Anagrams of exponentials
Word exponentials has
1507 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of exponentials.
- exponential
-
adjective,
of or relating to an exponent or exponents.
- seal-point
-
noun,
a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- septennial
-
adjective,
occurring every seven years.
- stone-pine
-
noun,
Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- extension
-
noun,
an act or instance of extending, lengthening, stretching out, or enlarging the scope of something.
- Neo-Latin
-
noun,
New Latin.
- penalties
-
noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- sexennial
-
adjective,
of or for six years.
- Palestine
-
noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- antipoles
-
noun,
the opposite pole.
- expansile
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adjective,
capable of expanding; such as to expand.
- nine-spot
-
noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- expansion
-
noun,
the act or process of expanding.
- pantiles
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- enplanes
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- pintanos
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Sentinel
-
noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- toenails
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- polentas
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- spoliate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- expiates
-
verb (used with object),
to atone for; make amends or reparation for:
- siloxane
-
noun,
any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- insolent
-
noun,
an insolent person.
- potlines
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- exponent
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noun,
a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interprets:
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- petaline
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- antelope
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- antipole
-
noun,
the opposite pole.
- platino-
-
- pentosan
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noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pentanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- panelist
-
noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- explants
-
noun,
a piece of explanted tissue.
- exploits
-
noun,
a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act:
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- 11-point
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- saponite
-
noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- elations
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- sleep-in
-
noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- explains
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Verb phrases,
explain away,
to diminish or nullify the significance of by explanation:
to dispel (doubts, difficulties, etc.) by explanation:
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- sea-lion
-
noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- Plantin
-
noun,
Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- elepaio
-
noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- snap-on
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adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- sextile
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noun,
Astronomy. a sextile position or aspect.
- epoxies
-
noun,
Also called epoxy resin. any of a class of resins derived by polymerization from epoxides: used chiefly in adhesives, coatings, electrical insulation, solder mix, and castings.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- petiole
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- enplane
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- latexes
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noun,
a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- poleaxe
-
noun,
poleax.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- sixteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus six.
- 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.
- lenient
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adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- pinenes
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- intens.
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- expiate
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verb (used with object),
to atone for; make amends or reparation for:
- pinnate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- pointel
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noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- spleno-
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- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- exposal
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noun,
exposure.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- seleno-
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- exposit
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verb (used with object),
to expound, as a theory, cause, or the like.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- alexins
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noun,
complement (def 10).
- pannose
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adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pentane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- oxtails
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noun,
the skinned tail of an ox or steer, used as an ingredient in soup, stew, etc.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- 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.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- expanse
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noun,
an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything:
- saponin
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- topsail
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- explain
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Verb phrases,
explain away,
to diminish or nullify the significance of by explanation:
to dispel (doubts, difficulties, etc.) by explanation:
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- explant
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noun,
a piece of explanted tissue.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- exploit
-
noun,
a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act:
- Salpinx
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noun,
a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- annexes
-
noun,
something annexed.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- espanol
-
noun,
the Spanish language.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- sextain
-
noun,
a stanza of six lines.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pliant
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adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- please
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- ilexes
-
noun,
holm oak.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- pleio-
-
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- poleax
-
noun,
a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- expose
-
noun,
a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
- extine
-
noun,
exine.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- polit.
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Paxton
-
noun,
Sir Joseph, 1801–65, English horticulturist and architect.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Oxalis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
- oxlips
-
noun,
a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- oxtail
-
noun,
the skinned tail of an ox or steer, used as an ingredient in soup, stew, etc.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- 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.
- paleo-
-
- paleon
-
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Lastex
-
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- 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.
- 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.
- pixels
-
noun,
the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plani-
-
- plano-
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- ixtles
-
noun,
istle.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- 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.
- pennis
-
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- penta-
-
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- 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.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lepto-
-
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Lennox
-
noun,
a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- extols
-
verb (used with object),
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
- expels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- alexin
-
noun,
complement (def 10).
- ALEXIS
-
noun,
a male or female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper.”.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- teleo-
-
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- aniso-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- apexes
-
noun,
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- 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.
- steno-
-
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splen-
-
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- xenias
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Sexton
-
noun,
an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
- sextan
-
noun,
a sextan fever.
- sexpot
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- septi-
-
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- xenons
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- selen-
-
- exalts
-
verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- exiles
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- exines
-
noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- x-line
-
noun,
mean line.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- toxins
-
noun,
any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- TELEX
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a two-way teletypewriter service channeled through a public telecommunications system for instantaneous, direct communication between subscribers at remote locations.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telo-
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- xenon
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- tele-
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- taxis
-
noun,
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- taxon
-
noun,
a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- oste-
-
- Penn.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- pene-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- pant-
-
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- 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.
- tonia
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- xeno-
-
- pale-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- oxlip
-
noun,
a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- teno-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Xenia
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toxin
-
noun,
any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.
- 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.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Tenn.
-
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sito-
-
- sixte
-
noun,
the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poet.
-
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- plio-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- plat.
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- plast
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Sino-
-
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- sanit
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- nixes
-
noun,
nothing.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- Saxon
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- 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.
- Xtian
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Silex
-
noun,
flint; silica.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- sexi-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- post-
-
- seti-
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- poxes
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- plan-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- step-
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- peta-
-
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- span-
-
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- PIXEL
-
noun,
the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system.
- 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.
- pixes
-
noun,
pyx.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Nixon
-
noun,
Richard M(ilhous) [mil-hous] /ˈmɪl haʊs/ (Show IPA), 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- lipo-
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Lexis
-
noun,
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Epis.
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- naso-
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ation
-
- nano-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- axels
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- axile
-
adjective,
in or of an axis.
- axils
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- axion
-
noun,
a hypothetical particle having no charge, zero spin, and small mass: postulated in some forms of quantum chromodynamics.
- loxes
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- Epist
-
- 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.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- expel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- expos
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- exptl
-
- extol
-
verb (used with object),
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
- IATSE
-
- ileo-
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- ixtle
-
noun,
istle.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- exons
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- latex
-
noun,
a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- exalt
-
verb (used with object),
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Lenox
-
noun,
a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- exeat
-
noun,
permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese.
- exits
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Exile
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- exine
-
noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- exist
-
verb (used without object),
to have actual being; be:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Naxos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- anon.
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- annex
-
noun,
something annexed.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- anis-
-
- ante-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- 30-30
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- anti-
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- 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.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alex
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tion
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sepn
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- exa-
-
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- Sax.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Alis
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- exp.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- pot.
-
- inae
-
- aet.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- tox.
-
- PSAT
-
- Xian
-
noun,
hsien.
- Xipe
-
noun,
the Aztec god of sowing or planting.
- int.
-
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- psia
-
- exit
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- tonn
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- exo-
-
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Exon
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- EXPO
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- expt
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- ext.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- top-
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ile-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ilex
-
noun,
holm oak.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- eso-
-
- axon
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Axel
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- Ste.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- axil
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- axle
-
noun,
Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- ANSI
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tel-
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ano-
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- apex
-
noun,
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tax-
-
- taxi
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ant.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Ens.
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- epi-
-
- Tex.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- sex-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- enl.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- 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.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- soln
-
- ann.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- elix
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 1080
-
- pts.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lex.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Pet.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- neo-
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- opia
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- 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.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- 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.
- Pal.
-
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lip-
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pen.
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- oxen
-
noun,
a plural of ox.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- 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.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leix
-
noun,
Laoighis.
- Ont.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- plex
-
- iso-
-
- NTIA
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- 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.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- itol
-
- non-
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- pinx
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- pnea
-
- NEXT
-
Idioms,
get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Nexo
-
noun,
Martin Andersen [mahr-ten-ah-nuh r-suh n] /ˈmɑr tɛnˈɑ nər sən/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, Danish novelist.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- pnxt
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lat.
-
- ole-
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ASI
-
- Ps.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Apl
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- 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.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NNE
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- al.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Pa.
-
- ASN
-
- ap-
-
- Xn.
-
- Xt.
-
- ae.
-
- at.
-
- an.
-
- ne-
-
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TSI
-
- apx
-
- TSE
-
- TPN
-
- NNP
-
- TPI
-
- ase
-
- STL
-
- STI
-
- PTO
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- pt.
-
- APS
-
- TAL
-
- ast
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- STP
-
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- TSP
-
- NEA
-
- OTS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OPA
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ose
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OIt
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TIA
-
- Ola
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OSP
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- ons
-
- NES
-
- ONI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Npt
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NOP
-
- 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.
- ox-
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ote
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- NSA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- OTA
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- ot-
-
- OAP
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlo
-
- OAS
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nix
-
noun,
nothing.
- ATP
-
- io-
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- pix
-
noun,
pyx.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ia.
-
- LAX
-
adjective,
not strict or severe; careless or negligent:
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- pl.
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- PIO
-
- se-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ETS
-
- ESL
-
- lep
-
- 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:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- 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.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ETO
-
- Ex.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- ESA
-
- IPS
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pli
-
- IPO
-
- ite
-
- PLO
-
- IPA
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- SAE
-
- PSE
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ILO
-
- pox
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- Lt.
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- La.
-
- ese
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EPT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ean
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- LON
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eo-
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- LOX
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ea.
-
- LTA
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LST
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- PAX
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. kiss of peace.
- LSI
-
- EPS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- spt
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- EIS
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Les
-
- ax.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SLP
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- en-
-
- EEO
-
- LPN
-
- ene
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AO
-
- TP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- xi
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- TX
-
- Xe
-
- lx
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- N.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- XL
-
- NP
-
- XO
-
- NL
-
- XP
-
- ee
-
- SA
-
- EI
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ol
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TL
-
- TN
-
- OA
-
- L.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- PX
-
plural,
post exchange.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- T1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- t.
-
- IP
-