Anagrams of Carpentersville
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- irrelevances
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noun,
the quality or condition of being irrelevant.
- irrelevance
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noun,
the quality or condition of being irrelevant.
- percentiles
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies:
- cantilevers
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noun,
any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- privateers
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noun,
an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- interlaces
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- varletries
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noun,
varlets collectively.
- plane-tree
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noun,
any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
- pericenter
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noun,
the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- respective
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adjective,
pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular:
- percentile
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noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies:
- alpestrine
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adjective,
subalpine (def 2).
- pestilence
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noun,
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- eviscerate
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verb (used with object),
to remove the entrails from; disembowel:
- cantilever
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noun,
any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- irrelevant
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adjective,
not relevant; not applicable or pertinent:
- presentive
-
adjective,
notional (def 7).
- Enterprise
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noun,
a project undertaken or to be undertaken, especially one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy:
- epicenters
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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.
- Carpentier
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noun,
Alejo [uh-ley-hoh;; Spanish ah-le-haw] /əˈleɪ hoʊ;; Spanish ɑˈlɛ hɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–80, Cuban novelist, writer, and musicologist.
- terreplein
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noun,
the top platform or horizontal surface of a rampart where guns are mounted.
- relevances
-
noun,
the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand:
- re-present
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verb (used with object),
to present again or anew.
- replicates
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- Naperville
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- clienteles
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noun,
the clients or customers, as of a professional person or shop, considered collectively; a group or body of clients:
- secretaire
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noun,
any writing desk resembling a secretary.
- vespertine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the evening:
- Pearlstein
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noun,
Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- crenelates
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adjective,
crenelated.
- parceners
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- recliners
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noun,
a person or thing that reclines.
- versatile
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.:
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- levanters
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noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- vellicate
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verb (used with object),
to pluck; twitch.
- ill-spent
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adjective,
misspent; wasted.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- verticals
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noun,
something vertical, as a line or plane.
- pretences
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noun,
pretense.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- panetiere
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noun,
a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- privateer
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noun,
an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- sea-level
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noun,
the horizontal plane or level corresponding to the surface of the sea at mean level between high and low tide.
- careerist
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noun,
a person who follows a career.
- 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.
- ice-plant
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noun,
a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- prevalent
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adjective,
widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- callipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Esperance
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noun,
hope.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- arrestive
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adjective,
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
- Leicester
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noun,
1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- selective
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adjective,
having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- vernicles
-
noun,
veronica1 .
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- veratrine
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noun,
a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- ventricle
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noun,
Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- traceries
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noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- errancies
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noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- receivers
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noun,
a person or thing that receives.
- lenticels
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noun,
a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- receptive
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adjective,
having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- secretive
-
adjective,
having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent:
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- venerates
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- preventer
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noun,
a person or thing that prevents.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- revelries
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noun,
reveling; boisterous festivity:
- replevins
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noun,
an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
- reveilles
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noun,
a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
- replicate
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- reliances
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- reserpine
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noun,
an alkaloid, C 33 H 40 N 2 O 9 , obtained from the root of the rauwolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Easterner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.
- earpieces
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noun,
a piece that covers or passes over the ear, as on a cap or eyeglasses.
- reprieval
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noun,
reprieve; respite.
- represent
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verb (used with object),
to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize:
- relievers
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noun,
a person or thing that relieves.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- livetraps
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noun,
a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- replevies
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noun,
a seizure in replevin.
- clientele
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noun,
the clients or customers, as of a professional person or shop, considered collectively; a group or body of clients:
- crevalles
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noun,
any of several marine fishes of the jack family, Carangidae.
- Praeneste
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noun,
ancient name of Palestrina.
- valencies
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noun,
valence.
- repartees
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noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- crenelate
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adjective,
crenelated.
- repellent
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adjective,
causing distaste or aversion; repulsive.
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- repeaters
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noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- cervelats
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noun,
a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
- travelers
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noun,
a person or thing that travels.
- Carpenter
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noun,
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- levirates
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- retrieval
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noun,
the act of retrieving.
- retrainee
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noun,
a person who is being retrained.
- scrivener
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noun,
scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- enervates
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adjective,
enervated.
- presenter
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noun,
a person or thing that presents.
- presenile
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adjective,
pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- preselect
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verb (used with object),
to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- splenetic
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noun,
a splenetic person.
- relevance
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noun,
the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand:
- celestial
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noun,
an inhabitant of heaven.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- cellarers
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noun,
a person in a monastery or community who is responsible for supplying food and drink.
- cellarets
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- relatives
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- electives
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- respecter
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noun,
someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions):
- reentries
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noun,
an act of reentering.
- re-create
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verb (used with object),
to create anew.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Intervale
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noun,
a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- Pelletier
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noun,
Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- vice-pres
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- virescent
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adjective,
turning green.
- pelerines
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noun,
a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- seriplane
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noun,
a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- Periclean
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adjective,
of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- pentacles
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noun,
pentagram.
- Severance
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noun,
the act of severing or the state of being severed.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- taverners
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- larcenies
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noun,
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- lancelets
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noun,
any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- increaser
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noun,
a person or thing that increases.
- percenter
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noun,
a person or thing that charges or pays a certain percentage, cooperates to a specified degree, etc. (used in combination):
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- larceners
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noun,
a person who commits larceny.
- latencies
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noun,
the state of being latent.
- percaline
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noun,
a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- presence
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noun,
the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- re-lease
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noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- enlistee
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- retirees
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- enervate
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adjective,
enervated.
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- celeries
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noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- Celanese
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- preserve
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noun,
something that preserves.
- enactive
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adjective,
having power to enact or establish, as a law.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- retainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- pentacle
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noun,
pentagram.
- perceive
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verb (used with object),
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses:
- relative
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Elsevier
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noun,
Louis, c1540–1617, Dutch printer: founder of a printing firm at Leyden (1591?) that was operated by his descendants through the 18th century.
- cellarer
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noun,
a person in a monastery or community who is responsible for supplying food and drink.
- cellaret
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- percales
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- reenters
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verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- veinlets
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noun,
a small vein.
- erectile
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adjective,
capable of being erected or set upright.
- leverets
-
noun,
a young hare.
- reversal
-
noun,
an act or instance of reversing.
- preteens
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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.
- panicles
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noun,
a compound raceme.
- pretence
-
noun,
pretense.
- levelers
-
noun,
a person or thing that levels.
- alienees
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- capelins
-
noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- capeline
-
noun,
Armor. an iron skullcap worn by medieval archers.
- erective
-
adjective,
tending to erect.
- capelets
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- pretense
-
noun,
pretending or feigning; make-believe:
- creative
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adjective,
having the quality or power of creating.
- cantrips
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- recreate
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verb (used with object),
to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- reverent
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adjective,
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful:
- re-trace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- licensee
-
noun,
a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- Taverner
-
noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- releaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that releases.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- retrieve
-
noun,
an act of retrieving; recovery.
- entrelac
-
noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- epicenes
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- levirate
-
noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- reveille
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noun,
a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
- Carlisle
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noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- larcener
-
noun,
a person who commits larceny.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- prelects
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- cleanser
-
noun,
a preparation for cleansing, as a liquid or powder for scouring sinks, bathtubs, etc., or a cream for cleaning the face.
- plenties
-
noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- replevin
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
- cleavers
-
noun,
a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
- pralines
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- sirvente
-
noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- laetrile
-
noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- televise
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verb (used with or without object),
to send or receive by television.
- perlites
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- triplane
-
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- claviers
-
noun,
the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- livetrap
-
noun,
a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- clarinet
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- reliever
-
noun,
a person or thing that relieves.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- perisarc
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noun,
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- lancelet
-
noun,
any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- naivetes
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- creepers
-
noun,
a person or thing that creeps.
- repeater
-
noun,
a person or thing that repeats.
- praelect
-
verb (used without object),
prelect.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- replants
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- repartee
-
noun,
a quick, witty reply.
- repaints
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- crevalle
-
noun,
any of several marine fishes of the jack family, Carangidae.
- replaces
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- visceral
-
adjective,
of or relating to the viscera.
- nacelles
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noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- renverse
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adjective,
performed with the body bent from the waist:
- perverse
-
adjective,
willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- reprieve
-
noun,
a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- Perceval
-
noun,
Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- cervelat
-
noun,
a type of smoked sausage made of beef or pork, fat, and seasonings: originally made of brains.
- traveler
-
noun,
a person or thing that travels.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- prelates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- prelease
-
noun,
a lease on a building, apartment, etc., that is offered or signed before construction has begun.
- Vaseline
-
- Percival
-
noun,
Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- elatives
-
noun,
an elative case.
- re-serve
-
verb (used with or without object),
to serve again.
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- centrals
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- plaister
-
noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- centiles
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- elevates
-
adjective,
Archaic. raised; elevated.
- splinter
-
noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- traverse
-
noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- relevant
-
adjective,
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
- earpiece
-
noun,
a piece that covers or passes over the ear, as on a cap or eyeglasses.
- eateries
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- perillas
-
noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- reprints
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- reprisal
-
noun,
(in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- Nepalese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Nepal.
- cistvaen
-
noun,
cist2 .
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- treacles
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- literals
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- precents
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- rescript
-
noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- planters
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- perverts
-
noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- Pericles
-
noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Reliance
-
noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- petaline
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- retrains
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- arteries
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- prevents
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- verniers
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- terraces
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- receiver
-
noun,
a person or thing that receives.
- partiers
-
noun,
partyer.
- pearlite
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- ventails
-
noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- vesperal
-
noun,
the part of an antiphonary containing the chants for vespers.
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- particle
-
noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- tiercels
-
noun,
tercel.
- reactive
-
adjective,
tending to react.
- screever
-
noun,
an artist who draws pictures on sidewalks, as with colored chalks, earning a living from the donations of spectators and passersby.
- ventrals
-
adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- selenite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- Terceira
-
noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- espalier
-
noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- lenticel
-
noun,
a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- terpenes
-
noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- versicle
-
noun,
a little verse.
- lenticle
-
noun,
a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.
- versiera
-
noun,
witch of Agnesi.
- veneries
-
noun,
the gratification of sexual desire.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- venereal
-
adjective,
arising from, connected with, or transmitted through sexual intercourse, as an infection.
- allspice
-
noun,
the dried, unripe berries of an aromatic tropical American tree, Pimenta dioica, used whole or ground as a spice.
- picrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- vesicate
-
verb (used with object),
to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- pastille
-
noun,
a flavored or medicated lozenge; troche.
- evictees
-
noun,
a person who has been evicted.
- Patience
-
noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- salience
-
noun,
the state or condition of being salient.
- terrenes
-
noun,
the earth.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Verlaine
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
- pelicans
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- lecterns
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- spectral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- arrestee
-
noun,
a person who is under arrest.
- evanesce
-
verb (used without object),
to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.
- terrines
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- terrapin
-
noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Vercelli
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Milan.
- Terrence
-
noun,
a male given name.
- vernicle
-
noun,
veronica1 .
- sleep-in
-
noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- pilaster
-
noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- selenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- partners
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- pelerine
-
noun,
a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- venerate
-
verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- especial
-
adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- calipees
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- reclines
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- prevails
-
verb (used without object),
to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally:
- vesicant
-
noun,
a vesicant agent or substance.
- pretrial
-
noun,
a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- pillaret
-
noun,
a small pillar.
- vertices
-
noun,
a plural of vertex.
- recliner
-
noun,
a person or thing that reclines.
- silencer
-
noun,
a person or thing that silences.
- peltries
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- calipers
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- printers
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- allecret
-
noun,
a half suit of light plate armor.
- seapiece
-
noun,
seascape (def 1).
- erratics
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- calliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- interval
-
noun,
an intervening period of time:
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- parcener
-
noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- privates
-
noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- vertical
-
noun,
something vertical, as a line or plane.
- Levanter
-
noun,
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- recreant
-
noun,
a coward.
- pantiles
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- learners
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Antilles
-
plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- ravelins
-
noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- several
-
noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- privets
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- evinces
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- tellies
-
noun,
television.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Terrell
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- private
-
noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- Travers
-
noun,
P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- travels
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- steeple
-
noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- Sevener
-
noun,
Ismaʿilian.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- creeper
-
noun,
a person or thing that creeps.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Terrene
-
noun,
the earth.
- eclipse
-
noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- evictee
-
noun,
a person who has been evicted.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- ravelin
-
noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- leavens
-
noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- terpene
-
noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Service
-
noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- praline
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- nacelle
-
noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- servile
-
adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- reliers
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- tellers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- crenels
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- relieve
-
Idioms,
to relieve oneself, to urinate or defecate.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- steerer
-
noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Terence
-
noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- silence
-
noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- escapee
-
noun,
a person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- leviter
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- license
-
noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- prevent
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enspell
-
verb (used with object),
to cast a spell on.
- enslave
-
verb (used with object),
to make a slave of; reduce to slavery:
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- trailer
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Seville
-
noun,
a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: site of the Alcazar; cathedral.
- enlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- reelers
-
noun,
a person or thing that reels.
- levants
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- preter-
-
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- leveler
-
noun,
a person or thing that levels.
- Ercilla
-
noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- leveret
-
noun,
a young hare.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- tailles
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- epicene
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- prevail
-
verb (used without object),
to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally:
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- leviers
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- preteen
-
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.
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- release
-
noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- elevens
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus one.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- elevate
-
adjective,
Archaic. raised; elevated.
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- recalls
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- prelect
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- electr-
-
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- pricers
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- silvern
-
adjective,
made of or like silver.
- elative
-
noun,
an elative case.
- Everest
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Elinvar
-
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- enclave
-
noun,
a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
- enclasp
-
verb (used with object),
to hold in or as in a clasp or embrace.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- striper
-
noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- Estelle
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”.
- presell
-
verb (used with object),
to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- estival
-
adjective,
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
- previse
-
verb (used with object),
to foresee.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- receive
-
verb (used with object),
to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered):
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- Lenapes
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- ellipse
-
noun,
a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal. It is a conic section formed by the intersection of a right circular cone by a plane that cuts the axis and the surface of the cone. Typical equation: (x 2 / a 2) + (y 2 / b 2) = 1. If a = b the ellipse is a circle.
- transl.
-
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- transp.
-
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- inclasp
-
verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- epeeist
-
noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- carpels
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- reveals
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- peelers
-
noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- sparver
-
noun,
a tentlike bed curtain or canopy.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- vesical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
- Script.
-
- carrels
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- reveres
-
noun,
revers.
- caplets
-
- caplins
-
noun,
capelin.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- panicle
-
noun,
a compound raceme.
- reverie
-
noun,
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:
- captive
-
noun,
a prisoner.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- Pevsner
-
noun,
Antoine [French ahn-twan] /French ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1886–1962, French sculptor and painter, born in Russia (brother of Naum Gabo).
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- pallets
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- retells
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- arteri-
-
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- placers
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- veeries
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Celeste
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”.
- cave-in
-
noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- carvels
-
noun,
caravel.
- vesicle
-
noun,
a small sac or cyst.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- veinlet
-
noun,
a small vein.
- vespine
-
adjective,
of or relating to wasps.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pelican
-
noun,
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Apelles
-
noun,
360?–315? b.c, Greek painter.
- reverse
-
noun,
the opposite or contrary of something.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- selenic
-
adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- Vernier
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- ventail
-
noun,
the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- ventri-
-
- secrete
-
noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Avertin
-
- sleeper
-
noun,
a person or thing that sleeps.
- speller
-
noun,
a person who spells words.
- parries
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- ventral
-
adjective,
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- Venetic
-
noun,
an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- parrels
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- revisal
-
noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- reviles
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Calvert
-
noun,
Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- steepen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become steeper.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- capelin
-
noun,
either of two small fishes of the smelt family, Mallotus villosus, of coastal North American waters, or M. catervarius, of the North Pacific.
- reverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- pectens
-
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.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Spelter
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- peavies
-
noun,
peavey.
- venerer
-
noun,
a huntsman.
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- veneers
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- Parnell
-
noun,
Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- pellets
-
noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- venatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to hunting.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- callers
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- pillars
-
noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- cellist
-
noun,
a person who plays the cello.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- Pereira
-
noun,
Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- valines
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- scalene
-
adjective,
Geometry.
(of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
(of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- reprise
-
noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- actives
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- clasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- Perilla
-
noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- scalpel
-
noun,
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- scleral
-
adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- pensile
-
adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- pensive
-
adjective,
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
- varices
-
noun,
plural of varix.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- reptile
-
noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- Villars
-
noun,
Claude Louis Hector de [klohd lwee ek-tawr duh] /kloʊd lwi ɛkˈtɔr də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1734, marshal of France.
- pervert
-
noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- clavers
-
noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- clivers
-
noun,
cleavers.
- Valence
-
noun,
Chemistry.
the quality that determines the number of atoms or groups with which any single atom or group will unite chemically.
the relative combining capacity of an atom or group compared with that of the standard hydrogen atom. The chloride ion, Cl–, with a valence of one, has the capacity to unite with one atom of hydrogen or its equivalent, as in HCl or NaCl.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- replace
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- steelie
-
noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- cravens
-
noun,
a coward.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- cleaver
-
noun,
a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
- clavier
-
noun,
the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- cleanse
-
verb (used with object),
to make clean.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Valerie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- replete
-
noun,
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- scarper
-
verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- viscera
-
plural noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity.
- valeric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from valerian.
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- pencils
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pencels
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- plancer
-
noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- respell
-
verb (used with object),
to spell again or anew.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- alevins
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- centri-
-
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- centres
-
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.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- alienee
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- Neville
-
noun,
Richard, Warwick, Earl of.
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- splenic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- cervine
-
adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- spancel
-
noun,
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- reserve
-
noun,
Finance.
cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- varlets
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- Silvan
-
noun,
a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Leavis
-
noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Lavern
-
noun,
Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- lavers
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- pellas
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- pelvis
-
noun,
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- Pellet
-
noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- pavins
-
noun,
pavane.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pavers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- pelvic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pelvis.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- patri-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- leaves
-
noun,
plural of leaf.
- penta-
-
- 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.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Peerce
-
noun,
Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- 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.
- severe
-
adjective,
harsh; unnecessarily extreme:
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- peeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- Pellan
-
noun,
Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- leaven
-
noun,
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- spavin
-
noun,
a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- plani-
-
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Nerval
-
noun,
Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Pleven
-
noun,
a city in N Bulgaria: siege of 143 days 1877.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- navels
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- steeve
-
noun,
a long derrick or spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cargo in a ship's hold.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- livers
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- livres
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parrel
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- pillar
-
noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- pareve
-
adjective,
having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws:
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- Levant
-
noun,
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- sleeve
-
noun,
the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- parvis
-
noun,
a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- levels
-
noun,
a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- splen-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Slavic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- levies
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- pallet
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- Levine
-
noun,
Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- vesica
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bladder.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- varier
-
noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- civets
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claver
-
noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- valine
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- cleans
-
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cleave
-
verb (used with object),
to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- clever
-
adjective,
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- 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.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- 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.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cervin
-
noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Cleves
-
noun,
a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- vestee
-
noun,
a decorative front piece worn under a woman's jacket or blouse so as to be visible at the neckline.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- clevis
-
noun,
a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- valent
-
- Valens
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Vesper
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- alvine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Craven
-
noun,
a coward.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rivera
-
noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- veneer
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- calli-
-
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- calves
-
noun,
plural of calf1 .
- Venice
-
noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- Calvin
-
noun,
John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- Velsen
-
noun,
a seaport in W Netherlands.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- venial
-
adjective,
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- arsen-
-
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- arrive
-
noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- selen-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- ventr-
-
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- caplet
-
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- cavern
-
noun,
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Cavell
-
noun,
Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- cavers
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- cavies
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Cavill
-
noun,
Frederick, 1839–1927, Australian swimmer and coach, born in England: developed the Australian crawl.
- cavils
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- Cavite
-
noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- revers
-
noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- velate
-
adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Revere
-
noun,
revers.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carvel
-
noun,
caravel.
- carven
-
adjective,
carved.
- Carver
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Vernal
-
adjective,
of or relating to spring:
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- evicts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- evince
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- escent
-
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- vicars
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- scler-
-
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- vineal
-
adjective,
of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- 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.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- actin-
-
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Server
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- Scilla
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- vitals
-
plural noun,
those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
- tepees
-
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.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- instr.
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- vincas
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- active
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- intra-
-
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- invars
-
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- septi-
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- Elvira
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- travel
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- elect.
-
- releve
-
noun,
a rising up onto full point or half point from the flat of the feet.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- eleven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus one.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- treasr
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- trans.
-
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- reeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that reels.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- recti-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- alevin
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- sarc-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- petri
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- peta-
-
- sanit
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- petr-
-
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- sect.
-
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- Piave
-
noun,
a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- rept.
-
- rival
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- rears
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- pret.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reeve
-
noun,
an administrative officer of a town or district.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- seti-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- rcpt.
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Seric
-
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- priv.
-
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- reni-
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Sept.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- prae-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- resp.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- restr
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Pres.
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- pert.
-
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- crit.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- treas
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- clave
-
noun,
one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Cleve
-
noun,
Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- terr.
-
- Icel.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- IATSE
-
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- evens
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- insp.
-
- invt.
-
- Invar
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- intr.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- insep
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- encl.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ESPEC
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- vari-
-
- cine-
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- ante-
-
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- anvil
-
noun,
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Alvin
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- alti-
-
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- Arnel
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- acpt.
-
- aeri-
-
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- acet-
-
- Visct
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- 30-30
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- vills
-
noun,
a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- veter
-
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- ville
-
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- vice-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- Villa
-
noun,
a country residence or estate.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- veeps
-
noun,
a vice president.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Cavil
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carp-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- Calve
-
verb (used with object),
to give birth to (a calf).
- venal
-
adjective,
willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- veni-
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avers
-
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- ative
-
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- astr.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- Cant.
-
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- tera-
-
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- 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.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- pavis
-
noun,
a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- pavin
-
noun,
pavane.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- ster.
-
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- natl.
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- patr-
-
- navel
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Paver
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- step-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- pant-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- spec.
-
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Parl.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pari-
-
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- palls
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pale-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- part.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nival
-
adjective,
of or growing in snow:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- parve
-
adjective,
pareve.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- pene-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- span-
-
- spall
-
noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Ital.
-
- Iran.
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- lact-
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- levee
-
noun,
an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- level
-
noun,
a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- Leven
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- licet
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- lect.
-
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- peeve
-
noun,
a source of annoyance or irritation:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- vill
-
noun,
a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- SPCA
-
- vet.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- VLSI
-
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Visc
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- sec.
-
- SLIC
-
- vers
-
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Vic.
-
- vin-
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Vict
-
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- scr.
-
- vil.
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- trav
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- 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.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tri-
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serv
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tRNA
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- veep
-
noun,
a vice president.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Sra.
-
- vel.
-
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Ven.
-
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- sepn
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- str.
-
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- val.
-
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- var.
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- vas-
-
- ter.
-
- Ste.
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vat.
-
- scil
-
- 1080
-
- sci.
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- inv.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ill.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ile-
-
- evap
-
- IEEE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ical
-
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- esp.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- nav.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Nev.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- NCTE
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- lea.
-
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lip-
-
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lev.
-
- enc.
-
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Cal.
-
- avn.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Ave.
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Apr.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
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- airt
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noun,
a direction.
- ant.
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- Alps
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noun,
a high mountain.
- ANSI
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- Anil
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noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
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adverb,
once.
- ance
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- alts
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noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
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- alls
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noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- aits
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- all-
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- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
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- ales
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
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adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alec
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noun,
a herring.
- Cape
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noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Carl
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noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ease
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noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- clep
-
- clip
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noun,
the act of clipping.
- clit
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noun,
clitoris.
- crap
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noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cree
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
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- crip
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noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
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- Earl
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noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
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verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
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noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
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noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- clar
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- Elia
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noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elsa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ells
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noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
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noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
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- Ella
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noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elis
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noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elev
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- eats
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elea
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noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
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- elan
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noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eire
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noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ect-
-
- eave
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noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Clea
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clap
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noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Carn
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noun,
cairn.
- cen.
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- Carr
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noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
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noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
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noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
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noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
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noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CATV
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- Cav.
-
- Cave
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noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- cees
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noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
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noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cell
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noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Cels
-
- cene
-
- clan
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noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cir.
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- civ.
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- cite
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
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- cist
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noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cete
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noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
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- CERN
-
- CerE
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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.
- cera
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noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
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noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Nile
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noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- lain
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nils
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- prie
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- pirn
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pisa
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noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
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noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
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noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plie
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noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pnea
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- prat
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noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
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- prec
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- pree
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- PINE
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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.
- prs.
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- PSAT
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- psec
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- psia
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- Ptas
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plural,
peseta.
- pts.
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- Pvt.
-
- RSVP
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noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- RACE
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rail
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
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noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
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noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- pint
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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.
- pina
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noun,
pineapple.
- Rani
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noun,
ranee.
- PetE
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noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
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- pens
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noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
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noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- per.
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- pere
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noun,
father.
- PERL
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- Pers
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- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- pets
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noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pial
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adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- rale
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Peer
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noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rill
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noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Rina
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noun,
a female given name.
- RIPE
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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.
- RIPS
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RISC
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noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
-
- RNAS
-
- RIAS
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rpt.
-
- sail
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noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SALT
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noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sari
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noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Rice
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- RCVR
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rev.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- prev
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- NIRA
-
- pat.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pave
-
noun,
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pct.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- par.
-
- Pal.
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Pan.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- NTIA
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- lv.
-
- REA
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- VCR
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NEA
-
- Avi
-
- ca.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- prn
-
- ne-
-
- Pa.
-
- 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.
- pc.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Pr.
-
- RCT
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCN
-
- TSP
-
- STI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- Va.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- TVA
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- CPR
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CPS
-
- CPL
-
- RCA
-
- LSC
-
- ltr
-
- LTL
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- CIP
-
- LTA
-
- NEC
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- CPI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- LPN
-
- cle
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CLI
-
- ll.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- CLR
-
- CNS
-
- CPA
-
- NSC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- AVC
-
- spt
-
- SAR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NIA
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ae.
-
- Sr.
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SAE
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- AEC
-
- ACV
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ar.
-
- Vte
-
- VTC
-
- Vt.
-
- VPN
-
- VLA
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- an.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- av.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- sc.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ACP
-
- SCP
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- VIP
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- a-v
-
- ASR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Npt
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ase
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ASI
-
- nr.
-
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ast
-
- ARS
-
- NRA
-
- Ver
-
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- NRC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NSA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATV
-
- NES
-
- NPR
-
- ANC
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- rte
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- rt.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- RSV
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Rs.
-
- RPV
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Apl
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- APS
-
- RNR
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RNA
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- St.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sta
-
- 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:
- ATC
-
- RPS
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ine
-
- SVC
-
- 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.
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- SVR
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLE
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- il-
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- 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:
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ier
-
- ise
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ETR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETS
-
- ETV
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- CVA
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SLA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- STV
-
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- lep
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- LCT
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAL
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- PCI
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ISV
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ITV
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PCS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- La.
-
- LCL
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- PLC
-
- pl.
-
- pli
-
- STL
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- en-
-
- PSA
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ene
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- STP
-
- env
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SPR
-
- tra
-
- PTV
-
- PVA
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- Tpr
-
- RCS
-
- CVT
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- RCP
-
- PVC
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin, derived by the polymerization of vinyl chloride: used chiefly for thin coatings, insulation, and pipings.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- EIS
-
- tr.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TPN
-
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- PRC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- PRA
-
- EPS
-
- ERT
-
- ERV
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- PLR
-
- ESR
-
- EPT
-
- ERP
-
- tlr
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TLC
-
- TPI
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- RI
-
- NV
-
- RP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LR
-
- IP
-
- RN
-
- TC
-
- V.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- VC
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- CE
-
- VP
-
- NL
-
- EV
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- VL
-
- le
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- VN
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
-
- VI
-
- SN
-
- VR
-
- L.
-
- TL
-
- RV
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SV
-
- ln
-
- NP
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- NI
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RC
-
- LC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- t.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- NC
-
- TN
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TP
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CV
-