Anagrams of fighter-interceptor
Word fighter-interceptor has
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- interpreter
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noun,
a person who interprets.
- center-fire
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adjective,
(of a cartridge) having the primer in the center of the base.
Compare rimfire (def 1).
- preterition
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noun,
the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- interceptor
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noun,
a person or thing that intercepts.
- proficient
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noun,
an expert.
- repertoire
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noun,
the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
- repetition
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noun,
the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
- protecting
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adjective,
providing protection or shelter.
- pericenter
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noun,
the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- fictioneer
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noun,
a writer of fiction, especially a prolific one whose works are of mediocre quality.
- epigenetic
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adjective,
Biology. of or relating to epigenesis, or the successive differentiation of undifferentiated cells in an embryo.
- perfection
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noun,
the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- retrofire
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verb (used with object),
to ignite (a retrorocket).
- Nofretete
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noun,
Nefertiti.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- one-piece
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noun,
Also called one-piecer. a one-piece garment.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- porringer
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noun,
a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
- tricotine
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noun,
cavalry twill.
- tottering
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noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- tephroite
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noun,
a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- no-hitter
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noun,
a no-hit game.
- Pritchett
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noun,
Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
- chiropter
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noun,
any mammal of the order Chiroptera, comprising the bats.
- recipient
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noun,
a person or thing that receives; receiver:
- rent-free
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adverb,
without payment of rent:
- interrog.
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- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- Nefertiti
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noun,
fl. early 14th century b.c., Egyptian queen: wife of Amenhotep IV.
- tree-fern
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noun,
any of various ferns, mostly tropical and chiefly of the family Cyatheaceae, that attain the size of trees, sending up a straight trunklike stem with foliage at the summit.
- conferree
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noun,
conferee.
- rectifier
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noun,
a person or thing that rectifies.
- reenforce
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noun,
something that reinforces.
- refection
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noun,
refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- interpret
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- reinforce
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noun,
something that reinforces.
- interfere
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Verb phrases,
interfere with, Chiefly British. to molest sexually.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- protectee
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noun,
a person, as a head of state, for whom official protection is provided.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- profiteer
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noun,
a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- inheritor
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noun,
a person who inherits; heir.
- Frechette
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noun,
Louis Honoré [French lwee aw-naw-rey] /French lwi ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1839–1908, Canadian poet and journalist.
- freighter
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noun,
a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- percenter
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noun,
a person or thing that charges or pays a certain percentage, cooperates to a specified degree, etc. (used in combination):
- pigeonite
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noun,
a monoclinic variety of pyroxene consisting mainly of a mixture of (MgFe)SiO 3 and CaMg(SiO 3) 2 .
- fire-iron
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- firethorn
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noun,
any of several evergreen, thorny Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Pyracantha, of the rose family, many species of which are cultivated for their foliage and ornamental fruits.
- fingertip
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noun,
the tip or end of a finger.
- therefore
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adverb,
in consequence of that; as a result; consequently:
- either-or
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adjective,
allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options:
- thereinto
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adverb,
into that place or thing.
- ferrocene
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noun,
Also called dicyclopentadienyliron. an orange, crystalline, water-insoluble coordination compound, (C 5 H 5) 2 Fe, having a camphorlike odor: used chiefly as an antiknock agent for gasoline and as a catalyst.
Compare metallocene.
- entrecote
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noun,
a steak sliced from between the ribs of a rib roast cut.
- phrenetic
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noun,
a phrenetic person.
- foreigner
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noun,
a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- Peregrine
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noun,
peregrine falcon.
- pereirine
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noun,
Pharmacology. an alkaloid, C 19 H 24 ON 2 , obtained from pereira bark and formerly used as a quinine substitute.
- energetic
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adjective,
possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous:
- Percheron
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noun,
one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- trinitro-
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- Pierrette
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noun,
the female counterpart of a Pierrot, usually accompanying him, as in an entertainment or masquerade.
- fortnight
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noun,
the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
- tightrope
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noun,
a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- epicenter
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noun,
Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
- reopener
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noun,
an act or instance of reopening negotiations, as on the provisions of a contract.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- ice-free
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adjective,
free of ice.
- enforcer
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noun,
a person or thing that enforces.
- inferior
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noun,
a person inferior to another or others, as in rank or merit.
- therefor
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adverb,
for or in exchange for that or this; for it:
- receptor
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- fetching
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noun,
the act of fetching.
- confrere
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noun,
a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague:
- ethernet
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- ferritin
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noun,
an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.
- conferee
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noun,
a person on whom something is conferred, especially the recipient of an academic degree.
- entrepot
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noun,
a warehouse.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- enfetter
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as with fetters.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- confetti
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plural noun,
(used with a singular verb) small bits of paper, usually colored, thrown or dropped from a height to enhance the gaiety of a festive event, as a parade, wedding, or New Year's Eve party.
- thirteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
- Erigeron
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- Ethiopic
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noun,
a subdivision of Semitic languages that includes Amharic, Tigré, Tigrinya, and Geez, all of Ethiopia.
- referent
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noun,
the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.
- enthetic
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adjective,
introduced from without, as diseases propagated by inoculation.
- encipher
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- goethite
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noun,
a very common mineral, iron hydroxide, HFeO 2 , occurring in crystals, but more commonly in yellow or brown earthy masses: an ore of iron.
- fortieth
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noun,
a fortieth part, especially of one (1/40).
- gentrice
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noun,
gentility; high birth.
- teething
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noun,
eruption of the deciduous teeth, especially the phenomena associated with their eruption.
- Tenerife
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noun,
the largest of the Canary Islands, off the NW Coast of Africa. 794 sq. mi. (2055 sq. km). . Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- together
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adverb,
into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body:
- frontier
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noun,
the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- rhetoric
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- toepiece
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noun,
toecap.
- tephrite
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- frighten
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verb (used with object),
to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- friction
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noun,
surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frenetic
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adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- Freeport
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noun,
a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- Gretchen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Terrence
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noun,
a male given name.
- horrific
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adjective,
causing horror.
- retiring
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- fire-pot
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noun,
the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.
- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- reporter
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noun,
a person who reports.
- retepore
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noun,
any bryozoan of the family Reteporidae which forms colonies that have a networklike structure.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- torchere
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noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- retrofit
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noun,
something that has been retrofitted.
- creeping
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noun,
Slang. the act or practice of following someone persistently or stealthily, especially online:
- retrench
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verb (used with object),
to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- hereinto
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adverb,
into this place.
- terrific
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adjective,
extraordinarily great or intense:
- eighteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
- gerontic
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adjective,
geriatric.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- perthite
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noun,
a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- phenetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- trichion
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noun,
the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.
- pettifog
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verb (used without object),
to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
- preterit
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noun,
past (def 12).
- ornithic
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adjective,
of or relating to birds.
- trichite
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noun,
any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
- pretence
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noun,
pretense.
- petition
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noun,
a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit:
- prehnite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- trephine
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noun,
a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- Perioeci
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plural noun,
the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture.
Compare Helot (def 1), Spartiate.
- perforce
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adverb,
of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance:
- perfecto
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noun,
a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- trithing
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noun,
riding2 .
- portiere
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- peignoir
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noun,
a woman's dressing gown.
- Peiching
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noun,
Beijing.
- pitching
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noun,
the act of revetting or paving with small stones.
- pochette
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noun,
kit2 .
- phonetic
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noun,
(in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- pontific
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adjective,
pontifical.
- trencher
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noun,
a person or thing that digs trenches.
- nephrite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- cohenite
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noun,
a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- 11-point
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- piercing
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adjective,
loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- coherent
-
adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- pig-iron
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noun,
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- Negritic
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adjective,
of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- protegee
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noun,
a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
- percher
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- thereto
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adverb,
to that place, thing, etc.
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- terpene
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noun,
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- piefort
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noun,
piedfort.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- foreign
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adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native:
- PERFECT
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noun,
the perfect tense.
- Terrene
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noun,
the earth.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- tergite
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- Frechet
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noun,
René Maurice [ruh-ney maw-rees] /rəˈneɪ mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1878–1973, French mathematician.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- freight
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noun,
goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- Pitcher
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- Pitocin
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- pitting
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noun,
the act or operation of digging a pit or pits.
- fritter
-
noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- fronter
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a group or organization, especially a political one, that is or is presumed to be a cover or disguise for another activity:
- poietic
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- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Terrier
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noun,
any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
- perigee
-
noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- petrog.
-
- pincher
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noun,
a person or thing that pinches.
- Fechner
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noun,
Gustav Theodor [goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.
- thereof
-
adverb,
of that or it.
- thionic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sulfur.
- Ferrero
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1942, Italian historian and sociologist.
- ferrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- phocine
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adjective,
of or relating to seals.
- Pinchot
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noun,
Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.
- pinfire
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adjective,
of or relating to a cartridge fitted with a pin that, when struck by the hammer of the firearm, causes the cartridge to explode.
- phrenic
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adjective,
Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
- petting
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noun,
Informal. kissing, caressing, and other sexual activity between partners that does not involve sexual intercourse.
Compare heavy petting.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- thorite
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- fiction
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noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- phreno-
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- fighter
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noun,
a boxer; pugilist.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- etching
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noun,
the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- errhine
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noun,
a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- perigon
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- Fitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fits.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- ornith-
-
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- profert
-
noun,
an exhibition of a record or paper in open court.
- ichnite
-
noun,
a fossil footprint.
- nitchie
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- horrent
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adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- regreet
-
noun,
regreets, Obsolete. greetings (def 3).
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- norther
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- Hittite
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people who established a powerful empire in Asia Minor and Syria, dominant from about 1900 to 1200 b.c.
- hircine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a goat.
- igniter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- inherit
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir:
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- itching
-
noun,
itch.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- pierogi
-
noun,
a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Iphinoe
-
noun,
a daughter of Antia and Proetus who was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods.
Compare Iphianassa (def 2).
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- nightie
-
noun,
a nightgown.
- Regence
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of c1700–20, in which a transition occurs from the Baroque style of Louis XIV to the Rococo of Louis XV.
- nephric
-
adjective,
renal.
- nephro-
-
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- protege
-
noun,
a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- preter-
-
- preteen
-
noun,
Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- orifice
-
noun,
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- rotifer
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- righter
-
noun,
a person who rights or redresses:
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- gittern
-
noun,
cittern.
- Roerich
-
noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genito-
-
- genetic
-
adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- generic
-
noun,
a generic term.
- techno-
-
- teether
-
noun,
a device for a baby to bite on during teething.
Compare teething ring.
- greenth
-
noun,
green growth; verdure.
- grifter
-
noun,
a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
- hetero-
-
- hernio-
-
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- prefect
-
noun,
a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- Herring
-
noun,
an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- potiche
-
noun,
a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- heroine
-
noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- Gronchi
-
noun,
Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.
- heretic
-
noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- potheen
-
noun,
poteen.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- porting
-
noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- Richier
-
noun,
Germaine [zher-men] /ʒɛrˈmɛn/ (Show IPA), 1904–59, French sculptor.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- epithet
-
noun,
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:
- entero-
-
- enforce
-
verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- chopine
-
noun,
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
- tricho-
-
- chitter
-
verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- Chenier
-
noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- Cheiron
-
noun,
Chiron.
- cheiro-
-
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- cheerio
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- chorine
-
noun,
a chorus girl.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- tonette
-
noun,
a small end-blown flute of simple construction and narrow range.
- crofter
-
noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- creeper
-
noun,
a person or thing that creeps.
- tonight
-
noun,
this present or coming night; the night of this present day.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- cortege
-
noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- echino-
-
- Corinth
-
noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- conifer
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- tithing
-
noun,
a tithe.
- coherer
-
noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- epigene
-
adjective,
formed or originating on the earth's surface (opposed to hypogene).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tighten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become tight or tighter.
- epicene
-
noun,
a person or thing that is epicene.
- epigone
-
noun,
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
- centri-
-
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- epeiric
-
adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- centro-
-
- Trotter
-
noun,
an animal that trots, especially a horse bred and trained for harness racing.
- trophic
-
adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- epergne
-
noun,
an ornamental piece for the center of a table, for holding fruit, flowers, etc.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- incorr
-
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- hottie
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- refrig
-
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- reefer
-
noun,
Nautical. a person who reefs.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- congee
-
noun,
congé.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- intro.
-
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- contr.
-
- toting
-
noun,
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- inter.
-
- coping
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- regift
-
noun,
an unwanted gift that is given away.
- inorg.
-
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- Heinie
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
- heifer
-
noun,
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hecto-
-
- rhino-
-
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- hereof
-
adverb,
of this:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- groper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- grinch
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils or dampens the pleasure of others.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- Greece
-
noun,
Ancient Greek Hellas. Modern Greek Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Capital: Athens.
- Greco-
-
- righto
-
interjection,
(used to express understanding or assent).
- gotten
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gothic
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) the arts and crafts of the Gothic period.
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- picro-
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- hogtie
-
verb (used with object),
to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hogpen
-
noun,
pigpen (def 1).
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- hiero-
-
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Herrin
-
noun,
a town in S Illinois.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- retro-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- irreg.
-
- confer
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- centr-
-
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- petro-
-
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- centi-
-
- pongee
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- chigoe
-
noun,
a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Chino-
-
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- chiro-
-
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- chitin
-
noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- Penchi
-
noun,
Benxi.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- certif
-
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Peerce
-
noun,
Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- Petofi
-
noun,
Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- recti-
-
- ptero-
-
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- phren.
-
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- gopher
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- troph-
-
- nephr-
-
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- necro-
-
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- totter
-
noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cirro-
-
- prefer
-
verb (used with object),
to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than:
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pheno-
-
- Chopin
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- phonet
-
- chori-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- phonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to speech sounds.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- Chron.
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- trich-
-
- nocti-
-
- nitro-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- profit
-
noun,
Often, profits.
pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- firing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fires.
- fright
-
noun,
sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
- genit.
-
- finger
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- tittie
-
noun,
titty1 .
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- titter
-
noun,
a tittering laugh.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- French
-
noun,
the people of France and their direct descendants.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- ghetto
-
noun,
a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
- tetter
-
noun,
(not in technical use) any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- ethrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- ethnog
-
- ethno-
-
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- fitten
-
adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- te-hee
-
noun,
a titter; snicker.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- enter-
-
- Fichte
-
noun,
Johann Gottlieb [yoh-hahn gawt-leep] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1762–1814, German philosopher.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- ferro-
-
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ferric
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferri-
-
- fringe
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- teethe
-
verb (used without object),
to grow teeth; cut one's teeth.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- thetic
-
adjective,
positive; dogmatic.
- Fenrir
-
noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- fetter
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- Goethe
-
noun,
Johann Wolfgang von [yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/ (Show IPA), 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.
- cteno-
-
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- Tophet
-
noun,
a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- titfer
-
noun,
hat.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- terror
-
noun,
intense, sharp, overmastering fear:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tinct.
-
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- throng
-
noun,
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- tether
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- ethene
-
noun,
ethylene (def 2).
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- fitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- Thrift
-
noun,
economical management; economy; frugality.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- forget
-
Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- foehn
-
noun,
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- pret.
-
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- pref.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- fiche
-
noun,
microfiche.
- terr.
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- engr.
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- theo-
-
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- theor
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- finch
-
noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- Neth.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- chott
-
noun,
a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- noct-
-
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Prog.
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Firth
-
noun,
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- nitr-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- cine-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- theft
-
noun,
the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fight
-
noun,
a battle or combat.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Prot.
-
- Fitch
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- pron.
-
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- proc.
-
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- 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.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- pert.
-
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- troch
-
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- peri-
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- cero-
-
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- error
-
noun,
a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech:
- cent.
-
- cert.
-
- pico-
-
- tight
-
Idioms,
sit tight, to take no action.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- 30-30
-
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- ergo-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- erron
-
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- phot.
-
- phore
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phon.
-
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Orth.
-
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trig.
-
- fore-
-
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- orig.
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- ento-
-
- Oreg.
-
- orch.
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- chief
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- feti-
-
- Port.
-
- Chin.
-
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- thong
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- pene-
-
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- thio-
-
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- poet.
-
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- THIEF
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- rept.
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- hi-fi
-
noun,
high fidelity.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- hier-
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- tech.
-
- herp.
-
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Hofei
-
noun,
Hefei.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- teno-
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- froth
-
noun,
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tenth
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Hofer
-
noun,
Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), 1767–1810, Tyrolese patriot.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- corr.
-
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Grofe
-
noun,
Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- gofer
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Goth.
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- henge
-
noun,
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- rhet.
-
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- rhin-
-
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- hect-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- crit.
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- reni-
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- contg
-
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- Frege
-
noun,
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob [gawt-lohp] /ˈgɔt loʊp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, German mathematician and logician.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- cont.
-
- intr.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Freon
-
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- toti-
-
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Cong.
-
- copr-
-
- Forth
-
noun,
Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- rcpt.
-
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- forge
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- conf.
-
- fort.
-
- recip
-
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Recit
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ition
-
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- init.
-
- hort.
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- econ.
-
- incor
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Regt.
-
- frith
-
noun,
firth.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- incr.
-
- ecto-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- repr
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- 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.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- rit.
-
- Tit.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tron
-
- pot.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pre-
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- prec
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- ref.
-
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- ptg.
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- top-
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tion
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- regr
-
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- prin
-
- ter.
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- ten.
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- tri-
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Reg.
-
- rpt.
-
- thi-
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- pro-
-
- trit
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- tchr
-
- the-
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- epit
-
- ign.
-
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- IEEE
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ice.
-
- HRIP
-
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- hor.
-
- Inc.
-
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Eth.
-
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ette
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- fec.
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- hgt.
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- Ire.
-
- Neh.
-
- ctr.
-
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- eco-
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- ect-
-
- NCTE
-
- EEOC
-
- efph
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- epi-
-
- enc.
-
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- ence
-
- Eng.
-
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- 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.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Eph.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- FEPC
-
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- Neph
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- for.
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- FRCP
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- gon-
-
- Fri.
-
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frt.
-
- fth.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gen.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Fin.
-
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- her.
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- fict
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- fig.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fohn
-
noun,
foehn.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Foch
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1851–1929, French marshal.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- 1080
-
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- neo-
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cog.
-
- OEEC
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- pct.
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Oct.
-
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- cene
-
- Pen.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- cit.
-
- cir.
-
- Nor.
-
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- chef
-
noun,
the chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising the kitchen staff.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chg.
-
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- org.
-
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Chr.
-
- Ont.
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Con.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perf
-
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- cen.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- phr.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Cort
-
- perh
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- per.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- cfh
-
- FTC
-
- THC
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- CFI
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- GOP
-
- ch.
-
- th-
-
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- GCF
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- ft.
-
- CFO
-
- TGN
-
- trp
-
- gi.
-
- cf.
-
- cr.
-
- tfr
-
- CEF
-
- FPC
-
- FOT
-
- FPO
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- CFP
-
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- FRC
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- foh
-
interjection,
faugh.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- FRG
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Tro
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- cp.
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Co.
-
- FIO
-
- CIE
-
- CFR
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- CPO
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- CPI
-
- EHF
-
- Tng
-
- Ehr
-
- GCE
-
- eir
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EEE
-
- TNT
-
- EOF
-
- eo-
-
- cte
-
- CRT
-
- ctg
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CRP
-
- Eg.
-
- ec-
-
- EEC
-
- ECF
-
- 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.
- ECG
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CPR
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CGI
-
- ctf
-
- TRH
-
- fo.
-
- fcp
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIF
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- trf
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
-
- fgn
-
- fic
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- Ep.
-
- EPT
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- tph
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- CIP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tr.
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CNO
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- GCI
-
- POR
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- GCR
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ipr
-
- NCO
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- Ir.
-
- IPO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IHP
-
- pc.
-
- io-
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ier
-
- ote
-
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ot-
-
- in.
-
- iph
-
- ine
-
- ing
-
- INH
-
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- RCT
-
- op.
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIH
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- of-
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- NOP
-
- NHI
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- prf
-
- NRC
-
- OCR
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- Oc.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NHG
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- oic
-
- RCN
-
- ONF
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- Re.
-
- OIr
-
- RCP
-
- OHG
-
- OFr
-
- PRC
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- PTT
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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:
- NFC
-
- NGC
-
- NGO
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noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- ht.
-
- OTC
-
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- ROG
-
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pie
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noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- RNR
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GNP
-
- goi
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noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- gph
-
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- gip
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noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- HRE
-
- Phi
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noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- pig
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noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- GCT
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- pfg
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- pfc
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- RPO
-
- RPG
-
- pf.
-
- PIO
-
- grf
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- hf.
-
- prn
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Pr.
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RFC
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Pg.
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- POC
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- RFE
-
- GTO
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- HCF
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PCI
-
- RFI
-
- GTC
-
- hr.
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- HCR
-
- PCF
-
- gt.
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- GTT
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- CE
-
- PH
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- OG
-
- fn
-
- FC
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FP
-
- FE
-
- HG
-
- RF
-
- fg
-
- rg
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HP
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- RO
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- GN
-
- GH
-
- RP
-
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- G.
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GP
-
- GC
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RN
-
- O.
-
- TP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NH
-
- R.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- RC
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RH
-
- RI
-
- NP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
-
- NI
-
- NG
-
- NF
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- 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.
- IP
-
- IG
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TT
-