neut.
-
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- pred.
-
- 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.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- POWER
-
noun,
ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Pound
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Port.
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Nebr.
-
- Deneb
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- broke
-
noun,
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- Brown
-
noun,
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- bucko
-
noun,
Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
- Brink
-
noun,
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
- Burke
-
noun,
Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke) 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
- wiper
-
noun,
a person or thing that wipes.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- bunko
-
noun,
a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- wired
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Brit.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- deuce
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- dowie
-
adjective,
dull; melancholy; dismal.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- woken
-
noun,
a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Brick
-
noun,
a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Bowen
-
noun,
Catherine (Shober) Drinker [shoh-ber dring-ker] /ˈʃoʊ bər ˈdrɪŋ kər/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, U.S. biographer and essayist.
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- BPetE
-
- Bowie
-
noun,
James, 1799–1836, U.S. soldier and pioneer.
- Bower
-
noun,
a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
- Deut.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Cupid
-
noun,
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Cower
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- Cukor
-
noun,
George, 1899–1983, U.S. film director.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- weird
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- crunk
-
noun,
a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- 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.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creek
-
noun,
U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- crowd
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- Crown
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- utend
-
- dent.
-
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- widow
-
noun,
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- 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.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- cert.
-
- cero-
-
- DePew
-
noun,
Chauncey Mitchell, 1834–1928, U.S. lawyer, legislator, and orator.
- cine-
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- dept.
-
- cent.
-
- wince
-
noun,
a wincing or shrinking movement; a slight start.
- Derek
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- widen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cont.
-
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Weber
-
noun,
the standard unit of magnetic flux and magnetic pole strength in the International System of Units (SI), equal to a flux that produces an electromotive force of one volt in a single turn of wire when the flux is uniformly reduced to zero in a period of one second; 10 8 maxwells. Abbreviation: Wb.
- copr-
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- deci-
-
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- Brock
-
noun,
a European badger.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ecto-
-
- biker
-
noun,
a person who rides a bicycle, motorcycle, or motorbike, especially in competition or as a hobby.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- bedew
-
verb (used with object),
to wet with or as if with dew.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- econ.
-
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Unit.
-
- biont
-
- wrick
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
wrench; strain.
- biped
-
noun,
a two-footed animal.
- ento-
-
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Dupre
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1812–89, French painter.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- endo-
-
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- bicep
-
noun,
a biceps muscle, especially the one at the front of the upper arm.
- wound
-
noun,
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- BCerE
-
- UNCIO
-
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- unwit
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to render devoid of wit; derange.
- bipod
-
noun,
a two-legged support, as for an automatic rifle.
- wreck
-
noun,
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- educe
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- educ.
-
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- Edwin
-
noun,
Also, Eadwine. a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
- drouk
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- Wundt
-
noun,
Wilhelm Max [vil-helm mahks] /ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈmɑks/ (Show IPA), 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- 30-30
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- edit.
-
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- drunk
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- drupe
-
noun,
any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.
- upend
-
verb (used with object),
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- 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.
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- cide
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Ceto
-
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cet-
-
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- ter.
-
- beek
-
noun,
Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.
- 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.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- CERN
-
- Beck
-
noun,
a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
- Wouk
-
noun,
Herman, born 1915, U.S. novelist.
- cit.
-
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- wide
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cond
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Pen.
-
- cpd.
-
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- peke
-
noun,
Pekingese (def 1).
- wept
-
noun,
weeping, or a fit of weeping.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- peek
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance; peep.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- wrnt
-
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- pede
-
- ped.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- 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.
- 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.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- 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.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- rit.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- wick
-
noun,
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- rpt.
-
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- bkpr
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- prow
-
noun,
the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
- Puck
-
noun,
Ice Hockey. a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is to be hit into the goal.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- pub.
-
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- woke
-
noun,
a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- BPOE
-
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- bin-
-
- puke
-
noun,
vomit.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- bike
-
noun,
Informal.
a bicycle.
a motorbike.
a motorcycle.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Brew
-
noun,
a quantity brewed in a single process.
- Work
-
noun,
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- crew
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- pro-
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- bet.
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Word
-
noun,
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- wonk
-
noun,
a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- ruck
-
noun,
a large number or quantity; mass.
- bonk
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rcd.
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bor.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Bork
-
verb (used with object),
to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bot.
-
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Birk
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
birch.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- punk
-
noun,
any prepared substance, usually in stick form, that will smolder and can be used to light fireworks, fuses, etc.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Rep.
-
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- poke
-
noun,
a thrust or push.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- wipe
-
noun,
an act of wiping:
- ten.
-
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- wink
-
noun,
an act of winking.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- bkpt
-
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Cdr.
-
- Wind
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pock
-
noun,
a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- pkt.
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pork
-
noun,
the flesh of hogs used as food.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- pre-
-
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- brow
-
noun,
Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- Buck
-
noun,
the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- prec
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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):
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- 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.
- bunk
-
noun,
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- pot.
-
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Burk
-
noun,
Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- out-
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Douw
-
noun,
Gerrard [Dutch gey-rahrt] /Dutch ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), Dou, Gerard.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- doup
-
noun,
the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- knee
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- knew
-
noun,
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knob
-
noun,
a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knop
-
noun,
a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- dpt.
-
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- kerb
-
noun, verb (used with object),
curb (defs 1, 15).
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kibe
-
noun,
a chapped or ulcerated chilblain, especially on the heel.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- ket-
-
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- know
-
noun,
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- tron
-
- keep
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- uret
-
- dock
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- trid
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- NCTE
-
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- KWIC
-
adjective,
of or designating an alphabetical concordance of the principal terms in a text showing every occurrence of each term surrounded by a few words of the context.
- NEbE
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Peck
-
noun,
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- Knt.
-
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- knub
-
noun,
nub.
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- dork
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- Kobe
-
noun,
a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- kudo
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Kurd
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- Kure
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Keen
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- dir.
-
- enc.
-
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- IBEW
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- end-
-
- ence
-
- twi-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- IEEE
-
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- EEOC
-
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Ind.
-
- uni-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- etc.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Ukr.
-
- epit
-
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- Inc.
-
- IndE
-
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- DUKW
-
noun,
a type of amphibious military transport used during World War II.
- Ire.
-
- Duke
-
noun,
(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- 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.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duck
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- updo
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- Tuck
-
noun,
something tucked or folded in.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- dunk
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- int.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- dupe
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- iod-
-
- dup.
-
- duo-
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- week
-
noun,
a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- Dec.
-
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- NWbW
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- OPer
-
- 1080
-
- NRPB
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- cuke
-
noun,
cucumber.
- Den.
-
- weep
-
noun,
weeping, or a fit of weeping.
- deke
-
noun,
a fake or feint intended to deceive a defensive player, often drawing that player out of position.
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- NUWW
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- tnpk
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Tob.
-
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Ont.
-
- Weed
-
noun,
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- ord.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- tion
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- deb.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- cur.
-
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- Oct.
-
- WCTU
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- OECD
-
- OEEC
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- 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.
- dep.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- uro-
-
- 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.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- depr
-
- 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.
- pct.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Dewi
-
noun,
Saint, David, Saint.
- dioc
-
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Dino
-
- Crow
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- der.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- neo-
-
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- ctr.
-
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Din.
-
- UIT
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- rtw
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- unc
-
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- RPO
-
- WOW
-
noun,
an extraordinary success:
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- twp
-
- WPB
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- UDC
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UCR
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- TID
-
- wud
-
adjective,
wood; mad.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- Tu.
-
- Une
-
- tpd
-
- TBO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- WIP
-
- UTC
-
- wok
-
noun,
a large bowl-shaped pan used in cooking Chinese food.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- Tro
-
- ur-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Tbi
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- TPI
-
- tpk
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- TPN
-
- ure
-
- Tpr
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tr.
-
- wob
-
- WNW
-
- wk.
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- TBD
-
- UNO
-
- uti
-
- TKO
-
- unp
-
- TNB
-
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- Web
-
noun,
something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
- WDC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- WbN
-
- wd.
-
- up-
-
- 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.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- wid
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tue
-
- UPC
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- wop
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- trp
-
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- UPI
-
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ETD
-
- EbN
-
- ec-
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ed.
-
- EdB
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- DWI
-
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eo-
-
- DWB
-
- Ep.
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- DNB
-
- DNR
-
- DOB
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- Du.
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- DUI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EPT
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- ROP
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- ine
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- IWC
-
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- KBE
-
- KCB
-
- Kt.
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- in.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- IWW
-
noun,
an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbreviation: I.W.W., IWW.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- id.
-
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- IDB
-
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDP
-
- ier
-
- dk.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- kCi
-
- BTE
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- Bow
-
noun,
an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
- BPE
-
- BPI
-
- BRE
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- BTW
-
- Bn.
-
- bu.
-
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- BWC
-
- BWI
-
- CBD
-
- CBE
-
- 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.
-
- Bok
-
noun,
Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.
- bkt
-
- cp.
-
- BCP
-
- BCE
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- bp.
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- BCD
-
- Bde
-
- bk.
-
- bec
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEP
-
- BEW
-
- bi-
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- BIE
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cr.
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- DPW
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- DBE
-
- do.
-
- dwt
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- de-
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- di.
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- cte
-
- CRT
-
- ct.
-
- CIE
-
- CWO
-
- CBW
-
- CDT
-
- CED
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CIB
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIP
-
- CRP
-
- ckw
-
- CNO
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- cow
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- CPI
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPU
-
- KBP
-
- IOU
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ONR
-
- oid
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ODT
-
- Rd.
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pwr
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ot-
-
- oic
-
- RCP
-
- ote
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCT
-
- ob.
-
- Oc.
-
- RCN
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- RBC
-
- OED
-
- Re.
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- op.
-
- OTC
-
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OCD
-
- ock
-
- OCR
-
- OTB
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- RDC
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- PWD
-
- PCB
-
- PCI
-
- PDT
-
- pew
-
noun,
(in a church) one of a number of fixed, benchlike seats with backs, accessible by aisles, for the use of the congregation.
- Pr.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PID
-
- 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:
- pik
-
noun,
payment in kind.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- prn
-
- PKU
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- PUC
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- OWI
-
- PUD
-
noun,
pudding.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- PRC
-
- POB
-
- POW
-
noun,
a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- pc.
-
- pd.
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- POC
-
- NWC
-
- RBI
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NCO
-
- kr.
-
- KRP
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- NBC
-
- NbE
-
- NbW
-
- NDE
-
- kpc
-
- ROI
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Keb
-
noun,
Geb.
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Ker
-
- Kew
-
noun,
a part of Richmond, in Greater London, England: famous botanical gardens (Kew Gardens)
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- kop
-
noun,
a hill.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kn.
-
- KNP
-
- kob
-
noun,
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- ne-
-
- NWT
-
- NEC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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:
- 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.
- WWI
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nik
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- rnd
-
- WU
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 222–80.
- BC
-
- wt
-
- BW
-
noun,
a black and white motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.
- RW
-
- R.
-
- B-
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- WW
-
- WP
-
- t.
-
- BO
-
- RN
-
- CE
-
- RI
-
- RC
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- PW
-
- RP
-
- RU
-
- CB
-
- RO
-
- TC
-
- PU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TB
-
- KD
-
- ck
-
- ic
-
- O.
-
- NW
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TP
-
- UI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Ud
-
- UB
-
- UK
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- i.
-
- NP
-
- Eb
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NB
-
- N.
-
- KW
-
- IP
-
- 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.
- IW
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- K.
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- KP
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- KB
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DB
-
- CU
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- CW
-
- D.
-
- PB
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- 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.
- DP
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- DW
-
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- WI
-
- WC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- tk
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- TN
-
- DN
-
- WB
-
- KC
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- OW
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interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- UW
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- NC
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