Anagrams of depositaries
Word depositaries has
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that can be made by using the letters of depositaries.
- East-sider
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noun,
a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- podiatries
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noun,
the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- sea-spider
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noun,
any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
- patisserie
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noun,
a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
- asperities
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- dissipate
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verb (used with object),
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- diaspores
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noun,
a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.
- proteases
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- parodists
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noun,
a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- airspeeds
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noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- dispraise
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noun,
an act or instance of dispraising; censure.
- siderites
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- periodate
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noun,
a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
- pederasts
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noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- diaeresis
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noun,
dieresis.
- dioptases
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- tripodies
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noun,
a measure of three feet.
- top-dress
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verb (used with object),
to manure (land) on the surface.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- side-step
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noun,
a step to one side, as in dancing, skiing, or boxing.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- presidios
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noun,
a garrisoned fort; military post.
- Aristides
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noun,
("the Just") 530?–468? b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- posteriad
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adverb,
toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- diaspore
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noun,
a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.
- diarists
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- pederast
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noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- predates
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verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- torsades
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- despites
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noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- deposits
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- tiderips
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- topsides
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noun,
the upper side.
- asserted
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- piasters
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Pierides
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plural noun,
the Muses.
- assorted
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adjective,
consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous:
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- podestas
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noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- disaster
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noun,
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- diasters
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- spirited
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- oersteds
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- dropsies
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noun,
(formerly) edema.
- sparoids
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noun,
a sparoid fish.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- editress
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noun,
a woman employed in the work of editing.
- sidestep
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verb (used with object),
to avoid or dodge by stepping aside.
- Sporades
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plural noun,
two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the one (Northern Sporades) off the E coast of Greece; the other (Southern Sporades) including the Dodecanese, off the SW coast of Asia Minor.
- steroids
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- epidotes
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- epitasis
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noun,
the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed.
Compare catastasis, catastrophe (def 4), protasis.
- espartos
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- dosseret
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noun,
a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- dieresis
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noun,
the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- disperse
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adjective,
Physical Chemistry. noting the dispersed particles in a dispersion.
- diesters
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- dioptase
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- presides
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- pastries
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noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- disparts
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verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- disports
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- dopester
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noun,
a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- disposer
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noun,
a person or thing that disposes.
- disrates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- parotids
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noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parodist
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noun,
a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parodies
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noun,
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing:
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- despairs
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- presidia
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noun,
(in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers:
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- adoptees
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noun,
a person who is adopted.
- traipses
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- airspeed
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noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- pterido-
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- prosaist
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noun,
a person who writes prose.
- protasis
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noun,
the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if.
Compare apodosis.
- adiposes
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noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- Presidio
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noun,
a garrisoned fort; military post.
- riptides
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- pasties
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noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- dissert
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verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- Isidora
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noun,
a female given name.
- disease
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noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- dispart
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verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- disseat
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verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- disport
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- dispose
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noun,
Archaic. disposition; habit.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- pastose
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adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- preside
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- dessert
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noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- depress
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verb (used with object),
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
- Perseid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- deserts
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noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- desires
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- despair
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- despise
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verb (used with object),
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despite
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noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- sapotes
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- diapirs
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noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- diaries
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- diarist
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- serapes
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- patsies
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noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- diorite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- parotid
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noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- riptide
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- adoptee
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noun,
a person who is adopted.
- spreads
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noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- easiest
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- easters
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- spirits
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- spiroid
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adjective,
more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- resedas
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noun,
a grayish green.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stereo-
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- epidote
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- episode
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noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- speedos
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noun,
speedometer.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- sidero-
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- tripods
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noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- adipose
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noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- dossier
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noun,
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- oersted
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- sparids
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noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- sparoid
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noun,
a sparoid fish.
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- striped
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- strides
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- tiderip
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- Diptera
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noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- deposes
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verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- astroid
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noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- prostas
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noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- podetia
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noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- podesta
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noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- Seaside
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noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Pistoia
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noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- pissoir
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noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- daisies
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noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- sedates
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adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- podites
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noun,
an arthropod limb.
- poesies
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- aristo-
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- aristos
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noun,
aristocrat.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- predate
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verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- topside
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noun,
the upper side.
- poiesis
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- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- pieties
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noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- stearo-
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- tressed
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adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- pesades
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- sarods
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- speedo
-
noun,
speedometer.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- speeds
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- irido-
-
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spades
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- sapro-
-
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- spiro-
-
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- sports
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spodes
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- iatro-
-
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- pissed
-
noun,
urine.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- passed
-
noun,
an act of passing.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- radio-
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- ptero-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- patri-
-
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- septi-
-
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- paedo-
-
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- tarso-
-
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- distr.
-
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- dosser
-
noun,
a basket for carrying objects on the back; pannier.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- dorsi-
-
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- dipsos
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- diapir
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- tiered
-
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.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- steres
-
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poet.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- Sept.
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- post-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- poss.
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- astr.
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peta-
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- petri
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- dept.
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pert.
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- petr-
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- darts
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- aero-
-
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aeri-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- retd.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- rept.
-
- 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.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- areo-
-
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- pred.
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- prae-
-
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- treed
-
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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Prot.
-
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- treas
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- pros.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- prod.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- sito-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- opsis
-
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- OPers
-
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- oidea
-
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Epis.
-
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ster.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- step-
-
- Epist
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Srta.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- irid-
-
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spies
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- edit.
-
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idio-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- ideo-
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- spor-
-
- IATSE
-
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- pass.
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pari-
-
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- sero-
-
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- patr-
-
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- tera-
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- pated
-
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- part.
-
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- seti-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- dist.
-
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- tears
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- oste-
-
- pedi-
-
- PEDir
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- pedo-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- RIIA
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Ste.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Sra.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- str.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Sat.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SASE
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- std.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- TDRS
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- top-
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- tri-
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- TODS
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- trid
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- dep.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- depr
-
- der.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- OSRD
-
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- dia-
-
- ord.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dis-
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pers
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peds
-
- pede
-
- ped.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- patd
-
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- par.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- epi-
-
- pat.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Pet.
-
- esp.
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Rida
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDTA
-
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Esd.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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).
- 1080
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- iod-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dpt.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- iso-
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aire
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- rad.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- PTSD
-
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psid
-
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- prs.
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- pro-
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aer-
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- aet.
-
- 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.
- epit
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- ates
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pot.
-
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- poda
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asis
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- ator
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- ASSR
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- art.
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- Tro
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ar.
-
- ast
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- STP
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ead
-
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DAE
-
- eo-
-
- DSS
-
- DSO
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EEO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TSP
-
- EIS
-
- STI
-
- TSI
-
- do.
-
- TSE
-
- eir
-
- EDT
-
- ad-
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDP
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DOA
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DSP
-
- ed.
-
- at.
-
- ap-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- trp
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- DET
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ASI
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- APS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ase
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- ard
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- ATP
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- TID
-
- tpd
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- TIA
-
- di.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Doi
-
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DPA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- DSA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ae.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DPS
-
- DPI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- DAR
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- aor
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- IDP
-
- EPS
-
- PIO
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PID
-
- 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:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- EOE
-
- SED
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDT
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OSS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- EPT
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- pd.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SDA
-
- POR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- REA
-
- RPO
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RDA
-
- RDS
-
- ROP
-
- RSA
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- PRA
-
- SAE
-
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SAR
-
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Rd.
-
- Re.
-
- RSS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ote
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- SPR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ETO
-
- ier
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- ETR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- IRS
-
- SST
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SSR
-
- SPS
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ESR
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- IRO
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ISA
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OSA
-
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oid
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- OSD
-
- TSS
-
- OED
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITA
-
- op.
-
- ite
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- AO
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IP
-
- 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.
- DP
-
- RO
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- i.
-
- RI
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-
- OA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- RP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TP
-
- S.
-