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- pectoralis
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noun,
either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- clistocarp
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noun,
cleistocarp.
- sclerotia
-
noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sceptical
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adjective,
skeptical.
- scapolite
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noun,
any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- operatics
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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.
- sclerotic
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adjective,
Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- saprolite
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noun,
soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- caprioles
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- precocial
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adjective,
(of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- sectorial
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- copasetic
-
adjective,
copacetic.
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- practices
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- caltrops
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- spectro-
-
- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- spiccato
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adjective,
(of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- calorics
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noun,
heat.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- petrolic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
- calicoes
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- particle
-
noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- ectosarc
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noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- circlets
-
noun,
a small circle.
- spiracle
-
noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- polestar
-
noun,
Polaris.
- polecats
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- P-Celtic
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noun,
the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- coracles
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noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- coistrel
-
noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- operatic
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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.
- Capriote
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- cloister
-
noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- acceptor
-
noun,
accepter.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- picrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- capriole
-
noun,
a caper or leap.
- caprices
-
noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- tropical
-
noun,
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
- cortical
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adjective,
Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- practice
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- coracle
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noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- placets
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- plicate
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adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- ascetic
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noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- stearo-
-
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- plastic
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noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- replica
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- astrol.
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- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- ectopic
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adjective,
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Caprice
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- practic
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adjective,
practical.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- calicos
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Polaris
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noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- polecat
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Corsica
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noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- calcite
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- calices
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noun,
plural of calix.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caplets
-
- caloric
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noun,
heat.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- Capitol
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noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- cerato-
-
- coeliac
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adjective,
celiac.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- optical
-
noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- ciceros
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- accepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- topical
-
noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Clarice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Sceptic
-
noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- 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.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- sclero-
-
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- circlet
-
noun,
a small circle.
- circles
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- clastic
-
adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- icecaps
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- clerics
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- aristo-
-
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- 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.
- petrol.
-
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- ipecacs
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- Script.
-
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 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.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sapro-
-
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Coptic
-
noun,
an Afroasiatic language of Egypt descended from ancient Egyptian, largely extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century but surviving as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- sacro-
-
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- 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.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- lacto-
-
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- 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.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patri-
-
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- 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.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- petro-
-
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- occas.
-
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- 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.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- lepto-
-
- paleo-
-
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- polit.
-
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- ptero-
-
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- 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.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- 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.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picro-
-
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- iatro-
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- pleio-
-
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- 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.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- sarco-
-
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- tarso-
-
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- celto-
-
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- 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):
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- stacc.
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- calci-
-
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpic
-
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- spiro-
-
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- astro-
-
- septi-
-
- scler-
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- scato-
-
- accel.
-
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- 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.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- 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.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- 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.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- caplet
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- cerat-
-
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- 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.
- aceto-
-
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- petri
-
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- tera-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- telo-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- 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.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- pert.
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- 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.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- peri-
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tears
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- petr-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pico-
-
- sarc-
-
- patr-
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treas
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orial
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- oste-
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- 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.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- trop-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- octa-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- OIcel
-
- 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.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- OPers
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- pale-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- 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.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pari-
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- seti-
-
- rect.
-
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- recpt
-
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- sero-
-
- Seric
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcpt.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- Sept.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rept.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sect.
-
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- 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.
- resp.
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- Scot.
-
- 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.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 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.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- Prot.
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- pleo-
-
- plat.
-
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- 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.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plio-
-
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- spor-
-
- poet.
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- 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.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- 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.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ster.
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plast
-
- step-
-
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- pret.
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- proc.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- pros.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Port.
-
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- prae-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spec.
-
- 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.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- coel-
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- 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.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- IATSE
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Epist
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Icel.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileo-
-
- copr-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crit.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- eccl.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- lact-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Apoc.
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- 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.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- asco-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aero-
-
- 30-30
-
- acct.
-
- acet-
-
- acpt.
-
- acro-
-
- 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
-
- aeri-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Alcor
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- 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.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- astr.
-
- 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.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- caco-
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- calc-
-
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- 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.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capt.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- caps.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lect.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lipo-
-
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- licet
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- clar
-
- sci.
-
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- scil
-
- CCls
-
- SLIC
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lip-
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- 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.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- cat.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- scr.
-
- cet-
-
- Ceto
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Cels
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- sec.
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Sat.
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Col.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
-
- 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:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- repl
-
- Cor.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- clep
-
- 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.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 1080
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- OAPC
-
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ter.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Alis
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tel-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- apo-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Apr.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- acr-
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- ACLS
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- acc.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Alco
-
- Aire
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- aer-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- aet.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCA
-
- SPCC
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- 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.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- cap.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Cal.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- opia
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Sol.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- OPer
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- art.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- str.
-
- ARIS
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- cac-
-
- ates
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- atic
-
- Sra.
-
- asc-
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Lat.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- epi-
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- epit
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- prec
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- 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.
- pro-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- 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.
- pre-
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- pot.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- PSAT
-
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Pers
-
- iso-
-
- PERL
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- per.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- itol
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pct.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- pat.
-
- 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.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- etc.
-
- ile-
-
- 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.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- prs.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- crat
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- pts.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- par.
-
- Cort
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- psec
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- psia
-
- Cres
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Pal.
-
- ILP
-
- CPR
-
- ILS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RCA
-
- TAL
-
- RCT
-
- ILO
-
- PSE
-
- IOC
-
- Apl
-
- IPO
-
- 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
-
- 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.
- IPA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ior
-
- CPL
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- CPO
-
- IOT
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- REA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- APS
-
- 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:
- OCC
-
- 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.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- STI
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ROA
-
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- ASR
-
- IAS
-
- Pa.
-
- ast
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- PSC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- 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.
- CPS
-
- ier
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- pc.
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- aor
-
- il-
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- STP
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OCR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- 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.
- ICC
-
- OCS
-
- STL
-
- PIO
-
- APC
-
- IRC
-
- ipr
-
- LSC
-
- ae.
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- AEC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- La.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- LSI
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ite
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ITC
-
- Lt.
-
- ACS
-
- pt.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- Tro
-
- Ar.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ACP
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- lep
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PTO
-
- ITA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- IRO
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- OSA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- OTC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- IRL
-
- 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.
- OAP
-
- CPA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CPI
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- Pr.
-
- op.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- 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.
- LTA
-
- ist
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ISR
-
- ALC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ps.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ise
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Oc.
-
- Isl
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- LOC
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- io-
-
- PRA
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- Sp.
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- SER
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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).
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- CEO
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- LCA
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- cep
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noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SRO
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sep
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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.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LCI
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- ot-
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- LCT
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- ECA
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- So.
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- RTS
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- ec-
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- CEA
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- CCP
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- Ep.
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SLA
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- CCR
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- RPO
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- CCS
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verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RCS
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- rte
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- Sr.
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- CEC
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- Rs.
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- RSA
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- RSE
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- POR
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- SIC
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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).
- rt.
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- RCP
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SLE
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- CRS
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- CST
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- CSR
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- CSO
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- CSC
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- CSA
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- cle
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- sc.
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- CRT
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- CRP
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ose
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- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Clo
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- OSP
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- PSA
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- SAR
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- CLI
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- CTA
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- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- se-
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- CIP
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SAE
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- CIA
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SCP
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- CIC
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- CIE
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- PRC
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CLR
-
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- cte
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- CTC
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- EPA
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CCA
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- ESR
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- CAI
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- OIt
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- ETR
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- ETO
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
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- Ola
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- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- CRC
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- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- OIr
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- ROP
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- Ios
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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.
- ESL
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- OPA
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- Esc
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- ESA
-
- ERT
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- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ETS
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- cl.
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- ATP
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- spt
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- at.
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- ATC
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
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- SPR
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- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pl.
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- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ct.
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
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- cc.
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- CIO
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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.
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- cp.
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- PLA
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- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- PLC
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- POC
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- PLR
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- POA
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ote
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- RPS
-
- SLP
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- SLR
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- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- EPS
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ERP
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- OTA
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- Re.
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- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OTS
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- EPT
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- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- pli
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- PLO
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- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- RI
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- L1
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
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- CE
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- IP
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- RO
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- A.
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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.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- AO
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- OA
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AI
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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.
- TC
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- ic
-
- LC
-
- i.
-
- L.
-
- P.
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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.
- le
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RC
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RP
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- t.
-
- TL
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- O.
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SA
-
- LR
-
- R.
-
- ol
-
- TP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- S.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
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- T1
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