Anagrams of despoliations
Word despoliations has
2306 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of despoliations.
- pin-tailed
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adjective,
having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- spoliation
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noun,
the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
- soi-disant
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adjective,
calling oneself thus; self-styled.
- isolations
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noun,
an act or instance of isolating.
- planetoids
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noun,
an asteroid.
- desolation
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noun,
an act or instance of desolating.
- seal-point
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noun,
a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- Deposition
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noun,
removal from an office or position.
- polonaises
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- postilions
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noun,
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- leontiasis
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noun,
a lionlike facial distortion.
- loadstones
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noun,
lodestone.
- platinoid
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noun,
any of the metals, as palladium or iridium, with which platinum is commonly associated.
- tailspins
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noun,
spin (def 23).
- slipnoose
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noun,
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- seditions
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- sedations
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- alienists
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- satinpods
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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.
- oilstones
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- saponites
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- disentail
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verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- planetoid
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noun,
an asteroid.
- diastoles
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- apsidiole
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noun,
a small apse, especially one attached to a larger apse or a transept.
- postilion
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noun,
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- ateliosis
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noun,
a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- antipoles
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- palinodes
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noun,
a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- pintadoes
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- pisolites
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- dissipate
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verb (used with object),
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- dilations
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- dioptases
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- alpinists
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noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- stasidion
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noun,
a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- displants
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge.
- loadstone
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noun,
lodestone.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- so-and-so
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noun,
someone or something not definitely named:
- soapstone
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noun,
a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- iodopsins
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noun,
a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- insolates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- polianite
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noun,
a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- inositols
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- isolation
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noun,
an act or instance of isolating.
- indispose
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verb (used with object),
to make ill, especially slightly.
- polonaise
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- isotopies
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noun,
the quality or condition of being isotopic; isotopic character.
- idealists
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- spoliates
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- pointless
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adjective,
without a point:
- sodalites
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- positions
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- stoolies
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- despoils
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verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- deposals
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noun,
an act of deposing.
- inositol
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- deposits
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- isolated
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- ostioles
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- epitasis
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noun,
the part of an ancient drama, following the protasis, in which the main action is developed.
Compare catastasis, catastrophe (def 4), protasis.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- destains
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- isolines
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noun,
isogram.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- optional
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adjective,
left to one's choice; not required or mandatory:
- isopedin
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noun,
the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- elisions
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- iodopsin
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noun,
a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- pianists
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noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- steapsin
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noun,
the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- petaloid
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adjective,
having the form or appearance of a petal.
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- Pasolini
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noun,
Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- dapsones
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noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- spindles
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noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- palinode
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noun,
a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- painless
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adjective,
without pain; causing little or no pain:
- dilation
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- sandlots
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noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- tadpoles
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noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- sidespin
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noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- satinpod
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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.
- eidolons
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noun,
a phantom; apparition.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- odonates
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- apostils
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noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- oilstone
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- Esposito
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noun,
Phil(ip Anthony) born 1942, Canadian ice-hockey player, in the U.S. since 1962.
- notepads
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noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- sodalist
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noun,
a member of a sodality.
- sideslip
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noun,
an act or instance of sideslipping.
- tailspin
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noun,
spin (def 23).
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- sepaloid
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adjective,
resembling a sepal.
- talipeds
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noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- sandpits
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noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- spaniels
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- dioptase
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- 11-point
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- diplonts
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- epanodos
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noun,
the repetition of a group of words in reverse order.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- displant
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- disposal
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noun,
an act or instance of disposing; arrangement:
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- Politian
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noun,
(Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- solenoid
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noun,
Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- distains
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- diplosis
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noun,
the doubling of the chromosome number by the union of the haploid sets in the union of gametes.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- apodosis
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noun,
the clause expressing the consequence in a conditional sentence, often beginning with then, as “then I will” in “If you go, then I will.”.
Compare protasis (def 1).
- adiposes
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noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- plastids
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noun,
a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- polities
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noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- Poseidon
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- tolidine
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- adenosis
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noun,
abnormal development or enlargement of glandular tissue.
- platino-
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- antipole
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- pintails
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noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- topsails
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- anisoles
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- adoption
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noun,
the act of adopting:
- pintados
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- antipode
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noun,
a direct or exact opposite.
- pinitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- podestas
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noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- poolside
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noun,
the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- ploidies
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noun,
the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- pisolite
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- platoons
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- topsides
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noun,
the upper side.
- topsoils
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- pistoles
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- Alpinist
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noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- plosions
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- sapotes
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- sinopis
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noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- plastid
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noun,
a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- edition
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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).
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- loosens
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- stipend
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noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- eidolon
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noun,
a phantom; apparition.
- loiasis
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noun,
infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
- elapids
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noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Silesia
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noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- lipoids
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noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- toledos
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noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- taliped
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noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- tonsils
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- dipoles
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noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- alipeds
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- platoon
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- doilies
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noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Oedipal
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adjective,
of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
- odonate
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- distils
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verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- distain
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- aldoses
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Opaline
-
adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- sendals
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noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- notepad
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- dispose
-
noun,
Archaic. disposition; habit.
- dispels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- pleiads
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noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- sialids
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noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- lipases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- tadpole
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noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- noodles
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noun,
a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
- dopants
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- stolons
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- spinels
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- isopods
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- isospin
-
noun,
isotopic spin.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinode
-
noun,
cusp (def 3).
- spinose
-
adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- poisons
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- spitals
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- soliton
-
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- 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.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- spinals
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- spindle
-
noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- instils
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Ipiales
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- insoles
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- isation
-
- insides
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- islands
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- isodose
-
adjective,
of or relating to points of equal intensity of radiation in a contaminated region:
- topsoil
-
noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- soloist
-
noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- soliped
-
noun,
solidungulate.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- lepido-
-
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- poiesis
-
- podetia
-
noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- Staples
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- podesta
-
noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- liaises
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- lindies
-
noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- podsols
-
noun,
spodosol.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- solions
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- spleno-
-
- splints
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- adipose
-
noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- topless
-
adjective,
lacking a top:
- soldans
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- espanol
-
noun,
the Spanish language.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- 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.
- pointed
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- espials
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- diplont
-
noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- poodles
-
noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- ptisans
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- patsies
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- saloops
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- 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.
- depaint
-
verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- deposal
-
noun,
an act of deposing.
- Tiepolo
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- deposit
-
noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- pintail
-
noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- osteoid
-
adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- desalts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- paniolo
-
noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- despoil
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- peloton
-
noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- pensils
-
noun,
pencel.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pandits
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- palsies
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- palsied
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- dapsone
-
noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- 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.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Passion
-
noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- daisies
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- pastels
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- pintado
-
noun,
cero (def 1).
- pai-loo
-
noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- paid-in
-
adjective,
having paid the dues, initiation fees, etc., required by an organization or association.
- delists
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- pasties
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- pastose
-
adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- destool
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (a West African ruler) from office.
- pansies
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- pissant
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- postals
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- opioids
-
noun,
any opiumlike substance.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- spends
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- sodio-
-
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- lepto-
-
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- polit.
-
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- podsol
-
noun,
spodosol.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- passed
-
noun,
an act of passing.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- L-dopa
-
noun,
Pharmacology. levodopa.
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- sondes
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- spades
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- pedals
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- penta-
-
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Poland
-
noun,
a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. About 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Capital: Warsaw.
- isopod
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- solids
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- 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.
- lapses
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapsed
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- noodle
-
noun,
a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta.
- pleads
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- nodose
-
adjective,
having nodes.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- septi-
-
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- plated
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- oodles
-
noun,
a large quantity:
- 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:
- 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.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- opioid
-
noun,
any opiumlike substance.
- satins
-
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.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- pissed
-
noun,
urine.
- 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.
- plano-
-
- plani-
-
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- lipids
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- paedo-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- sloids
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sloops
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- slopes
-
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- 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.
- lipoid
-
noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- paleo-
-
- paleon
-
- snipes
-
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.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- snoods
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- 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.
- poodle
-
noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- osteo-
-
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Pleiad
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- sidles
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slides
-
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- looped
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- pleio-
-
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- 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.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- aspens
-
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.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- steno-
-
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- elapid
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- 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.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- 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.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- eosins
-
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.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- spodes
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- 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.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- dossil
-
noun,
a cloth roll for removing excess ink from a plate before printing.
- dossal
-
noun,
Also, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- dopant
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- doolie
-
noun,
a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- diplo-
-
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- Dolton
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- dipsos
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- stools
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Stoops
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Iletin
-
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- aliped
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Toledo
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- adeno-
-
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- 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.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- splats
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- splen-
-
- dept.
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- poet.
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- podo-
-
- dent.
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- opto-
-
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- 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.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- dial.
-
- 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.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- oste-
-
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- telo-
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- pale-
-
- 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.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 30-30
-
- alto-
-
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- dist.
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- oleo-
-
- 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).
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- 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.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- topo-
-
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- alti-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- 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.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opsis
-
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- onto-
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- aden-
-
- dipl.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- Sans.
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sanit
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- peta-
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- plast
-
- ante-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- post-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- asst.
-
- 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.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- assn.
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- 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.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- plan-
-
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- plaid
-
noun,
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- poods
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- anti-
-
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- poss.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- pass.
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- plio-
-
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- pant-
-
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- anis-
-
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- teno-
-
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- ploid
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- tono-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pedo-
-
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pedal
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- pedi-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- ation
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- 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.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- pated
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- plead
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- tonia
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Epis.
-
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Epist
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- step-
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- 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.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- snaps
-
- lipo-
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- lipid
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- endo-
-
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- 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.
- insep
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- init.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- 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:
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Ital.
-
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- iodo-
-
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spies
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- inst.
-
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- insp.
-
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- insol
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ition
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- idio-
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- ideo-
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- IATSE
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- soldo
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- idion
-
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- 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.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- 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.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ileo-
-
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- sones
-
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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- splad
-
noun,
splat1 (def 1).
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- nests
-
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.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Dolon
-
noun,
a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- oidea
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- 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.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- noses
-
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.
- noso-
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- naso-
-
- 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.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- sito-
-
- sines
-
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.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sino-
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- edit.
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- pood
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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.
- 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.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- 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.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Soni
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- std.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- 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.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sld.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- SASE
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- top-
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Sat.
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- pts.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- PTSD
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- pot.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- ten.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tion
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psia
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- PSAT
-
- soln
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- psid
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Ste.
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- pos.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- 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.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tel-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 1080
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- itis
-
- itol
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lani
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ind.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- idae
-
- 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).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- 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.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- ESIS
-
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Ltd.
-
- NADP
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lit.
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- asis
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- apo-
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- 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.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ald.
-
- Alis
-
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- 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).
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Den.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dpt.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dep.
-
- dia-
-
- 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.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- NASD
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- 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.
- oto-
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Pen.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peds
-
- ped.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- NTIA
-
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- osis
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patd
-
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Pet.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- PLSS
-
- pnea
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- 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):
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Pol.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- 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.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- 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.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neo-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- NDSL
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- poda
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- al.
-
- PTO
-
- ad-
-
- ae.
-
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- DLS
-
- Doi
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- SAE
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- an.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- pt.
-
- DNA
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- DLO
-
- TAL
-
- DPI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TSI
-
- ean
-
- TSE
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pd.
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- STL
-
- TSP
-
- ead
-
- Pa.
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EIS
-
- OTS
-
- STI
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ea.
-
- Ps.
-
- DSA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DPA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- STP
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DPS
-
- DSP
-
- ETD
-
- DSS
-
- ap-
-
- DST
-
- eo-
-
- tpd
-
- TPI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TPN
-
- 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.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- 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:
- ast
-
- PID
-
- at.
-
- PLA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ATP
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- DSO
-
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- pli
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TID
-
- Apl
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- PIO
-
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- APS
-
- tlo
-
- pl.
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ASN
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TIA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDT
-
- DIL
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- sd.
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- So.
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- POA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Sp.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- de-
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- PLO
-
- PSA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DEA
-
- di.
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- 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.
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- DET
-
- PDL
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- SED
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- OAS
-
- OAP
-
- OAO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Ld.
-
- LDP
-
- OSD
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- OED
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ODT
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LDS
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- OEO
-
- SDA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SDI
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- La.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- LSD
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Lt.
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- SDS
-
- se-
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- NSA
-
- oid
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- SLA
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NDE
-
- LPN
-
- NES
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- LTA
-
- NAD
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- SLE
-
- Npt
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- lep
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- NOP
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- LON
-
- SLP
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TSS
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- SPS
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- spt
-
- Isl
-
- OOT
-
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- oon
-
- Sta
-
- OPA
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ose
-
- ote
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OTA
-
- en-
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ESA
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ESL
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ide
-
- ETO
-
- ILS
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- IPO
-
- IPS
-
- ine
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- IPA
-
- 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 = .
- in.
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ILP
-
- oo-
-
- ILO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ONI
-
- 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.
- OIt
-
- ons
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ise
-
- il-
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- IOT
-
- 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.
- IDP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- IP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- ol
-
- OA
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ND
-
- 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.
- TP
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- SA
-
- ln
-
- SL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
-
- DN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- TL
-
- TN
-
- i.
-
- O.
-
- D.
-
- 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.
- DP
-
- dl
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- T1
-
- L1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- SN
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- EI
-
- L2
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.