Anagrams of contraceptive
Word contraceptive has
1542 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of contraceptive.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- portative
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noun,
Also called portative organ. a small portable pipe organ used especially during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- evaporite
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noun,
any sedimentary rock, as gypsum or rock salt, formed by precipitation from evaporating seawater.
- pectinate
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adjective,
formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- catoptric
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noun,
the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- operative
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noun,
a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- proactive
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adjective,
serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory:
- crepitate
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verb (used without object),
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- 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.
- caponette
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noun,
a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- corticate
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adjective,
having a cortex.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- 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.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- evection
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noun,
a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- vaccinee
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noun,
a person who receives a vaccination.
- practice
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- tectonic
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adjective,
of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Veronica
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noun,
the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- antevert
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- entrepot
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noun,
a warehouse.
- precinct
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noun,
a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- narcotic
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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.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- Provence
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noun,
a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- Nearctic
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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.
- 11-point
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- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- 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.
- province
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noun,
an administrative division or unit of a country.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- 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.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- operetta
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- optative
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noun,
the optative mood.
- corvette
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noun,
a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
- rotative
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adjective,
rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- invocate
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verb (used with object),
invoke.
- triptane
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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.
- cavicorn
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adjective,
hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- reactive
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adjective,
tending to react.
- acceptor
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noun,
accepter.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- pianette
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- accentor
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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.
- coercive
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adjective,
serving or tending to coerce.
- creative
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adjective,
having the quality or power of creating.
- accepter
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noun,
a person or thing that accepts.
- conative
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noun,
Grammar. a conative word, affix, or verbal aspect.
- coactive
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adjective,
compulsory; coercive.
- conceive
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verb (used with object),
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.):
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- concrete
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- contrive
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verb (used with object),
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
- pittance
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- Tiverton
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noun,
a town in SE Rhode Island.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- contract
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noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- traction
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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.
- patentor
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- tractive
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adjective,
having or exerting traction; drawing.
- enactive
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adjective,
having power to enact or establish, as a law.
- captive
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noun,
a prisoner.
- naivete
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- cranio-
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- Canopic
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adjective,
pertaining to Canopus.
- cortina
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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.
- revoice
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- convect
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- reptant
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adjective,
repent2 .
- creance
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noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- convert
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noun,
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
- convict
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verb (used with object),
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial:
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- cornice
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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.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- crevice
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noun,
a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- corvine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- navette
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noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- capette
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noun,
caponette.
- Caprice
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- cerato-
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- treetop
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noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- eccrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectopic
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adjective,
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- cervine
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adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- centro-
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- centri-
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- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- cavetto
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noun,
a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- contra-
-
- entero-
-
- tipcart
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- cave-in
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noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- concert
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concept
-
noun,
a general notion or idea; conception.
- cocaine
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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.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concave
-
noun,
a concave surface, part, line, or thing.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- centavo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.
- Torenia
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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.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- contact
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noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- corvina
-
noun,
corbina.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- peccavi
-
noun,
a confession of guilt or sin.
- pectate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- actino-
-
- Venetic
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noun,
an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- private
-
noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- venatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to hunting.
- peccant
-
adjective,
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- atiptoe
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adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- 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.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- prevent
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- vection
-
noun,
the transference of a disease from one person to another.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- antero-
-
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- practic
-
adjective,
practical.
- overact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to act in an exaggerated manner.
- ventro-
-
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- ventri-
-
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- overeat
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- 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.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- 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.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- vaccine
-
noun,
any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- accrete
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- varico-
-
- 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.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Avertin
-
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- picro-
-
- 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.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- 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.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- covert
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- Pavior
-
noun,
a person that paves; paver.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Covina
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- terat-
-
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- 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.
- patri-
-
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- 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.
- CRONIC
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noun,
very potent marijuana.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- 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.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- 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.
- cteno-
-
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- penta-
-
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- tinct.
-
- petro-
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- tictoc
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- tictac
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- tetra-
-
- Craven
-
noun,
a coward.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- 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.
- recti-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Octave
-
noun,
Music.
a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
the interval encompassed by such tones.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- narco-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ptero-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- nocti-
-
- nitro-
-
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- 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.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- 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.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- pareve
-
adjective,
having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws:
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- 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.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- intro.
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- intra-
-
- inter.
-
- 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.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- tactic
-
noun,
tactics (def 1).
- iatro-
-
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- evince
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- Evetta
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- enter-
-
- corvee
-
noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- carpo-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- carven
-
adjective,
carved.
- 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.
- carpic
-
- cavern
-
noun,
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- 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.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Cavite
-
noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- 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.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- C-in-C
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- 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.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Cervin
-
noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- cavort
-
verb (used without object),
to prance or caper about.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- 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.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- aeron.
-
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- Victor
-
noun,
a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- active
-
noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- actin-
-
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- 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.
- 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.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- avoir.
-
- avocet
-
noun,
any of several long-legged, web-footed shorebirds constituting the genus Recurvirostra, having a long, slender, upward-curving bill.
- vario-
-
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- Vatter
-
noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- vector
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4).
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition.
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system.
any generalization of the above quantities.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- ventr-
-
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- Venice
-
noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- 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.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- 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.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- contr.
-
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- 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.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- pron.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- proc.
-
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Prot.
-
- atto-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Prov.
-
- prove
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- copr-
-
- ative
-
- ation
-
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- over-
-
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- 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.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- veni-
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- priv.
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- 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.
- Cant.
-
- noct-
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- 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.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- canc.
-
- rcpt.
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- octa-
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- vari-
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- vapor
-
noun,
a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air:
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- caco-
-
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- 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.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- areo-
-
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pivot
-
noun,
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- peta-
-
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- corpn
-
- pert.
-
- 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).
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- peri-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- acpt.
-
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- vino-
-
- poet.
-
- pene-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- corp.
-
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- vocat
-
- vitta
-
noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- pico-
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Piave
-
noun,
a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- tonia
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- acct.
-
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- acet-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- pant-
-
- 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.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pari-
-
- Apoc.
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- prae-
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ante-
-
- part.
-
- 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.
- covet
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- pavin
-
noun,
pavane.
- Paver
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- vice-
-
- veter
-
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Port.
-
- parve
-
adjective,
pareve.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- recip
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Recit
-
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- cent.
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- 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.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Evatt
-
noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- cont.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- invt.
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Invar
-
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- intr.
-
- conc.
-
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tera-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- toti-
-
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- ecto-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- econ.
-
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cine-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- 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.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- 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.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cero-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- cert.
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- recpt
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- crit.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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.
- rept.
-
- reni-
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- carp-
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- Capt.
-
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- trop-
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tron
-
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- ten.
-
- vin-
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Tit.
-
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- 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.
- voc.
-
- 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.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- 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.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Rep.
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- pnea
-
- 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.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- trav
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- prev
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- veep
-
noun,
a vice president.
- rit.
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rpt.
-
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Ven.
-
- 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.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- pro-
-
- RONA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- riv.
-
- trit
-
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tion
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Veno
-
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Vict
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- vet.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- 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):
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- 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.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Vic.
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- 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.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Vat.
-
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- tri-
-
- tRNA
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Pvt.
-
- pot.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Rev.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- var.
-
- top-
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- prec
-
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ence
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- enc.
-
- EEOC
-
- evap
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ect-
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- ctr.
-
- 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.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- eco-
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Cor.
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- 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.
- nav.
-
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- NCTE
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ICAO
-
- inv.
-
- Ice.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- NIRA
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- art.
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- ator
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- attn
-
- Ave.
-
- avn.
-
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- cac-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- cap.
-
- Aire
-
- acc.
-
- 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.
- 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-
-
- aet.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- ance
-
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- cit.
-
- civ.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- conv
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- 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.
- CATV
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cav.
-
- CERN
-
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- CCTV
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- ette
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- ovi-
-
- Pet.
-
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pave
-
noun,
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- NTIA
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pen.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pan.
-
- 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.
- pct.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- OAPC
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pavo
-
noun,
the Peacock, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Indus.
- not-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- 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.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- OPer
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opia
-
- Nov.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- CEA
-
- Orv
-
- CEC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CPA
-
- POV
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- CCA
-
- CCR
-
- CCP
-
- CPI
-
- PTO
-
- 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.
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
-
- Tro
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- CRC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- PRA
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pt.
-
- tr.
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ov-
-
- CNO
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CNC
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- TPI
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Tpr
-
- tra
-
- prn
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Pa.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- PRC
-
- CIP
-
- pc.
-
- CIE
-
- CIC
-
- CIA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- TPN
-
- cr.
-
- POR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ACV
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- PIO
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- 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:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ANC
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- VIP
-
- APC
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- VTC
-
- Vt.
-
- VPN
-
- ap-
-
- VOR
-
- ac-
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- an.
-
- VOA
-
- vo.
-
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACP
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- PCI
-
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- OPA
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- CVO
-
- Avi
-
- CAI
-
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- Va.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- TVA
-
- trp
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- at.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ver
-
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- POA
-
- POC
-
- VCR
-
- ATC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ATP
-
- ATV
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- a-v
-
- AVC
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- NOC
-
- ONR
-
- ROP
-
- OTC
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- op.
-
- 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 = .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- ine
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Oc.
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RPO
-
- Ir.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ICC
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OAP
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RPV
-
- ipr
-
- IRC
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- 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:
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- NCC
-
- REA
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NOP
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- IRO
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ITV
-
- 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.
- NPR
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- nr.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Npt
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCC
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- 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.
- PTT
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ean
-
- TIA
-
- PTV
-
- PVA
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- PVC
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin, derived by the polymerization of vinyl chloride: used chiefly for thin coatings, insulation, and pipings.
- ERP
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- EPA
-
- ea.
-
- eir
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- OIt
-
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- Ep.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- env
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ETO
-
- CRP
-
- CRT
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- CTA
-
- CTC
-
- cte
-
- ETV
-
- Re.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ONI
-
- CVA
-
- RCP
-
- ETR
-
- ERT
-
- CVT
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TCA
-
- ERV
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- eo-
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- EI
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- VN
-
- EV
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NC
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AO
-
- ee
-
- CV
-
- TN
-
- RO
-
- N.
-
- VC
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- VP
-
- VI
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TC
-
- V.
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- TT
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CE
-
- NV
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TP
-
- 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.
- O.
-
- 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.
- IP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OA
-
- RP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RV
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- VR
-