Anagrams of depreciations

Word depreciations has 3626 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of depreciations.

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depreciation
noun, decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
considerate
adjective, showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.:
description
noun, a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
preindicate
verb (used with object), to indicate in advance; presage:
adipocerite
noun, hatchettite.
parenticide
noun, a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
second-rate
adjective, of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
indiscrete
adjective, not discrete; not divided into parts.
indiscreet
adjective, not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection:
interspace
noun, a space between things.
predations
noun, depredation; plundering.
isentropic
adjective, having a constant entropy.
pedantries
noun, the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
pedestrian
noun, a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
podiatries
noun, the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
pediatrics
noun, the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
iridescent
noun, an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance:
predicates
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
noun, the act of killing one's own father.
prediction
noun, an act of predicting.
discrepant
adjective, (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:
speciation
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
noun, a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to 1/100 (0.01) poise. Abbreviation: cP, cp.
proteinase
noun, any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
parodistic
adjective, parodic.
deaconries
noun, the office of a deacon.
drop-scene
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
noun, representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration:
ascription
noun, the act of ascribing.
one-acter
noun, a short play consisting of one act.
creations
noun, the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
ideations
noun, the process of forming ideas or images.
seed-corn
noun, ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
toe-dance
noun, a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
patiences
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
noun, a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
opacities
noun, the state or quality of being opaque.
precisian
noun, a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
opticians
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
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
noun, the state or quality of being precise.
sciaenoid
noun, a sciaenoid fish.
esoterica
plural noun, things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
patencies
noun, the state of being patent.
topiaries
noun, topiary work; the topiary art.
predation
noun, depredation; plundering.
Esperanto
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
noun, (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
dacoities
noun, (in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
predicant
noun, a preacher.
operatics
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
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
noun, a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
prescient
adjective, having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
prentices
noun, a male given name.
periodate
noun, a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
seriation
noun, the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
creatines
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
noun, a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
teniacide
noun, taeniacide.
pintadoes
noun, cero (def 1).
iterances
noun, iteration.
catenoids
noun, the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
asiderite
noun, an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
pindarics
noun, Pindaric ode.
cast-iron
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
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
noun, a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
nectaries
noun, Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
stenopeic
noun, a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
stepdance
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
noun, a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
Peronista
noun, Peronist.
pesticide
noun, a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
personate
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
noun, a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
centroids
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
noun, the act of killing one's own father.
indicates
verb (used with object), to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
potencies
noun, the state or quality of being potent.
posteriad
adverb, toward the posterior; posteriorly.
aperients
noun, a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
aperiodic
adjective, not periodic; irregular.
portances
noun, bearing; behavior.
deception
noun, the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
apocenter
noun, the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
indicator
noun, a person or thing that indicates.
pistareen
noun, peseta (def 2).
pectinose
noun, arabinose.
inspector
noun, a person who inspects.
interpose
verb (used with object), to place between; cause to intervene:
Oceanside
noun, a city in SW California.
iodinates
verb (used with object), to iodize.
pediatric
noun, the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
sparteine
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
noun, a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
decanters
noun, a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
atropines
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
verb (used with object), to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
desertion
noun, the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
disorient
verb (used with object), to cause to lose one's way:
edacities
noun, the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
actinides
noun, any element of the actinide series.
reception
noun, the act of receiving or the state of being received.
entropies
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
noun, representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration:
recaption
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
noun, a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
recipient
noun, a person or thing that receives; receiver:
adipocere
noun, a waxy substance produced by the decomposition of dead animal bodies in moist burial places or under water.
dianoetic
adjective, pertaining to dianoia.
dietaries
noun, a regulated allowance of food.
Doncaster
noun, a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
raticides
noun, a substance or preparation for killing rats.
resection
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
noun, a measure of three feet.
dicentras
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
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
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
noun, the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
direction
noun, the act or an instance of directing.
recondite
adjective, dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
dipterans
noun, a dipterous insect.
acridines
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
noun, Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
discreate
verb (used with object), to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
dripstone
noun, Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
resinate
noun, Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
centroid
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
noun, the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
resinoid
noun, a resinoid substance.
iodinate
verb (used with object), to iodize.
retinoid
noun, Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
intrepid
adjective, resolutely fearless; dauntless:
intrados
noun, the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
doctrine
noun, a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
centiare
noun, a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
Piranesi
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
noun, centiare.
ectopias
noun, the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
discreet
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
verb (used with object), to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
pioneers
noun, a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
cineaste
noun, any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
poetries
noun, the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
distance
noun, the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
distrain
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
noun, Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
raticide
noun, a substance or preparation for killing rats.
spectro-
cisterna
noun, cistern (def 2).
piscator
noun, fisherman.
Pointers
noun, a person or thing that points.
Dniester
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
noun, a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
D-notice
noun, a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
discrete
adjective, apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
resonate
verb (used with object), to cause to resound.
ceratoid
adjective, hornlike; horny.
Ironside
noun, a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
piracies
noun, practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
spondaic
adjective, of or relating to a spondee.
isopedin
noun, the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
canopies
noun, a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
capstone
noun, a finishing stone of a structure.
repaints
noun, a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
Capriote
noun, a native or inhabitant of Capri.
picadors
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
noun, a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
recision
noun, an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
cantrips
noun, Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
cantoris
adjective, of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
canotier
noun, a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
canister
noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
carditis
noun, inflammation of the pericardium, myocardium, or endocardium, separately or in combination.
Peterson
noun, Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
niceties
noun, a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
strained
noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
red-tape
noun, excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
pertains
verb (used without object), to have reference or relation; relate:
Redstone
noun, a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
niteries
noun, a nightclub.
Personae
noun, a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
nitrides
noun, a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
picotees
noun, a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
picrates
noun, a salt or ester of picric acid.
resident
noun, a person who resides in a place.
pineries
noun, a place in which pineapples are grown.
isoprene
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
noun, the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
pintados
noun, cero (def 1).
iterance
noun, iteration.
reaction
noun, a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
Poitiers
noun, a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
sporadic
adjective, (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:
east-end
noun, a section of E London, England.
catenoid
noun, the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
reasoned
noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
picrites
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
noun, Pindaric ode.
pinaster
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
noun, table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
Pierides
plural noun, the Muses.
carotins
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
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
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
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
verb (used with object), to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
depaints
verb (used with object), to depict; portray.
ctenidia
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
noun, a funeral song; dirge.
pterido-
despotic
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
adjective, (of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
endosarc
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
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
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
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