Anagrams of evaporations
Word evaporations has
1812 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of evaporations.
- separation
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noun,
an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- esotropia
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noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- partisan
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noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- tsarevna
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noun,
czarevna.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- privates
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noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Paviotso
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noun,
Northern Paiute (def 1).
- paraison
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noun,
parison.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- patroons
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- apastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- ovations
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noun,
an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- sanative
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adjective,
having the power to heal; curative.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- overtops
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noun,
a top, sometimes sleeveless, designed to be worn over another garment, as a shirt or dress.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- variants
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- overspin
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noun,
topspin.
- sportive
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adjective,
playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Stanovoi
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noun,
a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- 11-point
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- stopover
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noun,
a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- variates
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noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- nitroso-
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- aspirant
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noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- aspirate
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- tavernas
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noun,
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- Aesopian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables:
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Avertin
-
- Parvati
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noun,
the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- pastina
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noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- Avestan
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noun,
an ancient East Iranian language of the Indo-European family, the language of all the Avesta but the Gathas.
Compare Gathic (def 1).
- pinatas
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noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- variant
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- pavanes
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noun,
a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- peasant
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noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- aviator
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noun,
a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft.
- paviors
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noun,
a person that paves; paver.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- patinas
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noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- aviates
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verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- paisano
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noun,
paisan.
- partans
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noun,
a crab.
- stearo-
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- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sterno-
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- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- taipans
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noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- tarpans
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noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Tarpeia
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noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- taverna
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noun,
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- parians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- transp.
-
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- ovipara
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plural noun,
egg-laying animals.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- overtop
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noun,
a top, sometimes sleeveless, designed to be worn over another garment, as a shirt or dress.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- ovation
-
noun,
an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- ovarian
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adjective,
of or relating to an ovary.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Ostrava
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noun,
a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Orvieto
-
noun,
a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- savarin
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noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Prevost
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noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1862–1941, French novelist and dramatist.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- apteria
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noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- privets
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- aporias
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- private
-
noun,
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ventri-
-
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- ventro-
-
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- aristo-
-
- 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.
- arseno-
-
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- variate
-
noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- provost
-
noun,
a person appointed to superintend or preside.
- proviso
-
noun,
a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
- Saratov
-
noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- anopias
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- anapest
-
noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- sporo-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- spiro-
-
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- osteo-
-
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- sapro-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- spavin
-
noun,
a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- nitro-
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarso-
-
- Tarvia
-
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- steno-
-
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Novato
-
noun,
a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- Novara
-
noun,
a city in NE Piedmont, in NW Italy.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Rostov
-
noun,
a seaport in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Don River, near the Sea of Azov.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- pavers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- penta-
-
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Pavior
-
noun,
a person that paves; paver.
- pavins
-
noun,
pavane.
- pooves
-
noun,
poof2 .
- Perovo
-
noun,
a former city in the W Russian Federation, incorporated into Moscow.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- pavane
-
noun,
a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patri-
-
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- servo-
-
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- septi-
-
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pivots
-
noun,
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- savate
-
noun,
a sport resembling boxing but permitting blows to be delivered with the feet as well as the hands.
- proto-
-
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proves
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- savant
-
noun,
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ptero-
-
- ovaria
-
noun,
ovary.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Savona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- parvis
-
noun,
a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- Parsva
-
noun,
a semilegendary Tirthankara of the 8th century b.c., said to have been born after a series of pious incarnations in each of which he was killed by an antagonist who had originally been his elder brother: the twenty-third Tirthankara.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- avoir.
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- aviate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- Avesta
-
noun,
a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- trans.
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Avanti
-
noun,
Kingdom of, an ancient Aryan kingdom of W central India, with its capital near modern Ujjain; flourished in the 6th–4th centuries b.c.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- iatro-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- eroto-
-
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Vasari
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- ventr-
-
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- aniso-
-
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- aeron.
-
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropo-
-
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Vapors
-
noun,
a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air:
- varnas
-
noun,
Hinduism. class (def 13).
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- vario-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- inter.
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- intra-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- intro.
-
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invars
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poet.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- tera-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- pivot
-
noun,
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Varna
-
noun,
Hinduism. class (def 13).
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- post-
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- veni-
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Port.
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- prae-
-
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- areo-
-
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- poove
-
noun,
poof2 .
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- vaso-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- 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.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- astr.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- sito-
-
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- pavin
-
noun,
pavane.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- ative
-
- ation
-
- Paver
-
noun,
a person or thing that paves.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Pavia
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, S of Milan: Charles V captured Francis I here.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- pavis
-
noun,
a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- 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.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- ASEAN
-
- Piave
-
noun,
a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- seti-
-
- vapor
-
noun,
a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- varas
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- vari-
-
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- varia
-
noun,
a variant reading.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- peta-
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- pert.
-
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Sino-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- petri
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- aero-
-
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- reni-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- sanit
-
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Saiva
-
noun,
Shaiva.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- vino-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- 30-30
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rept.
-
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Iran.
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- teno-
-
- pron.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- priv.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- pros.
-
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- anat.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anis-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Prot.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Prov.
-
- prove
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Provo
-
noun,
a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- tears
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- topo-
-
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- opto-
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Invar
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- OPers
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tono-
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- tonia
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- span-
-
- Epis.
-
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Epist
-
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- over-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- 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.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- 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.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- oste-
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- 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.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- noso-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- insep
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- intr.
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- inst.
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- spor-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- onto-
-
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- IATSE
-
- step-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- avian
-
adjective,
of or relating to birds.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- part.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- 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.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- naso-
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- para-
-
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- treas
-
- pant-
-
- invt.
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- parve
-
adjective,
pareve.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- trop-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Narva
-
noun,
a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Avars
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- avast
-
verb (imperative),
(used as a command to stop or cease):
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- avers
-
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- nears
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ten.
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Ste.
-
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Veno
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rpt.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tion
-
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- VSOP
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- str.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- vas-
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ven.
-
- sepn
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Vat.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tron
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- top-
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Soni
-
- Sava
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- vers
-
- var.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- trav
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- serv
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tri-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- vara
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Sra.
-
- vin-
-
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ter.
-
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sat.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- 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.
- vet.
-
- tRNA
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- RNAS
-
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- 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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- ins.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- eso-
-
- ovi-
-
- ovo-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- oto-
-
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- oro-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- 1080
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- per.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Pers
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- art.
-
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- esp.
-
- Pavo
-
noun,
the Peacock, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Indus.
- 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.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pave
-
noun,
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- opia
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nov.
-
- epit
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- nos-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- NTIA
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epi-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NOAA
-
- Ens.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ates
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ator
-
- Ont.
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- neo-
-
- avn.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- nav.
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Ave.
-
- 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.
- Avar
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- 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.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- aet.
-
- Ire.
-
- aer-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Aire
-
- IAEA
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- ano-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anas
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- evap
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- AARP
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- inae
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inv.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rit.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- int.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rev.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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.
- Pvt.
-
- RSVP
-
noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- ANPA
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- est.
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pnea
-
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pts.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- APSA
-
- 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.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Nev.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pre-
-
- psia
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- prin
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- pro-
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- pot.
-
- PSAT
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- iso-
-
- pos.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prs.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- prev
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ERP
-
- TPI
-
- tr.
-
- ine
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETV
-
- TPN
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Tpr
-
- ERT
-
- in.
-
- ERV
-
- EPT
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ETO
-
- IAS
-
- ESA
-
- ier
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- EPS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ESR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RNA
-
- tra
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AOA
-
- VIP
-
- aor
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- Ver
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- APS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- VOR
-
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- VPN
-
- ap-
-
- AIA
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- AEA
-
- VOA
-
- vo.
-
- av.
-
- AAE
-
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ae.
-
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- EPA
-
- ean
-
- Ava
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Avi
-
- Tro
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ATV
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- env
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- a-v
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ase
-
- ASR
-
- ASI
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- Va.
-
- TVA
-
- ATP
-
- 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.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ast
-
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- trp
-
- ATA
-
- ASN
-
- SVR
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pt.
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- PTO
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prn
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Ps.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- 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.
- OSO
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orv
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- OSP
-
- Pr.
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OTS
-
- ov-
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Pa.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POR
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- RPV
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSV
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- REA
-
- SAE
-
- RPO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- SAA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- PTV
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- POV
-
- PRA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PVA
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- SAR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- oon
-
- ose
-
- oo-
-
- NEA
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ne-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ons
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- STV
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- NIA
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ITV
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- ite
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ir.
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- TIA
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- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- ior
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- Ios
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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.
- IOT
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- IPA
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- IPO
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- ipr
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- IPS
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- IRO
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- ITA
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- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- ise
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- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ISR
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- ist
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- ISV
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- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- STP
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NOP
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
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- STI
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OEO
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- Sta
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- St.
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
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- OAO
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- Sr.
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- spt
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- OIt
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
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- SPR
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- ONR
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- OAP
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- VTR
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noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- op.
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- Npt
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- OSA
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- NSA
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- NPR
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- i.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VN
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- T1
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- t.
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
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- RO
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- OA
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- SV
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- RV
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- RP
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- TN
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- IP
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- AI
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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.
- SN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TP
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- SA
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- S.
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- N.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EV
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- P.
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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.
- NP
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
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- RI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- RN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- VR
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- VP
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- VI
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- NV
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- V.
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- EI
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