Anagrams of depreciations
Word depreciations has
3626 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of depreciations.
- depreciation
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noun,
decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
- considerate
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adjective,
showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.:
- description
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noun,
a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- preindicate
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; presage:
- adipocerite
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noun,
hatchettite.
- parenticide
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noun,
a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- second-rate
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adjective,
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
- indiscrete
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adjective,
not discrete; not divided into parts.
- indiscreet
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adjective,
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection:
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- predations
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noun,
depredation; plundering.
- isentropic
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adjective,
having a constant entropy.
- pedantries
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noun,
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pedestrian
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noun,
a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- podiatries
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noun,
the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- pediatrics
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noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- iridescent
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noun,
an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance:
- predicates
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- patricides
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noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- prediction
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noun,
an act of predicting.
- discrepant
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adjective,
(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:
- speciation
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noun,
the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- centipoise
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to 1/100 (0.01) poise. Abbreviation: cP, cp.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- parodistic
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adjective,
parodic.
- deaconries
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noun,
the office of a deacon.
- drop-scene
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noun,
a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- depictions
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noun,
representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration:
- ascription
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noun,
the act of ascribing.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- opacities
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noun,
the state or quality of being opaque.
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- opticians
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- sciaenoid
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noun,
a sciaenoid fish.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- predation
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noun,
depredation; plundering.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- president
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- dacoities
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- predicate
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- periodate
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noun,
a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- perdition
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noun,
a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- teniacide
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noun,
taeniacide.
- pintadoes
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- pindarics
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- stepdance
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noun,
a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- pesticide
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noun,
a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- patricide
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noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- indicates
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- posteriad
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adverb,
toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- aperiodic
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adjective,
not periodic; irregular.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- deception
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noun,
the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- indicator
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noun,
a person or thing that indicates.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- Oceanside
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- pediatric
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noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- decorates
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- desertion
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noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- disorient
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lose one's way:
- edacities
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- actinides
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- depiction
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noun,
representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration:
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- recipient
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noun,
a person or thing that receives; receiver:
- adipocere
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noun,
a waxy substance produced by the decomposition of dead animal bodies in moist burial places or under water.
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- raticides
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- tripodies
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noun,
a measure of three feet.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- dioptrics
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noun,
the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- direction
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noun,
the act or an instance of directing.
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- dipterans
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- acridines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dripstone
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noun,
Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- resinoid
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- retinoid
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- intrepid
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adjective,
resolutely fearless; dauntless:
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- ectopias
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- raticide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- spectro-
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- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- Ironside
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noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- spondaic
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adjective,
of or relating to a spondee.
- isopedin
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noun,
the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- picadors
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noun,
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- carditis
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noun,
inflammation of the pericardium, myocardium, or endocardium, separately or in combination.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- 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.
- pintados
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- 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.
- sporadic
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adjective,
(of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- dopester
-
noun,
a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- Pindaric
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pinacoid
-
noun,
a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Pierides
-
plural noun,
the Muses.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- carotids
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- codeines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- poniards
-
noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- inspired
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adjective,
aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence:
- derision
-
noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- dainties
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protends
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- scorepad
-
noun,
a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- prescind
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- predicts
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- deration
-
verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- enspirit
-
verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- epicedia
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noun,
a funeral song; dirge.
- pterido-
-
- despotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- detainer
-
noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- predates
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- detrains
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- crinoids
-
noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- atropine
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- presidia
-
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:
- diaspore
-
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.
- Sarpedon
-
noun,
a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- decision
-
noun,
the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
- deciares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- decrepit
-
adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- redcoats
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- decanter
-
noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- sardonic
-
adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- procaine
-
noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- Presidio
-
noun,
a garrisoned fort; military post.
- episodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of an episode.
- pristine
-
adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Priscian
-
noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- saponite
-
noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- satinpod
-
noun,
either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- pretends
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- epidotes
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- diatonic
-
adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- dipteron
-
noun,
a dipterous insect.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Serendip
-
noun,
Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- portance
-
noun,
bearing; behavior.
- diopters
-
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.
- dioptric
-
adjective,
Optics. pertaining to dioptrics:
- indicate
-
verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- diorites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- sericite
-
noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- indirect
-
adjective,
not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout:
- cordites
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- diprotic
-
adjective,
(of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dipteran
-
noun,
a dipterous insect.
- siderite
-
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.
- pontiacs
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- decorate
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- inertias
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- conspire
-
verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- consider
-
verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- inserted
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- portends
-
verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- precents
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- die-cast
-
adjective,
formed by die casting.
- sedation
-
noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition
-
noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- endocast
-
noun,
endocranial cast.
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- ideation
-
noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- endocarp
-
noun,
the inner layer of a pericarp, as the stone of certain fruits.
- Dicentra
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- dictions
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- dioptase
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Rodentia
-
noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- riptides
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- potences
-
noun,
potency.
- idocrase
-
noun,
vesuvianite.
- ripienos
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- postcard
-
noun,
Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- portside
-
adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- crinites
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- proceeds
-
noun,
proceeds.
something that results or accrues.
the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction:
the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- pentodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- acridine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- soricine
-
adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- adoptees
-
noun,
a person who is adopted.
- periodic
-
adjective,
recurring at intervals of time:
- Perioeci
-
plural noun,
the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture.
Compare Helot (def 1), Spartiate.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- operatic
-
noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- pedantic
-
adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- periotic
-
adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- airspeed
-
noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- antipode
-
noun,
a direct or exact opposite.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- astonied
-
adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- actinide
-
noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- trendies
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- parities
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- pederast
-
noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- 11-point
-
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- adenitis
-
noun,
lymphadenitis.
- andesite
-
noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- Aristide
-
noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- peridots
-
noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- asteroid
-
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.
- parodist
-
noun,
a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- anecdote
-
noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- parodies
-
noun,
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing:
- parotids
-
noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Patience
-
noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- actinoid
-
adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- notepads
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- optician
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- peracids
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- ascender
-
noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- ordinate
-
noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- padrones
-
noun,
a master; boss.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- tripodic
-
adjective,
having or using three feet or legs.
- arsenide
-
noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- apocrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- adscript
-
noun,
an adscript character.
Compare inferior (def 11), superior (def 12).
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- peasecod
-
noun,
the pod of the pea.
- aoristic
-
adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- pandects
-
noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- painters
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- tiderips
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- Oedipean
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- dapsone
-
noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- torpids
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- preside
-
verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- opiatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling opiates.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- proceed
-
noun,
proceeds.
something that results or accrues.
the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction:
the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- pretend
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- ponders
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- oersted
-
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.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- portend
-
verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- cranio-
-
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- predate
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- predict
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Script.
-
- operand
-
noun,
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- crinoid
-
noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- antero-
-
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- iatrics
-
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- pandits
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- disport
-
noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- respond
-
noun,
Architecture. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- panders
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Dnieper
-
noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- diorite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- actino-
-
- diopter
-
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.
- pardons
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- eidetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- painted
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- padrino
-
noun,
a godfather.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- padrone
-
noun,
a master; boss.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- redtops
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redcaps
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- pandect
-
noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Docetae
-
plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tripods
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- dopants
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- riptide
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- dineric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- depaint
-
verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- oreides
-
noun,
oroide.
- protend
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- depicts
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- depones
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- deports
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- epeiric
-
adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- parotid
-
noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- episode
-
noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- transp.
-
- epidote
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- deposit
-
noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- diction
-
noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- diapirs
-
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.
- triacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- encodes
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Dinaric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- adoptee
-
noun,
a person who is adopted.
- entero-
-
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- despite
-
noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- adipose
-
noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- parodic
-
adjective,
having or of the nature of a parody.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- cerato-
-
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- picador
-
noun,
one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Spender
-
noun,
a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- stereo-
-
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- piscine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- piscina
-
noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- arseno-
-
- centro-
-
- centri-
-
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- isation
-
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- podetia
-
noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- podesta
-
noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- sparoid
-
noun,
a sparoid fish.
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- Pitocin
-
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- steroid
-
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.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- sterno-
-
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- Peridot
-
noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- cardio-
-
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- notepad
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- pinders
-
noun,
peanut.
- percoid
-
adjective,
belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pinards
-
noun,
wine.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- pierced
-
adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- perinde
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- pentode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- paid-in
-
adjective,
having paid the dues, initiation fees, etc., required by an organization or association.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- Isidora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- peracid
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- spinode
-
noun,
cusp (def 3).
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- spondee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- spiroid
-
adjective,
more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- stearo-
-
- pintado
-
noun,
cero (def 1).
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- candier
-
- poietic
-
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- conidia
-
noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- insider
-
noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- Sno-Cat
-
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- sidero-
-
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- nitride
-
noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- tiderip
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- poniard
-
noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Perseid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- pointed
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- aristo-
-
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- rectos
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- neaped
-
adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- recti-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- radio-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Pernod
-
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- 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.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- picro-
-
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- 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:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- nocti-
-
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- panto-
-
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- 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.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- paedo-
-
- necro-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- 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:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- pardon
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- petro-
-
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- intro.
-
- iatro-
-
- intra-
-
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- 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.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- indic.
-
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- patri-
-
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- psocid
-
noun,
any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- narco-
-
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- enter-
-
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- 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.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escent
-
- irido-
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pisci-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- penta-
-
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- nitro-
-
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- 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.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- spiro-
-
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- cerat-
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- speedo
-
noun,
speedometer.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- 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.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- steno-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carpo-
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- septi-
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- contr.
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contd.
-
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- aniso-
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- 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.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- andro-
-
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- adreno
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- aceto-
-
- actin-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 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.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- adren-
-
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- adeno-
-
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- 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.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tarso-
-
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- 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):
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- 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.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- sarco-
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sapro-
-
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dacron
-
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- dopant
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- scato-
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- distr.
-
- disco-
-
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- sacro-
-
- 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.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- denti-
-
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depone
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- dorsi-
-
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- cteno-
-
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- PEDir
-
- pedo-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- treas
-
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tera-
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- pedi-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- 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.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- tears
-
- 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.
- trop-
-
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- 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).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- teno-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pene-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- rept.
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- tonia
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pated
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- rcpt.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Recit
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- pari-
-
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- recip
-
- part.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- recpt
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- reni-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- 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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- retd.
-
- 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.
- pant-
-
- rect.
-
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- resp.
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- patr-
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- 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.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- poet.
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- scat-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- 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.
- spec.
-
- span-
-
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Scand
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- Seric
-
- Port.
-
- pred.
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sect.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prand
-
- 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.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- sito-
-
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Scot.
-
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- sero-
-
- Pres.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- seti-
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- petri
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- 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.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- prae-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- 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.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- peta-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pico-
-
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- pron.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- spor-
-
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- prod.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- proc.
-
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- 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.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Srta.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Prot.
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- sanit
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- 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.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- sarc-
-
- pros.
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- idion
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- idio-
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ideo-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- icons
-
- ician
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- incor
-
- Indo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- incr.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Cons.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Const
-
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- IATSE
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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 .
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ESPEC
-
- cert.
-
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- istic
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ition
-
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- carp-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Capt.
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- caps.
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- insep
-
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- intr.
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- cent.
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irid-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- 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.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- dept.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- desc.
-
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- 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).
- deca-
-
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deci-
-
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dist.
-
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- disc.
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- dict.
-
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- 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.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- ento-
-
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- endo-
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- ecto-
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- econ.
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- edit.
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- cero-
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ordn.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- areo-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- aden-
-
- noct-
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ante-
-
- octa-
-
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anti-
-
- anis-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- oidea
-
- andr-
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- aeri-
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- aero-
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Apoc.
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- OPers
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- oste-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ation
-
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- astr.
-
- acpt.
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- naso-
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- acet-
-
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- 30-30
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- 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.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- actos
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- acro-
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- AInd
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tron
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- 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.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- dat.
-
- ance
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- ctr.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- cts.
-
- scr.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- 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.
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sec.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Aire
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sci.
-
- 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.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- AISI
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- dep.
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- acr-
-
- RONA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- 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.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- der.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Din.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- Dice
-
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.
- dia-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rpt.
-
- std.
-
- trid
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- 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.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- 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.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- tRNA
-
- RNAS
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tri-
-
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Dec.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- aet.
-
- rit.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Den.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- aer-
-
- 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).
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- depr
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- cet-
-
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- CERN
-
- TDRS
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- cene
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- cit.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cide
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- SPCA
-
- Ceto
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- dioc
-
- cen.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Ste.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- str.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Can.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Sra.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Cdr.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- cat.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- top-
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- 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).
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ANSI
-
- Cort
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ant.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- tion
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ano-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Cres
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ands
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- crat
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- TODS
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- cpd.
-
- sepn
-
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- ARIS
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- 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.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- ter.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- apo-
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- RIIA
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Esd.
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- per.
-
- prin
-
- eso-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- pro-
-
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Pers
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Ind.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- esp.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- NTIA
-
- epit
-
- ICAO
-
- ped.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- rad.
-
- enc.
-
- pede
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Oct.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- EEOC
-
- EDTA
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- epi-
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- psec
-
- psia
-
- psid
-
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Ens.
-
- OAPC
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Pen.
-
- pts.
-
- PTSD
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peds
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- prec
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Ire.
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pnea
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- NCTE
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- NDAC
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NADP
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- itis
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- pre-
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- inae
-
- Pet.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pot.
-
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- NIRA
-
- 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
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- IndE
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- poda
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- iod-
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- 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.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- dpt.
-
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- 1080
-
- OSRD
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- par.
-
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- opia
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- 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.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pat.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- dis-
-
- Pan.
-
- 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.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- dir.
-
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Rep.
-
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- patd
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rcd.
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- eco-
-
- pct.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- OPer
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- RdAc
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- OEEC
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- OECD
-
- ect-
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OAS
-
- OCD
-
- NES
-
- Ar.
-
- Tro
-
- PCS
-
- ATP
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- prn
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- PCI
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- Pr.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PTO
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- at.
-
- OIt
-
- pt.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ANC
-
- Ps.
-
- ATC
-
- OCR
-
- PDT
-
- CAI
-
- oid
-
- trp
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- oic
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ODT
-
- TSP
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- STP
-
- NEC
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- an.
-
- APC
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- OCS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- cs.
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- cp.
-
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- ap-
-
- OIr
-
- cr.
-
- aor
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- 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.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ard
-
- OPA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- NOP
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ons
-
- ase
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- TID
-
- ASI
-
- NOC
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ONR
-
- NSC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NRA
-
- AIC
-
- nr.
-
- tpd
-
- Npt
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- TPI
-
- NPR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Oc.
-
- TPN
-
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- OED
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ACP
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- OTC
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ot-
-
- TCA
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ASR
-
- OTS
-
- 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.
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- pd.
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ast
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ASN
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ONI
-
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ose
-
- APS
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- OSD
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- OSP
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- OAP
-
- CEO
-
- PID
-
- SCP
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- DAE
-
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- EDC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- SDA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- RDS
-
- sc.
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- ec-
-
- ScD
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- DAR
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CSA
-
- SDI
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Re.
-
- en-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RPS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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:
- RCS
-
- EIS
-
- RCP
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPI
-
- Rd.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- SDR
-
- EDP
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- CRP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- eir
-
- EDT
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SED
-
- REA
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CPA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- 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.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RPO
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- RTS
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- 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.
- DNA
-
- Doi
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- rte
-
- sd.
-
- DCS
-
- ea.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- eo-
-
- SAR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ETD
-
- ead
-
- DST
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- DSR
-
- So.
-
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DSP
-
- DPI
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DRE
-
- 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.
- DSA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ene
-
- IOC
-
- POC
-
- Ir.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- IOT
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- 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.
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ine
-
- CED
-
- IDP
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ide
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- CIP
-
- PRA
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- 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.
- POR
-
- CIE
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- POA
-
- IRC
-
- PRC
-
- ISR
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- STI
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- NCO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- PIO
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- CEA
-
- ISA
-
- CDT
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- IRO
-
- SPR
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Sta
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ise
-
- St.
-
- 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).
- CIA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- EPT
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ESR
-
- EPS
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- 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).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Ia.
-
- ETS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IAS
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- ETR
-
- CNO
-
- ETO
-
- CNS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- N.
-
- OA
-
- RC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- R.
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- NC
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ND
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- 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:
- DN
-
- IP
-
- RN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- O.
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- SN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- ic
-
- D.
-
- TN
-
- 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.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TC
-
- TP
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DP
-
- CE
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RI
-