Anagrams of contraceptions
Word contraceptions has
2854 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of contraceptions.
- contraception
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noun,
the deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by any of various drugs, techniques, or devices; birth control.
- Consecration
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noun,
the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- anteporticos
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noun,
a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- concertation
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noun,
(especially in European politics) cooperation, as among opposing factions, aimed at effecting a unified proposal or concerted action.
- anteportico
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noun,
a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- contraption
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noun,
a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.
- concertatos
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adjective, noun,
concertante.
- concretions
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- concertinas
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- contraction
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noun,
an act or instance of contracting.
- antiprotons
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- stenotopic
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adjective,
(of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- constraint
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noun,
limitation or restriction.
- Protection
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noun,
the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- Pontocaine
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- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- constipate
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verb (used with object),
to cause constipation in; make costive.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- Copernican
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adjective,
of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- contrapose
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verb (used with object),
to place in contraposition.
- catoptrics
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noun,
the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- conception
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noun,
the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- antiproton
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- concertato
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adjective, noun,
concertante.
- concertina
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- concertino
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noun,
a short concerto.
- concretion
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- consociate
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adjective, noun, verb (used without object),
associate.
- Ectoprocta
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noun,
the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
- Entoprocta
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noun,
a small phylum of invertebrates comprising the entoprocts: considered a subphylum of Bryozoa, from which it is distinguished by having the anus of the polyp near the mouth within the crown of tentacles.
- entoproct
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noun,
any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- practices
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- notionate
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adjective,
strong-willed or stubborn.
- potations
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- posttonic
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adjective,
immediately following a stressed syllable:
- cotenants
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noun,
a joint tenant.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- crocoites
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- pronation
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noun,
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- ectoproct
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noun,
bryozoan; formerly, one of two broad types of bryozoan.
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- 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.
- corticate
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adjective,
having a cortex.
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- catoptric
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noun,
the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- constrict
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verb (used with object),
to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- Constance
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- conscript
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noun,
a recruit obtained by conscription.
- connector
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noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- coenosarc
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noun,
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- contactor
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noun,
a mechanically operated switch for continuously establishing and interrupting an electric power circuit.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- corotates
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- Spectator
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noun,
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- Caporetto
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noun,
Italian name of Kobarid.
- pittances
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- narcotics
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- sopranino
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noun,
a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- copasetic
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adjective,
copacetic.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- contracts
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noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- picaroons
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- tectonics
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noun,
the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- internat.
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- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- accentors
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- esotropia
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noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- pentosan
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noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- tortoise
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noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- cortico-
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- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- topcoats
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noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- potstone
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noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- tipcarts
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- potatoes
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noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- potation
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- spittoon
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noun,
a cuspidor.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- cotenant
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noun,
a joint tenant.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- 11-point
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- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- pintanos
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- ostinato
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noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- intrans.
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- contract
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noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- 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.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- acrostic
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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.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- cooncans
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- pinnaces
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- caprices
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- corotate
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- tropaion
-
noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- spiccato
-
adjective,
(of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- sonorant
-
noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pittance
-
noun,
a small amount or share.
- contacts
-
noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- cantrips
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Poincare
-
noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- spectro-
-
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- contains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- corantos
-
noun,
courante.
- contents
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- practice
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- ecstatic
-
noun,
a person subject to fits of ecstasy:
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- conceits
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- tonetics
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- coercion
-
noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- connects
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- concents
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- patentor
-
noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- protects
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nitroso-
-
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- prostate
-
noun,
prostate gland.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- apocrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- patients
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- cocaines
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- narcotic
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- coaction
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- anoscope
-
noun,
proctoscope.
- ten-spot
-
noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- panniers
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- citterns
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- cocinero
-
noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- ectosarc
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- citrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- rattoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- stonecat
-
noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- Nearctic
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- cocottes
-
noun,
prostitute.
- strepto-
-
- concerns
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- contrite
-
adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- crocoite
-
noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- precinct
-
noun,
a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- accentor
-
noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- concerts
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- procaine
-
noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- tectonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
- scotopia
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- croceins
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- non-pros
-
verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- Prescott
-
noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- Socratic
-
noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- patroons
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- stannite
-
noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- concerto
-
noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- transept
-
noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- notation
-
noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- transect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- acceptor
-
noun,
accepter.
- interact
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- patterns
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- troponin
-
noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- icecaps
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- contra-
-
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- pannose
-
adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- cocotte
-
noun,
prostitute.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- constr.
-
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- concept
-
noun,
a general notion or idea; conception.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- taproot
-
noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- intens.
-
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- contact
-
noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- peccant
-
adjective,
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Sno-Cat
-
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- content
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- soprano
-
noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- nonstop
-
noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- stearo-
-
- tictacs
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tictocs
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- nonpros
-
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- steato-
-
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tenpins
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- ectopic
-
adjective,
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- sterno-
-
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cooncan
-
noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- operons
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- ionones
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- opsonin
-
noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- spanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- cornice
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- cranio-
-
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- sporont
-
noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- ipecacs
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- tactics
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- spinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- cottons
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- pinners
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- practic
-
adjective,
practical.
- 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.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Sceptic
-
noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- 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.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pinnace
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Caprice
-
noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- Script.
-
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- Canopic
-
adjective,
pertaining to Canopus.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- accepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- arseno-
-
- 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.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- aristo-
-
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- transp.
-
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- pattens
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- procto-
-
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- ascetic
-
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.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- actino-
-
- 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.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- centri-
-
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Tootsie
-
noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- topcoat
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- centric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centro-
-
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- cerato-
-
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pronaos
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- necro-
-
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- proto-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- steno-
-
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- ptero-
-
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- 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.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- scato-
-
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- sacro-
-
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- intra-
-
- 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.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- inter.
-
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- sapro-
-
- tactic
-
noun,
tactics (def 1).
- sarco-
-
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- rectos
-
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- recti-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- nitro-
-
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- osteo-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- 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.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- picro-
-
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- 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.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- septi-
-
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- penta-
-
- pennis
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- 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.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- 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.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- socio-
-
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patri-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- stacc.
-
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- scoto-
-
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- 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.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- sporo-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- occas.
-
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- spiro-
-
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- centi-
-
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- 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):
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- costo-
-
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- trans.
-
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- 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.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copro-
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- 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.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tictoc
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- tinct.
-
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cteno-
-
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- tictac
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- arsen-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- 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.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- terat-
-
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- carpic
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- 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.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cerat-
-
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- 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.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- 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.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- 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.
- C-in-C
-
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- 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.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- contr.
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- coeno-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contin
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- aeron.
-
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- icono-
-
- tarso-
-
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- iatro-
-
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- 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.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aniso-
-
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- 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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- tropo-
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- actin-
-
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- eroto-
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- acpt.
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Capt.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Sept.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- 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.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- trop-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- caps.
-
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sanit
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- sect.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- poet.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Cant.
-
- acro-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- 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.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- peta-
-
- 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.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- pert.
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- 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.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 30-30
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Penn.
-
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- cent.
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- 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.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- seti-
-
- acct.
-
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- pico-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- acet-
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- sero-
-
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- 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.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Prot.
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rcpt.
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- treas
-
- areo-
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Scot.
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- 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.
- proc.
-
- Recit
-
- recip
-
- pron.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- pros.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- ante-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- anti-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- annot
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- anon.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- 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.
- post-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- atto-
-
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- 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.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- resp.
-
- canc.
-
- 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.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- actos
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Port.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- rept.
-
- 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.
- caco-
-
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- 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.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- pret.
-
- 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.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- rect.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- recpt
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- ation
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- prae-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- toti-
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- astr.
-
- reni-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- noso-
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- step-
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- nitr-
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- noct-
-
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- corpn
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- 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.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- octo-
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onco-
-
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- corp.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- noto-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- NSPCC
-
- 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.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- sarc-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ster.
-
- onto-
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tears
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- insp.
-
- insep
-
- inst.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- 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.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- icons
-
- intr.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- 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.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- nears
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- ento-
-
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- tera-
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ecto-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- econ.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Tenn.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- nano-
-
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- pant-
-
- 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.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Conn.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- conc.
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- 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.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- tono-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- sito-
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- 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.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patr-
-
- tonia
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- cine-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- coop.
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- OPers
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- cores
-
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Cons.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- copr-
-
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Const
-
- spec.
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- opto-
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 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.
- cont.
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- span-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- ten.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- 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.
- tonn
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- SPCA
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- top-
-
- SPCC
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- scr.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- rpt.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- ter.
-
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- tri-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ste.
-
- Soni
-
- sci.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tron
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tion
-
- trit
-
- 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.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sat.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tRNA
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- str.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tit.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 1080
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- inae
-
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Inc.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ect-
-
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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.
- Ice.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ICAO
-
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OAPC
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ont.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- NTIA
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- neo-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- eco-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- attn
-
- cac-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- apts
-
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.
- cap.
-
- Aire
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acc.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Apr.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- cen.
-
- 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.
- cet-
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- 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.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pnea
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pro-
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Pers
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- prin
-
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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:
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- RONA
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rep.
-
- prs.
-
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- psec
-
- psia
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- 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.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pct.
-
- par.
-
- OOT
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Ps.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CAI
-
- pt.
-
- sc.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- 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.
- CEO
-
- PTO
-
- oon
-
- ct.
-
- CIA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CIC
-
- cs.
-
- CIE
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SAR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- REA
-
- prn
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Pr.
-
- OPA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- pc.
-
- CCA
-
- CCP
-
- CCR
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CEA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CEC
-
- ONI
-
- CIP
-
- CPO
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPR
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CPS
-
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- CRC
-
- OIt
-
- PSA
-
- OIr
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CRS
-
- PTT
-
- RCP
-
- oo-
-
- CNN
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ons
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ONR
-
- cp.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CNC
-
- CNO
-
- RCS
-
- CNS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RPS
-
- TNT
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- cr.
-
- ATP
-
- Co.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- OSO
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ose
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- RNA
-
- Tro
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- RPO
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rs.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- aor
-
- OSP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ote
-
- AEC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ROP
-
- OTA
-
- ACP
-
- ot-
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ROI
-
- ae.
-
- APC
-
- rt.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ast
-
- Pa.
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- 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.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CSA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- OTS
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- APS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- 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.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ASN
-
- SAE
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ase
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ASI
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- CRT
-
- CRP
-
- CSC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IOT
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- Sr.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ior
-
- IRC
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- IRO
-
- NSA
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ise
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- spt
-
- ISR
-
- CSO
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ICC
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- 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.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- PIO
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NRC
-
- ist
-
- IAS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NES
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- STI
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NOP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ITA
-
- NRA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- 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:
- St.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sta
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nr.
-
- ne-
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Npt
-
- STP
-
- NPR
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- NCC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- TTS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- se-
-
- en-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- POR
-
- OAS
-
- PRA
-
- EIS
-
- ERP
-
- ECA
-
- SCP
-
- OCS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OEO
-
- PRC
-
- ec-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OCR
-
- eo-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- OCC
-
- ea.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- eir
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- OTC
-
- CTA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- POA
-
- CST
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- TCA
-
- ETS
-
- SPR
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CSR
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- OAP
-
- CTC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- POC
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Esc
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- oic
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ESR
-
- OAO
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- 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
-
- cte
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- AO
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TT
-
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- T1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ic
-
- CE
-
- i.
-
- OA
-
- O.
-
- TC
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IP
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- t.
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- RP
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- RN
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- TN
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- RI
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- RO
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- RC
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .