Anagrams of ellipsometer
Word ellipsometer has
1174 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ellipsometer.
- millepore
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noun,
a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- peristome
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noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- impellers
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noun,
a person or thing that impels.
- Pelletier
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noun,
Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- Ptolemies
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noun,
(Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- melitose
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noun,
raffinose.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- orseille
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noun,
orchil.
- moperies
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noun,
mopish behavior.
- milepost
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noun,
any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- melilots
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- epitomes
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- Petrillo
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noun,
James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- epsomite
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noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- eremites
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- telomere
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noun,
the segment of DNA that occurs at the ends of chromosomes.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- implores
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- impeller
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noun,
a person or thing that impels.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- emperies
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noun,
absolute dominion; sovereignty.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- promisee
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noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- pollster
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- polemist
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noun,
a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- steeple
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noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- pollees
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noun,
a person who is asked questions in a poll.
- spireme
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- melilot
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- stereo-
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- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Mellers
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noun,
Wilfrid Howard, 1914–2008, English musicologist and composer.
- replete
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noun,
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- mellite
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noun,
a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- Melrose
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noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Lorelei
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noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- imports
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- presell
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verb (used with object),
to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
- premise
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noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- impers.
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- implore
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- prelim.
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- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tempers
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- preemie
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noun,
an infant born prematurely; a preterm.
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Merilee
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noun,
a female given name.
- petrol.
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- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- pelmets
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- peelers
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noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- piolets
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pellets
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noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- optimes
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- respell
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verb (used with object),
to spell again or anew.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- Roselle
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noun,
a tropical plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the mallow family, grown for its thick, red calyx and bracts, used in making jellies and as a substitute for cranberries.
- omelets
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- spermo-
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- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metopes
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- speller
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noun,
a person who spells words.
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- Millers
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- millets
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- semipro
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- smeller
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noun,
a person who smells.
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- sleeper
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noun,
a person or thing that sleeps.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Moselle
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noun,
German Mosel [moh-zuh l] /ˈmoʊ zəl/ (Show IPA). a river in W central Europe, flowing from the Vosges Mountains in NE France into the Rhine at Coblenz in W Germany. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- septime
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noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- Meropes
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Estelle
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”.
- ellipse
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noun,
a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal. It is a conic section formed by the intersection of a right circular cone by a plane that cuts the axis and the surface of the cone. Typical equation: (x 2 / a 2) + (y 2 / b 2) = 1. If a = b the ellipse is a circle.
- eremite
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- trompes
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- epitome
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- Torelli
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- emprise
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- episome
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noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- tollies
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noun,
candle (def 1).
- emeries
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noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- empties
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noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- epimers
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- tollers
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noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- tropism
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noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- epeeist
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- listel
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noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- pistol
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noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- petro-
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- elemis
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noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Steele
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noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- piolet
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pilots
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- spoilt
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- elopes
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- merles
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- epimer
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- pelter
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Merope
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- pelmet
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- Merops
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- metro-
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- peeler
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noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- sperm-
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- Pellet
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noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- mestee
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noun,
mustee.
- pelite
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- emeers
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noun,
emir.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Metope
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- retell
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- Miller
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- triols
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- spiro-
-
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- pleio-
-
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Milles
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noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- melees
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noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- rimple
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- Melete
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noun,
one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation.
Compare Aoede, mneme (def 2).
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- trills
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noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- meller
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noun,
melodrama (def 1).
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Millet
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Mollet
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noun,
Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
- Tiller
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- septi-
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- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Mollie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
- tromps
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verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- ptero-
-
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trompe
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- tepees
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noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- sempre
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adverb,
throughout.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Empire
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noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- tempos
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Temple
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noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- esteem
-
noun,
favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard:
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imper.
-
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- lepto-
-
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- teleo-
-
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- seemer
-
noun,
a person who constantly pretends.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- polit.
-
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- Semele
-
noun,
a daughter of Cadmus and mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- pollee
-
noun,
a person who is asked questions in a poll.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- OPers
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- MPers
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- semi-
-
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oste-
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Sept.
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- sero-
-
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- seti-
-
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- post-
-
- polls
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- 30-30
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- trop-
-
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prim.
-
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Pres.
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- prem.
-
- poet.
-
- plio-
-
- emeer
-
noun,
emir.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- 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.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- pert.
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- elem.
-
- pleo-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- petr-
-
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- petri
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- sito-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- 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.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- 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).
- stome
-
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- 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.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Epis.
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Epist
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- melee
-
noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- lipo-
-
- mero-
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ileo-
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tele-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- telo-
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- temp.
-
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Prot.
-
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- molls
-
noun,
gun moll.
- miso-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Metol
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- 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.
- metr-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- meso-
-
- Mlles
-
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- Sem.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- top-
-
- 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.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- prs.
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ter.
-
- pts.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- repl
-
- tel-
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- rit.
-
- Ste.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Rom.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tri-
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rep.
-
- rpt.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- str.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SMTP
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 1080
-
- pro-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- met.
-
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- MIPS
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MSPE
-
- MSIE
-
- MSEE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- MOpt
-
- mis-
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Mlle
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- epi-
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- ile-
-
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- IEEE
-
- Ill.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lip-
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ire.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Imp.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- OPer
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pil-
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- Pet.
-
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Pers
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- PERL
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pot.
-
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pre-
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lt.
-
- ite
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- pl.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- 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.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pli
-
- Isl
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ise
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- STP
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- LIM
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- PIO
-
- EEE
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- Les
-
- eir
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Tro
-
- PSE
-
- EIS
-
- lep
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- EOE
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- EMR
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- ESR
-
- TPM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- TPI
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- io-
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Ep.
-
- POR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- ETS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- PLR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- ior
-
- PLO
-
- Re.
-
- ILS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ILP
-
- ILO
-
- PMT
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- tlo
-
- RPS
-
- TMO
-
- tlr
-
- RTS
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- OPM
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- MOR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SLE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- MPE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ROP
-
- SLP
-
- MRE
-
- OSP
-
- ROI
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MIT
-
- SLR
-
- ml.
-
- ose
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MIP
-
- rt.
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- Om.
-
- 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.
- rte
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RPO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- MRI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRP
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- RPM
-
- MST
-
- MTI
-
- OEM
-
- MTO
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- 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.
- op.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- LLM
-
- MSL
-
- lpm
-
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- STL
-
- ll.
-
- ltr
-
- SPR
-
- LTL
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- LMT
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- LSI
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- STI
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- pm.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- 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:
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- STM
-
- mi.
-
- 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.
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- Pr.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- SL
-
- SM
-
- S.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ol
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ee
-
- t.
-
- LM
-
- T1
-
- L1
-
- R.
-
- M.
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- i.
-
- IP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MP
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RO
-
- RP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TP
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- LR
-
- O.
-
- RI
-
- TM
-