Anagrams of erysipelas
Word erysipelas has
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- espaliers
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- paisleys
-
noun,
a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- espalier
-
noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- relapses
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- Serpasil
-
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- parsleys
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noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- yearlies
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noun,
a publication appearing once a year.
- spielers
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Presley
-
noun,
Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- Paisley
-
noun,
a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- replays
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- praises
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- sealery
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noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resales
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rayless
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adjective,
lacking rays or raylike parts.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- elapses
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noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- pelisse
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noun,
an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- spirals
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- parleys
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- parsley
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noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- Plassey
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noun,
a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- pessary
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noun,
a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- Palissy
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noun,
Bernard [ber-nar] /bɛrˈnar/ (Show IPA), c1510–89, French potter, enameler, and author.
- pleases
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Ripley
-
noun,
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- Sayers
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noun,
Dorothy L(eigh) 1893–1957, English novelist, essayist, and dramatist.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Elyria
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noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- serape
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- saleps
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sapele
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noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- sarees
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noun,
sari.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Elissa
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noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepals
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- espies
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noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- erases
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verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- replay
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noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- plisse
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noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- plyers
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noun,
plier.
- payees
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noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- please
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parley
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- Player
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noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Parsee
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noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- pearly
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adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- Persia
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noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Lysias
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noun,
c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Repeal
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- layers
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- re-lay
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verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- leases
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Lesser
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- lyases
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- Prissy
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- riyals
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sleepy
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adjective,
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- splays
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- Spears
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noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sparse
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adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- sleeps
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Aspers
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- aspire
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- sprays
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noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Assyr.
-
- speels
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verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Sisley
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- slypes
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- spays
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- Leary
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adjective,
leery1 .
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- aeri-
-
- lease
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- prae-
-
- Paley
-
noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- 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.
- payee
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- 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).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pale-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Parl.
-
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- lepsy
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- pari-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- plays
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- spies
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- palsy
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- 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.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- peri-
-
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Epis.
-
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- resp.
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Passy
-
noun,
Frédérick [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1822–1912, French economist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 30-30
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- pass.
-
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- splay
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- slays
-
noun,
sley.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- pil-
-
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Sra.
-
- pyr-
-
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SASE
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Syr.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- PLSS
-
- prs.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psia
-
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- repl
-
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rep.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- rel.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 1080
-
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- asis
-
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lea.
-
- ARIS
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- yrs.
-
- Apr.
-
- 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).
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- epi-
-
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- ESIS
-
- esp.
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Ire.
-
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- ile-
-
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- par.
-
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Aire
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- PAYE
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- aer-
-
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- PERL
-
- Pers
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- pial
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adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pias
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noun,
a female given name.
- airs
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pays
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- lyse
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verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lyre
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noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- ales
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
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- alee
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adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- lier
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lyes
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noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lip-
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- Alps
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noun,
a high mountain.
- lipa
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noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- apes
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Lyra
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Lira
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lys-
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- Lise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- SSI
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- Sep
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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.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- EPA
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- Ep.
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- SSA
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- ary
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adjective,
any; anyone.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESR
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- SER
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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).
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ap-
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- Sr.
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- EPS
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ESA
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- APS
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- ss.
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- SRS
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ese
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- SSE
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- ERP
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- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ery
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- Ely
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noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- APE
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ESL
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- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ALP
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noun,
a high mountain.
- SLR
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- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Sly
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Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- aye
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noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- ail
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verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SLA
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- ays
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- ASS
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noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
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- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Ayr
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noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ase
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- SLE
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SPS
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- eir
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SLP
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- al.
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- EIS
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- ASI
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- Ar.
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- SPR
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- eye
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noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Syl
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- ARP
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noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ae.
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- Apl
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- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- SSR
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Pr.
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Rey
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noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lay
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noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PRA
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- PLR
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- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- La.
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- Ps.
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- ply
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noun,
a thickness or layer.
- pli
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- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ISR
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- Isl
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- ise
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ISA
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- REA
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Re.
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- Pry
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noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- PSA
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- PSE
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- lye
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noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- PSS
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- LSI
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- LSS
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Ley
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noun,
leu.
- RPS
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ray
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noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Pa.
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- Les
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
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- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- IRL
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- pya
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noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- py-
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- pie
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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:
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Sp.
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- SAE
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- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
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- ier
-
- yep
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PLA
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- IAS
-
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- yar
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adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- SAR
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- Yap
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noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- ial
-
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- se-
-
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RSS
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- RSE
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- RSA
-
- ILS
-
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rya
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noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
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- Ir.
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- IPS
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- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ipr
-
- Rye
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noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- IPA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- il-
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- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Rs.
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- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- i.
-
- L2
-
- LR
-
- ey
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- SL
-
- S.
-
- RP
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yl
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- IP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- yr
-
- ry
-
- R.
-
- L.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- L1
-
- Y.
-
- le
-
- ly
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-