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archesporia
noun, archespore.
patriarchs
noun, the male head of a family or tribal line.
Oireachtas
noun, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
part-score
noun, a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
astrograph
noun, a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
archpriest
noun, a priest holding first rank, as among the members of a cathedral chapter or among the clergy of a district outside the episcopal city.
paregorics
noun, a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
pastorage
noun, pastorate.
Carothers
noun, Wallace Hume, 1896–1937, U.S. chemist: associated with the invention of synthetic nylon material.
Cristophe
noun, Henri, Christophe, Henri.
hepaticas
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
trigraphs
noun, a group of three letters representing a single speech sound, as eau in beau.
Reichstag
noun, the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
acrospire
noun, the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.
graphites
noun, a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
orchestra
noun, a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
priorates
noun, the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
Aristarch
noun, a severe critic.
arcograph
noun, an instrument for drawing arcs, having a flexible arc-shaped part adjusted by an extensible straight bar connecting its sides.
serigraph
noun, a print made by the silkscreen process.
operatics
noun, Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb) the technique or method of producing or staging operas. exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
chorister
noun, a singer in a choir.
cerograph
noun, a drawing, design, or text incised into a wax surface.
rhetorics
noun, (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
apothecia
noun, the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
Reichsrat
noun, German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
grapeshot
noun, a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
separator
noun, a person or thing that separates.
sharecrop
verb (used with or without object), to farm as a sharecropper.
aspirator
noun, an apparatus or device employing suction.
pargasite
noun, a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
patriarch
noun, the male head of a family or tribal line.
phratries
noun, a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
atrophies
noun, Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
paregoric
noun, a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
aerograph
noun, any automatic recording instrument for atmospheric measurement that is carried aloft by aircraft.
scapegoat
noun, a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
arrogates
verb (used with object), to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right:
chiropter
noun, any mammal of the order Chiroptera, comprising the bats.
septaria
noun, a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
Charters
noun, a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
Serratia
noun, a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
postiche
noun, an imitation or substitute.
portages
noun, the act of carrying; carriage.
ego-trip
noun, an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
Chartres
noun, a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in N France, SW of Paris: cathedral.
Cerritos
noun, a city in SW California.
aphorist
noun, a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
Hargeisa
noun, a city in NW Somalia.
peacoats
noun, pea jacket.
chapatis
noun, a flat pancakelike bread, usually of whole-wheat flour, baked on a griddle.
chargers
noun, a person or thing that charges.
seraphic
adjective, of, like, or befitting a seraph.
praetors
noun, (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
spectro-
horsecar
noun, a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
apathies
noun, absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
air-core
adjective, having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
practise
noun, habitual or customary performance; operation:
isograph
noun, (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
Charites
plural noun, the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
sphaero-
Carthage
noun, an ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars.
erratics
noun, an erratic or eccentric person.
piscator
noun, fisherman.
aspirate
noun, Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
picrates
noun, a salt or ester of picric acid.
gharries
noun, a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
theriacs
noun, molasses; treacle.
phreatic
adjective, noting or pertaining to ground water.
pierrots
noun, a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
shortage
noun, a deficiency in quantity:
phorates
noun, a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
arterio-
garrotes
noun, a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
rotaries
noun, a rotary device or machine.
arrogate
verb (used with object), to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right:
Capriote
noun, a native or inhabitant of Capri.
caproate
noun, a salt or ester of caproic acid.
righters
noun, a person who rights or redresses:
rhetoric
noun, (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
tracheo-
escargot
noun, an edible snail.
perisarc
noun, the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
catarrhs
noun, Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
tear-gas
noun, a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
archaeo-
operatic
noun, Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb) the technique or method of producing or staging operas. exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
cartages
noun, the act or cost of carting.
Petrarch
noun, (Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
carriage
noun, a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
poachers
noun, a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
carports
noun, a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
graphite
noun, a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
graphics
noun, (used with a singular verb) the art of drawing, especially as used in mathematics, engineering, etc.
pitchers
noun, a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
tracheas
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
pareiras
noun, the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
haricots
noun, any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
crispate
adjective, (of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
reproach
noun, blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
pastiche
noun, a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
prorates
verb (used with object), to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
Christo-
Pretoria
noun, a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
pro-rata
adverb, in proportion; according to a certain rate.
parasite
noun, an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
Pasithea
noun, one of the Graces.
pair-oar
noun, a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.
aerators
noun, an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
heritors
noun, inheritor.
achiotes
noun, annatto.
achroite
noun, the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
progeria
noun, a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
hepatics
noun, a medicine acting on the liver.
Hepatica
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
trigraph
noun, a group of three letters representing a single speech sound, as eau in beau.
citharas
noun, kithara.
partiers
noun, partyer.
ectopias
noun, the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
priorate
noun, the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
rescript
noun, a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
actorish
adjective, exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
agrestic
adjective, rural; rustic.
strophic
adjective, Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
trophies
noun, anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
tapiocas
noun, a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
cargoes
noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
roister
verb (used without object), to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
caritas
noun, charity.
carhops
noun, a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
pargets
noun, any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
rochets
noun, a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
gaiters
noun, a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot. Compare upper1 (def 7).
picaras
noun, a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
Richter
noun, Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
corsair
noun, a fast ship used for piracy.
storage
noun, the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
righter
noun, a person who rights or redresses:
socager
noun, a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
carpets
noun, a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
isotach
noun, a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
petrog.
picaros
noun, a rogue or vagabond.
corsage
noun, a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
Paharis
noun, one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
Astaire
noun, Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
carport
noun, a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
strophe
noun, the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
Parthia
noun, an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.
tephras
noun, clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
coaster
noun, a person or thing that coasts.
carreta
noun, a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
corresp
coheirs
noun, a joint heir.
theriac
noun, molasses; treacle.
pariahs
noun, an outcast.
gastro-
copters
noun, helicopter.
photics
noun, the science of light.
shortie
noun, a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
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:
phorate
noun, a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
atresia
noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
roaster
noun, a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
roaches
noun, a cockroach.
Phocaea
noun, an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
cahiers
noun, Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
Gathers
noun, a drawing together; contraction.
ratches
noun, a ratchet.
pareira
noun, the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
gastric
adjective, pertaining to the stomach.
garotes
noun, a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
parches
verb (used with object), to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
capotes
noun, a long cloak with a hood.
cartage
noun, the act or cost of carting.
parotic
adjective, situated about or near the ear.
parries
noun, an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
atopies
noun, an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
Parrish
noun, Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
Gestapo
noun, the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
garrote
noun, a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
parrots
noun, any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
garrets
noun, an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
Roerich
noun, Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
piaster
noun, a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
shoepac
noun, a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
copiers
noun, a person or thing that copies; copyist.
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.
partier
noun, partyer.
spicate
adjective, having spikes, as a plant.
orgeats
noun, a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
Stagira
noun, an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
chapati
noun, a flat pancakelike bread, usually of whole-wheat flour, baked on a griddle.
Rhaetia
noun, an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
Taphiae
noun, (in ancient geography) a group of islands in the Ionian Sea.
patches
noun, a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
peacoat
noun, pea jacket.
Ephrata
noun, a town in SE Pennsylvania.
Chi-tse
noun, Ki Tse.
stearic
adjective, of or relating to suet or fat.
Chagres
noun, a river in Panama, flowing through Gatun Lake into the Caribbean Sea.
stearo-
sphero-
reposit
verb (used with object), to put back; replace.
choreas
noun, any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
chapter
noun, a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
charger
noun, a person or thing that charges.
Tarpeia
noun, a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
sporter
noun, a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
ectopia
noun, the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
Tarasco
noun, Tarascan.
cheapos
noun, Slang. cheapo.
re-sort
verb (used with object), to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
cheiro-
charter
noun, a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
Spiraea
noun, spirea.
ostrich
noun, a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
tapioca
noun, a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
charros
noun, a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
Chiapas
noun, a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
earshot
noun, the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
Earhart
noun, Amelia (Mary) 1897–1937, U.S. aviator: vanished in flight over Pacific Ocean.
eparchs
noun, the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
Chariot
noun, a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
charges
noun, expense or cost:
spectra
noun, a plural of spectrum.
Pechora
noun, a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
ethrogs
noun, etrog.
cashier
noun, an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
catarrh
noun, Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
Esparto
noun, any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
rhetors
noun, a master or teacher of rhetoric.
opiates
noun, a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
hetaira
noun, hetaera.
ophites
noun, a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
parties
noun, a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
cirrose
adjective, having a cirrus or cirri.
Caserta
noun, a city in S Italy, near Naples.
cithara
noun, kithara.
Pescara
noun, a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
craters
noun, the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
ethiops
adjective, noun, Ethiopian.
coarser
adjective, of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
carters
noun, Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
Creator
noun, a person or thing that creates.
Cathars
noun, (in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
reports
noun, an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
erratas
noun, plural of erratum.
crosier
noun, a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
erotica
noun, written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
repairs
noun, an act, process, or work of repairing:
erotics
noun, an erotic poem.
oraches
noun, any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
Croatia
noun, a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
ceriphs
noun, serif.
erratic
noun, an erratic or eccentric person.
cirrate
adjective, having cirri.
cerato-
crisper
noun, a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
reactor
noun, a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
spathic
adjective, like spar.
tarries
noun, a stay; sojourn.
Perchta
noun, the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
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.
isopach
noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
riposte
noun, a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
Shorter
noun, Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
poetics
noun, literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
agarics
noun, any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
agarose
noun, a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.
archers
noun, a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
scraper
noun, a person or thing that scrapes.
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.
presort
verb (used with object), to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
scapho-
triages
noun, the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
Script.
toecaps
noun, a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
Setaria
noun, any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
Arapesh
noun, a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.
precast
adjective, (of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
Seagirt
noun, surrounded by the sea.
archit.
hoagies
noun, a hero sandwich.
apteria
noun, one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
pitches
noun, relative point, position, or degree:
aristo-
ragtops
noun, an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
gracias
interjection, thank you.
Graeco-
Pitcher
noun, a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
graphic
noun, a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
grapho-
tochers
noun, a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
pretors
noun, praetor.
graters
noun, a person or thing that grates.
poacher
noun, a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
praetor
noun, (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
poaches
verb (used with object), to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
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.
Gratiae
plural noun, grace (def 12).
seaport
noun, a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
porches
noun, an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
aerator
noun, an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
trachea
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
tragics
noun, the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
harpers
noun, a person who plays the harp.
Sephora
noun, Zipporah.
postage
noun, the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
Agriope
noun, Eurydice.
torches
noun, a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
aitches
noun, the letter H, h.
Harpies
noun, Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
potages
noun, soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
haricot
noun, any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
tracers
noun, a person or thing that traces.
pothers
noun, commotion; uproar.
potiche
noun, a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
airport
noun, a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
hospice
noun, a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
harpist
noun, a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
Harriet
noun, a female given name, form of Harry.
Portage
noun, the act of carrying; carriage.
harries
noun, a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
apricot
noun, the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
porgies
noun, a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
gropers
noun, a person or thing that gropes.
porrect
adjective, extending horizontally; projecting.
aporias
noun, Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
serpigo
noun, (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
hostage
noun, a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
porters
noun, a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
hot-air
noun, empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
aphotic
adjective, lightless; dark.
aphetic
adjective, pertaining to or due to aphesis.
traipse
noun, a tiring walk.
aphasic
noun, Also, aphasiac [uh-fey-zee-ak] /əˈfeɪ ziˌæk/ (Show IPA). a person affected with aphasia.
picrate
noun, a salt or ester of picric acid.
Shapiro
noun, Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
scarper
verb (used without object), to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
tricho-
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.
threaps
noun, an argument; quarrel.
sharper
noun, a shrewd swindler.
rapiers
noun, a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
trocars
noun, a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
goiters
noun, an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
gophers
noun, any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
scorper
noun, scauper.
sharpie
noun, sharper.
Artigas
noun, José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
arthro-
prorate
verb (used with object), to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
hepcats
noun, a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
Achates
noun, (in the Aeneid) the faithful companion and friend of Aeneas.
Artesia
noun, a city in S California.
prosaic
adjective, commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
Thraces
noun, an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
achiote
noun, annatto.
heroics
noun, Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
prostie
noun, a prostitute.
Herriot
noun, Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
rosaria
noun, a rose garden.
trophic
adjective, of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
thorias
noun, a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
raptors
noun, a raptorial bird.
Sharrie
noun, a female given name, form of Sharon.
aseptic
noun, a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
heritor
noun, inheritor.
prosect
verb (used with object), to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
goatish
adjective, of or like a goat.
Pierrot
noun, a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
heriots
noun, a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
go-cart
noun, a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
hepato-
haptics
noun, the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
rrhagia
prisage
noun, the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
hectors
noun, Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
raphias
noun, raffia.
hepatic
noun, a medicine acting on the liver.
gothics
noun, (usually initial capital letter) the arts and crafts of the Gothic period.
hegaris
noun, a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
hipster
noun, a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
hegiras
noun, Islam. Hijra.
arteri-
Osetic
adjective, noun, Ossetic.
heroic
noun, Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
repair
noun, an act, process, or work of repairing:
cripes
interjection, (used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
crapes
noun, a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
pachas
noun, pasha.
corset
noun, Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
hegari
noun, a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
sprier
adjective, a comparative of spry.
Scotia
noun, a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
Hegira
noun, Islam. Hijra.
sprite
noun, an elf, fairy, or goblin.
Crater
noun, the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
resort
noun, a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
scathe
noun, hurt, harm, or injury.
Harper
noun, a person who plays the harp.
retro-
Orphic
adjective, of or relating to Orpheus.
Schipa
noun, Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
satrap
noun, a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
Harare
noun, a city in and the capital of Zimbabwe, in the NE part.
search
noun, the act of searching; careful examination or investigation: an instance of this:
hecto-
crates
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
Pahari
noun, one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
Corrie
noun, a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
criers
noun, a person who cries.
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.
scato-
Hector
noun, Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
spiro-
eights
noun, crazy eights.
scarph
noun, a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
egoist
noun, a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
pagers
noun, something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
Cortes
noun, (in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
earths
noun, (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
sproat
noun, a fishhook having a circular bend.
hoarse
adjective, having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
hepta-
starch
noun, a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
Strega
histo-
crores
noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
repots
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
Hastie
noun, William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
hepcat
noun, a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
scrota
noun, the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
haters
noun, a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
stego-
hepat-
C-star
noun, carbon star.
stoper
noun, a machine for drilling rock from below.
steric
adjective, of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
repast
noun, a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
scrape
noun, an act or instance of scraping.
repros
noun, Informal. reproduction (def 3).
Hearst
noun, William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
Crista
noun, a crest or ridge.
pacers
noun, a person or thing that paces.
heriot
noun, a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
report
noun, an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
Eartha
noun, a female given name.
stripe
noun, a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
hiero-
hearts
noun, Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
cosher
verb (used with object), to treat with special fondness; pamper.
reship
verb (used with object), to ship again.
Coster
noun, costermonger.
Parcae
noun, an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
Harris
noun, Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
COSTAR
noun, a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
Stacia
noun, a female given name.
hogtie
verb (used with object), to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
others
noun, the other one:
scoria
noun, Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
Scoter
noun, any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
stager
noun, a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
Ishtar
noun, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
epacts
noun, the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
garish
adjective, crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
Gasper
noun, a cigarette.
ochers
noun, any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
sirrah
noun, a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
ochrea
noun, ocrea.
garths
noun, Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
ochres
noun, any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
Garter
noun, Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
righto
interjection, (used to express understanding or assent).
rrhoea
Gothic
noun, (usually initial capital letter) the arts and crafts of the Gothic period.
Garret
noun, an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
sachet
noun, a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
garote
noun, a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
Gareth
noun, Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
Sharia
noun, law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
sacro-
ichors
noun, Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
Garcia
noun, Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
gapers
noun, a person or thing that gapes.
Shaper
noun, a person or thing that shapes.
Graces
noun, elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
gaiter
noun, a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot. Compare upper1 (def 7).
soaper
noun, soap opera.
Richet
noun, Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
riches
noun, (used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
socage
noun, a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
Graiae
plural noun, Graeae.
Sophar
noun, Zophar.
grater
noun, a person or thing that grates.
gastr-
Sirach
noun, Son of, Jesus (def 2).
ricers
noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
roster
noun, a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
isopag
noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
isotac
noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
rosace
noun, rosette (def 3).
girths
noun, the measure around anything; circumference.
irreg.
shicer
noun, Slang. a swindler.
Sherpa
noun, a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
Rosita
noun, a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
Rogers
noun, Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
Itasca
noun, Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
Sharra
noun, a member of a Mongol people inhabiting Outer Mongolia.
gestic
adjective, pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
itches
noun, the sensation of itching.
rochet
noun, a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
rights
noun, (used with a plural verb) civil rights.
gerahs
noun, an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
Ithaca
noun, one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km). Greek Itháki.
corpse
noun, a dead body, usually of a human being.
Sharpe
noun, William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
goiter
noun, an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
geisha
noun, a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
gopher
noun, any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
Sierra
noun, a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
oaters
noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
gators
noun, Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
Gathic
noun, an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written. Compare Avestan.
rostra
noun, a plural of rostrum.
gather
noun, a drawing together; contraction.
rigors
noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
Sopher
noun, scribe1 (def 3).
grates
noun, a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
eparch
noun, the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
septic
adjective, pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
spathe
noun, a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
Sarthe
noun, a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
groper
noun, a person or thing that gropes.
gropes
noun, an act or instance of groping.
errata
noun, plural of erratum.
Sartre
noun, Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
erotic
noun, an erotic poem.
rhetor
noun, a master or teacher of rhetoric.
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.
seraph
noun, one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
ergots
noun, Plant Pathology. a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body. the sclerotial body itself.
Rheita
noun, a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
hosier
noun, a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
septi-
Sparti
noun, Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
Orchis
noun, any orchid.
epochs
noun, a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
hagio-
Horite
noun, an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
sector
noun, Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
orgeat
noun, a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
orgies
noun, wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
Horace
noun, (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
ephors
noun, one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
haoris
noun, a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
spigot
noun, a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
satire
noun, the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
satori
noun, sudden enlightenment.
haptic
noun, Usually, haptics. Digital Technology. a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device: an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
grocer
noun, the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
Sparta
noun, an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
Sophie
noun, a female given name.
sortie
noun, a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
etrogs
noun, Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
Sorata
noun, Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
riatas
noun, a lariat.
gratis
adverb, without charge or payment; free:
ethrog
noun, etrog.
iatro-
Greats
Greco-
Ethiop
adjective, noun, Ethiopian.
saithe
noun, pollock.
ethics
noun, (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
Sapota
noun, sapote.
griots
noun, a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
sapote
noun, Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
groats
noun, hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
rhotic
noun, a rhotic sound.
Ophite
noun, a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
sapro-
gripes
noun, the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
opiate
noun, a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
sarape
noun, serape.
esprit
noun, sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
optics
noun, (used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
sarco-
sparge
noun, a sprinkling.
escort
noun, a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
eschar
noun, a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
escarp
noun, Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
griths
noun, protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
orates
verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
Tagore
noun, Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
Hestia
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
Aparri
noun, a seaport on N Luzon, in the N Philippines.
torahs
noun, the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament. Compare Tanach.
carets
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
cargos
noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
carhop
noun, a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
caries
noun, decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
Carpet
noun, a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
carpo-
Petras
noun, an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
carpos
noun, an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
Carrie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
carrot
noun, a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
Apache
noun, a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.
tephra
noun, clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
aortas
noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
rachis
noun, Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
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.
poster
noun, a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
apices
noun, a plural of apex.
capias
noun, a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
capita
noun, plural of caput.
phago-
phagia
phages
noun, bacteriophage.
Capote
noun, a long cloak with a hood.
raters
noun, a person who makes rates or ratings.
carats
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
Capris
noun, Capri pants.
Portia
noun, the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
captor
noun, a person who has captured a person or thing.
Rather
Idioms, had / would rather, to prefer that or to: Compare soon (def 8).
Petros
noun, Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
petro-
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.
Pharos
noun, a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
Peoria
noun, a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
Cather
noun, Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
Cathie
noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
tarso-
re-act
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
tarsia
noun, intarsia.
cerat-
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.
ariose
adjective, characterized by melody; songlike.
ceriph
noun, serif.
praise
noun, the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
ahorse
adjective, adverb, on horseback:
protei
noun, plural of proteus (def 3).
tracer
noun, a person or thing that traces.
reatas
noun, riata.
Cathar
noun, (in medieval Europe) a member of any of several rigorously ascetic Christian sects maintaining a dualistic theology.
pother
noun, commotion; uproar.
cartop
adjective, of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
Casper
noun, a city in central Wyoming.
Pesaro
noun, a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
Pesach
noun, Passover (def 1).
aorist
noun, a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
casita
noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
racers
noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
Caspar
noun, one of the three Magi.
potage
noun, soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
caters
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
Caster
noun, a person or thing that casts.
Castor
noun, Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
Castro
noun, Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
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.
Potash
noun, potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
perish
Idioms, perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
Porter
noun, a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
aporia
noun, Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
targes
noun, a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
thoria
noun, a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
Thrace
noun, an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
thorps
noun, a hamlet; village.
Thorpe
noun, James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
raptor
noun, a raptorial bird.
ashore
adverb, to the shore; onto the shore:
ashpit
noun, a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
arecas
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
thrice
adverb, three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
Pictor
noun, the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
tocher
noun, a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
picro-
archt.
aspect
noun, appearance to the eye or mind; look:
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):
threap
noun, an argument; quarrel.
thrips
noun, any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
picots
noun, one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
ragtop
noun, an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
aright
adverb, rightly; correctly; properly:
Arista
noun, Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
Pisgah
noun, Mount, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, NE of the Dead Sea: from its summit (Mt. Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deut. 34:1.
arrest
noun, the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
arhats
noun, a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
argots
noun, a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
pirate
noun, a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
Pietas
noun, the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
pithos
noun, a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
Raphia
noun, raffia.
arthr-
rapier
noun, a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
Artois
noun, a former province in N France: artesian wells.
tiaras
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
Archie
noun, a male given name, form of Archibald.
archi-
Raetic
noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
terras
noun, earth; land.
Terris
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Caesar
noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
poiser
noun, a person or thing that poises.
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.
cagers
noun, Informal. a basketball player.
cahier
noun, Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
phatic
adjective, denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
pogies
noun, a porgy.
Pareto
noun, Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
phasor
noun, a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
topers
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
terais
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
phasia
capers
noun, a playful leap or skip.
Phocis
noun, an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
Arcaro
noun, Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
Arches
noun, Architecture. a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening. an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch. a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway. the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
Piaget
noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
picaro
noun, a rogue or vagabond.
astro-
Thiers
noun, Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
Archer
noun, a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
picara
noun, a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
rasher
noun, a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
poetic
noun, poetics.
photic
adjective, of or relating to light.
atopic
adjective, of or relating to atopy.
theirs
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
phrase
noun, Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
thecia
noun, hymenium.
rasper
noun, a person or thing that rasps.
toecap
noun, a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
traces
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
Tories
noun, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
tirage
noun, the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
Pashto
noun, an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
chiros
noun, the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
tacho-
chiro-
paters
noun, British Informal. father.
pretor
noun, praetor.
chigoe
noun, a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
coheir
noun, a joint heir.
prosit
interjection, (used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
partis
noun, the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
pathic
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.
tropes
noun, Rhetoric. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
chirps
noun, a chirping sound.
troph-
parrot
noun, any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
patho-
pathos
noun, the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
triose
noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
copers
noun, a horse dealer.
cherts
noun, a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
priors
noun, Informal. a prior conviction.
trophi
plural noun, the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
agaric
noun, any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
copier
noun, a person or thing that copies; copyist.
trices
noun, a very short time; an instant:
trich-
coarse
adjective, composed of relatively large parts or particles:
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.
Coates
noun, Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
tripos
noun, (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
trocar
noun, a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
Priest
noun, a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
priers
noun, a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
paster
noun, a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
coatis
noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
triers
noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
chori-
chores
noun, a small or odd job; routine task.
chorea
noun, any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
troche
noun, a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
proser
noun, a person who talks or writes in prose.
chopas
noun, any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
pastor
noun, a minister or priest in charge of a church.
agric.
prices
noun, the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
tapers
noun, gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
Rector
noun, a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Choate
noun, Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
recti-
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.
coapts
verb (used with object), to bring close together:
chirrs
noun, the sound of chirring.
presto
noun, Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
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.
triage
noun, the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
corers
noun, a person or thing that cores.
charro
noun, a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
Charis
noun, one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
aghast
adjective, struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:
pariah
noun, an outcast.
charge
noun, expense or cost:
charas
noun, hashish.
trapes
noun, a tiring walk.
chapes
noun, the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
ptero-
recast
noun, a recasting.
aceto-
taigas
noun, the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
copter
noun, helicopter.
cipher
noun, zero.
chaise
noun, a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
parget
noun, any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
chairs
noun, a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
recaps
noun, a recapped tire.
prates
noun, act of prating.
corgis
noun, Welsh corgi.
chaeta
noun, a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
agoras
noun, a popular political assembly.
tragic
noun, the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
corita
noun, a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
Cheops
noun, flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
charrs
noun, char2 .
patri-
triacs
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
tropic
noun, Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
copies
noun, an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
cheats
noun, a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
patios
noun, an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
cheapo
noun, Slang. cheapo.
Parish
noun, an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
Taisho
noun, the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
rectos
agates
noun, a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
Charta
noun, a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.
patois
noun, a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
copras
noun, the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
cirro-
charts
noun, a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
parica
noun, a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
Patras
noun, Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
chaser
noun, a person or thing that chases or pursues.
preach
verb (used with object), to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
Christ
noun, Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
chaste
adjective, refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
precis
noun, a concise summary.
treasr
paries
noun, Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
trigos
noun, wheat; field of wheat.
progs
noun, food or victuals.
Sapir
noun, Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
sapor
noun, the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
rages
noun, angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
scat-
pros.
Saite
noun, a native or citizen of Saïs.
pitas
noun, a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
saice
noun, syce.
pitch
noun, relative point, position, or degree:
saiga
noun, a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
Prot.
piths
noun, Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
sceat
noun, a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
poche
noun, the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
prost
interjection, prosit.
saith
verb, third person singular present of say1 .
IATSE
ragis
noun, a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
hier-
poach
verb (used with object), to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
prose
noun, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
poet.
hopes
noun, the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
Prog.
Horsa
noun, died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
pret.
Hosea
noun, a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
Hoare
noun, Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
Satie
noun, Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
Horta
noun, Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
hort.
Horst
noun, a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
hoars
noun, hoarfrost; rime.
prest
noun, a loan.
presa
noun, a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
horse
noun, a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
Pres.
posit
noun, something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
horas
noun, a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
Horae
plural noun, goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
hoise
verb (used with object), to hoist.
racer
noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
prats
noun, the buttocks.
Prato
noun, a city in central Italy, near Florence.
scape
noun, Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
Hopis
noun, a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
prae-
praos
noun, proa.
prase
noun, a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
prate
noun, act of prating.
post-
races
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
proc.
porch
noun, an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
proas
noun, any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
prise
noun, leverage.
Sarah
noun, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
scart
verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
sarc-
poise
noun, a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
Sarge
noun, sergeant.
Prior
noun, Informal. a prior conviction.
sargo
noun, a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
Sarre
noun, French name of Saar.
prigs
noun, a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
ragas
noun, one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
pores
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
hosp.
prier
noun, a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
psora
noun, psoriasis.
Sarto
noun, Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
HIRES
noun, the act of hiring.
Price
noun, the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
ports
noun, a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
hist.
preta
noun, a wandering or disturbed ghost.
Hosta
noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
scarp
noun, a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
poser
noun, a person who poses.
scare
noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
Port.
pares
noun, (of a female) first among equals.
ichor
noun, Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
patio
noun, an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
restr
patr-
Osage
noun, a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
OSCAR
noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
resp.
rect.
osier
noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
oste-
retch
noun, the act or an instance of retching.
paths
noun, a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
Ostia
noun, a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
resit
noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
Resht
noun, Rasht.
path-
pates
noun, the crown or top of the head.
Other
noun, the other one:
Orth.
orris
noun, an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
rept.
Orcas
noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
Pecos
noun, a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
orate
verb (used with or without object), to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
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.
rhet.
peart
adjective, lively; brisk; cheerful.
Pears
noun, Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
recap
noun, a recapped tire.
orch.
recpt
peags
noun, wampum (def 1).
rheas
noun, the ramie plant or fiber.
peach
noun, the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
Oreg.
recip
Recit
orig.
Pater
noun, British Informal. father.
recta
noun, a plural of rectum.
rears
para-
part.
pahos
noun, a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
Paige
noun, Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
parse
verb (used with object), to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
pairs
noun, two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
paisa
noun, Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Reich
noun, (with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
paras
noun, a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
Paget
noun, Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
parrs
noun, a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
Parca
noun, an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
Paros
noun, a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
parch
verb (used with object), to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
Regt.
Paris
noun, Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
pari-
parts
noun, a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
REGIS
noun, a male given name.
patch
noun, a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
pasta
noun, any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
repro
noun, Informal. reproduction (def 3).
repot
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
Pasto
noun, a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
repos
noun, a repurchase agreement.
repic
noun, the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
pacas
noun, a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
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.
pacer
noun, a person or thing that paces.
pager
noun, something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
paces
noun, a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
pasha
noun, a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.
paseo
noun, a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
pacha
noun, pasha.
Pasco
noun, a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
reist
verb (used without object), reest2 .
Pasch
noun, the Jewish festival of Passover.
reata
noun, riata.
reaps
verb (used with object), to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
piste
noun, a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
phots
noun, a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
picas
noun, a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
Isth.
Roget
noun, Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
Rashi
noun, (Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
Roger
noun, a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
Rasht
noun, a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
iters
noun, a canal or passage.
phot.
picot
noun, one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
phore
ither
adjective, pronoun, adverb, other.
roast
noun, roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
roars
noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
Roach
noun, a cockroach.
riser
noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
oater
noun, a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
pico-
ropes
noun, a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
Oates
noun, Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
rotes
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
raias
noun, rayah.
pisco
noun, a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
raise
noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
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.
rrhea
raphe
noun, Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
iotas
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
rotas
noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
Isaac
noun, a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
Pieta
noun, a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
irate
adjective, angry; enraged:
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.
Rosie
noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
roshi
noun, the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
roset
noun, resin; rosin.
rares
adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
ratch
noun, a ratchet.
riots
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
orach
noun, any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
OPers
opahs
noun, a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
ratos
noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
riata
noun, a lariat.
rcpt.
opera
noun, an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. Compare comic opera, grand opera.
reach
noun, an act or instance of reaching:
Perth
noun, Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
gears
noun, Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
pesto
noun, a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
pert.
rhoea
optic
noun, the eye.
react
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
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.
peri-
perch
noun, a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
ricer
noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
peta-
rigor
noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
rathe
adjective, Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
phase
noun, any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
Pharr
noun, a city in S Texas.
ocher
noun, any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
rater
noun, a person who makes rates or ratings.
ochre
noun, any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
phage
noun, bacteriophage.
rates
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
ocrea
noun, a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
rices
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
petri
right
noun, a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
octa-
ogres
noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
Petra
noun, an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
petr-
petos
noun, wahoo3 .
ratio
noun, the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
oaths
noun, a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
Cesti
noun, Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
Ophir
noun, a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
chap.
ceras
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
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.
cero-
ceros
noun, a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
Cerro
noun, a hill or peak.
cert.
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.
taros
noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
targe
noun, a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
tares
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
Chaga
noun, a member of a Bantu people of northern Tanzania.
chair
noun, a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
chais
noun, a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
chaos
noun, a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
chape
noun, the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
Ceara
noun, Fortaleza.
char-
Chari
noun, Shari.
charr
noun, char2 .
chars
noun, a charred material or surface.
chart
noun, a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
Chase
noun, the act of chasing; pursuit:
Tarai
noun, Terai.
chats
noun, informal conversation:
cheap
Idioms, cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
cheat
noun, a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
chert
noun, a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
chest
noun, Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
tapis
noun, Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
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.
tarps
noun, tarpaulin.
Cath.
chias
noun, a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
caret
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
Terai
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
caphs
noun, kaph.
Terah
noun, the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
capos
noun, any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
capot
noun, the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
Capra
noun, Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
Capri
noun, an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
caps.
Capt.
tera-
Caras
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
carat
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
Tepic
noun, a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
cares
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
cargo
noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
Cates
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Caria
noun, an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
Carie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
carp-
carpi
noun, plural of carpus.
carps
noun, a peevish complaint.
carse
noun, bottom land.
Carte
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
carts
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
tech.
tears
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.
Teach
noun, Informal. teacher.
cata-
cater
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
chiao
noun, jiao.
Chios
noun, a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
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.
Strep
noun, streptococcus.
corer
noun, a person or thing that cores.
cores
corgi
noun, Welsh corgi.
coria
noun, plural of corium.
corp.
corps
noun, Military. a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
corr.
Corse
noun, corpse.
strop
noun, any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
Corti
noun, Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
coset
noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
strip
noun, a striptease.
stria
noun, a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
Costa
noun, a rib or riblike part.
cotes
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
copra
noun, the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
strap
noun, a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
store
noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
stope
noun, any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
Craig
noun, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
crape
noun, a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
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.
crash
noun, a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
Stoic
noun, a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
crate
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
crept
noun, an act or instance of creeping:
crest
noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
crier
noun, a person who cries.
cries
noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
stirp
noun, a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
Corea
noun, Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
copr-
chirp
noun, a chirping sound.
taiga
noun, the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
chirr
noun, the sound of chirring.
Tapes
noun, a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
Chita
noun, a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
chits
noun, a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
choir
noun, a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
chopa
noun, any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
chops
noun, an act or instance of chopping.
chore
noun, a small or odd job; routine task.
chose
noun, a thing; an article of personal property.
taper
noun, gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
Chris
noun, a male given name, form of Christopher.
tapas
noun, the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
cigar
noun, a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
Taira
noun, a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
tahrs
noun, any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
Copht
noun, Copt.
cires
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
Tahoe
noun, Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
tacos
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
cites
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
coapt
verb (used with object), to bring close together:
coast
noun, the land next to the sea; seashore:
coati
noun, any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
Coats
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
tachs
noun, tachometer.
tache
noun, a buckle; clasp.
coirs
noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
taces
noun, tasset.
coper
noun, a horse dealer.
copes
noun, a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
Capet
noun, Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
caper
noun, a playful leap or skip.
CRISP
noun, Chiefly British. potato chip.
airts
noun, a direction.
triac
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
agers
noun, (often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
treas
trash
noun, anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
aghas
noun, aga.
agios
noun, a premium on money in exchange.
agist
verb (used with object), to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
agora
noun, a popular political assembly.
agro-
Trace
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
Ahira
noun, a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
Tosca
noun, an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
torsi
noun, a plural of torso.
torse
noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
toric
adjective, noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
agars
noun, Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
Aisha
noun, a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
aitch
noun, the letter H, h.
TORES
noun, a torus.
torcs
noun, torque (def 4).
aorta
noun, the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
apace
adverb, with speed; quickly; swiftly.
apart
Idioms, apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
apast
preposition, past; beyond.
torch
noun, a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
Apgar
noun, Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
Torah
noun, the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament. Compare Tanach.
Aphis
noun, an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
topis
noun, topee.
topic
noun, a subject of conversation or discussion:
Agate
noun, a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
Agape
noun, the love of God or Christ for humankind.
Apoc.
actg.
30-30
trope
noun, Rhetoric. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
trop-
trois
noun, the number 3.
trogs
noun, Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
troch
acari
noun, plural of acarus.
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.
acet-
trios
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
acpt.
trigs
noun, trigonometry.
acro-
trigo
noun, wheat; field of wheat.
triga
noun, a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
trice
noun, a very short time; an instant:
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.
Actor
noun, a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
actos
trig.
tries
noun, plural of try.
Trier
noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
aecia
noun, the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
Aegir
noun, a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
AEGIS
noun, Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
aeri-
Aeria
noun, an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
aero-
Aesir
noun, the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
Aesop
noun, c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
apish
adjective, having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
aport
adverb, on or toward the port side.
terr.
athar
noun, attar (def 1).
those
Idioms, at that, in spite of something; nevertheless: in addition; besides:
Asher
noun, a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
Thorp
noun, a hamlet; village.
ASPCA
asper
noun, a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
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.
Thira
noun, Thera.
aster
noun, any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
thio-
astir
adjective, moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
Astor
noun, John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
astr.
Thera
noun, a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
Theos
Athos
noun, Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
asco-
theor
theo-
their
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
atria
noun, Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
atrip
adjective, aweigh.
theca
noun, a case or receptacle.
Tharp
noun, Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
Thare
noun, Terah.
Thais
noun, flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
Terri
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
cager
noun, Informal. a basketball player.
cages
noun, a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
Cairo
noun, a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
Terra
noun, earth; land.
Ascot
noun, a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
ASCAP
noun, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
topes
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
Arhat
noun, a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
apres
preposition, after; following (used in combination):
toper
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
toise
noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
togas
noun, (in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
Arcas
noun, a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
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.
Arch.
arche
Areca
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
areo-
TIROS
noun, one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
tires
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Argos
noun, an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
argot
noun, a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
arias
noun, an air or melody.
throe
noun, a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
Arica
noun, a seaport in N Chile.
Aries
noun, Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
arise
verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
arith
arose
verb, simple past tense of arise.
Tigre
noun, a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
tiger
noun, a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
arrah
interjection, (used as an expression of surprise or excitement.)
Arras
noun, a rich tapestry.
arrgt
arris
noun, a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
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.
Artie
noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
tiara
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
crips
noun, a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
copse
noun, a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
crit.
Gatha
noun, one of several groups of hymns (the Gathas) forming the oldest part of the Avesta.
septa
noun, plural of septum.
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.
Gaspe
noun, a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
serac
noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
sight
noun, the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
gater
noun, gator.
serai
noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
Gates
noun, Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
gator
noun, Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
sitar
noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
Seric
sero-
grots
noun, a grotto.
Grote
noun, George, 1794–1871, English historian.
GROPE
noun, an act or instance of groping.
groat
noun, a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
shtg.
shpt.
shote
noun, shoat (def 1).
Garth
noun, Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
gapes
noun, Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
gerah
noun, an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
Hagar
noun, the mother of Ishmael. Gen. 16.
Soter
noun, Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
ethic
noun, the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
ethos
noun, Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
haori
noun, a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
sect.
segar
noun, cigar.
hagia
plural noun, the Eucharistic elements before or after the consecration.
etrog
noun, Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
Sophi
noun, Sophy.
Sochi
noun, a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
gaper
noun, a person or thing that gapes.
Soche
noun, Wade-Giles. Shache.
haets
noun, a little bit; a whit.
Gotha
noun, a city in S Thuringia, in central Germany.
Gaeta
noun, a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
gaits
noun, a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
sepia
noun, a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
Sept.
haars
noun, a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
sito-
grith
noun, protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
Gerar
noun, an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
space
noun, the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
Goias
noun, a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
grasp
noun, the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
girts
noun, Carpentry. a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor. a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
SHAPE
noun, the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
shier
noun, a horse having a tendency to shy.
Shear
noun, Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
graph
noun, a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
grape
noun, the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
goers
noun, a person or thing that goes:
Sharp
noun, something sharp.
girth
noun, the measure around anything; circumference.
gores
noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
Shari
noun, Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
Grace
noun, elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
Shara
noun, Sharra.
gorps
noun, a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
gotra
noun, a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
gorse
noun, any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
goths
noun, one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.
share
noun, the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
grate
noun, a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
Shire
noun, one of the counties of Great Britain.
Short
noun, something that is short.
ghast
adjective, ghastly.
Shore
noun, the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
grist
noun, grain to be ground.
gript
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
GRIPS
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
shogi
noun, the Japanese version of chess.
getas
noun, a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
gripe
noun, the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
shoer
noun, a person who shoes horses or other animals.
Croat
noun, a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
griot
noun, a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
girsh
noun, qirsh.
grice
noun, a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
shoat
noun, Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
Ghats
noun, Eastern Ghats.
ghost
noun, the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
Greta
noun, a female given name, form of Margaret.
shirt
noun, a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
shirr
noun, Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
giros
noun, autogiro.
seti-
sotie
noun, a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
Goth.
estop
verb (used with object), Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
hates
noun, intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
spite
noun, a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
scrag
noun, a lean or scrawny person or animal.
scrap
noun, a small piece or portion; fragment:
score
noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
stech
verb (used with object), to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
eight
noun, a cardinal number, seven plus one.
spirt
noun, a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
spire
noun, a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
step-
Scot.
ster.
epact
noun, the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
Heros
noun, a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
stge.
ephor
noun, one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
spier
noun, a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
hect-
spice
noun, any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
Herat
noun, a city in NW Afghanistan.
Spohr
noun, Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
hater
noun, a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
sprag
noun, a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
stair
noun, one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
staph
noun, staphylococcus.
Earth
noun, (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
Srta.
heats
noun, the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
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.
sprig
noun, a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
sprat
noun, a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
heart
noun, Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
Heaps
noun, a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
sport
noun, an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
heist
noun, a robbery or holdup:
stare
noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
hears
verb (used with object), to perceive by the ear:
ecto-
spore
noun, Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
spor-
Starr
noun, Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
Epis.
herp.
Episc
spate
noun, a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
ergot
noun, Plant Pathology. a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body. the sclerotial body itself.
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.
spect
noun, single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
spec.
stipo
noun, a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
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.
crore
noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
Erato
noun, the Muse of love poetry.
spare
noun, a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
Harar
noun, a city in E Ethiopia.
spahi
noun, one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
esrog
noun, etrog.
Esth.
SEATO
noun, an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
estoc
noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
ergo-
ERISA
noun, Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
harps
noun, a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
scrog
noun, any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
Epist
Stich
noun, a verse or line of poetry.
scrip
noun, a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
haste
noun, swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
epoch
noun, a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
scope
noun, extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
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.
Spica
noun, spike2 .
Harts
noun, a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
STAGE
noun, a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
scopa
noun, pollen brush.
Harte
noun, (Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
Tshi
noun, Twi.
sago
noun, a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
togs
noun, a coat.
sch.
Sage
noun, a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
trog
noun, Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
rage
noun, angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
Saar
noun, Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
SAGA
noun, a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
Saco
noun, a city in SW Maine.
toea
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
Tiro
noun, tyro.
toch
noun, Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
tsar
noun, czar.
toga
noun, (in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
shag
noun, rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
ragi
noun, a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Trip
noun, a journey or voyage:
Seta
noun, a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
Trio
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
sego
noun, sego lily.
tors
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
Sera
noun, a plural of serum.
RACE
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
tosh
noun, nonsense; bosh.
pts.
sati
noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
ptg.
Ptas
plural, peseta.
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.
scag
noun, heroin.
Ptah
noun, an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
sear
noun, a mark or scar made by searing.
tri-
sech
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.
sec.
Torr
noun, a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
Seri
noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
top-
scr.
tope
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
raga
noun, one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
Seth
noun, the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
SARA
noun, a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
psec
topi
noun, topee.
psia
TOPS
noun, the tops, top1 (def 22).
Tori
noun, plural of torus.
Sato
noun, Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
Sert
noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
torc
noun, torque (def 4).
Sari
noun, a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
scar
noun, a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
psig
Tore
noun, a torus.
Sat.
trap
noun, a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
Thar
noun, tahr.
Raia
noun, rayah.
sori
noun, plural of sorus.
Tapa
noun, (especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
spic
noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
Tape
noun, a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
SPCA
spat
noun, a petty quarrel.
SPAR
noun, Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
spae
verb (used with object), to prophesy; foretell; predict.
rhos
noun, the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
Tara
noun, a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
sort
noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
RIAS
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
recs
noun, recreation.
sore
noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
Reg.
sora
noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
Rice
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
Soph
noun, a sophomore.
Tare
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
Rich
noun, (used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
Taro
noun, a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
SOAR
noun, an act or instance of soaring.
tarp
noun, tarpaulin.
SOAP
noun, a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
Rico
noun, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
Riga
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
reap
verb (used with object), to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
sith
adverb, conjunction, preposition, since.
Taos
noun, a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
Rhea
noun, the ramie plant or fiber.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
reps
noun, a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
Stir
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
Rep.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
stoa
noun, Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
Reis
plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
repo
noun, a repurchase agreement.
stg.
stop
noun, the act of stopping.
Ste.
repr
str.
Star
noun, any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
resh
noun, the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
tahr
noun, any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
Stag
noun, an adult male deer.
Sra.
SPOT
noun, a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
thi-
Tace
noun, tasset.
scop
noun, an Old English bard or poet.
rest
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
regs
noun, Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
tach
noun, tachometer.
spit
noun, saliva, especially when ejected.
regr
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.
taco
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
tars
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
tchr
Rais
noun, Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
this
Idioms, with this, following this; hereupon:
rope
noun, a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
rasp
noun, an act of rasping.
Shoa
noun, the Holocaust.
shit
noun, excrement; feces.
rash
noun, an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
rort
noun, a rowdy, usually drunken party.
Rosa
noun, Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
rase
verb (used with object), raze.
rasa
noun, (in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
ROSE
noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
thir
pronoun, these.
ship
noun, a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
RARE
adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
the-
THOR
noun, Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
Shea
noun, shea tree.
Rota
noun, Chiefly British. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others. an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
rapt
noun, a quick, smart, or light blow:
ROTC
noun, a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
rote
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
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.
Roth
noun, Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Roti
noun, roast.
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.
ROTS
noun, the process of rotting.
rpt.
Thea
noun, a female given name.
shoe
noun, an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
SITA
noun, (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
sice
noun, syce.
sire
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
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.
sipe
verb (used without object), (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
tegs
noun, Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
riot
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
RATO
noun, rocket-assisted takeoff.
sigh
noun, the act or sound of sighing.
Sig.
RIPE
adjective, having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
RIPS
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
RISC
noun, reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
Rise
noun, an act or instance of rising.
rit.
Thai
noun, Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
ter.
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:
shr.
roar
noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
PSAT
Roca
noun, Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
shot
noun, a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
rate
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
rocs
noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
shop
noun, a retail store, especially a small one.
shog
noun, a shake; jolt.
thae
pronoun, adjective, those.
sci.
1080
eco-
capa
noun, the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
Carr
noun, John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
ichs
noun, a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
ICSH
CARE
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
Cara
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
Ger.
capo
noun, any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
Caph
noun, kaph.
Cape
noun, a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
cap.
Ice.
geo-
Cage
noun, a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
gear
noun, Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
Cost
noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
Cote
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
echt
adjective, real; authentic; genuine.
Crag
noun, a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
gats
noun, a pistol or revolver.
gate
noun, a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
ices
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
ICAO
ator
cat.
gets
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
hots
noun, the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
Cato
noun, Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
HRIP
geta
noun, a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
Hsia
noun, a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
Cate
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
cose
verb (used without object), coze.
gest
noun, a story or tale.
cast
noun, act of casting or throwing.
CART
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
Cash
noun, money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
CASE
noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
cosh
noun, a blackjack; bludgeon.
Casa
noun, a house.
Gert
noun, a female given name, form of Gertrude.
IAEA
Iago
noun, the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
Gers
noun, a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
Gera
noun, a city in E central Germany.
IATA
crap
noun, Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
atop
preposition, on the top of:
Hose
noun, a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
ASAP
adverb, without delay; promptly.
Gare
noun, low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
asci
noun, plural of ascus.
Asch
noun, Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
asc-
Itch
noun, the sensation of itching.
Asat
noun, (in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons. Compare sat2 (def 1).
gape
noun, a wide opening; gap; breach.
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.
art.
Aser
noun, Asher (def 1).
arse
noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
gait
noun, a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
arr.
gaea
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
ARIS
Aria
noun, an air or melody.
Goat
noun, any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
argh
interjection, (used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
Arg.
asea
adjective, adverb, to or toward the sea; seaward.
gars
noun, Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
IOTA
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
IRAS
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
atic
ates
gata
noun, the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
atar
noun, attar (def 1).
Ipoh
noun, a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
crat
Cres
Asti
noun, a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
gast
verb (used with object), to terrify or frighten.
gasp
noun, a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
Asha
noun, the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
Ire.
gash
noun, a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
Irra
noun, the Akkadian god of pestilence.
crip
noun, a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
Asir
noun, a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
Asia
noun, a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
Isar
noun, a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
crop
noun, the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
Ashe
noun, Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
iso-
Host
noun, a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
Hos.
Ares
noun, the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
haar
noun, a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
CIGS
noun, a cigarette.
Copt
noun, a member of the Coptic Church.
gist
noun, the main or essential part of a matter:
Gish
noun, Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
Cor.
ciao
interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
girt
noun, Carpentry. a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor. a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
chs.
Haag
noun, Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
Haas
noun, Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
cir.
Chr.
haes
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb, have.
haet
noun, a little bit; a whit.
chop
noun, an act or instance of chopping.
chit
noun, a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
Hag.
hags
noun, an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
Haig
noun, Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
hair
noun, any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
gite
noun, a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
Cope
noun, a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
Chip
noun, a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
goas
noun, a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
GOES
noun, plural of go1 .
coir
noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
cogs
noun, (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
Gore
noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
gorp
noun, a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
gosh
interjection, (used as an exclamation or mild oath):
cog.
coat
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
cite
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
gras
cire
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cit.
cist
noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
cis-
gres
grip
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
Gris
noun, Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
Grit
noun, abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
gro.
Gros
noun, Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
grot
noun, a grotto.
chis
noun, the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
Hapi
noun, Apis.
hora
noun, a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
hire
noun, the act of hiring.
hest
noun, behest.
chai
noun, a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
HETP
noun, a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
hets
noun, a heterosexual person.
Cora
noun, Classical Mythology. Kore.
hgt.
prs.
Cori
noun, Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
ghat
noun, a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
Ceto
Herr
noun, the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
Ceta
noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
cet-
hoar
noun, hoarfrost; rime.
cera
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
ceps
noun, an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
Cort
Hope
noun, the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
Hopi
noun, a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
hops
noun, an act of hopping; short leap.
hor.
hers
noun, Slang. a female:
HERO
noun, a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
haps
noun, one's luck or lot.
Chet
noun, a male given name, form of Chester.
Hare
noun, any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
Harp
noun, a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
Hart
noun, a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
chia
noun, a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
giro
noun, autogiro.
chg.
Hasa
noun, a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
HASP
noun, a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
hast
noun, Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
hate
noun, intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
HERA
noun, the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
gips
noun, Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
Cher
noun, a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
HEAO
HEAP
noun, a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
hear
verb (used with object), to perceive by the ear:
chat
noun, informal conversation:
heat
noun, the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
heir
noun, a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
Chas
noun, tea.
her.
OAPC
Argo
noun, Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
area
noun, any particular extent of space or surface; part:
aesc
noun, ash2 (def 3).
erst
adverb, before the present time; formerly.
agas
noun, a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
Phar
phat
noun, Typesetting. fat (def 23).
Agar
noun, Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
phis
noun, the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
errs
verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
aet.
phr.
pias
noun, a female given name.
peto
noun, wahoo3 .
aer-
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 .
Pich
noun, a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
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.
Eros
noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
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 .
pets
noun, any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
Pet.
Eris
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
Pecs
noun, a city in SW Hungary.
pato
noun, an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
pats
noun, a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
Agra
noun, a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
agr.
oast
noun, a kiln for drying hops or malt.
peag
noun, wampum (def 1).
pear
noun, the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
agit
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.
agio
noun, a premium on money in exchange.
Pest
noun, an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
agha
noun, aga.
pehs
noun, pe.
per.
perh
Pers
Earp
noun, Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
ages
noun, the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
ears
noun, the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
peso
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
ager
noun, (often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
Piet
noun, Scot. a magpie.
ACTS
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
pat.
prat
noun, the buttocks.
AARP
epic
noun, an epic poem.
epi-
aahs
noun, the exclamation “aah.”.
Eph.
ARCS
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
eath
adjective, adverb, easy.
eats
noun, eats, Informal. food.
prao
noun, proa.
pre-
epit
prec
prie
noun, a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
prig
noun, a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
pro-
egos
noun, the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
Echo
noun, a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
proa
noun, any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
egis
noun, aegis.
ect-
Prag
noun, German name of Prague.
pot.
ACTH
acr-
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.
Piro
noun, piroplasmosis.
Acta
plural noun, official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
Eric
noun, Eric the Red.
Pisa
noun, a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
pise
noun, rammed earth.
Pish
noun, an exclamation of “pish!”.
ergs
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.
pita
noun, a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
posh
adjective, sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
pith
noun, Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
Acis
noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
ache
noun, a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
East
noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
acea
pore
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
Pori
noun, a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
EPOS
noun, an epic.
pos.
pose
noun, a bodily attitude or posture:
Pate
noun, the crown or top of the head.
pct.
Past
noun, the time gone by:
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.
apo-
Apis
noun, a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
Apia
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
opts
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
oras
noun, plural of os2 .
Orca
noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
orcs
noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
aph-
org.
opes
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
ctr.
orra
adjective, not regular or scheduled; odd:
pash
noun, an infatuation for another person; crush.
orts
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
osar
noun, plural of os3 .
OSHA
noun, the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
aits
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
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.
opia
Apr.
airt
noun, a direction.
Aras
noun, Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
oath
noun, a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
OATS
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
ARCO
adverb, (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
ocas
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
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.
Ochs
noun, Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
arca
noun, a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
Oct.
ogre
noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
OPer
apts
plural, apartment.
apt.
plural, apartment.
APSE
noun, Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
Oise
noun, a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
Oita
noun, a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
APSA
opah
noun, a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
OPEC
noun, an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
eths
noun, a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
cts.
Goer
noun, a person or thing that goes:
Page
noun, one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
Ahir
noun, a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
est.
each
adverb, to, from, or for each; apiece:
paca
noun, a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
PACE
noun, a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
pacs
noun, pack1 (def 1).
PACT
noun, an agreement, covenant, or compact:
ESOP
noun, a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
agst
etc.
paho
noun, a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
pair
noun, two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
par.
Pare
noun, Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
Parr
noun, a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
pars
noun, (in prescriptions) a part.
eso-
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.
ETAS
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
esp.
Aire
otic
adjective, of or relating to the ear; auricular.
AHSA
etch
noun, Printing. an acid used for etching.
Otis
noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
Aiea
noun, a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
airs
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
Eth.
CTA
ec-
CSA
COP
noun, a police officer.
eo-
ECA
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.
ECG
CRS
CPI
St.
STP
CPO
EAS
noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
STI
CRT
CPA
spt
CRP
CPR
SRI
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
cte
ea.
EAA
Sr.
Sta
CST
CSO
ctg
COS
noun, romaine.
COT
noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
CSR
Eg.
ETA
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
eat
noun, eats, Informal. food.
CPS
PSA
TAE
preposition, to.
tph
Agh
ago
adverb, in past time; in the past:
AGS
adjective, noun, agriculture:
Agt
AHA
interjection, (used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
AHE
ahi
noun, yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
tra
tr.
Tpr
TPI
AIC
age
noun, the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
AIR
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
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.
AOA
aor
APA
noun, a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
APC
APE
noun, any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
Tor
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
API
abbreviation, Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
APS
ARA
noun, the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
TRH
AGC
tog
noun, a coat.
aah
noun, the exclamation “aah.”.
TSP
TSI
TSH
TSE
ap-
trp
ac-
ag-
AIA
Ar.
AAE
AAP
aga
noun, a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
Aar
Tro
AAS
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
ACE
noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
ACH
interjection, alas; oh.
ACP
ACS
ACT
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
ae.
AEA
AEC
AES
noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
ARC
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
TAG
noun, a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
cep
noun, an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
CAI
CAR
noun, an automobile.
Teh
noun, Te.
CAS
verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
teg
noun, Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
TEC
noun, detective.
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
CEA
CEO
CGI
TES
noun, ti1 .
CGS
ChE
noun, Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
CHA
noun, tea.
TAR
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
CHI
noun, the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
CIA
TAP
noun, a light but audible blow:
CIE
TAO
noun, (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
cig
noun, a cigarette.
CIP
Tai
noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
CAA
th-
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.
ast
ARP
noun, Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
ARS
TIC
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
ASA
noun, a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
TIA
ase
Ash
noun, the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
ASI
Aso
noun, Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
ASP
noun, any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
ASR
at.
tha
noun, the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
ATA
ATC
ATP
ATS
noun, a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
ca.
ch.
THC
CIO
noun, a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
Co.
cp.
cr.
cs.
ct.
sho
SPR
och
interjection, (used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
ite
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
ROC
noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
Oc.
op.
OSA
ROA
OTC
OAP
oar
noun, a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
OAS
OIt
OAT
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
Oca
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
OCR
ROG
Ria
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
Ore
noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
orc
noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
Ora
noun, plural of os2 .
opt
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
rho
noun, the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
OPS
noun, the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
ope
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
OCS
OPA
OIr
oic
OHG
rig
noun, the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
ROE
noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
ITC
Orr
noun, Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
IOC
RPG
RPO
IOT
Ios
noun, a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
EGO
noun, the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
ior
Rs.
iph
RSA
RSE
rt.
rte
RTS
So.
IPA
IPO
ITA
ISA
ROI
ist
ROP
ISR
ish
ise
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ipr
IRS
IRO
IRC
ROT
noun, the process of rotting.
Ir.
IPS
rhe
noun, a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
ORT
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
SRO
poi
noun, a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
PIC
noun, a movie.
RAS
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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:
pig
noun, a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
PIO
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.
pis
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
Rap
noun, a quick, smart, or light blow:
PIT
noun, a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
Rai
noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
rah
interjection, (used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
POA
POC
POE
noun, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
POR
PHS
PRC
PSC
PSE
PSG
PSI
noun, the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
PST
interjection, (used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
PTA
plural, peseta.
RCP
rag
noun, a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
RCS
Re.
RIP
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
RPS
PRA
Rae
noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
PIA
noun, a female given name.
pho
noun, a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
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.
Pa.
pt.
Ps.
Pr.
Pg.
PEI
noun, I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
pc.
OTS
PAC
noun, pack1 (def 1).
res
noun, an object or thing; matter.
ote
OTA
ot-
OSP
ose
PTO
PaG
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.
pes
noun, a foot or footlike part.
Phi
noun, the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
PHA
PGA
RCA
RCT
REA
Peh
noun, pe.
pah
interjection, (used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
Peg
noun, a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
REC
noun, recreation.
pea
noun, the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
PCS
PCI
PAS
noun, a step or series of steps in ballet.
Sp.
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.
SAA
git
noun, British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
GCA
GCE
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).
GCI
sht
GCR
GCT
shp
Ges
get
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
GHA
gie
noun, gi.
gip
noun, Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
GIs
noun, a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
Goa
noun, a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
SIR
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
she
noun, a female person or animal.
goi
noun, goy.
IHS
got
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
gph
GPS
Gr.
gre
SHA
Sgt
GSA
GSC
GSR
gt.
SIP
noun, an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
Gat
noun, a pistol or revolver.
GTO
Esc
Ehr
eir
EIS
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
Ep.
EPA
EPS
EPT
ERA
noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
ERP
err
verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
ERS
noun, ervil.
ERT
ESA
ESR
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
SOP
noun, a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
GAS
noun, Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
gap
noun, a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
GAO
noun, a city in E Mali.
SOC
noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
GPO
noun, the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
GOP
gi.
SPA
noun, a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
GAR
noun, Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
Ga.
ETS
ETR
ETO
sot
noun, a drunkard.
GTC
Gor
interjection, (used as a mild oath.)
GTS
Hts
HIC
interjection, (an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
hie
verb (used with object), to hasten (oneself):
hip
noun, the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
HIS
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
hit
noun, an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
Hoe
noun, a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
hog
noun, a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
sc.
hot
noun, the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
HRE
hrs
HST
ht.
ics
HEP
adjective, hip4 .
IRA
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
SAR
io-
Ia.
IAS
SAP
noun, the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
ICA
noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
ich
noun, a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
SAG
noun, an act or instance of sagging.
SAE
ier
IHP
SAC
noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
het
noun, a heterosexual person.
hop
noun, an act of hopping; short leap.
SCP
hr.
HCR
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).
hae
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb, have.
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.
HAT
noun, a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
se-
SEI
noun, sei whale.
sea
noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
HAO
noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
HAP
noun, one's luck or lot.
has
noun, Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
sh
interjection, (used to urge silence.)
OA
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
RI
rg
RH
AA
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
HP
S.
eh
interjection, (an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
h.
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.
HI
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of high:
SG
SA
IG
RP
R.
AH
interjection, (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
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.
RA
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
RC
AO
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
EI
HO
noun, a sexually promiscuous woman.
PO
noun, a chamber pot.
GH
HE
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
TP
HG
PE
noun, the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
O.
IT
noun, (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
t.
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.
TG
GC
T1
IP
OH
noun, the exclamation “oh.”.
TA
noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
OE
noun, oy2 .
PH
OG
TC
GP
GO
noun, the act of going:
TE
noun, ti1 .
RO
i.
G.
ic
PI
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
CE
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