Anagrams of glomerulonephritis

Word glomerulonephritis has 5924 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of glomerulonephritis.

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neurotropism
retropulsion
Heliotropium
moonlighters
phrenologies
phrenologist
nitrophilous
nephrotomies
noun, incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
luminologist
Risorgimento
numerologies
noun, the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
eremophilous
herniotomies
noun, correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
prerighteous
Negrophilist
Negrophilism
heterogonism
sphingometer
prereligious
primogenitor
minerologies
pleurotomies
pleurotomine
Petroselinum
glomerulitis
noun, inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
resolutioner
noun, a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
spiritmonger
outpromising
misreporting
inspirometer
minerologist
phillumenist
limnophilous
rough-point
roughometer
Pleurosteon
primogenous
primigenous
milleporous
milleporite
epitheliums
terriginous
epistemolog
supermolten
proligerous
terrigenous
Hormigueros
horsemonger
horsetongue
progenitors
noun, a biologically related ancestor:
tergeminous
Mitrephorus
moonlighter
Septogloeum
prologuiser
semiupright
Montpellier
noun, a city in and the capital of Hérault, in S France, near the Mediterranean.
ritornellos
noun, an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
multipliers
noun, a person or thing that multiplies.
shellmonger
resinophore
guillotines
guillotiner
tiring-room
noun, a dressing room, especially in a theater.
repromising
phenologist
reimporting
geoisotherm
euphemising
trisulphone
geomorphist
regroupment
outsleeping
outspelling
Gloiopeltis
perithelium
noun, the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
resmoothing
northerlies
noun, a wind that blows from the north.
nemophilous
ring-porous
adjective, having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
Neoptolemus
nephrostome
noun, Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
Hermoupolis
metrologies
noun, the science of weights and measures.
neurologies
noun, the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
neurologist
noun, a physician specializing in neurology.
neutrophils
hemitropous
heliotroper
pigeonholes
pigeonholer
hemipterous
nitromersol
noun, a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
rheotropism
pronegroism
ethnologies
noun, a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially in regard to their historical development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them.
phrenologer
milleporine
peritoneums
noun, the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
metroliners
premutinies
spermologer
spellmonger
urinologist
meritorious
leptorrhine
isopulegone
luminophore
upholsterer
noun, a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
porterhouse
noun, Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
positronium
porriginous
spirituelle
preminister
stoneroller
lithogenous
adjective, of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
unsightlier
hierurgies
noun, a holy act or rite of worship.
trumperies
noun, something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
St-Emilion
noun, a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
prologuist
Hellespont
noun, ancient name of the Dardanelles.
rheologies
noun, the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
Southerner
noun, a native or inhabitant of the south.
ergosterol
noun, a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble sterol, C 28 H 43 OH, that occurs in ergot and yeast and that, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, is converted to vitamin D.
theonomies
noun, the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
portioners
noun, a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
theologies
noun, the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
theogonies
noun, the origin of the gods.
ethologies
noun, the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
positioner
noun, a person or thing that positions.
etiologies
noun, Pathology. the study of the causes of diseases. the cause or origin of a disease.
heliotrope
noun, any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
Heliopolis
noun, Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
pigeonhole
ring-shout
noun, a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
hempstring
turmoiling
irresolute
adjective, not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
murthering
Negrophile
pilothouse
irruptions
noun, a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
Eriophorum
hirselling
hirtellous
Prometheus
noun, a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
rosehiller
hogmollies
noun, hog sucker.
multiplies
adverb, in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.
luminophor
multiplier
noun, a person or thing that multiplies.
neutrophil
noun, a phagocytic white blood cell having a lobulate nucleus and neutrophil granules in the cytoplasm.
pigmentose
Hermosillo
phonometer
noun, a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
phosgenite
noun, a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
limelights
spirometer
noun, an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
Greenhills
Petromilli
limnophile
petroleums
noun, an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
reillumine
geophilous
adjective, Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
orthoepies
noun, the study of correct pronunciation.
geotropism
noun, oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
goniometer
outsmiling
reimposure
puntillero
noun, (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
pulsometer
noun, a pulsimeter.
protrusion
noun, the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
lightermen
noun, a person who navigates a lighter.
penologies
noun, the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
pergelisol
perigonium
noun, the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
perihelion
noun, the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
periosteum
noun, the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
peritoneum
noun, the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
greenrooms
noun, a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
tonguesore
Leominster
noun, a city in N Massachusetts.
guest-rope
noun, a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
springtime
noun, the season of spring.
epithelium
noun, any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
oenophiles
noun, a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
resorption
noun, the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
resolution
noun, a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
Springhill
eutrophies
noun, Medicine/Medical. healthy or adequate nutrition or development.
phlogiston
noun, a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
guillotine
urinometer
noun, a device for assessing the specific gravity of urine; a hydrometer for use on urine specimens.
philtering
religioner
reposition
noun, the act of depositing or storing.
repletions
noun, the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
philologue
philologer
groroilite
Philoetius
prosternum
grisoutine
grisounite
pheromones
noun, any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
Prostigmin
ionosphere
noun, the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
ritornello
noun, an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
melitriose
noun, raffinose.
monitories
noun, Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
teliospore
noun, a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
integrious
septillion
noun, a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
intergroup
adjective, taking place or being between groups:
interloper
noun, a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others:
telphering
Montpelier
noun, a city in and the capital of Vermont, in the central part.
minigroups
interlopes
verb (used without object), to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
moonlights
noun, the light of the moon.
pistolling
houselling
eosinophil
noun, Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
simon-pure
adjective, real; genuine:
printeries
noun, (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
enormities
noun, outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
menologies
noun, a calendar of the months.
importunes
adjective, importunate.
emollients
noun, an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
shoupeltin
inglorious
adjective, shameful; disgraceful:
metroliner
Millhousen
imprinters
noun, a person or thing that imprints.
priestling
pollutions
noun, the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
pneumolith
mesorrhine
adjective, having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.
millionths
adjective, coming last in a series of a million.
Mesolonghi
noun, Missolonghi.
millistere
superliner
noun, an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
Signorelli
noun, Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
progenitor
noun, a biologically related ancestor:
theorising
rupestrine
adjective, living or growing on or among rocks.
morpholine
noun, a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
mellophone
millionth
adjective, coming last in a series of a million.
optionees
noun, a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
imploring
religious
noun, a member of a religious order, congregation, etc.; a monk, friar, or nun.
religiose
adjective, characterized by religiosity.
spirituel
adjective, showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
stripling
grillroom
noun, a restaurant or dining room, as in a hotel, that specializes in serving grilled meat and fish.
importune
adjective, importunate.
reimports
verb (used with object), to import back into the country of exportation.
melinites
noun, a high explosive containing picric acid.
ornithol.
Sinophile
noun, a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
milliners
noun, a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
greenroom
noun, a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
imposture
noun, the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
limousine
noun, any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
orogenies
noun, the process of mountain making or upheaval.
imprinter
noun, a person or thing that imprints.
orometers
noun, an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
orpiments
noun, a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
limonites
noun, an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
relumines
verb (used with object), to relume.
mothering
noun, the nurturing of an infant or small child by its mother.
impsonite
noun, a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
imperious
adjective, domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing:
supermini
noun, the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
Tisiphone
noun, one of the Furies.
Holosteum
impellent
noun, something that impels; an impelling agency or force.
impellers
noun, a person or thing that impels.
gruesomer
repletion
noun, the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
replenish
verb (used with object), to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.:
one-horse
adjective, using or having only a single horse:
groupment
millstone
noun, either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
mesophile
adjective, mesophilic.
on-limits
adjective, open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
reorients
adjective, Rare. rising anew.
tollhouse
impetigos
noun, a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
runesmith
noun, a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
leptosome
noun, a person of asthenic build.
rent-roll
noun, an account or schedule of rents, the amount due from each tenant, and the total received.
remotions
noun, the act of removing; removal.
theologue
noun, a theological student.
gristmill
noun, a mill for grinding grain, especially the customer's own grain.
ophiolite
noun, an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
motorings
noun, traveling in a car, especially when considered as a recreation.
morphines
noun, a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 19 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
trilliums
noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
Pergolesi
noun, Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
glomerule
noun, a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.
lightroom
pulleries
pemolines
noun, a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
penlights
noun, a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
mousehole
penthouse
noun, an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
trephines
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.
pugmiller
shoreline
noun, the line where shore and water meet.
puerilism
noun, childishness in the behavior of an adult.
Ingersoll
noun, Robert Green, 1833–99, U.S. lawyer, political leader, and orator.
short-run
adjective, happening or presented for a short period of time:
inheritor
noun, a person who inherits; heir.
Ptolemies
noun, (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
perilunes
noun, the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
Melitopol
noun, a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
perishing
Idioms, perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
peristome
noun, Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
lightsome
adjective, light, especially in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful.
trillions
noun, a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
rulership
noun, the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled:
milestone
noun, a stone functioning as a milepost.
tourelles
noun, a turret.
limnophil
tornillos
noun, screw bean.
routineer
noun, a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
millhouse
impulsing
sporeling
noun, Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
meteorol.
regoliths
noun, mantle rock.
ostringer
noun, astringer.
regiments
noun, Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
oughtlins
adverb, in the least; to the least degree.
Millerite
noun, a mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
outhiring
glorioles
noun, a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
limestone
noun, a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
outshrill
superhero
noun, a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
metheglin
noun, a variety of spiced mead.
limelight
noun, Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
routinism
noun, adherence to routine.
glutelins
noun, any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
millepore
noun, a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
glumpiest
pulmotors
peignoirs
noun, a woman's dressing gown.
oleoresin
noun, a mixture of an essential oil and a resin, found in nature.
guillemet
mughopine
ironsmith
noun, a worker in iron; blacksmith.
horn-rims
plural noun, horn-rimmed eyeglasses.
interpose
verb (used with object), to place between; cause to intervene:
sulphogel
slip-ring
noun, a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
neuristor
noun, a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
moonlight
noun, the light of the moon.
Montreuil
noun, a suburb of Paris, in N France.
hornpouts
noun, horned pout.
thrillers
noun, a person or thing that thrills.
thrilling
noun, a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
monthlies
noun, a periodical published once a month.
tephillin
plural noun, tefillin.
Solothurn
noun, a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
monoliths
noun, an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
stillroom
noun, (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
monoester
noun, a single esterified polybasic acid.
something
noun, Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence:
semigroup
noun, an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
sonometer
noun, audiometer.
hemitrope
noun, twin1 (def 5).
terpineol
noun, any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
sortilege
noun, the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
lungmotor
isentrope
noun, a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
Helsingor
noun, a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
thermions
noun, an ion emitted by incandescent material.
murrelets
noun, any of several small, chunky diving birds of the family Alcidae, of North Pacific coasts.
theurgies
noun, a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
Menoetius
noun, a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
musteline
adjective, belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
mutineers
noun, a person who mutinies.
simpleton
noun, an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
Negrillos
noun, a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
Negritoes
noun, a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
hospitium
noun, a hospice.
horsemint
noun, a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
hoteliers
noun, a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
nephritis
noun, inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
interrog.
irruption
noun, a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
houseline
noun, light cordage used for seizing.
rogueries
noun, roguish conduct; rascality.
lustering
noun, the treatment of fabrics by chemical or mechanical means in order to increase their property to reflect light.
heronries
noun, a place where a colony of herons breeds.
neologies
noun, neologism.
neologism
noun, a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
Hitlerism
noun, the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
neoterism
noun, an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
nephrites
noun, Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
Thuringer
noun, a mildly seasoned cervelat, either fresh or smoked.
intrigues
noun, the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
hirelings
noun, a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
ill-humor
noun, a disagreeable or surly mood.
resurgent
adjective, rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
nullipore
noun, any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
nullities
noun, the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
motorship
noun, a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
rest-home
noun, a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
Telegonus
noun, a son of Odysseus and Circe who unknowingly killed his father and eventually married Penelope.
gumptions
noun, initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness:
oenophile
noun, a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
theremins
noun, a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
mirlitons
noun, kazoo.
springlet
noun, a small spring of water.
misreport
verb (used with object), to report incorrectly or falsely.
ill-spent
adjective, misspent; wasted.
illuminee
linoleums
noun, a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
illumines
verb (used with or without object), to illuminate.
resilient
adjective, springing back; rebounding.
ilmenites
noun, a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
spirillum
noun, any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
Hollister
noun, a town in W California.
Holliston
noun, a city in NE Massachusetts.
repulsion
noun, the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
retelling
noun, a new, and often updated or retranslated, version of a story.
tillermen
noun, a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
helotries
noun, serfdom; slavery.
thereupon
adverb, immediately following that.
long-term
adjective, covering a relatively long period of time:
rhigolene
noun, a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
longshore
adjective, existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport:
tellurion
noun, an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
interlope
verb (used without object), to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
luteolins
noun, a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
stumpling
liturgies
noun, a form of public worship; ritual.
sepiolite
noun, meerschaum (def 1).
lithosere
noun, a sere originating on rock.
Hellenist
noun, a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
retorsion
noun, retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
heliports
noun, a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
melilites
noun, a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
lithopone
noun, a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
mogulship
Simeonite
noun, a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
rostellum
noun, Biology. any small, beaklike process.
noosphere
noun, the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
heirlooms
noun, a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
retrusion
noun, the act of moving a tooth backward.
misruling
meringues
noun, a delicate, frothy mixture made with beaten egg whites and sugar or hot syrup, and browned, used as a topping for pies, pastry, etc.
misorient
verb (used with object), to orient wrongly or improperly.
soleprint
noun, a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
trilogies
noun, a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.
Germiston
noun, a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
progestin
noun, any substance having progesteronelike activity.
epigenous
adjective, growing on the surface, especially the upper surface, as fungi on leaves.
petroleum
noun, an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
poloniums
noun, a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
Pretorius
noun, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
geophones
noun, a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.
prethrill
upholster
verb (used with object), to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
presuming
adjective, presumptuous.
epilogues
noun, a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
Petrinism
noun, the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
epistoler
noun, Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
photogene
noun, an afterimage on the retina.
pollinium
noun, an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
phrenitis
noun, inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
uprooting
premonish
verb (used with or without object), to warn beforehand.
Preminger
prologues
noun, a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
portholes
noun, a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
portieres
noun, a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
turophile
noun, a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
promulges
verb (used with object), to promulgate.
petiolule
noun, a small petiole, as of a leaflet in a compound leaf.
portioner
noun, a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
prelusion
noun, a prelude.
pollution
noun, the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
petronels
noun, a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
prelimits
verb (used with object), to limit within bounds beforehand:
entropies
noun, Thermodynamics. (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy. (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
philomuse
philomels
noun, the nightingale.
unmortise
verb (used with object), to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
plumelets
noun, a small plume.
enologies
noun, oenology.
eruptions
noun, an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
philtring
Tropeolin
noun, tropaeolin.
plutonism
noun, the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
prosthion
noun, the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
Englisher
noun, a person who translates from a foreign language into English.
prorogues
genitures
noun, birth; generation.
emollient
noun, an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
phonolite
noun, a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
euphonies
noun, agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words:
pheromone
noun, any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
eolipiles
noun, aeolipile.
phellogen
noun, cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
euphemist
primigene
pistoleer
noun, a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
progenies
noun, a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
pointille
adjective, (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
gentilism
noun, the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.
Petronius
noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
turneries
noun, the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
Plotinism
noun, the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
trimorphs
noun, a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
pillories
noun, a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
tumplines
noun, a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
prunelles
noun, a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
promoters
noun, a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
poulterer
noun, a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
promising
noun, a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
prolonges
noun, a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
posterior
noun, the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.
pilgrimer
pigeonite
noun, a monoclinic variety of pyroxene consisting mainly of a mixture of (MgFe)SiO 3 and CaMg(SiO 3) 2 .
Eriogonum
noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Eriogonum, of the buckwheat family, native to southern and western North America. Compare umbrella plant (def 2).
urologies
noun, the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.
erroneous
adjective, containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong:
Tuileries
noun, a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
either-or
adjective, allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options:
post-horn
noun, a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
pimientos
noun, the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
Gilsonite
noun, an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
poultries
noun, domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
erogenous
adjective, especially sensitive to sexual stimulation, as certain areas of the body:
postilion
noun, a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
erigerons
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.
Perotinus
noun, ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
prolusion
noun, a preliminary written article.
trimerous
adjective, Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
selenium
noun, a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
moonlets
noun, a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
errhines
noun, a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
eolipile
noun, aeolipile.
promisee
noun, a person to whom a promise is made.
isothere
noun, a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
temporo-
moonrise
noun, the rising of the moon above the horizon.
moonshee
noun, munshi.
Montrose
noun, James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
histogen
noun, a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
seignior
noun, a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
hot-roll
verb (used with object), to roll (metal) at a heat high enough to permit recrystallization.
hotelier
noun, a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
pisolite
noun, limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
Negritos
noun, a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
hotelmen
noun, hotelkeeper.
moperies
noun, mopish behavior.
hotlines
noun, hot line.
seigneur
noun, a lord, especially a feudal lord.
Negroism
noun, the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
moorings
noun, the act of a person or thing that moors.
hourlong
adjective, lasting an hour:
moorhens
noun, Also called water hen. a common species of gallinule, Gallinule chloropus, of nearly worldwide distribution.
rollings
noun, the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.
Thompson
noun, Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
housemen
noun, a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
housetop
noun, the top or roof of a house.
pristine
adjective, having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
entresol
noun, a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
prisoner
noun, a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
mitogens
noun, any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
Moliones
noun, Cteatus and Eurytus, the twin sons of Molione, sometimes said to have been joined at the waist. They were fathered by Poseidon and reared by Actor.
moisture
noun, condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
pleuston
noun, a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
moieties
noun, a half.
priories
noun, a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
Entellus
noun, hanuman (def 1).
serotine
noun, a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
enspirit
verb (used with object), inspirit.
nephrite
noun, Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
miterers
noun, a machine or tool for making miters.
sheeting
noun, the act of covering with or forming into a sheet or sheets.
Pliotron
noun, any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
igniters
noun, a person or thing that ignites.
printers
noun, a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
unmitres
verb (used with object), unmiter.
misprint
noun, a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
Shelepin
noun, Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
hurlings
noun, the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
tung-oil
noun, a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
promisor
noun, a person who makes a promise.
entomol.
monteros
noun, a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
monsieur
noun, the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
thoriums
noun, a grayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; atomic weight: 232.038; atomic number: 90; specific gravity: 11.7.
neoliths
noun, a Neolithic stone implement.
hosteler
noun, a person who operates a hostel.
monolith
noun, an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
monohull
adjective, (of a vessel) having a single hull.
humorist
noun, a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
unmiters
verb (used with object), to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
plenties
noun, a full or abundant supply or amount:
monitors
noun, (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
mongrels
noun, a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
Semillon
noun, a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
telphers
noun, Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
pillions
noun, a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
Seminole
noun, a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
semitone
noun, a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
morellos
noun, a variety of sour cherry having dark-colored skin and juice.
Hortense
noun, a female given name.
Negrillo
noun, a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
murrelet
noun, any of several small, chunky diving birds of the family Alcidae, of North Pacific coasts.
Holstein
noun, Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
roughens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become rough or rougher.
pinitols
noun, a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
hireling
noun, a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
murphies
noun, an Irish or white potato.
roughers
noun, a person or thing that roughs or roughs out something, as certain crude cutting tools or a person who performs the first, rough parts of a process.
prologue
noun, a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
epitomes
noun, a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
homesite
noun, a plot of land for a home.
Muenster
noun, a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
prolongs
verb (used with object), to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer:
homespun
adjective, spun or made at home:
homilies
noun, a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
homilist
noun, a person who writes or delivers homilies.
hominies
noun, whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
routemen
noun, a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
prolines
noun, an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
murrhine
adjective, of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
Theorell
noun, Axel Hugo Teodor [ahk-suh l hoo-goh te-oh-dawr] /ˈɑk səl ˈhu goʊ ˈtɛ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1903–82, Swedish biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1955.
theories
noun, a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
routings
noun, the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
multiple
noun, Mathematics. a number that contains another number an integral number of times without a remainder:
Erigeron
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.
thermels
noun, thermocouple.
thermion
noun, an ion emitted by incandescent material.
prolonge
noun, a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
Rosellen
noun, a female given name.
Rosemont
noun, a town in central California, near Sacramento.
ergotism
noun, a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
hog-plum
noun, yellow mombin.
erethism
noun, an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue.
epsomite
noun, the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
turnsole
noun, any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
theremin
noun, a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
mullites
noun, a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
pineries
noun, a place in which pineapples are grown.
mullions
noun, a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
mulleins
noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
hirpling
pinholes
noun, a small hole made by or as by a pin.
routines
noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
honorees
noun, a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
pishogue
noun, sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
hillsite
noun, a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
Hornitos
noun, a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
hornpout
noun, horned pout.
roll-top
noun, a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
prognose
verb (used with or without object), to subject to or make a prognosis.
epigeous
adjective, growing on or close to the ground.
horopter
noun, a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.
Ternopol
noun, a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
horsemen
noun, a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
rollouts
noun, the first public showing of an aircraft.
mutinies
noun, revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
rollmops
noun, a fillet of herring, rolled, usually around a pickle, marinated in brine, and served as an appetizer.
pirogues
noun, piragua (def 1).
pimentos
noun, pimiento.
morphine
noun, a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 19 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
roperies
noun, a place where ropes are made.
Morpheus
noun, Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
Rushmore
noun, Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
Terminus
noun, the end or extremity of anything.
morphous
pi-meson
noun, pion.
Honorius
noun, Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 384–423, Roman emperor of the West 395–423.
gentries
noun, wellborn and well-bred people.
perlites
noun, a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
murthers
noun, verb (used with or without object), murder.
mourners
noun, a person who mourns.
mounters
noun, a person or thing that mounts.
hoopster
noun, a basketball player.
Moultrie
noun, William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
ulterior
adjective, being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
pimiento
noun, the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
pioneers
noun, a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
Morrison
noun, Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
motoring
noun, traveling in a car, especially when considered as a recreation.
hoplites
noun, a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
Progreso
noun, a city in NW Honduras.
mutineer
noun, a person who mutinies.
epilogue
noun, a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
Epigonus
noun, epigone.
mortling
noun, wool obtained from dead sheep.
epigones
noun, an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
terrines
noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
supermen
noun, a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
Tehillim
noun, the Book of Psalms.
lorimers
noun, a craftsperson who makes hardware for harnesses and riding habits, as bits or spurs.
isopleth
noun, a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
isoprene
noun, a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
isotherm
noun, Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
smoothen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become smooth.
smoothie
noun, a person who has a winningly polished manner:
Stirling
noun, Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
loungers
noun, a person or thing that lounges.
solution
noun, the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
urethro-
lopolith
noun, a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
isologue
noun, one of two or more isologous compounds.
Sterling
noun, British currency.
soothing
adjective, that soothes:
sorption
noun, the state or process of being sorbed.
Sorrento
noun, a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
longtime
adjective, existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding:
longspur
noun, any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
leghorns
noun, English name of Livorno.
longsome
adjective, tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
longship
noun, a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
isomorph
noun, an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
portiere
noun, a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
steering
noun, the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
sleep-in
noun, a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
uprights
noun, the state of being upright or vertical.
melilite
noun, a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
meionite
noun, a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
Stringer
noun, a person or thing that strings.
siphono-
meetings
noun, the act of coming together:
Irishmen
noun, a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
iris-out
noun, the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
sit-upon
noun, a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
sleeping
noun, the condition of being asleep.
porthole
noun, a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
luthiers
noun, a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.
lutherns
noun, a dormer window.
uprising
noun, an insurrection or revolt.
luteolin
noun, a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
premorse
adjective, having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.
lusterer
noun, a person who puts a lustrous finish or gloss on textiles.
Sleipnir
noun, the eight-legged horse of Odin.
slimline
adjective, slim in appearance.
stirring
noun, a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
lonesome
adjective, depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely:
legrooms
noun, space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
Stroheim
noun, Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
limonite
noun, an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
linoleum
noun, a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
linguist
noun, a specialist in linguistics.
egestion
noun, the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
uroliths
noun, a urinary calculus.
lingerie
noun, underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
line-out
noun, a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
eelpouts
noun, any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
Limousin
noun, a former province in central France.
spouting
noun, guttering (defs 1–3).
sporting
noun, an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
Springer
noun, a person or thing that springs.
potheens
noun, poteen.
potholer
noun, an explorer of caves; spelunker.
limiters
noun, a person or thing that limits.
splinter
noun, a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
potholes
noun, a deep hole; pit.
ligroins
noun, a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
lightens
verb (used with object), to give light to; illuminate:
potlines
noun, a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
lignites
noun, a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
leporine
adjective, of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
posthole
noun, a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
Southern
noun, (often initial capital letter) southerner (def 2).
prehnite
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.
southing
noun, Astronomy. the transit of a heavenly body across the celestial meridian. south declination.
Southron
noun, Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
legumins
noun, a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
spelling
noun, the manner in which words are spelled; orthography.
Leighton
noun, Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
Leinster
noun, a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
prelimit
verb (used with object), to limit within bounds beforehand:
Spengler
noun, Oswald [oz-wawld;; German aws-vahlt] /ˈɒz wɔld;; German ˈɔs vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1880–1936, German philosopher.
spermine
noun, a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
Spurgeon
noun, Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
ego-trip
noun, an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
lithosol
noun, a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
position
noun, condition with reference to place; location; situation.
eighties
noun, a cardinal number, ten times eight.
positron
noun, an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
lenities
noun, the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
lithiums
noun, Chemistry. a soft, silver-white metallic element, the lightest of all metals, occurring combined in certain minerals. Symbol: Li; atomic weight: 6.939; atomic number: 3; specific gravity: 0.53 at 20°C.
spherule
noun, a small sphere or spherical body.
preguilt
liposome
noun, Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
spirelet
noun, a small spire, as on a turret.
striping
noun, the act of decorating or otherwise providing with stripes:
stroller
noun, a person who takes a leisurely walk; saunterer.
mirliton
noun, kazoo.
importee
noun, an imported person or thing.
millruns
noun, millrace.
Superior
noun, one superior to another.
mill-run
adjective, coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted:
impinges
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to come into violent contact with.
Primrose
noun, any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose) of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose) of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Compare primrose family.
millions
noun, a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
implores
verb (used with object), to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
impolite
adjective, not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude:
millings
noun, an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
millines
noun, one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
impetigo
noun, a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
primings
noun, the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
energism
noun, the theory that self-realization is the highest good.
imposing
adjective, very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.:
milliner
noun, a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
impostor
noun, a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
poetries
noun, the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
imposure
noun, the act of imposing:
milliers
noun, 1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
emulsion
noun, Physical Chemistry. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
unpolite
adjective, impolite.
plungers
noun, Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
imprison
verb (used with object), to confine in or as if in a prison.
Minorite
noun, Friar Minor.
Sherrill
noun, a male or female given name, form of Shirley.
shieling
noun, a pasture or grazing ground.
surprint
noun, something surprinted.
Plotinus
noun, a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
shilling
noun, a cupronickel coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: retained in circulation equal to 5 new pence after decimalization in 1971. Abbreviation: s.
Shillong
noun, a city in and the capital of Meghalaya state, in NE India.
minstrel
noun, a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
illumine
verb (used with or without object), to illuminate.
plugtree
illusion
noun, something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
imperils
verb (used with object), to put in peril or danger; endanger.
ilmenite
noun, a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
minister
noun, a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
shipment
noun, an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
Shirleen
noun, a female given name, form of Shirley.
enormous
adjective, greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
plumelet
noun, a small plume.
shirting
noun, any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
enmities
noun, a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
impeller
noun, a person or thing that impels.
Milstein
noun, Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
imprints
noun, a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
superhet
adjective, noun, superheterodyne.
melilots
noun, a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
Interpol
noun, an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
silphium
meringue
noun, a delicate, frothy mixture made with beaten egg whites and sugar or hot syrup, and browned, used as a topping for pies, pastry, etc.
Polonius
noun, the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Mephitis
noun, (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
simoleon
noun, a dollar.
menthols
noun, Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 10 H 20 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
interims
noun, an intervening time; interval; meantime:
Interior
noun, the internal or inner part; inside.
Elsinore
noun, Helsingør.
prestore
verb (used with object), Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
emeritus
noun, an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
intrigue
noun, the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
Ponselle
noun, Rosa (Melba) 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.
introrse
adjective, turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
Prestige
noun, reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
uplights
noun, a lamp, often a light bulb set in a cylinder or other container, placed on the floor so that a beam of light is directed upward.
melitose
noun, raffinose.
ionomers
noun, any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
Elmhurst
noun, a city in NE Illinois, W of Chicago.
melinite
noun, a high explosive containing picric acid.
polonium
noun, a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
insphere
verb (used with object), ensphere.
emulgens
noun, (in prescriptions) an emulsifying agent.
in-group
noun, a narrow exclusive group; clique.
primines
noun, the outer integument of an ovule.
superego
noun, the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
Pointers
noun, a person or thing that points.
empoison
verb (used with object), to corrupt:
sunlight
noun, the light of the sun; sunshine.
Poitiers
noun, a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
milepost
noun, any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
shopgirl
noun, a salesgirl; female store clerk.
primeros
noun, a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
polemist
noun, a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
emersion
noun, Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit. Compare immersion (def 5).
inherits
verb (used with object), to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir:
in-house
adjective, adverb, within, conducted within, or utilizing an organization's own staff or resources rather than external or nonstaff facilities:
polities
noun, a particular form or system of government:
unshrill
inositol
noun, Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
unsphere
verb (used with object), to remove from its or one's sphere; displace.
mesotron
noun, (no longer in technical use) meson.
pollster
noun, a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
mesolite
noun, a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
sturgeon
noun, any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
erumpent
adjective, bursting forth.
shrimper
noun, a shrimp fisherman.
eruption
noun, an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
generous
adjective, liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish:
toluenes
noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
remounts
noun, a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
rentiers
noun, a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
Philemon
noun, an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
Trollope
noun, Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
reorient
adjective, Rare. rising anew.
trollops
noun, an immoral or promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
one-time
adjective, having been as specified at one time; former:
Opheltes
noun, the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
groupers
noun, any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
one-step
noun, a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
gemstone
noun, a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
one-spot
noun, the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
one-shot
noun, a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
toilsome
adjective, characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
Philomel
noun, the nightingale.
remotion
noun, the act of removing; removal.
genitors
noun, a parent, especially a father.
Togolese
noun, a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Togo.
gremlins
noun, a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
reimport
verb (used with object), to import back into the country of exportation.
greenish
adjective, somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
ornitho-
greenths
noun, green growth; verdure.
gentiles
noun, a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
ton-mile
noun, a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
reinsure
verb (used with object), to insure again.
grillers
noun, a person who grills food, especially as a cook in a restaurant.
geniture
noun, birth; generation.
phellems
noun, cork (def 6).
religion
noun, a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
grimoire
noun, a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.
optionee
noun, a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
11-point
relumine
verb (used with object), to relume.
opistho-
tompions
noun, tampion.
gruesome
adjective, causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly:
grumphie
noun, a familiar name for a pig.
orometer
noun, an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
phosgene
noun, a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas, COCl 2 , a chemical-warfare compound: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
gun-room
noun, a room in which guns are kept.
eulogies
noun, a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person.
gunsmith
noun, a person who makes or repairs firearms.
prorogue
verb (used with object), to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
eugenols
noun, a colorless, oily, spicy, aromatic, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 10 H 12 O 2 , extracted from certain essential oils, as oil of cloves: used chiefly in perfumery and in dentistry as an antiseptic.
Timorese
noun, a native or inhabitant of Timor.
resupine
adjective, lying on the back; supine.
retinols
noun, vitamin A.
timorous
adjective, full of fear; fearful:
retinues
noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
no-trump
noun, the declaration to play a no-trump contract.
retiring
noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
pronotum
noun, the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
heelpost
noun, a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.
tileries
noun, a factory or kiln for making tiles.
Northrup
noun, a male given name.
eulogist
noun, a person who eulogizes.
gum-tree
noun, any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.
grunters
noun, a hog.
philtrum
noun, Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
philters
noun, a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
reprints
noun, a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
oligomer
noun, a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
Tirolese
adjective, noun, Tyrolese.
philtres
noun, verb (used with object), philter.
guerites
noun, a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
troopers
noun, a horse-cavalry soldier.
tiresome
adjective, causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
gumption
noun, initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness:
oilstone
noun, a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
trophies
noun, anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
resolute
adjective, firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
tropines
noun, a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
oenomels
noun, a drink made of wine mixed with honey.
mouthing
noun, the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
Respighi
noun, Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
nutshell
noun, the shell of a nut.
petronel
noun, a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
triumphs
noun, the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
northers
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.
tournois
adjective, (of coins) minted in Tours, France:
tremolos
noun, a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
prurient
adjective, having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
Pershing
noun, John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
Gleipnir
noun, a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
triolein
noun, olein (def 1).
penlight
noun, a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
pemoline
noun, a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
Perugino
noun, (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
trephine
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.
peltries
noun, fur skins; pelts collectively.
prunelle
noun, a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
pruinose
adjective, covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
pesthole
noun, a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
Peterson
noun, Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
tourelle
noun, a turret.
gloriole
noun, a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
penuries
noun, extreme poverty; destitution.
pugilist
noun, a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
petioles
noun, Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
peroneus
noun, any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
Trillium
noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
permutes
verb (used with object), to alter; change.
trillion
noun, a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
trilling
noun, Lionel, 1905–75, U.S. critic and author.
gin-mill
noun, a bar or saloon, especially a cheap or disreputable one.
gillnets
verb (used with object), to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
prurigos
noun, a skin condition characterized by itching papules.
trigonum
noun, trigone.
girtline
noun, gantline.
perineum
noun, the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
Peronism
noun, the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
perilune
noun, the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
perilous
adjective, involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
Peronist
noun, a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
trimorph
noun, a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
perigons
noun, an angle of 360°.
pugilism
noun, the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
glorious
adjective, delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable:
peignoir
noun, a woman's dressing gown.
toolings
noun, work done with a tool or tools; tooled ornamentation, as on wood, stone, or leather.
top-hole
adjective, first-rate.
reenlist
verb (used with or without object), to enlist again.
regimens
noun, Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
regiment
noun, Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
Othoniel
noun, Othniel.
Register
noun, a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
regolith
noun, mantle rock.
triremes
noun, a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
regroups
verb (used with object), to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
Tornillo
noun, screw bean.
Geophone
noun, a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.
reguline
adjective, of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
gospeler
noun, a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
orseille
noun, orchil.
Topelius
noun, Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
gourmets
noun, a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
Gourmont
noun, Remy de [ruh-mee duh] /rəˈmi də/ (Show IPA), 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.
orpiment
noun, a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
purloins
verb (used with object), to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
Petrillo
noun, James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
gluepots
noun, a double boiler in which glue is melted.
protero-
Pulmotor
toughens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become tough or tougher.
protiums
noun, the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
glutelin
noun, any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
tripolis
noun, Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
peelings
noun, the act of a person or thing that peels.
purities
noun, the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.:
geronto-
gomerels
noun, a fool.
outsleep
verb (used with object), to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
Geronimo
noun, (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
outshine
verb (used with object), to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
outrings
verb (used with object), to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
goitrous
adjective, pertaining to or affected with goiter.
proteose
noun, any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
outlines
noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
outliers
noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
Northrop
noun, John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
oosphere
noun, an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
niteries
noun, a nightclub.
helotism
noun, the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
hereupon
adverb, upon or on this.
nitroso-
neuritis
noun, inflammation of a nerve.
rimester
noun, rhymester.
thumping
noun, a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
hemlines
noun, the bottom edge of a coat, dress, skirt, etc.
ligneous
adjective, of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
heliport
noun, a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
tigerish
adjective, tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
reunites
verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
promulge
verb (used with object), to promulgate.
estrogen
noun, any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
tumpline
noun, a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
photogen
noun, a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
nitriles
noun, any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
rimpling
pig-iron
noun, iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
heritors
noun, inheritor.
ringlets
noun, a curled lock of hair.
rheniums
noun, a rare metallic element of the manganese subgroup: used, because of its high melting point, in platinum-rhenium thermocouples. Symbol: Re; atomic number: 75; atomic weight: 186.2.
Piemonte
noun, Italian name of Piedmont.
nol-pros
verb (used with object), to end by a nolle prosequi.
rightism
noun, conservatism, especially in politics.
rheotron
noun, (formerly) betatron.
pigments
noun, a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
hellions
noun, a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
pignolis
noun, pine nut (def 1).
helistop
noun, a heliport.
no-hoper
noun, a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
rimstone
noun, a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
pierrots
noun, a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
Riesling
noun, Horticulture. a variety of grape. the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
hereinto
adverb, into this place.
thriller
noun, a person or thing that thrills.
heirloom
noun, a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
ringster
noun, a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
ripienos
noun, tutti (defs 3, 4).
righters
noun, a person who rights or redresses:
hegumens
noun, the head of a monastery.
rigorism
noun, extreme strictness.
rigorous
adjective, characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline:
troupers
noun, an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
esurient
adjective, hungry; greedy.
nepotism
noun, patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
helpings
noun, the act of a person or thing that helps.
promoter
noun, a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
Hermione
noun, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
righties
noun, a right-handed person; right-hander:
photoeng
promotes
verb (used with object), to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
Melrose
noun, a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
ringlet
noun, a curled lock of hair.
lungers
noun, a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
mergers
noun, a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
petrol.
slip-on
noun, something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
petrels
noun, any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
Slinger
noun, a person or thing that slings.
rongeur
noun, a strongly constructed instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone.
lupines
noun, any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
premise
noun, Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
porions
noun, the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
outsing
verb (used with object), to sing better than.
porters
noun, a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
roomers
noun, a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
porgies
noun, a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
ringers
noun, a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
luteins
noun, Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
outsell
verb (used with object), to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than:
purlins
noun, a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
rooters
noun, a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
poorish
adjective, somewhat poor; rather poor.
sleight
noun, skill; dexterity.
Othello
noun, a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.
lungees
noun, lungi.
slither
noun, a slithering movement; slide.
murther
noun, verb (used with or without object), murder.
punties
noun, an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
smelter
noun, a person or thing that smelts.
piglets
noun, a little pig.
peeling
noun, the act of a person or thing that peels.
merlons
noun, (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
smeller
noun, a person who smells.
merlins
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
punster
noun, a person who makes puns frequently.
Lugones
noun, Leopoldo [le-aw-pawl-daw] /ˌlɛ ɔˈpɔl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, Argentine poet and diplomat.
menhirs
noun, an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
orpines
noun, a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
Lumiere
noun, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas [oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn] /lwi ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA) 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
lumpish
adjective, resembling a lump.
Proteus
noun, Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
purines
noun, a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
Munster
noun, muenster.
merinos
noun, (often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
Preston
noun, a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
rompish
adjective, given to romping; frolicsome.
lumpens
noun, a lumpen individual or group.
outsole
noun, the outer sole of a shoe.
lumpers
noun, a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
rehouse
verb (used with object), to house again.
luthern
noun, a dormer window.
pretors
noun, praetor.
rooster
noun, the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
present
noun, the present time.
regrets
noun, a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
presell
verb (used with object), to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
rigours
noun, rigor.
Nilotes
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
pushing
noun, the act of pushing; a shove or thrust.
melilot
noun, a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
putlogs
noun, any of a number of short pieces of lumber supporting a scaffold's floor.
ostiole
noun, Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
Petrine
adjective, of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
murines
noun, a murine rodent.
regimen
noun, Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
murgeon
noun, a grimace; a wry face.
rillets
noun, a little rill; streamlet.
reglets
noun, Architecture. a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc. a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
preter-
presort
verb (used with object), to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
presume
verb (used with object), to take for granted, assume, or suppose:
Murillo
noun, Bartolomé Esteban [bahr-taw-law-me es-te-vahn] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1617–82, Spanish painter.
Othniel
noun, a judge of Israel. Judges 3:9.
Mellers
noun, Wilfrid Howard, 1914–2008, English musicologist and composer.
mellite
noun, a pharmaceutical containing honey.
pontils
noun, punty.
regroup
verb (used with object), to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
rompers
noun, a person or thing that romps.
singlet
noun, a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
rimples
noun, a wrinkle.
luthier
noun, a maker of stringed instruments, as violins.
Orthros
noun, Greek Orthodox Church. the morning office, corresponding to matins.
outring
verb (used with object), to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
lutings
noun, any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
purloin
verb (used with object), to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
pongees
noun, silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
Simplon
noun, a mountain pass in S Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps: crossed by a carriage road constructed 1800–06 on Napoleon's orders. 6592 feet (2010 meters) high.
petrog.
pomelos
noun, the very large, yellow or orange citrus fruit of a tree, Citrus maxima, of southeastern Asia.
outline
noun, the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
sirloin
noun, the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
Meitner
noun, Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
meeting
noun, the act of coming together:
outlier
noun, something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
Sirenum
noun, Mare, Mare Sirenum.
megilps
noun, a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
menthol
noun, Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 10 H 20 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
meltons
noun, a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
nightie
noun, a nightgown.
meinies
noun, Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
melters
noun, a person or thing that melts.
outings
noun, a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
outgoes
noun, the act or process of going out:
meletin
noun, quercetin.
lotions
noun, Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
pumelos
noun, pomelo.
pugmill
lingers
verb (used with object), to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
Neupest
noun, German name of Ujpest.
postmen
noun, a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
perigon
noun, an angle of 360°.
posting
noun, assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
lingoes
noun, the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
puerile
adjective, of or relating to a child or to childhood.
perries
noun, a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
Perrine
noun, a town in S Florida.
neither
pronoun, not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
pereion
noun, (in a crustacean) the thorax.
roguish
adjective, pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
spireme
noun, the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
postern
noun, a back door or gate.
neolith
noun, a Neolithic stone implement.
peonies
noun, any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
lintels
noun, a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
linters
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
perrons
noun, an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
spinule
noun, a small spine.
prurigo
noun, a skin condition characterized by itching papules.
spiling
noun, a group or mass of piles; spiles.
lisente
noun, plural of sente.
listing
noun, a list; record; catalog.
Spieler
noun, a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
roister
verb (used without object), to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
rollers
noun, a person or thing that rolls.
sphero-
lithium
noun, Chemistry. a soft, silver-white metallic element, the lightest of all metals, occurring combined in certain minerals. Symbol: Li; atomic weight: 6.939; atomic number: 3; specific gravity: 0.53 at 20°C.
ripieno
noun, tutti (defs 3, 4).
lineups
noun, a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
penults
noun, the next to the last syllable in a word.
pilings
noun, a mass of building piles considered collectively.
perlite
noun, a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
pterion
noun, the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
permute
verb (used with object), to alter; change.
nephro-
ligroin
noun, a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
promote
verb (used with object), to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
pileous
adjective, hairy or furry.
ligules
noun, a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
ligures
noun, a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
spoiler
noun, a person or thing that spoils.
splurge
verb (used without object), to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one:
splunge
potline
noun, a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
potions
noun, a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
limiter
noun, a person or thing that limits.
posture
noun, the relative disposition of the parts of something.
roemers
noun, a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
limites
noun, plural of limes.
limners
noun, a person who paints or draws.
pothole
noun, a deep hole; pit.
pothers
noun, commotion; uproar.
pillion
noun, a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
spleno-
Limoges
noun, a city in and the capital of Haute Vienne, in S central France.
pterous
potheen
noun, poteen.
Nerthus
noun, goddess of fertility, described by Tacitus in his Germania: later appeared in Scandinavian mythology as the god Njord.
riposte
noun, a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
poteens
noun, the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
limpets
noun, any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
rolling
noun, the action, motion, or sound of anything that rolls.
pentose
noun, a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
smother
noun, dense, stifling smoke.
rollout
noun, the first public showing of an aircraft.
petiole
noun, Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
premier
noun, the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
looming
noun, a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.
Rollins
noun, Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
pullets
noun, a young hen, less than one year old.
loopers
noun, a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
looping
noun, the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.
Sorghum
noun, a cereal grass, Sorghum bicolor (or S. vulgare), having broad, cornlike leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense terminal cluster.
pull-in
noun, adjective, drive-in.
rollmop
noun, a fillet of herring, rolled, usually around a pickle, marinated in brine, and served as an appetizer.
neutro-
Lorelei
noun, a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
Lorient
noun, a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
Lorimer
noun, a craftsperson who makes hardware for harnesses and riding habits, as bits or spurs.
pull-on
noun, an item of apparel that is pulled on, as a sweater or glove.
Pigmies
noun, Pygmy.
someone
pronoun, some person; somebody.
pigment
noun, a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
portion
noun, a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
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.
soliton
Soleure
noun, French name of Solothurn.
lounger
noun, a person or thing that lounges.
riotous
adjective, (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
lounges
noun, a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
soilure
noun, a stain.
louring
adjective, lowering.
snorter
noun, a person or thing that snorts.
loutish
adjective, like or characteristic of a lout; awkward; clumsy; boorish.
Protium
noun, the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
sorting
noun, the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
prelims
noun, preliminary.
lithol.
Soutine
noun, Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
pensile
adjective, hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
pugrees
noun, a light turban worn in India.
spheno-
Pilsner
noun, a pale, light lager beer.
prelim.
spermo-
pilules
noun, a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
pignuts
noun, the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra, of North America.
Spelter
noun, zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
Peneios
noun, Modern Greek name of Salambria.
promise
noun, a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
Negroes
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.
speller
noun, a person who spells words.
logions
noun, a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
pelting
noun, the act of pelting.
pelites
noun, any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
pelters
noun, a person or thing that pelts.
Pimento
noun, pimiento.
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.
souther
noun, a wind or storm from the south.
neuters
noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
loiters
verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
loments
noun, a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
peloton
noun, an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
longies
noun, long underwear, especially for winter use.
longish
adjective, somewhat long.
pignoli
noun, pine nut (def 1).
pelorus
noun, a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
pelmets
noun, a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
pellets
noun, a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
rigolet
noun, a small stream; rivulet.
rumples
noun, a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
merlots
noun, a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
routing
noun, the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
routine
noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
mongers
noun, a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
mongoes
noun, mungo.
mongols
noun, a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia.
mongrel
noun, a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
Phineus
noun, a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.
monitor
noun, (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
plenums
noun, the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
phlegms
noun, the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
phloems
noun, the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
reputes
noun, estimation in the view of others; reputation:
photons
noun, a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
re-sign
verb (used with or without object), to sign again.
phoneme
noun, any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
repugns
verb (used with object), to oppose or refute.
monster
noun, a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
sellout
noun, an act or instance of selling out.
selling
noun, an act or method of selling.
montero
noun, a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
photom.
plenish
verb (used with object), to fill up; stock; furnish.
phonies
noun, something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
Reuters
noun, a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
phonol.
photogs
noun, a photographer.
oenomel
noun, a drink made of wine mixed with honey.
seleno-
re-sort
verb (used with object), to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
moonish
adjective, capricious; inconstant.
repulse
noun, the act of repelling.
semipro
adjective, noun, semiprofessional.
moutons
noun, sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
plights
noun, a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:
pintles
noun, a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
sheitel
noun, a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
reposit
verb (used with object), to put back; replace.
miterer
noun, a machine or tool for making miters.
philter
noun, a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
mithers
noun, mother1 .
mitogen
noun, any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
ologies
noun, any science or branch of knowledge.
reprint
noun, a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
plinths
noun, a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
serpigo
noun, (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
Serpent
noun, a snake.
Sergipe
noun, a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
Roulers
noun, a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
pleuro-
septime
noun, the seventh of eight defensive positions.
rousing
noun, a rousing.
reprise
noun, Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
MSGeolE
moisten
verb (used with or without object), to make or become moist.
pleuron
noun, the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
philtre
noun, verb (used with object), philter.
Moliere
noun, (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
Molinos
noun, Miguel de [mee-gel de] /miˈgɛl dɛ/ (Show IPA), c1640–c95, Spanish priest and mystic: chief exponent of quietism.
rouster
noun, roustabout (def 1).
Senghor
noun, Léopold Sédar [French ley-aw-pawld sey-dahr] /French leɪ ɔˈpɔld seɪˈdɑr/ (Show IPA), 1906–2001, African poet, teacher, and statesman: president of the Republic of Senegal 1960–80.
phreno-
reptile
noun, any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
routers
noun, any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
moonlet
noun, a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
prithee
interjection, (I) pray thee.
re-pose
verb (used with or without object), to pose again.
retires
noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
morions
noun, an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
Morison
noun, Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
rustler
noun, a cattle thief.
retells
verb (used with object), to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
Rushing
noun, a sequence of social events sponsored by a fraternity or sorority for prospective members prior to bidding and pledging.
retinol
noun, vitamin A.
nourish
verb (used with object), to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
noughts
noun, nothing.
piolets
noun, an ice ax used in mountaineering.
retinue
noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
pirogue
noun, piragua (def 1).
returns
noun, the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
Pioneer
noun, a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
morpho-
morgens
noun, a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
morphol
prolegs
noun, one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
pirogen
noun, (used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
nostrum
noun, a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
nostril
noun, either of the two external openings of the nose.
retools
verb (used with object), to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
morphos
noun, any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.
photism
noun, a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
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.
mortise
noun, a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
Photius
noun, a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.
rulings
noun, an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
motions
noun, the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
Moselle
noun, German Mosel [moh-zuh l] /ˈmoʊ zəl/ (Show IPA). a river in W central Europe, flowing from the Vosges Mountains in NE France into the Rhine at Coblenz in W Germany. 320 miles (515 km) long.
morgues
noun, a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
N-shell
noun, the fourth shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, 32 electrons having principal quantum number 4.
respire
verb (used with object), to breathe; inhale and exhale.
restore
verb (used with object), to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
pitiers
noun, a person who pities.
moonlit
adjective, lighted by the moon.
piteous
adjective, evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
moonset
noun, the setting of the moon below the horizon.
mousing
noun, a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
nutmegs
noun, the hard, aromatic seed of the fruit of an East Indian tree, Myristica fragrans, used in grated form as a spice.
proline
noun, an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
respite
noun, a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
pistole
noun, a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
moorhen
noun, Also called water hen. a common species of gallinule, Gallinule chloropus, of nearly worldwide distribution.
mourner
noun, a person who mourns.
Mountie
noun, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
resting
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
mooring
noun, the act of a person or thing that moors.
Moorish
adjective, of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
norites
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.
reunite
verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
segment
noun, one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
mounter
noun, a person or thing that mounts.
seeming
noun, appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
Moulins
noun, a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
mouille
adjective, palatal or palatalized, especially referring to sounds spelled ll and ñ in Spanish, gl and gn in Italian, etc.
resurge
verb (used without object), to rise again, as from desuetude or from virtual extinction.
rutiles
noun, a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
moreens
noun, a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
morello
noun, a variety of sour cherry having dark-colored skin and juice.
phorous
n-tuple
noun, a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
Morelos
noun, a state in S central Mexico. 1916 sq. mi. (4960 sq. km). Capital: Cuernavaca.
pismire
noun, an ant.
misrule
noun, bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
omelets
noun, eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
Meropes
noun, a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
orients
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
shooter
noun, a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
Miletus
noun, Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
pieties
noun, reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
phellem
noun, cork (def 6).
relents
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
pointes
noun, the tip of the toe.
orioles
noun, any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Compare golden oriole.
pointer
noun, a person or thing that points.
reliers
noun, a person or thing that relies.
pointel
noun, a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
Millers
noun, a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
millets
noun, a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
primine
noun, the outer integument of an ovule.
mullite
noun, a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
protege
noun, a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
millier
noun, 1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
pogroms
noun, an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
Oriente
noun, a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
phenols
noun, Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
phenoms
noun, a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy:
priming
noun, the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
mullion
noun, a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
milline
noun, one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
opulent
adjective, characterized by or exhibiting opulence:
relumes
verb (used with object), to light or illuminate again; relumine.
mullets
noun, any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
mullers
noun, an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
optimes
noun, (formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler (def 2).
mullein
noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
primers
noun, an elementary book for teaching children to read.
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.
nitrous
adjective, pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
pinetum
noun, an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
petrols
noun, British. gasoline.
Merrill
noun, James (Ingram) 1926–95, U.S. poet.
Roselle
noun, a tropical plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the mallow family, grown for its thick, red calyx and bracts, used in making jellies and as a substitute for cranberries.
signore
noun, a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
signior
noun, signor.
Orphism
noun, the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
Orpheus
noun, Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
pollute
verb (used with object), to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty:
Orontes
noun, a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
Pietism
noun, a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
shut-in
noun, a person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
Niteroi
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
Methuen
noun, a town in NE Massachusetts, near Lawrence.
metiers
noun, a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
metopes
noun, any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
pinhole
noun, a small hole made by or as by a pin.
pollens
noun, the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
pollees
noun, a person who is asked questions in a poll.
Shriner
noun, a member of a fraternal order (Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) that is an auxiliary of the Masonic order and is dedicated to good fellowship, health programs, charitable works, etc.
prolong
verb (used with object), to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer:
respell
verb (used with object), to spell again or anew.
petrous
adjective, Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
shotgun
noun, a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
primero
noun, a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
ornith-
shortie
noun, a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
Shorter
noun, Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
shorten
verb (used with object), to make short or shorter.
shoring
noun, a number or system of shores for steadying or supporting a wall, a ship in drydock, etc.
nitrile
noun, any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
pneumo-
remorse
noun, deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
reports
noun, an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
onerous
adjective, burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
onliest
Idioms, only too, as a matter of fact; extremely: unfortunately; very:
primsie
adjective, prim1 (def 1).
repents
adjective, creeping.
shingle
noun, a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
pinoles
noun, corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
shilpit
adjective, (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
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.
Printer
noun, a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
rougher
noun, a person or thing that roughs or roughs out something, as certain crude cutting tools or a person who performs the first, rough parts of a process.
Minster
noun, a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
ploughs
noun, an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
noisome
adjective, offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
minuets
noun, a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
rhenium
noun, a rare metallic element of the manganese subgroup: used, because of its high melting point, in platinum-rhenium thermocouples. Symbol: Re; atomic number: 75; atomic weight: 186.2.
Pierrot
noun, a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
minutes
noun, the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
repines
verb (used without object), to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
phrenol
philos.
philous
Shemite
noun, a Semite.
Shelton
noun, a city in SW Connecticut.
shelter
noun, something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
replies
noun, an answer or response in words or writing.
ominous
adjective, portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
sheller
noun, a person, device, machine, etc., that shells something, as peas or clams.
plosion
noun, the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).
Ploesti
noun, a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
Reuther
noun, Walter Philip, 1907–70, U.S. labor leader: president of the UAW 1946–70; president of the CIO 1952–55.
shipmen
noun, a sailor.
mingles
noun, mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
milling
noun, an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
plunges
noun, act of plunging.
ophites
noun, a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
million
noun, a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
righter
noun, a person who rights or redresses:
rostrum
noun, any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
prostie
noun, a prostitute.
pinites
noun, a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
plutons
noun, any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
remotes
noun, Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
millrun
noun, millrace.
operose
adjective, industrious, as a person.
operons
noun, a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
Philem.
remount
noun, a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
openers
noun, a person or thing that opens.
pinitol
noun, a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
onshore
adverb, onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water:
pilgrim
noun, a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:
shoo-in
noun, a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
milreis
noun, a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
ooliths
noun, any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
plunger
noun, Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
oolites
noun, a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
rentier
noun, a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
milters
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
plumose
adjective, having feathers or plumes; feathered.
rhetors
noun, a master or teacher of rhetoric.
Mueller
noun, Paul, 1899–1965, Swiss chemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1948.
reopens
verb (used with or without object), to open again.
philol.
roughen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become rough or rougher.
lignite
noun, a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
Herriot
noun, Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
pouters
noun, a person who pouts.
trellis
noun, a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
girosol
noun, girasol.
trienes
noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
Giselle
noun, (italics) a ballet (1841) choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with musical score by Adolphe Adam.
superl.
tremolo
noun, a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
Imogene
noun, a female given name.
supreme
noun, suprême (def 3).
imperil
verb (used with object), to put in peril or danger; endanger.
supremo
noun, the person in charge; chief.
glimpse
noun, a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
illust.
ill-use
noun, Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
glisten
noun, a glistening; sparkle.
glister
noun, glitter; sparkle.
Trigere
noun, Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
impers.
tourism
noun, the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
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.
imputes
verb (used with object), to attribute or ascribe:
gimlets
noun, a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
impulse
noun, the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
impugns
verb (used with object), to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
imprint
noun, a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
imprest
noun, an advance of money; loan.
imports
noun, something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
impetus
noun, a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
impones
verb (used with object), to wager; stake.
girlish
adjective, of, like, or befitting a girl or girlhood:
implore
verb (used with object), to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
implies
verb (used with object), to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated:
girl-os
noun, a girl or young woman.
impious
adjective, not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
impinge
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to come into violent contact with.
illumes
verb (used with object), to illuminate.
surgeon
noun, a physician who specializes in surgery.
gillnet
verb (used with object), to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
hustler
noun, an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
gomerel
noun, a fool.
Gompers
noun, Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
tellers
noun, a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
tellies
noun, television.
gomutis
noun, Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
Goneril
noun, (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
telling
Idioms, tell it like it is, Informal. to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; be forthright:
goiters
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.
toreros
noun, a bullfighter, especially a matador.
hurtles
noun, Archaic. clash; collision; shock; clatter.
Torelli
noun, Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
topsoil
noun, the fertile, upper part of the soil.
gophers
noun, any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
hurries
noun, a state of urgency or eagerness:
torpors
noun, sluggish inactivity or inertia.
Torrens
noun, Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
illites
noun, any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
Igorots
noun, a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
toupees
noun, a man's wig.
glories
noun, very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
teeming
adjective, abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
gluepot
noun, a double boiler in which glue is melted.
toughie
noun, a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
toughen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become tough or tougher.
ignores
verb (used with object), to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
Torreon
noun, a city in N Mexico.
glutens
noun, the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
ignites
verb (used with object), to set on fire; kindle.
igniter
noun, a person or thing that ignites.
glutose
noun, an ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.
igneous
adjective, Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
gnomist
noun, a writer of aphorisms.
torsion
noun, the act of twisting.
sunroom
noun, a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
Sumpter
noun, a packhorse or mule.
gosmore
noun, cat's-ear.
troughs
noun, a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
ioniums
noun, a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
trouser
noun, a leg of a pair of trousers.
troupes
noun, a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
iolites
noun, cordierite.
inutile
adjective, of no use or service.
trouper
noun, an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
eugenol
noun, a colorless, oily, spicy, aromatic, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 10 H 12 O 2 , extracted from certain essential oils, as oil of cloves: used chiefly in perfumery and in dentistry as an antiseptic.
strophe
noun, the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
tropous
euphroe
noun, a suspended batten or plate of wood or brass pierced with holes through which the cords of a crowfoot are rove to suspend an awning.
tropism
noun, an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
tropine
noun, a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
tropho-
stumper
noun, a person or thing that stumps.
ionomer
noun, any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
etoiles
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
integer
noun, Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
estriol
noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
irrupts
verb (used without object), to break or burst in suddenly.
ironist
noun, a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
ironies
noun, the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
ironers
noun, a person or thing that irons.
tuilles
noun, a tasset.
stoping
noun, a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.
estrone
noun, Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
Iphinoe
noun, a daughter of Antia and Proetus who was inflicted with madness for her irreverence toward the gods. Compare Iphianassa (def 2).
ethions
noun, a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
ethiops
adjective, noun, Ethiopian.
strigil
noun, an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
ethnol.
ethrogs
noun, etrog.
striper
noun, Military. a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes: an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
Iphitus
noun, a son of Eurytus, thrown to his death off the walls of Tiryns by Hercules.
Interim
noun, an intervening time; interval; meantime:
trooper
noun, a horse-cavalry soldier.
trimers
noun, a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
triples
noun, an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
gerents
noun, a ruler or manager.
trireme
noun, a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
germens
noun, a germ.
inpours
verb (used with or without object), to pour in.
Gershom
noun, the elder son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex. 18:3.
Tripoli
noun, Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
gesture
noun, a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.:
suiting
noun, fabric for making suits.
inliers
noun, an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
inhumes
verb (used with object), to bury; inter.
inherit
verb (used with object), to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir:
inheres
verb (used without object), to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
tringle
noun, a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
ghillie
noun, a low-cut, tongueless shoe with loops instead of eyelets for the laces, which cross the instep and are sometimes tied around the ankle.
trisome
noun, a trisomic individual.
Triumph
noun, the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
insurer
noun, a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
inspire
verb (used with object), to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
trompes
noun, Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
instill
verb (used with object), to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
trollop
noun, an immoral or promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
genito-
genitor
noun, a parent, especially a father.
genoise
noun, a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
genomes
noun, a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
triunes
noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
Troilus
noun, a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
trogons
noun, any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
insight
noun, an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding:
Gentile
noun, a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
gentles
adjective, kindly; amiable:
inshore
adverb, toward the shore:
Gentoos
noun, a Hindu.
topline
adjective, so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
hurling
noun, the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
errhine
noun, a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
thermel
noun, thermocouple.
thereon
adverb, on or upon that or it.
tillers
noun, a person who tills; farmer.
hognuts
noun, the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
tilings
noun, the operation of covering with tiles.
tigrish
adjective, tigerish.
hegemon
noun, a person, nation, etc., that has or exercises hegemony.
hegumen
noun, the head of a monastery.
Holguin
noun, a city in NE Cuba.
hit-run
adjective, hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
heinous
adjective, hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible:
thermes
noun, therm.
histone
noun, any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
tiglons
noun, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
hirsute
adjective, hairy; shaggy.
therein
adverb, in or into that place or thing.
timeous
adjective, timely; sufficiently early.
Thermos
noun, a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
gunport
noun, an aperture, as in a protective wall or the side of a ship, through which a gun can be aimed and fired.
guimpes
noun, a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.
gullets
noun, the esophagus.
gullies
noun, a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
tingles
noun, a tingling sensation.
gumshoe
noun, Slang. a detective.
holster
noun, a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
gunship
noun, a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.
Guthrie
noun, A(lfred) B(ertram), Jr. 1901–91, U.S. novelist.
gunshot
noun, the shooting of a gun:
theorem
noun, Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
Gunther
noun, John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.
gurries
noun, the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
timings
noun, Theater. a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect. the result or effect thus achieved. (in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
hollies
noun, any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, as I. opaca (American holly) the state tree of Delaware, or I. aquifolium (English holly) having glossy, spiny-toothed leaves, small, whitish flowers, and red berries.
hollers
noun, a loud cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to call for help, etc.
thermo-
hipster
noun, a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
honoree
noun, a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
heroine
noun, a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
thronos
noun, an ancient Greek chair, usually highly ornamented, having a high seat and back and rectangular turned or carved legs ending in animal feet.
thorium
noun, a grayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; atomic weight: 232.038; atomic number: 90; specific gravity: 11.7.
Hengelo
noun, a city in the E Netherlands.
Hengist
noun, died a.d. 488? chief of the Jutes: with his brother Horsa led the Teutonic invasion of southern Britain c440.
heroism
noun, the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
heroins
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.
henries
noun, the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
Herring
noun, an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
thrills
noun, a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
heptose
noun, any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
thorons
noun, a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
hernio-
Hermite
noun, Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
heriots
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.
Herries
verb (used with or without object), harry.
hemline
noun, the bottom edge of a coat, dress, skirt, etc.
heliums
noun, an inert, gaseous element present in the sun's atmosphere and in natural gas, and also occurring as a radioactive decomposition product, used as a substitute for flammable gases in dirigible balloons. Symbol: He; atomic weight: 4.0026; atomic number: 2; density: 0.1785 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
Heloise
noun, 1101?–64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard. Compare Abélard.
helleri
noun, a brightly colored, playful topminnow that is a hybrid of Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus, bred for aquariums.
hellers
noun, a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
hellion
noun, a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
helloes
noun, the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
Helmont
noun, Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
Tiepolo
noun, Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
tiepins
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.
Thomson
noun, Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
hilltop
noun, the top or summit of a hill.
helpers
noun, a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
helping
noun, the act of a person or thing that helps.
Helprin
noun, Mark, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Thomsen
noun, Christian Jürgensen [kris-tyahn yoor-guh n-suh n] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈyur gən sən/ (Show IPA), 1788–1865, Danish archaeologist.
heteros
noun, Informal. a heterosexual person.
hetero-
theines
noun, caffeine, especially in tea.
honours
noun, honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
telpher
noun, Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
Houston
noun, Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
huipils
noun, a richly embroidered cotton blouse worn by women in Mexico and Central America, often very wide and low-cut.
griller
noun, a person who grills food, especially as a cook in a restaurant.
grilles
noun, a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
Teniers
noun, David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
tensile
adjective, of or relating to tension:
tenures
noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
housing
noun, any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
hulling
noun, material for the framework and shell of the hull of a ship.
tone-up
noun, an exercise for toning up one's body.
Terhune
noun, Albert Payson [pey-suh n] /ˈpeɪ sən/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Hotspur
noun, an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
tonemes
noun, a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
gripmen
noun, a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
hotline
noun, hot line.
tongues
noun, Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
tempers
noun, a particular state of mind or feelings.
Tompion
noun, tampion.
tooling
noun, work done with a tool or tools; tooled ornamentation, as on wood, stone, or leather.
Gosport
noun, a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
Hunters
noun, a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
gourmet
noun, a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
hungers
noun, a compelling need or desire for food.
goutish
adjective, susceptible to gout; gouty.
Temenus
noun, a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
tonsure
noun, the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
hulloes
interjection, noun, hallo.
greenth
noun, green growth; verdure.
humpies
noun, any crude Aborigine hut or shelter, especially a shanty built at the edge of a town.
greisen
noun, a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
humilis
adjective, (of a cumulus cloud) having a small, flattened appearance.
tempehs
noun, a fermented soybean cake.
gremlin
noun, a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
hulloos
interjection, noun, hallo.
termers
noun, a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
termini
noun, the end or extremity of anything.
Theiler
noun, Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
grushie
adjective, healthy; thriving.
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.
toeshoe
noun, a dance slipper fitted with a thick, reinforced toe to enable the ballet dancer to toe-dance.
terries
noun, the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
hoplite
noun, a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
terrine
noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
grunter
noun, a hog.
hooters
noun, a person or thing that hoots.
grouper
noun, any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
T-group
noun, sensitivity group.
Hoosier
noun, a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
guerite
noun, a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
hoopmen
noun, a basketball player.
hoopers
noun, a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
Guillen
noun, Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1984, Spanish poet, in the U.S. 1940–75.
groupie
noun, a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
Terrell
noun, a city in NE Texas.
hostler
noun, a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
tollmen
noun, a tollkeeper.
hostile
noun, a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly.
gristle
noun, cartilage, especially in meats.
toluols
noun, toluene.
toluene
noun, a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
Grolier
adjective, pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
termors
noun, a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
tollies
noun, candle (def 1).
hormone
noun, Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
horrent
adjective, bristling; standing erect like bristles.
gropers
noun, a person or thing that gropes.
hornito
noun, a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
Gropius
noun, Walter [wawl-ter;; German vahl-tuh r] /ˈwɔl tər;; German ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.
tollers
noun, a person or thing that tolls.
Grotius
noun, Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
Hornell
noun, a city in S New York.
tupelos
noun, any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
heritor
noun, inheritor.
sternum
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
Lesotho
noun, a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
epimers
noun, either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
elegits
noun, a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
urethr-
epigone
noun, an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
unpiles
verb (used with object), to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
epigeum
ureters
noun, a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
stipule
noun, one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
isotope
noun, any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
umpteen
adjective, innumerable; many.
unhorse
verb (used with object), to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
elusion
noun, the act of eluding; evasion.
uptimes
noun, the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
unities
noun, the state of being one; oneness.
Stephen
noun, Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
Lenotre
noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
Steiner
noun, Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
elegist
noun, the author of an elegy.
unloose
verb (used with object), to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
lengths
noun, the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
epitome
noun, a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
unsight
adjective, without inspection or examination:
emigres
noun, an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
legitim
noun, the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
unsteel
verb (used with object), to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
sporont
noun, (in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
Epistle
noun, a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
spumone
noun, an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
isotone
noun, one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
episome
noun, bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
sporter
noun, a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
engluts
verb (used with object), to gulp down.
trigons
noun, a triangle.
unreels
verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
Emerson
noun, Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
sporule
noun, a spore, especially a small one.
epingle
noun, a ribbed fabric constructed in plain weave, used in the manufacture of women's dress goods.
step-in
noun, step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
upsilon
noun, the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
English
noun, the people of England collectively, especially as distinguished from the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.
entomo-
ellipse
noun, a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal. It is a conic section formed by the intersection of a right circular cone by a plane that cuts the axis and the surface of the cone. Typical equation: (x 2 / a 2) + (y 2 / b 2) = 1. If a = b the ellipse is a circle.
eloigns
verb (used with object), to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
unmiter
verb (used with object), to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
enspell
verb (used with object), to cast a spell on.
Ellison
noun, Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
Elohist
noun, a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh.
entries
noun, an act of entering; entrance.
unmitre
verb (used with object), unmiter.
uproots
verb (used with object), to pull out by or as if by the roots:
entoils
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
upright
noun, the state of being upright or vertical.
entires
noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
Stiegel
noun, Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
sterno-
enthuse
verb (used with object), to cause to become enthusiastic.
Elohism
noun, the worship of Elohim or the religious system based on such worship.
entero-
sterile
adjective, free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
lentigo
noun, a freckle or other pigmented spot.
eoliths
noun, a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
uphills
noun, a rising terrain; ascent.
Elspeth
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
step-on
adjective, made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
stinger
noun, a person or thing that stings.
elision
noun, the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
springe
noun, a snare for catching small game.
unmoors
verb (used with object), to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
leptons
noun, an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
stereo-
enroots
verb (used with object), to fix by the root.
Elpenor
noun, (in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
uplight
noun, a lamp, often a light bulb set in a cylinder or other container, placed on the floor so that a beam of light is directed upward.
leprous
adjective, Pathology. affected with leprosy.
enrolls
verb (used with object), to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
leprose
adjective, leprous.
elitism
noun, practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
Leotine
noun, a female given name.
stimuli
noun, something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
isoneph
noun, a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
Leghorn
noun, English name of Livorno.
unrolls
verb (used with object), to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
eelpout
noun, any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
emprise
noun, an adventurous enterprise.
erelong
adverb, before long; soon.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
stirrup
noun, a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
turgors
noun, Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
Turners
noun, a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
legroom
noun, space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
urolith
noun, a urinary calculus.
uromere
noun, any segment of the abdomen of an arthropod.
Utrillo
noun, Maurice [maw-rees;; French maw-rees] /mɔˈris;; French mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, French painter (son of Suzanne Valadon).
ergotin
noun, any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
lighter
noun, a person or thing that lights or ignites.
Epstein
noun, Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
lighten
verb (used with object), to give light to; illuminate:
empties
noun, Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
utopism
noun, utopianism.
stollen
noun, a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
egotism
noun, excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
leisure
noun, freedom from the demands of work or duty:
utensil
noun, any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
unroots
verb (used with object), to uproot.
leister
noun, a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
uterine
adjective, of or relating to the uterus or womb.
Erigone
noun, a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
Empirin
turmoil
noun, a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
erosion
noun, the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
lemures
plural noun, the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.
legumin
noun, a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
unshell
verb (used with object), to remove or liberate from or as from a shell.
emotion
noun, an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
Epsilon
noun, the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
isoline
noun, isogram.
liernes
noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
legumes
noun, any plant of the legume family, especially those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop.
spurtle
noun, a stick used to stir porridge.
tureens
noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
sponger
noun, a person or thing that sponges.
emperor
noun, the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire:
isohume
noun, a line on a weather map or chart connecting points of equal relative humidity.
Empire
noun, a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
gruels
noun, a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
Oriole
noun, any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Compare golden oriole.
toiles
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
repine
verb (used without object), to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
grouts
noun, a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
grouse
noun, any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
groups
noun, any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation:
Pontus
noun, an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
one-up
adverb, Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
unsell
verb (used with object), to dissuade from a belief in the desirability, value, wisdom, or truth of something:
repros
noun, Informal. reproduction (def 3).
orihon
noun, a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
Poitou
noun, a region and former province in W France.
relent
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
Origen
noun, (Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
Guelph
noun, a member of the political party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the sovereignty of the papacy against the German emperors: opposed to the Ghibellines.
elopes
verb (used without object), to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
origin
noun, something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
G-suit
noun, anti-G suit.
report
noun, an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
togues
noun, lake trout.
repent
adjective, creeping.
orison
noun, a prayer.
repots
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
Tishri
noun, the first month of the Jewish calendar.
toe-in
noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
grunts
noun, a sound of grunting.
Grunth
noun, Granth.
ponies
noun, a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
eloign
verb (used with object), to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
repose
noun, the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
pongee
noun, silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
grille
noun, a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
oligo-
emotes
verb (used without object), to show or pretend emotion:
grumps
noun, a person given to constant complaining.
oleums
noun, Pharmacology. oil.
pontil
noun, punty.
presto
noun, Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
relier
noun, a person or thing that relies.
Eloise
noun, a female given name.
grumes
noun, blood when viscous.
omelet
noun, eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
remits
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
Groton
noun, a city in SE Connecticut.
toluol
noun, toluene.
Polish
noun, a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
Grimes
noun, dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
relish
noun, liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
Elohim
noun, God, especially as used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
grooms
noun, a bridegroom.
opener
noun, a person or thing that opens.
polit.
polite
adjective, showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
groins
noun, Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
operon
noun, a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
relume
verb (used with object), to light or illuminate again; relumine.
unstep
verb (used with object), to lift from its step, as a mast.
griths
noun, protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
pollee
noun, a person who is asked questions in a poll.
Oregon
noun, a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
toners
noun, a person or thing that tones.
griots
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.
remote
noun, Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
Ophite
noun, a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
optime
noun, (formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler (def 2).
emigre
noun, an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
gripes
noun, the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
Grison
noun, a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
Pollen
noun, the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
unship
verb (used with object), to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods.
remise
verb (used with object), to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
opiums
noun, the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
opines
verb (used with or without object), to hold or express an opinion.
toneme
noun, a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
unstop
verb (used with object), to remove the stopper from:
Remsen
noun, Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
pretor
noun, praetor.
priers
noun, a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
repels
verb (used with object), to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
onrush
noun, a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
polers
noun, a person or thing that poles.
Toller
noun, a person or thing that tolls.
grills
noun, a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
pomelo
noun, the very large, yellow or orange citrus fruit of a tree, Citrus maxima, of southeastern Asia.
uphill
noun, a rising terrain; ascent.
reopen
verb (used with or without object), to open again.
Orient
noun, the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
oriels
noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
primer
noun, an elementary book for teaching children to read.
relies
verb (used without object), to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
gropes
noun, an act or instance of groping.
orgies
noun, wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
polios
noun, poliomyelitis.
Orense
noun, a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
groper
noun, a person or thing that gropes.
oolite
noun, a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
polies
noun, Informal. polyester (def 2):
elutes
verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
oolith
noun, any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
grilse
noun, a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
Groote
noun, Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
rentes
noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
Tongue
noun, Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
oomphs
noun, energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
ultimo
adverb, in or of the month preceding the current one: Abbreviation: ult., ulto. Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
Renoir
noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
Priest
noun, a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
eroto-
uproot
verb (used with object), to pull out by or as if by the roots:
oleins
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
nitres
noun, niter.
poster
noun, a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
egrets
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.
urines
noun, the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
helots
noun, a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
nitro-
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.
Helper
noun, a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
urino-
rhinos
noun, a rhinoceros.
egoist
noun, a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
egoism
noun, the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
niters
noun, potassium nitrate.
tie-in
noun, an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
Thurs.
righto
interjection, (used to express understanding or assent).
Nistru
noun, Romanian name of Dniester.
helmet
noun, any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
rhino-
thurls
noun, the hip joint of cattle.
Heller
noun, a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
helio-
urgent
adjective, compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
Reuter
noun, Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
Helios
noun, the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
helium
noun, an inert, gaseous element present in the sun's atmosphere and in natural gas, and also occurring as a radioactive decomposition product, used as a substitute for flammable gases in dirigible balloons. Symbol: He; atomic weight: 4.0026; atomic number: 2; density: 0.1785 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
Rheims
noun, Reims.
urgers
noun, a person or thing that urges.
eights
noun, crazy eights.
Rhines
noun, Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
Helles
noun, Cape, a cape in European Turkey at the S end of Gallipoli Peninsula.
tie-up
noun, a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
posole
noun, a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
no-hit
adjective, of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
rhetor
noun, a master or teacher of rhetoric.
hellos
noun, the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
rheums
noun, a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
rights
noun, (used with a plural verb) civil rights.
rigors
noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
tiglon
noun, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
neurol
preens
noun, a pin or brooch.
thrips
noun, any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
herein
adverb, in or into this place.
neuter
noun, Grammar. the neuter gender. a noun of that gender. another element marking that gender. an intransitive verb.
lignes
noun, (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
Herero
noun, a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
hereto
adverb, to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
neuro-
potion
noun, a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
Hering
noun, Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
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.
poults
noun, a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
neumes
noun, any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
ripens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become ripe.
Nethou
noun, Pic de [French peek duh] /French pik də/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain: highest peak of the Pyrenees. 11,165 feet (3400 meters).
nether
adjective, lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
Potosi
noun, a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
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.
rigour
noun, rigor.
rimple
noun, a wrinkle.
thumps
noun, a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
poteen
noun, the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
rillet
noun, a little rill; streamlet.
hemins
noun, the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
Nilote
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
ursine
adjective, of or relating to a bear or bears.
rimose
adjective, full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
nights
noun, the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
throng
noun, a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
hempen
adjective, of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
usenet
noun, Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
thrums
noun, an act or sound of thrumming; dull, monotonous sound.
pother
noun, commotion; uproar.
ringer
noun, a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
utero-
Pothos
noun, any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
niello
noun, a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
poseur
noun, a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
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):
repugn
verb (used with object), to oppose or refute.
tingle
noun, a tingling sensation.
resole
verb (used with object), to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
tip-in
noun, tap-in.
tinsel
noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
gullet
noun, the esophagus.
resort
noun, a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
Reiner
noun, Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
Oeneus
noun, a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
tinges
noun, a slight degree of coloration.
Ogmios
noun, the ancient Gallic god of eloquence, identified by the Romans with Mercury.
Timour
noun, Tamerlane.
nutmeg
noun, the hard, aromatic seed of the fruit of an East Indian tree, Myristica fragrans, used in grated form as a spice.
Gunite
noun, a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
nurser
noun, a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
gunsel
noun, a criminal armed with a gun.
Reston
noun, James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
numis.
resoil
verb (used with object), to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
tip-on
noun, tip1 (def 4).
result
noun, something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
oilmen
noun, a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
Elmont
noun, a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
guiles
noun, insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
preset
noun, a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
repute
noun, estimation in the view of others; reputation:
guilts
noun, the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
guimpe
noun, a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.
upmost
adjective, uppermost.
oillet
noun, eyelet (def 5).
resile
verb (used without object), to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
oilers
noun, a person or thing that oils.
reruns
noun, the act of rerunning.
resent
verb (used with object), to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
reship
verb (used with object), to ship again.
uprise
noun, an act of rising up.
resign
verb (used with object), to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
pooris
noun, a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
elites
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
nullos
noun, (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
retuse
adjective, having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
uptorn
verb, past participle of uptear.
Elinor
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Tiller
noun, a person who tills; farmer.
tiling
noun, the operation of covering with tiles.
nosher
noun, Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
retro-
tilers
noun, a person who lays tiles.
norths
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.
ureter
noun, a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
uptime
noun, the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
Tigris
noun, a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
Heinie
noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
elemis
noun, any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
return
noun, the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
Norris
noun, Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
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.
elegit
noun, a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
retool
verb (used with object), to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
nother
adjective, Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
resume
noun, résumé.
timing
noun, Theater. a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect. the result or effect thus achieved. (in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
Gunter
noun, a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.
uprose
noun, an act of rising up.
porion
noun, the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
elisor
noun, a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
Gursel
noun, Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
retell
verb (used with object), to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
Gusher
noun, a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity.
retems
noun, a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
retire
noun, a place of withdrawal; retreat:
Guston
noun, Philip, 1912–80, U.S. abstract expressionist painter, born in Canada.
timers
noun, a person or thing that times.
nought
noun, nothing.
porous
adjective, full of pores.
gutser
noun, a person who eats too much and greedily.
upshot
noun, the final issue, the conclusion, or the result:
Porter
noun, a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
elints
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
orlops
noun, the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
unroll
verb (used with object), to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
ormers
noun, an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
ungirt
adjective, having a girdle loosened or removed.
trogon
noun, any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
protei
noun, plural of proteus (def 3).
umpire
noun, a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
gentle
adjective, kindly; amiable:
ephors
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.
Petros
noun, Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
Gentoo
noun, a Hindu.
Triune
noun, (initial capital letter) the Trinity.
pheno-
unites
noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
pistil
noun, the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
Geonim
noun, a plural of Gaon.
gerent
noun, a ruler or manager.
pistol
noun, a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
petro-
germen
noun, a germ.
epimer
noun, either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
phenol
noun, Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
Petrie
noun, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
genies
noun, Islamic Mythology. jinn.
trones
noun, a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
Tromso
noun, a seaport in N Norway.
tromps
verb (used with object), to tramp or trample.
Gemini
plural noun, Astronomy. the Twins, a zodiacal constellation between Taurus and Cancer containing the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
gemots
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
trompe
noun, Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
genets
noun, any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
philo-
genous
Epirus
noun, an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
genips
noun, Also, ginep. a genipap.
genit.
proles
noun, a member of the proletariat.
genius
noun, an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
genome
noun, a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
phenom
noun, a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy:
proleg
noun, one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
eonism
noun, the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
Gerome
noun, Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
piolet
noun, an ice ax used in mountaineering.
Perrin
noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
person
noun, a human being, whether an adult or child:
pitier
noun, a person who pities.
eolith
noun, a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
pities
noun, sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
trines
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
pitmen
noun, a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
Perron
noun, an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
Perret
noun, Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
pithos
noun, a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
ghouls
noun, an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
Gilels
noun, Emil (Grigoryevich) [ee-mil gri-gawr-yuh-vich,, ey-mil;; Russian e-myeel gryi-gaw-ryi-vyich] /ˈi mɪl grɪˈgɔr yə vɪtʃ,, ˈeɪ mɪl;; Russian ɛˈmyil gryɪˈgɔ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–85, Russian pianist.
pitons
noun, a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
unmeet
adjective, not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
Gillie
noun, Scot. a hunting or fishing guide. a male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain.
pernor
noun, a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
pernio
noun, chilblain.
prunes
noun, a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
triols
noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
gerous
Peters
noun, penis.
Petrel
noun, any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
tripos
noun, (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
Piston
noun, a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
Gesell
noun, Arnold Lucius, 1880–1961, U.S. psychologist.
Gesner
noun, Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
triple
noun, an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
proems
noun, an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
proto-
peruse
verb (used with object), to read through with thoroughness or care:
Pithom
noun, one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
Proton
noun, a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
tripes
noun, the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
Proust
noun, Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
pestle
noun, a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
pester
verb (used with object), to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
triose
noun, a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
get-up
noun, getup.
Geisel
noun, Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
troops
noun, an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
trimer
noun, a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
Estrin
noun, estrone.
tulles
noun, a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
esprit
noun, sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
turion
noun, a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
tuille
noun, a tasset.
Ermine
noun, an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail. Compare stoat.
piglet
noun, a little pig.
Esther
noun, the wife of Ahasuerus.
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).
pignut
noun, the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra, of North America.
trumps
noun, Cards. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
trulls
noun, a prostitute; strumpet.
trullo
noun, a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
ethine
noun, acetylene.
ethion
noun, a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
Pierre
noun, a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
Ethiop
adjective, noun, Ethiopian.
pignus
noun, property held as security for a debt.
tumors
noun, a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
Turner
noun, a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
turgor
noun, Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
tureen
noun, a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
Pilsen
noun, German name of Plzeň.
pilous
adjective, pilose.
pilots
noun, a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
piloti
noun, a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
pilose
adjective, covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
erring
adjective, going astray; in error; wrong.
Tupelo
noun, any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
Turing
noun, Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
tungos
noun, rat-kangaroo.
piling
noun, a mass of building piles considered collectively.
promos
noun, promotion (def 5).
tuners
noun, a person or thing that tunes.
pileus
noun, Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
pileum
noun, the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
Ernest
noun, a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
erupts
verb (used with object), to release violently; burst forth with: Synonyms: vent.
Pinero
noun, Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
ethno-
prosit
interjection, (used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
phonet
pinots
noun, any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
phonos
noun, phonograph.
Pinter
noun, Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
tropo-
pintle
noun, a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
phono-
Europe
noun, a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
phones
noun, telephone (def 1).
ugsome
adjective, horrid; loathsome.
proser
noun, a person who talks or writes in prose.
Ulster
noun, a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
trophi
plural noun, the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
troph-
phloem
noun, the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
tropes
noun, Rhetoric. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
pintos
noun, Western U.S. a pinto horse.
phlegm
noun, the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
pronto
adverb, promptly; quickly.
trough
noun, a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
ethnog
Photon
noun, a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
ergots
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.
ethnos
noun, an ethnic group.
ethrog
noun, etrog.
phren.
prongs
noun, one of the pointed tines of a fork.
truism
noun, a self-evident, obvious truth.
pingos
noun, a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
Etoile
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
Pinole
noun, corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
turnip
noun, the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
Turpin
noun, Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
pinite
noun, a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
photog
noun, a photographer.
tushie
noun, the buttocks.
photo-
etrogs
noun, Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
troupe
noun, a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
Gilolo
noun, Halmahera.
permit
noun, an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
ormolu
noun, Also called mosaic gold. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold.
put-on
noun, an act or instance of putting someone on.
purree
noun, Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
ouster
noun, expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
purser
noun, an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
pusher
noun, a person or thing that pushes.
putlog
noun, any of a number of short pieces of lumber supporting a scaffold's floor.
goners
noun, a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
ouphes
noun, an elf or goblin.
oughts
noun, duty or obligation.
englut
verb (used with object), to gulp down.
gonium
noun, the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.
regent
noun, a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
regime
noun, a mode or system of rule or government:
Tories
noun, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
unrest
noun, lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
Engels
noun, Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
otiose
adjective, being at leisure; idle; indolent.
Torino
noun, Turin.
pluton
noun, any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
torero
noun, a bullfighter, especially a matador.
enisle
verb (used with object), to make an island of.
purges
noun, the act or process of purging.
purine
noun, a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
purism
noun, strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
purlin
noun, a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
gnomes
noun, (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
enlist
verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
torsel
noun, a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
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.
gomuti
noun, Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
primos
noun, the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
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.
golems
noun, Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
golosh
noun, galosh.
torpor
noun, sluggish inactivity or inertia.
torose
adjective, Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
unreel
verb (used with object), to unwind from or as if from a reel:
Outing
noun, a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
unrigs
verb (used with object), to strip of rigging, as a ship.
pogies
noun, a porgy.
purees
noun, a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
topees
noun, (in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
unroot
verb (used with object), to uproot.
pointe
noun, the tip of the toe.
emptor
noun, (especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
topers
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
reigns
noun, the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
Empson
noun, William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
orpine
noun, a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
Tooele
noun, a town in NW Utah.
ortho-
orogen
noun, an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
greens
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.
points
noun, a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
tonsil
noun, a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
greets
verb (used with object), to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
primes
noun, the most flourishing stage or state.
poiser
noun, a person or thing that poises.
poison
noun, a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
Gospel
noun, the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
Goshen
noun, a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus. Gen. 45:10.
unripe
adjective, not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
osteo-
others
noun, the other one:
Otello
noun, an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
region
noun, an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
gopher
noun, any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
Ostler
noun, hostler.
ostium
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
pogrom
noun, an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
topog.
Ortler
noun, a range of the Alps in N Italy.
regius
adjective, of or belonging to a king.
unrips
verb (used with object), to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
reglet
noun, Architecture. a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc. a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
topmen
noun, a person stationed for duty in a top.
pilule
noun, a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
regret
noun, a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
tophus
noun, a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
Gorton
noun, John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
enmesh
verb (used with object), to catch, as in a net; entangle:
plunge
noun, act of plunging.
Gilson
noun, Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
Girtin
noun, Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
entoil
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
entire
noun, Archaic. the whole; entirety.
trigon
noun, a triangle.
enters
Verb phrases, enter into, to participate in; engage in. to investigate; consider: to sympathize with; share in. to form a constituent part or ingredient of: to go into a particular state:
enter-
triers
noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
girths
noun, the measure around anything; circumference.
triens
noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
pleur-
plight
noun, a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:
triene
noun, any compound containing three double bonds.
tremor
noun, involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
ensure
verb (used with object), to secure or guarantee:
penult
noun, the next to the last syllable in a word.
plinth
noun, a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
tremie
noun, a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
girl-o
noun, a girl or young woman.
priors
noun, Informal. a prior conviction.
treens
noun, treenware.
gimlet
noun, a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
Pitris
noun, the legendary progenitor of any family.
trills
noun, the act or sound of trilling.
gimels
noun, the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Perlis
noun, a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
pituri
noun, a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
ptero-
pteron
noun, (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
enures
verb (used with or without object), inure.
plenum
noun, the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
Piutes
noun, Paiute.
trigos
noun, wheat; field of wheat.
perish
Idioms, perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
hereon
adverb, hereupon.
prison
noun, a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
pleio-
thrill
noun, a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
girlie
noun, Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
pugree
noun, a light turban worn in India.
pensil
noun, pencel.
unpile
verb (used with object), to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
Toulon
noun, a seaport in SE France: naval base.
Pellet
noun, a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
Primus
noun, Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
pelite
noun, any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
Pelion
noun, Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
Peleus
noun, a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
toupee
noun, a man's wig.
glouts
verb (used without object), to scowl or frown.
toughs
noun, a ruffian; rowdy.
pelmet
noun, a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
enough
adverb, in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
glumes
noun, one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
pumelo
noun, pomelo.
gluons
noun, an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
punish
verb (used with object), to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault:
unpegs
verb (used with object), to remove the pegs from.
gluten
noun, the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
plumes
noun, a feather.
enroll
verb (used with object), to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
glooms
noun, total or partial darkness; dimness.
prints
noun, the state of being printed.
puling
adjective, whining; whimpering:
gleets
noun, Pathology. a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound. persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
tousle
noun, a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
Gliere
noun, Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
puisne
noun, an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
pengos
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
Penghu
noun, a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Peneus
noun, ancient name of Salambria.
ensoul
verb (used with object), to endow with a soul.
glomus
noun, a small globular body.
ensile
verb (used with object), to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
glints
noun, a tiny, quick flash of light.
unmoor
verb (used with object), to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
enroot
verb (used with object), to fix by the root.
enrols
verb (used with or without object), enroll.
Plough
noun, an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
pelter
noun, a person or thing that pelts.
pullet
noun, a young hen, less than one year old.
renter
noun, a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
impish
adjective, mischievous.
Nestor
noun, the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
solgel
adjective, pertaining to alternation between the sol and gel states, as in the pseudopodia of amebas.
Ithome
noun, Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
Telegu
noun, Telugu.
solion
noun, Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
Mister
noun, (initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
soling
noun, pitching.
misrun
noun, an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
loughs
noun, a lake.
itious
ignite
verb (used with object), to set on fire; kindle.
ignore
verb (used with object), to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
Igorot
noun, a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
mishit
noun, a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
pouter
noun, a person who pouts.
teleg.
Miseno
noun, a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
lotion
noun, Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
teleo-
Solent
noun, The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
solute
noun, the substance dissolved in a given solution.
Loring
noun, a male given name.
somni-
tellin
noun, any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
somite
noun, any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
Lorrie
noun, a female given name, form of Laura.
set-in
adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
M-line
noun, one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
mitres
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
igloos
noun, an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
Teller
noun, a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
set-up
noun, Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
telium
noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
teleph
mither
noun, mother1 .
losing
noun, losings, losses.
miters
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
louies
noun, looie.
tegmen
noun, a cover, covering, or integument.
serine
noun, a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
supine
noun, (in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
minish
verb (used with or without object), to diminish or lessen.
Iloilo
noun, a seaport on S Panay, in the central Philippines.
Ilorin
noun, a town in W central Nigeria.
Mingus
noun, Charles ("Charlie") 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.
mingle
noun, mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
miners
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
imines
noun, a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
Shinto
noun, Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
shlump
noun, verb (used without object), schlump.
Milton
noun, John, 1608–74, English poet.
milter
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
impels
verb (used with object), to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
Smriti
noun, writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
imper.
shogun
noun, the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
stipel
noun, a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
Shiner
noun, a person or thing that shines.
mirths
noun, gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
minute
noun, the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
Louise
noun, Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
Iletin
solemn
adjective, grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
Ilheus
noun, a seaport in E Brazil.
Lounge
noun, a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
stingo
noun, strong beer.
sutler
noun, (formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
Shiite
noun, a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
soigne
adjective, carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
Minuit
noun, Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.
soiree
noun, an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
illite
noun, any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
minuet
noun, a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Minthe
noun, a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
illume
verb (used with object), to illuminate.
loupes
noun, any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
sermon
noun, a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
sterol
noun, any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
Milner
noun, Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
legers
noun, ledger (def 4).
tempeh
noun, a fermented soybean cake.
humors
noun, a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement:
legist
noun, an expert in law, especially ancient law.
legion
noun, a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
monish
verb (used with object), to admonish.
monies
noun, a plural of money.
mongos
noun, mungo.
stego-
looies
noun, a lieutenant of the armed forces.
steno-
Mongol
noun, a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia.
Hunger
noun, a compelling need or desire for food.
sortie
noun, a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
sorrel
noun, light reddish-brown.
telson
noun, the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
temper
noun, a particular state of mind or feelings.
Monroe
noun, Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
Hunter
noun, a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
selen-
seiner
noun, a person who fishes with a seine.
tenure
noun, the holding or possessing of anything:
sought
verb, simple past tense and past participle of seek.
tenuis
noun, an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
tensor
noun, Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
loners
noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
moonie
noun, a member or follower of the Unification Church.
tempos
noun, Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
longi-
legits
noun, the legitimate theater or stage.
Temple
noun, an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
huipil
noun, a richly embroidered cotton blouse worn by women in Mexico and Central America, often very wide and low-cut.
seller
noun, a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
hulloo
interjection, noun, hallo.
hullos
interjection, noun, hallo.
longes
noun, a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
looper
noun, a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
Semite
noun, a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
Huston
noun, John, 1906–87, U.S. film director and writer.
Lorens
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
septi-
Telloh
noun, a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
mohurs
noun, any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.
Sterne
noun, Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
Mohole
noun, a hole bored through the earth's crust into the region below the Mohorovičić discontinuity, for geological research.
mohels
noun, the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
hustle
noun, energetic activity, as in work.
Sooner
noun, a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
moires
noun, any moiré fabric.
moguls
noun, a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
septum
noun, a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
lories
noun, any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
serein
noun, fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
mogote
noun, a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
Sereth
noun, German name of Siret.
moghul
noun, any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
hurtle
noun, Archaic. clash; collision; shock; clatter.
soothe
verb (used with object), to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
molten
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
loosen
verb (used with object), to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
sempre
adverb, throughout.
Mollie
noun, a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
Mollet
noun, Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
senhor
noun, a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
sorgho
noun, sorgo.
Tellus
noun, an ancient Roman goddess of the earth, marriage, and fertility, identified with the Greek goddess Gaea.
Moline
noun, a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
molies
noun, an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
lopers
noun, a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
senile
noun, a senile person.
molest
verb (used with object), to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
Senior
noun, a person who is older than another.
seniti
noun, a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
Sophie
noun, a female given name.
Hurris
noun, Hurrian.
Sopher
noun, scribe1 (def 3).
Sholom
noun, a male given name.
nestle
verb (used with object), to settle or ensconce snugly:
leglen
noun, laggin.
inters
verb (used with object), to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
lunies
noun, a lunatic.
simile
noun, a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”. Compare metaphor.
Iseult
noun, Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance. the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram. daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
Mentor
noun, a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
inter.
Mentes
noun, (in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
simper
noun, a silly, self-conscious smile.
silure
plural noun, a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
intime
adjective, intimate; cozy.
simple
noun, an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
lupine
noun, any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
stoner
noun, Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
menhir
noun, an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
stumer
noun, something bogus or fraudulent.
intro.
Simeon
noun, a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
merger
noun, a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
intros
noun, an introduction.
merits
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
siller
noun, silver.
merlot
noun, a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
merlon
noun, (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
instep
noun, the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
Merlin
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
merles
noun, the blackbird, Turdus merula.
Silone
noun, Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
lungis
noun, a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
insure
verb (used with object), to guarantee against loss or harm.
instil
verb (used with object), instill.
instr.
Merino
noun, (often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
Insull
noun, Samuel, 1859–1938, U.S. public utilities magnate, born in England.
insult
noun, an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
Mergui
noun, a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
merges
verb (used with object), to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
sleuth
noun, a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
Melton
noun, a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
Merope
noun, a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
irones
noun, a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
Strine
noun, Australian English.
irrupt
verb (used without object), to break or burst in suddenly.
luteo-
megilp
noun, a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
irreg.
Luther
noun, Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
ironer
noun, a person or thing that irons.
lutein
noun, Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
Meerut
noun, a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
sirree
noun, (used as an intensive with no or yes):
luting
noun, any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
sit-in
noun, any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
sit-up
noun, an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
sleigh
noun, a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
lutose
adjective, covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
string
noun, a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
siphon
noun, a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
melter
noun, a person or thing that melts.
iolite
noun, cordierite.
Singer
noun, a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
lusher
noun, lush2 (def 1).
strung
noun, a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
single
noun, one person or thing; a single one.
inures
verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
stooge
noun, an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
Mellon
noun, Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
meller
noun, melodrama (def 1).
stripe
noun, a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
luster
noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
ionium
noun, a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
Strong
Idioms, come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
lustre
noun, the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
stroll
noun, a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
MElEng
sinter
noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
silent
noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
stupor
noun, suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
smooth
noun, act of smoothing:
mights
noun, physical strength:
Sumter
noun, a city in central South Carolina.
milers
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
Ingles
noun, a fire burning in a hearth.
ingots
noun, a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
isopor
noun, an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
INGRES
noun, Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
Ingush
noun, a member of a Sunni Muslim people living north of the Caucasus Mountains, closely related to the Chechen.
milieu
noun, surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature:
Sumner
noun, Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
inhere
verb (used without object), to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
Slough
noun, an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
inhume
verb (used with object), to bury; inter.
lumens
noun, Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
isomer
noun, Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
shrill
noun, a shrill sound.
ingest
verb (used with object), to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
milit.
shrimp
noun, any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
Millie
noun, a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.
Superi
plural noun, (in ancient Rome) the gods.
sponge
noun, any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
impone
verb (used with object), to wager; stake.
import
noun, something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
impose
Verb phrases, impose on/upon, to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude. to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.). to defraud; cheat; deceive:
impost
noun, a tax; tribute; duty.
impugn
verb (used with object), to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
milli-
option
noun, the power or right of choosing.
impure
adjective, not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
Millet
noun, a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
Milles
noun, Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
impute
verb (used with object), to attribute or ascribe:
Miller
noun, a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
super-
sunlit
adjective, lighted by the sun.
lumine
verb (used with object), to illumine.
isohel
noun, a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
lunges
noun, a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
signet
noun, a small seal, as on a finger ring.
stolen
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
inrush
noun, a rushing or pouring in.
lungee
noun, lungi.
signee
noun, a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
insert
noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
lunger
noun, a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
signer
noun, a person who signs.
Signor
noun, a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
suitor
noun, a man who courts or woos a woman.
Merton
noun, Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
Mersin
noun, a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
insole
noun, the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
merous
insoul
verb (used with object), ensoul.
stolon
noun, Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
Merops
noun, (in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
meteor
noun, Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
meters
noun, the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
Shrine
noun, a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
inorg.
inlier
noun, an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
lumpen
noun, a lumpen individual or group.
metros
noun, the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
inmesh
verb (used with object), enmesh.
inmost
adjective, situated farthest within:
metro-
isogon
noun, a polygon having all angles equal.
Metope
noun, any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
sullen
adjective, showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
me-too
adjective, Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
lumper
noun, a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
Ismene
noun, a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
inpour
verb (used with or without object), to pour in.
metier
noun, a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
sloper
noun, a person or thing that slopes.
sulph-
Tereus
noun, a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
monger
noun, a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
loment
noun, a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
holies
noun, a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
linger
verb (used with object), to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
hognut
noun, the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
hogpen
noun, pigpen (def 1).
hogtie
verb (used with object), to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
multi-
lingoe
noun, a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
Lepton
noun, an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
sprier
adjective, a comparative of spry.
holism
noun, Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Compare organicism (def 1).
mullet
noun, any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
holler
noun, a loud cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to call for help, etc.
Muller
noun, an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
Spirit
noun, the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
roster
noun, a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
lepto-
Lerner
noun, Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
lineup
noun, a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
mulier
noun, a woman or wife.
sprent
adjective, sprinkled.
murine
noun, a murine rodent.
Muriel
noun, a female given name.
histo-
rooter
noun, a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
spiro-
lesion
noun, an injury; hurt; wound.
Hitler
noun, Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
Munshi
noun, a native interpreter or language instructor.
therm-
Munsee
noun, a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
Munroe
noun, Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
munite
verb (used with object), to fortify.
therme
noun, therm.
liners
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
Hoenir
noun, a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
mungos
noun, a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
mulish
adjective, of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
lepers
noun, a person who has leprosy.
therms
noun, any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
lentil
noun, a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
roughs
noun, something that is rough, especially rough ground.
lionet
noun, a young or small lion.
spinel
noun, any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
sprout
noun, a shoot of a plant.
Lipton
noun, Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
spilth
noun, spillage (def 1).
theism
noun, the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
spinet
noun, a small upright piano.
spigot
noun, a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
theirs
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
router
noun, any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
theirn
pronoun, theirs.
routes
noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
listel
noun, a narrow list or fillet.
listen
Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
Lionel
noun, a male given name, form of Leon.
homing
noun, a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
leones
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
sprite
noun, an elf, fairy, or goblin.
lintel
noun, a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
Holmes
noun, John Haynes [heynz] /heɪnz/ (Show IPA), 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.
sprint
noun, a short race at full speed.
muesli
noun, a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
holpen
verb, a past participle of help.
linter
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
rotors
noun, Electricity. a rotating member of a machine. Compare stator (def 1).
rouens
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
homers
noun, Baseball. home run.
spinto
adjective, having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
linums
noun, any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
housel
noun, the Eucharist.
rouges
noun, any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
spinor
noun, a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
homeo-
theol.
Leslie
noun, a male or female given name.
murres
noun, either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
rouths
noun, abundance; plenty.
Herrin
noun, a town in S Illinois.
herpes
noun, any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes. Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
Rogers
noun, Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
spoilt
noun, Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
lilies
noun, any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers. Compare lily family.
Nellie
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Lilith
noun, Semitic Mythology. a female demon dwelling in deserted places and attacking children.
ligers
noun, the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
thoron
noun, a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
neighs
noun, the cry of a horse; whinny.
thongs
noun, a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
roller
noun, a person or thing that rolls.
Lieut.
Herter
noun, Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
Negros
noun, an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
Hester
noun, a female given name, form of Esther.
Ligeti
noun, György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
ligure
noun, a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
tholos
noun, a circular building. a small, round structure, as a lantern. a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.
Nereus
noun, a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
ligni-
lights
noun, something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
nerols
noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
rising
noun, the act of a person or thing that rises.
ligno-
Hermes
noun, the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Compare Mercury (def 3).
Hermit
noun, a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
Nereis
noun, clamworm.
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.
Hermon
noun, Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
thorps
noun, a hamlet; village.
Thorpe
noun, James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
ligule
noun, a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
heroes
noun, a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
nephr-
roemer
noun, a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
tholus
noun, tholos.
tholes
noun, a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
limpet
noun, any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
muslin
noun, a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
spline
noun, a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
muster
noun, an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
letups
noun, cessation; pause; relief.
splen-
lethes
noun, Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
mustee
noun, the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
roomer
noun, a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
musing
noun, contemplation; reflection.
sporo-
thills
noun, either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
musher
noun, a person who competes in cross-country races with dog team and sled.
roomie
noun, roommate.
spleen
noun, a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
Lester
noun, a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
hinges
noun, a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
Thiers
noun, Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
Romulo
noun, Carlos Pena [kahr-laws pe-nah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˈpɛ nɑ/ (Show IPA), 1901–85, Philippine diplomat, journalist, and educator.
things
noun, a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
splore
noun, a frolic; revel; carousal.
hillos
interjection, noun, hallo.
limens
noun, threshold (def 4).
lierne
noun, an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
hiero-
hieron
noun, (in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
thirls
verb (used with object), to pierce.
Hiller
noun, Dame Wendy, 1912–2003, British actress.
Hillis
noun, Margaret, 1921–1998, U.S. orchestral conductor.
lieges
noun, a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
limner
noun, a person who paints or draws.
limits
noun, the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
romeos
noun, the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Romish
adjective, of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
romper
noun, a person or thing that romps.
thiols
splint
noun, a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
Hilton
noun, Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
Lister
noun, Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
stoper
noun, a machine for drilling rock from below.
honest
adjective, honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
rutile
noun, a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
Hoples
noun, a son of Ion.
motors
noun, a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
Terris
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Hosein
noun, Hussein (def 1).
ruling
noun, an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
lemurs
noun, any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
morels
noun, any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
hostel
noun, Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
spurge
noun, any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals.
lithos
noun, lithography.
rulers
noun, a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
motion
noun, the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
mought
Moreen
noun, a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
moulin
noun, a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
Ruston
noun, a city in N Louisiana.
hooter
noun, a person or thing that hoots.
length
noun, the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end:
litho.
rutins
noun, a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
seeing
noun, the act of a person who sees.
Rupert
noun, Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
litmus
noun, a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
litres
noun, liter.
rustle
noun, the sound made by anything that rustles:
sperm-
morion
noun, an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
L-line
noun, one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
Morini
noun, Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
Morton
noun, Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
Horite
noun, an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
Lemnos
noun, a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
termor
noun, a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
rumple
noun, a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
hosier
noun, a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
rumors
noun, a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
Lemuel
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “devoted to God.”.
rusher
noun, a person or thing that rushes.
morgue
noun, a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
hosing
noun, an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
sphene
noun, a mineral, calcium titanium silicate, CaTiSiO 5 , occurring as an accessory mineral in a variety of crystalline rocks, usually in small wedge-shaped crystals.
Morgen
noun, a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
rushee
noun, a college student who is rushed by a fraternity or sorority.
Mother
noun, a female parent.
morsel
noun, a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
rumens
noun, the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
motile
adjective, Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
logins
noun, the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
logion
noun, a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
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.
rupees
noun, a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
mopish
adjective, given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
morph-
liters
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
loiter
verb (used with object), to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
Rustin
noun, Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
legmen
noun, a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
ternes
noun, terne metal.
Horton
noun, a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
Moroni
noun, a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
mouser
noun, an animal that catches mice:
Seguin
noun, a city in SE Texas.
souple
noun, silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
souter
noun, a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
morose
adjective, gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
Honour
noun, honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
mouths
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
Mouton
noun, sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
honors
noun, honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
houris
noun, one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
tergum
noun, the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
morons
noun, Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
theine
noun, caffeine, especially in tea.
spruit
noun, (in southern Africa) a small stream.
mourns
verb (used with object), to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
thegns
noun, thane.
Lenore
noun, a female given name, form of Eleanor.
morphs
noun, Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
termer
noun, a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
Hornie
noun, Satan.
sphere
noun, Geometry. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 . the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
horol.
Spener
noun, Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
gipons
noun, jupon.
Lenoir
noun, Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
moults
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
mounts
noun, the act or a manner of mounting.
rugose
adjective, having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
Morris
noun, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
Loiret
noun, a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
Sprung
noun, a leap, jump, or bound.
legume
noun, any plant of the legume family, especially those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop.
Hooper
noun, a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
Hotien
noun, Wade-Giles. Hotan.
prims
noun, privet.
slime
noun, thin, glutinous mud.
unpeg
verb (used with object), to remove the pegs from.
ster.
slipe
noun, a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
spore
noun, Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
Stone
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
spell
noun, a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
Prome
noun, a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
Turin
noun, a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
speel
verb (used with or without object), to climb; ascend; mount.
step-
stomp
noun, stamp (def 14).
spor-
Speer
noun, Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
tulip
noun, any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
Steen
noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
Pregl
noun, Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.
sotol
noun, any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
promo
noun, promotion (def 5).
prees
noun, a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
steer
noun, Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
tungo
noun, rat-kangaroo.
unrip
verb (used with object), to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
tunes
noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
stoop
noun, the act or an instance of stooping.
tuner
noun, a person or thing that tunes.
TUNIS
noun, a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
tumps
noun, a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
sough
noun, a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
tumor
noun, a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
Soult
noun, Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
stope
noun, any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
preen
noun, a pin or brooch.
pouts
noun, the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
Tulle
noun, a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
Primo
noun, the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
unrig
verb (used with object), to strip of rigging, as a ship.
stele
noun, an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
Stein
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
Soter
noun, Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
Spoor
noun, a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
Sligo
noun, a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
spoon
noun, a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
spoom
noun, a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
slier
adjective, a comparative of sly.
Spohr
noun, Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
slept
noun, the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
Tupis
noun, a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
spool
noun, any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
sorgo
noun, any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
Usher
noun, a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
Sotho
noun, a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
Steep
noun, a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
sotie
noun, a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
Uther
noun, king of Britain and father of Arthur.
stool
noun, a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
utile
adjective, useful.
Steel
noun, any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
spite
noun, a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
prom.
Prole
noun, a member of the proletariat.
snipe
noun, any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
prest
noun, a loan.
stime
noun, the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
Snell
noun, a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
PRISM
noun, Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
Solon
noun, c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
progs
noun, food or victuals.
Solti
noun, Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
stirp
noun, a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
untie
verb (used with object), to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
smote
verb, a simple past tense of smite.
Pres.
sprit
noun, a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
spume
noun, foam, froth, or scum.
solum
noun, the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
prise
noun, leverage.
spire
noun, a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
smolt
noun, a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
Smith
noun, a worker in metal.
snoop
noun, an act or instance of snooping.
snoot
noun, Slang. the nose.
stile
noun, a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
prier
noun, a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
sprue
noun, Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
sting
noun, an act or an instance of stinging.
pret.
Prog.
spier
noun, a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
spiel
noun, a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
spile
noun, a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
stipe
noun, Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
until
conjunction, up to the time that or when; till:
spilt
noun, a spilling, as of liquid.
snore
noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
prius
noun, a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
snout
noun, the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
soler
noun, Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
spine
noun, the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
stipo
noun, a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
unite
noun, a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
Unit.
snort
noun, the act or sound of snorting.
unhip
adjective, ill-informed about or unsympathetic to current fads or trends.
Still
noun, stillness or silence:
smite
Idioms, smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
urine
noun, the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
spout
noun, a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
spent
verb, simple past tense and past participle of spend.
proem
noun, an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
sloop
noun, a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
Sophi
noun, Sophy.
stole
noun, an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below. Compare tippet (def 2).
Spree
noun, a lively frolic or outing.
slipt
noun, an act or instance of slipping.
prem.
sopor
noun, Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
Sorel
noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
spirt
noun, a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
Urgel
noun, a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
spelt
noun, one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
urger
noun, a person or thing that urges.
print
noun, the state of being printed.
sport
noun, an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
urges
noun, an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
Uriel
noun, one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
sruti
noun, the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
stome
Stern
noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
Upton
noun, a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
smile
noun, the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
sluit
noun, (in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
sprig
noun, a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
stge.
upset
noun, an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
Prior
noun, Informal. a prior conviction.
smell
noun, the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
slurp
noun, an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
trigo
noun, wheat; field of wheat.
Slump
noun, an act or instance of slumping.
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.
ulent
sooth
noun, truth, reality, or fact.
prigs
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.
uglis
unset
adjective, not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
spurn
noun, disdainful rejection.
sloth
noun, habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
spurt
noun, a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
Soong
noun, Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
prim.
prime
noun, the most flourishing stage or state.
sneer
noun, a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
terns
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
tules
noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
repot
verb (used with object), to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
thegn
noun, thane.
rept.
ruins
noun, ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
ruler
noun, a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
repro
noun, Informal. reproduction (def 3).
TIROS
noun, one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
terse
adjective, neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
Rules
noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
tirls
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
rumen
noun, the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
repos
noun, a repurchase agreement.
togue
noun, lake trout.
Rumor
noun, a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
toile
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
Terri
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
toils
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
Tirol
noun, Tyrol.
Rugen
noun, an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
runts
noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
tious
roups
noun, any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
rouse
noun, a rousing.
tings
noun, a tinging sound.
thens
noun, that time:
roust
verb (used with object), to rout, as from a place:
theme
noun, a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
route
noun, a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
tipis
noun, tepee.
rerun
noun, the act of rerunning.
resit
noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
Routh
noun, abundance; plenty.
resin
noun, any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
tires
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
their
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
Resht
noun, Rasht.
reset
noun, an act or instance of setting again.
routs
noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
rumps
noun, the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
rupee
noun, a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
resp.
temps
noun, part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
term.
tongs
noun, any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
Seine
noun, a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
relig
tense
noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
tenor
noun, the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
teno-
Seler
noun, Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
segue
noun, an uninterrupted transition made between one musical section or composition and another.
TEMPO
noun, Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
tempi
noun, a plural of tempo.
reist
verb (used without object), reest2 .
reins
noun, Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
semen
noun, the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
Reims
noun, a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
semi-
tono-
tones
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
toner
noun, a person or thing that tones.
toise
noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
rente
noun, revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
toles
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
terr.
repel
verb (used with object), to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
rents
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
Terni
noun, a city in central Italy.
terne
noun, terne metal.
terms
noun, a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
reni-
Segre
noun, Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
Remus
noun, Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
tolls
noun, a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
ruths
noun, pity or compassion.
tomes
noun, a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
rutin
noun, a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
remit
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
Segni
noun, Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
segno
noun, a sign.
theo-
tinge
noun, a slight degree of coloration.
temp.
rolls
noun, a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
riles
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
thurl
noun, the hip joint of cattle.
thole
noun, a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
rigor
noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
thurm
verb (used with object), to carve (a piece of wood, as a post or table leg) across the grain so as to produce an effect of turning.
Rollo
noun, Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
thirl
verb (used with object), to pierce.
Romeo
noun, the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
rills
noun, a small rivulet or brook.
thio-
thins
adverb, in a thin manner.
right
noun, a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
Rigel
noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
Rieti
noun, Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
romps
noun, a lively or boisterous frolic.
riels
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
thing
noun, a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
thong
noun, a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
rimes
noun, Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
rhin-
throe
noun, a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
THREE
noun, a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
riser
noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
rishi
noun, an inspired sage or poet.
those
Idioms, at that, in spite of something; nevertheless: in addition; besides:
ripen
verb (used with or without object), to make or become ripe.
riots
noun, a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
Thorp
noun, a hamlet; village.
rinse
noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
thump
noun, a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
Roger
noun, a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
rings
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.
Thorn
noun, a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
Roget
noun, Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
rogue
noun, a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
thrum
noun, an act or sound of thrumming; dull, monotonous sound.
roils
verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
Thule
noun, the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, or Norway: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.
rhine
noun, Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
tiers
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
tines
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Timor
noun, an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
there
noun, that state or condition:
timer
noun, a person or thing that times.
times
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
retem
noun, a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
Theos
rotes
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
Timon
noun, c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
rotls
noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
tills
noun, a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
rotor
noun, Electricity. a rotating member of a machine. Compare stator (def 1).
rotos
noun, rotogravure.
restr
Rouen
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
roues
noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
rouge
noun, any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
rough
noun, something that is rough, especially rough ground.
theor
rosin
noun, Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
Rosie
noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
thine
pronoun, the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
these
Idioms, with this, following this; hereupon:
Rheum
noun, a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
rhet.
rooms
noun, a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
Roose
verb (used with or without object), praise.
Thill
noun, either of the pair of shafts of a vehicle between which a draft animal is harnessed.
rheme
noun, comment (def 7).
Rhein
noun, the Rhine.
Roost
noun, a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
roshi
noun, the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
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.
re-up
verb (used with or without object), to reenlist.
Tigre
noun, a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
rooti
noun, rooty2 .
ropes
noun, a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
Tiler
noun, a person who lays tiles.
tiles
noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
roset
noun, resin; rosin.
Tempe
noun, Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
Temne
noun, a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
sleet
noun, precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
siege
noun, the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
Sumer
noun, an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
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.
shrug
noun, the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
shtg.
Shull
noun, Clifford Glenwood, 1915–2001, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1994.
shunt
noun, the act of shunting; shift.
Shute
noun, Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway) 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
Siepi
noun, Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
shpt.
sight
noun, the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
sigil
noun, a seal or signet.
suite
noun, a number of things forming a series or set.
suint
noun, the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
trogs
noun, Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
Prot.
stupe
noun, two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
prune
noun, a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
trios
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
troll
noun, a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
shoot
noun, the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
tries
noun, plural of try.
shone
noun, radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
trig.
shoon
noun, plural of shoe.
trigs
noun, trigonometry.
Trill
noun, the act or sound of trilling.
Suomi
noun, Finnish name of Finland.
Prus.
shout
noun, a loud call or cry:
Shore
noun, the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
trims
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
trine
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
shorn
noun, Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
Short
noun, something that is short.
triol
noun, a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
shote
noun, shoat (def 1).
prunt
noun, a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
trois
noun, the number 3.
Tromp
noun, Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
shogi
noun, the Japanese version of chess.
stour
noun, British Dialect. tumult; confusion. a storm.
Siple
noun, Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
siree
noun, sirree.
prone
noun, a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
pron.
Siren
noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
Strep
noun, streptococcus.
Siret
noun, a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
stoup
noun, a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
strip
noun, a striptease.
Storm
noun, a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
proms
noun, a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
trump
noun, Cards. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
sirup
noun, any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
sito-
Truro
noun, a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
store
noun, an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
Sleep
noun, the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
trull
noun, a prostitute; strumpet.
prong
noun, one of the pointed tines of a fork.
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.
pros.
stung
noun, an act or an instance of stinging.
troop
noun, an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
Simon
noun, the original name of the apostle Peter. Compare Peter.
trop-
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.
prost
interjection, prosit.
prose
noun, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
stump
noun, the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
trugs
noun, a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
simul
adverb, (in prescriptions) together.
sing.
singe
noun, a superficial burn.
stull
noun, a timber prop.
Singh
Sino-
strum
noun, the act of strumming.
strop
noun, any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
Trier
noun, a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
Pugin
noun, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
tonus
noun, a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
Serge
noun, a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
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.
Sept.
TORES
noun, a torus.
Reger
noun, Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
reest
verb (used with object), to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
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.
reels
noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
serin
noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
Seoul
noun, a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
Purse
noun, a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
purrs
noun, the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
purls
noun, a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
sero-
serum
noun, the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
seti-
toros
noun, a bull.
Seton
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
topos
noun, a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
tells
noun, an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
teles
noun, television.
Regt.
temin
noun, Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
tools
noun, an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
toons
noun, an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
topee
noun, (in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
semih
toper
noun, a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
reign
noun, the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
telos
noun, the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
REGIS
noun, a male given name.
sengi
noun, a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
topes
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
topis
noun, topee.
telo-
topo-
regle
noun, a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
senor
noun, a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
senti
noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
setup
noun, organization; arrangement.
Sheen
noun, luster; brightness; radiance.
shoer
noun, a person who shoes horses or other animals.
pulis
noun, one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
teels
noun, til.
shier
noun, a horse having a tendency to shy.
Toure
noun, Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
shill
noun, a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
surge
noun, a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
shine
noun, radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
Tours
noun, a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
surg.
Sheol
noun, the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
touse
noun, a commotion; rumpus.
pules
verb (used without object), to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
Supt.
Shire
noun, one of the counties of Great Britain.
treen
noun, treenware.
shirr
noun, Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
shirt
noun, a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
shlep
noun, Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
shiel
noun, shieling.
teems
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
torse
noun, a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
Purim
noun, a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
torsi
noun, a plural of torso.
sheep
noun, any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
sheer
noun, a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
torso
noun, the trunk of the human body.
sheet
noun, a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
puris
noun, poori.
Torun
noun, a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
purge
noun, the act or process of purging.
teens
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
puree
noun, a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
punts
noun, Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground. Compare drop kick, place kick.
torus
noun, Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
tough
noun, a ruffian; rowdy.
pungs
noun, a sleigh with a boxlike body.
tele-
pulse
noun, the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
pulls
slung
noun, a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
runes
noun, any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
heist
noun, a robbery or holdup:
Honor
noun, honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
Holst
noun, Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
holts
noun, a wood or grove.
Homer
noun, Baseball. home run.
homes
homo-
homos
noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
Msgr.
MSEnt
hones
noun, a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
hongs
noun, (in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
hoops
noun, a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
holo-
MPers
mouth
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
hoots
noun, the cry of an owl.
hopes
noun, the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
Hopis
noun, a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
horme
noun, activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
Horne
noun, Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
horns
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.
horse
noun, a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
Horst
noun, a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
MOUSE
noun, any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
MSPHE
Holms
noun, a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
hort.
mungs
noun, something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
Musil
noun, Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
herns
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.
murre
noun, either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
Mures
noun, a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
Heros
noun, a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
herp.
muons
noun, a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
Munro
noun, Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
hier-
Mungo
noun, a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
holes
noun, an opening through something; gap; aperture:
munge
verb (used with or without object), to manipulate (raw data), especially to convert (data) from one format to another:
hillo
interjection, noun, hallo.
mulls
noun, a soft, thin muslin.
hilum
noun, Botany. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
Hines
noun, Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
hinge
noun, a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
hints
noun, an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
HIRES
noun, the act of hiring.
hist.
Hogue
noun, La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
hoise
verb (used with object), to hoist.
mourn
verb (used with object), to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
Horus
noun, a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
herms
noun, a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
mopes
noun, a person who mopes or is given to moping.
mores
noun, an additional quantity, amount, or number:
Morel
noun, any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
humor
noun, a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement:
humps
noun, a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
Hung.
Hunts
noun, Huntingdonshire.
hurls
noun, a forcible or violent throw; fling.
Huron
noun, a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
Hurri
noun, Hurrian.
Hurst
noun, Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
hurts
noun, a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
morns
noun, morning.
Ieper
noun, Ypres.
igloo
noun, an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
moots
noun, an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
moose
noun, a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
moors
noun, a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
Moore
noun, Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
ileo-
moons
noun, the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
ileum
noun, Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
mools
noun, soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
ileus
noun, intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
hullo
interjection, noun, hallo.
moron
noun, Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
Mount
noun, the act or a manner of mounting.
houri
noun, one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
moult
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
moues
noun, a pouting grimace.
MOTOS
motor
noun, a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
hosel
noun, the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
moton
noun, besague.
moths
noun, any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
hosp.
motes
noun, a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
hotel
noun, a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
motel
noun, a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
Hours
noun, a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
Hugli
noun, a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.
House
noun, a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
Mosul
noun, a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
hsien
noun, (in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
Moshi
noun, a city in N Tanzania.
Moser
noun, Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
morts
noun, Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
Hugel
noun, Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
Hugin
noun, one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
Morse
noun, an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
Moros
noun, a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
moror
noun, maror.
Herne
noun, James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
musth
noun, a state or condition of violent, destructive frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the exudation of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.
month
noun, Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
grots
noun, a grotto.
nolos
noun, nolo contendere.
groom
noun, a bridegroom.
noise
noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
Groot
noun, Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
noils
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
GROPE
noun, an act or instance of groping.
no-go
adjective, inoperative; canceled:
Grote
noun, George, 1794–1871, English historian.
Noemi
noun, Naomi (def 1).
noels
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
group
noun, any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation:
grith
noun, protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
grout
noun, a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
gruel
noun, a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
Grues
verb (used without object), to shudder.
grume
noun, blood when viscous.
grump
noun, a person given to constant complaining.
grunt
noun, a sound of grunting.
nitre
noun, niter.
nitr-
Niter
noun, potassium nitrate.
Guest
noun, a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
Nisei
noun, a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
groin
noun, Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
nomes
noun, one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
Niort
noun, a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
noto-
nulls
noun, Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
nullo
noun, (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
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.
Greer
noun, Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
grees
noun, superiority, mastery, or victory.
greet
verb (used with object), to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
grill
noun, a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
Notus
noun, the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
notum
noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
grime
noun, dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
notes
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nomo-
noso-
grins
noun, a broad smile.
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.
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.
gripe
noun, the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
Norse
noun, (used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
GRIPS
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
Norge
noun, Norwegian name of Norway.
gript
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
grist
noun, grain to be ground.
noose
noun, a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
guile
noun, insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
guilt
noun, the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
herls
noun, a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
Negus
noun, a title of Ethiopian royalty.
Neper
noun, the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
Helot
noun, a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
helps
noun, the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
nemos
noun, remote (def 10).
Neils
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
hemes
noun, a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
Hemet
noun, a city in SW California.
neigh
noun, the cry of a horse; whinny.
hemi-
Nehru
noun, Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
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.
hello
noun, the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
hemin
noun, the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
neeps
noun, a turnip.
hemo-
Hemon
noun, Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
hemps
noun, Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish. Compare cannabis.
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.
Henie
noun, Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
Henri
noun, Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
hents
verb (used with object), to seize.
herem
noun, the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time.
mutes
noun, Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
Helms
noun, Nautical. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
heli-
Guin.
Nigel
noun, a male given name, form of Neil.
Nimes
noun, a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
guiro
noun, a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
Guise
noun, general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
gules
noun, the tincture red.
nills
verb (used with object), to refuse or reject.
gulls
noun, any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
Niles
noun, a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
gulps
noun, the act of gulping:
night
noun, the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
nighs
adverb, near in space, time, or relation:
Niger
noun, a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
gursh
noun, qirsh.
Nepos
noun, Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
gusto
noun, hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
neut.
neur-
neume
noun, any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
Neth.
heels
noun, the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
Hegel
noun, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
nerts
interjection, nuts (def 1).
nerol
noun, a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
Heine
noun, Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
Helen
noun, Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
ilio-
Monte
noun, Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
Nurmi
noun, Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
limns
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
liers
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
liger
noun, the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
Light
noun, something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
lign-
ligne
noun, (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
lilts
noun, rhythmic swing or cadence.
limen
noun, threshold (def 4).
limit
noun, the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
Luton
noun, a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
Luth.
lures
noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
meets
noun, an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
Limon
noun, José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
limos
noun, a limousine.
lunts
noun, a match; the flame used to light a fire.
limps
noun, a lame movement or gait:
lungs
noun, either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
lungi
noun, a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
lunge
noun, a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
lunes
noun, Archaic. fits of madness.
liner
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
ling.
lingo
noun, the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
Liege
noun, a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
lgth.
lumps
noun, a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
Leone
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
merge
verb (used with object), to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
meres
noun, Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
lenis
noun, a lenis consonant.
lenos
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
mense
noun, propriety; discretion.
meno-
Menes
noun, flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
lento
adverb, slowly.
Melun
noun, a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
melts
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
Leoni
noun, Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
Meges
noun, a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
Melos
noun, the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
melon
noun, the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
mells
noun, a heavy hammer; mallet.
leper
noun, a person who has leprosy.
Lepus
noun, the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
Leros
noun, one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
Lethe
noun, Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
Meigs
noun, Fort. Fort Meigs.
Meier
noun, Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
letup
noun, cessation; pause; relief.
Mehul
noun, Étienne Nicolas [ey-tyen nee-kaw-lah] /eɪˈtyɛn ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), or Étienne Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1763–1817, French composer.
lings
noun, an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
Linos
noun, linoleum.
merit
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
looms
noun, a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
Louie
noun, looie.
Louhi
noun, a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
Lough
noun, a lake.
loner
noun, a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
Lotus
noun, a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
lotos
noun, lotus.
longe
noun, a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
pours
noun, the act of pouring.
Longs
looie
noun, a lieutenant of the armed forces.
loser
noun, a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
loupe
noun, any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
losel
noun, a worthless person; scoundrel.
loons
noun, any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
Lorne
noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
Loris
noun, Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
LOOPS
noun, a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
loose
Idioms, break loose, to free oneself; escape:
Lorin
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
lores
noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
Loren
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
loots
noun, spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
loper
noun, a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
Louis
noun, louis d'or.
loups
noun, a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
Lumen
noun, Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
lithe
adjective, bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
lints
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Linum
noun, any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
Luing
noun, one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
Linus
noun, Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
lipo-
luges
noun, a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
Luger
Lisle
noun, knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
liter
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
lites
noun, light2 (def 36).
Lith.
litre
noun, liter.
Loire
noun, a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
lm-hr
loges
noun, (in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
login
noun, the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
logis
noun, a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
logo-
louts
noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
Louth
noun, a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
Logos
noun, (often initial capital letter) Philosophy. the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
louse
noun, any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
lours
verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
logue
lemur
noun, any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
Merle
noun, the blackbird, Turdus merula.
Mont.
miter
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
MNurs
Ingle
noun, a fire burning in a hearth.
ingot
noun, a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
init.
inlet
noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
input
noun, something that is put in.
Mitre
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
insep
inset
noun, something inserted; insert.
mites
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
Misti
noun, El Misti.
inept
adjective, without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
miso-
miser
noun, a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
insol
insp.
Mirth
noun, gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
inst.
mires
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
intel
noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
minus
noun, minus sign.
mints
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
Minto
noun, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
inert
adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
mogos
noun, a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
Inuit
noun, a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
molls
noun, gun moll.
Ilion
noun, Greek name of ancient Troy.
monos
noun, infectious mononucleosis.
mono-
Mongo
noun, mungo.
Monge
noun, Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
Monet
noun, Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
Ilium
noun, the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
molts
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
molto
adverb, very:
illus
molet
noun, mullet2 .
impis
noun, (in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
moles
noun, any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
moist
adjective, moderately or slightly wet; damp.
imine
noun, a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
moire
noun, any moiré fabric.
imino
adjective, containing the imino group.
moils
noun, hard work or drudgery.
imit.
mohur
noun, any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.
mohel
noun, the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
Mogul
noun, a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
impel
verb (used with object), to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
intr.
inure
verb (used with object), to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
Lemon
noun, the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
Legis
leers
noun, a lascivious or sly look.
leets
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
Meuse
noun, Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
metr-
Leger
noun, ledger (def 4).
Metol
Metis
noun, any person of mixed ancestry.
leges
noun, plural of lex.
meths
noun, methamphetamine; Methedrine.
meth-
metes
noun, a limiting mark.
ither
adjective, pronoun, adverb, other.
meter
noun, the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
legit
noun, the legitimate theater or stage.
lehrs
noun, an oven used to anneal glass.
meson
noun, Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
meso-
mesne
adjective, intermediate or intervening.
Leigh
noun, Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
meros
noun, (in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
Meroe
noun, a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
Leith
noun, a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
mero-
ition
iters
noun, a canal or passage.
Minot
noun, George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
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.
Minos
noun, a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
Minor
noun, a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
minis
noun, miniskirt.
mini-
Minho
noun, a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
Mines
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
Miner
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
Irene
noun, Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
milts
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
Irgun
noun, a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
Irish
noun, the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
Irons
noun, Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
istle
noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
Milos
noun, a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
Isere
noun, a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
Ishum
noun, the Akkadian god of fire and the companion of Irra.
Milne
noun, A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
Mills
noun, C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
miler
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
islet
noun, a very small island.
Islip
noun, a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
might
noun, physical strength:
miens
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
Isth.
nurls
noun, a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
Lopes
noun, the act or the gait of loping.
Nurse
noun, a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
erupt
verb (used with object), to release violently; burst forth with: Synonyms: vent.
Ernst
noun, Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
peris
noun, one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
peril
noun, exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
erose
adjective, uneven, as if gnawed away.
peri-
Errol
noun, a male given name.
erron
peres
noun, Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
peons
noun, (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
penis
noun, the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
Ernie
noun, a male given name, form of Ernest.
pengo
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
pene-
pelts
noun, the act of pelting.
peles
noun, peel3 .
Espoo
noun, a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
esrog
noun, etrog.
Ester
noun, a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
Peers
noun, a person of the same legal status:
Esth.
peens
noun, a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
Perle
noun, a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
ernes
noun, sea eagle.
Ethel
noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
petos
noun, wahoo3 .
phon.
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.
phile
Phil.
pheon
noun, a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
Phene
noun, any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
Epis.
Epist
petri
petr-
EPROM
noun, a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
perms
noun, permanent (def 4).
Peter
noun, penis.
pesto
noun, a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
Epsom
noun, a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
epulo
noun, (in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
ergo-
Perth
noun, Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
pert.
Perse
noun, (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
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.
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).
peels
noun, the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
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.
phons
noun, a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
ghees
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.
ought
noun, duty or obligation.
geste
noun, gest.
Otomi
noun, a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
Mlles
getup
noun, costume; outfit:
Othin
noun, Odin.
Other
noun, the other one:
geums
noun, any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
oste-
osmo-
geol.
Ghent
noun, a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
Osler
noun, Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
osier
noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
ghost
noun, the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
ghoul
noun, an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
Giles
noun, Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
Oruro
noun, a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
Orton
noun, Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
Orth.
Orson
noun, a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
geom.
genus
noun, Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
ethos
noun, Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
gemot
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
etrog
noun, Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
etuis
noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
Euler
noun, Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
Euro-
euros
noun, wallaroo.
eusol
noun, an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
gelts
noun, money.
outre
adjective, passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
outgo
noun, the act or process of going out:
Outer
adjective, situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
outen
verb (used with object), to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
gents
noun, Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
Genet
noun, any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
ousel
noun, ouzel.
Genie
noun, Islamic Mythology. jinn.
genii
noun, a plural of genius.
genip
noun, Also, ginep. a genipap.
Genl.
ourie
adjective, shabby; dingy.
genre
noun, a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
ouphe
noun, an elf or goblin.
genro
noun, any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
phone
noun, telephone (def 1).
phore
Orrin
noun, a male given name.
elite
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
Elgon
noun, an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
Pomos
noun, the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
pomes
noun, the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
Elihu
noun, a young man who entered into discourse with Job. Job. 32–37.
elint
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
Eliot
noun, Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
polos
noun, a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
polls
noun, a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
Elise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
polis
noun, an ancient Greek city-state.
pones
noun, Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
polio
noun, poliomyelitis.
poles
noun, a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
Poler
noun, a person or thing that poles.
Ellen
noun, Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
poise
noun, a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
Point
noun, a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
poilu
noun, a French common soldier.
Ellis
noun, Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
poet.
Elmer
noun, a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
Elgin
noun, a city in NE Illinois.
elemi
noun, any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
plush
noun, a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) high.
Porto
noun, Portuguese name of Oporto.
30-30
poult
noun, a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
potus
noun, (in prescriptions) a drink.
post-
posit
noun, something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
poser
noun, a person who poses.
Posen
noun, German name of Poznań.
egers
noun, German name of Ohře.
egest
verb (used with object), to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
ports
noun, a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
Port.
pongs
noun, an unpleasant smell; stink.
porns
noun, Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
pores
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
poori
noun, a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
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.
poons
noun, any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
eight
noun, a cardinal number, seven plus one.
pools
noun, a small body of standing water; pond.
Poole
noun, a port in Dorset, in S England.
poohs
noun, an exclamation of “pooh.”.
elem.
Pluto
noun, Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
elope
verb (used without object), to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
phot.
pilot
noun, a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
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.
pings
noun, a pinging sound.
pingo
noun, a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
enols
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
Pines
noun, Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
Pinel
noun, Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
enorm
adjective, enormous; huge; vast.
enrol
verb (used with or without object), enroll.
pilus
noun, a hair or hairlike structure.
pilum
noun, a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
Pilos
noun, Greek name of Navarino.
Enlil
noun, the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
pilon
noun, something extra; lagniappe.
Ensor
noun, James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
ensue
verb (used without object), to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
piles
noun, an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
ento-
enure
verb (used with or without object), inure.
eosin
noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
Piers
noun, a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
Ephes
phots
noun, a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
Pinto
noun, Western U.S. a pinto horse.
pions
noun, the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
plur.
emirs
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
Plume
noun, a feather.
Elsie
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Elton
noun, a male given name.
elute
verb (used with object), to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
plio-
plier
noun, pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
pleon
noun, the abdomen of a crustacean.
pleo-
Emile
noun, a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
Piute
noun, Paiute.
Pitri
noun, the legendary progenitor of any family.
pious
adjective, having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
piton
noun, a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
piths
noun, Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
emits
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
emote
verb (used without object), to show or pretend emotion:
piste
noun, a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
emuls
Engel
noun, Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
pirns
noun, a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
Engle
noun, Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
engr.
orris
noun, an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
estop
verb (used with object), Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
OPers
Orion
noun, Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
Oreg.
olpes
noun, a form of the oinochoe.
goops
noun, a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
Olson
noun, Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
glees
noun, open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
gnome
noun, (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
gleet
noun, Pathology. a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound. persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
omers
noun, a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
gluts
noun, a full supply.
Oriel
noun, a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
Gomel
noun, a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
ogres
noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
girns
noun, verb (used with object), grin2 .
gluon
noun, an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
omits
verb (used with object), to leave out; fail to include or mention:
gipon
noun, jupon.
goose
noun, any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
orles
noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
omni-
glume
noun, one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
Giono
noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
Goren
noun, Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
ogles
noun, an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
oomph
noun, energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
goons
noun, Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
giros
noun, autogiro.
gores
noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
girts
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.
oleos
noun, margarine.
oleo-
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.
opine
verb (used with or without object), to hold or express an opinion.
opens
noun, an open or clear space.
oleum
noun, Pharmacology. oil.
olein
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
golem
noun, Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
Gomer
noun, an undesirable hospital patient.
olig-
opium
noun, the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
girth
noun, the measure around anything; circumference.
ohone
interjection, alas!
gismo
noun, a gadget or device:
opsin
noun, any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
goner
noun, a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
girsh
noun, qirsh.
oiler
noun, a person or thing that oils.
olios
noun, a dish of many ingredients.
gono-
Ollie
noun, a male given name, form of Oliver.
opto-
gitim
noun, a plural of get.
goers
noun, a person or thing that goes:
glims
noun, a light or lamp.
orig.
ginep
noun, genip.
ornis
noun, an avifauna.
ornes
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
goths
noun, one of a Teutonic people who in the 3rd to 5th centuries invaded and settled in parts of the Roman Empire.
glint
noun, a tiny, quick flash of light.
orlos
noun, a plinth supporting the base of a column.
onium
Goth.
gorse
noun, any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
orlop
noun, the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
onto-
gloom
noun, total or partial darkness; dimness.
gimel
noun, the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
gouts
noun, an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
onset
noun, a beginning or start:
gloms
noun, a look or glimpse.
gorps
noun, a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
ormer
noun, an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
Oesel
noun, German name of Saaremaa.
gimps
noun, a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
ogees
noun, a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
glues
noun, a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
glops
noun, unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
Orlon
glout
verb (used without object), to scowl or frown.
gilts
noun, the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
toil
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
Leon
noun, a male given name, form of Leo.
LEST
conjunction, for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
lens
noun, a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
tors
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
item
noun, a separate article or particular:
lent
noun, (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
Isin
noun, an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
tole
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
glue
noun, a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
STOL
noun, a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
golp
noun, a roundel purpure.
Togo
noun, Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
Stir
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
Eng.
Leos
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
emit
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
GOES
noun, plural of go1 .
Emp.
Isle
noun, a small island.
grue
verb (used without object), to shudder.
togs
noun, a coat.
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.
iso-
Ting
noun, a tinging sound.
grum
adjective, grim; glum; surly.
Leto
noun, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
stlg
emir
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
gumi
noun, a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
SPOT
noun, a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
Eph.
iter
noun, a canal or passage.
eous
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Ens.
Lehr
noun, an oven used to anneal glass.
legs
noun, either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
LEGO
noun, one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
lees
noun, plural of lee2 .
Leet
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
Toul
noun, a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
Enos
noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
leg.
tipi
noun, tepee.
eons
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
stem
noun, the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
tion
gulp
noun, the act of gulping:
gull
noun, any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
glum
adjective, sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
guls
noun, a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
leer
noun, a lascivious or sly look.
engs
noun, the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
enl.
spue
noun, something that is spewed; vomit.
ungt
Leno
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
spun
noun, the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
SPUR
noun, a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
Grus
noun, the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
uni-
itis
Ste.
Tiro
noun, tyro.
enol
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
itol
tirl
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
Goer
noun, a person or thing that goes:
stg.
tosh
noun, nonsense; bosh.
Leis
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
Hilo
noun, a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
toro
noun, a bull.
Emil
noun, a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
Eire
noun, the Irish name of Ireland.
topi
noun, topee.
lone
adjective, being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
Soul
noun, the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
Lome
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
soup
noun, a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
Lolo
noun, Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
gorp
noun, a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
Sour
noun, something that is sour.
Lois
noun, a female given name.
loin
noun, Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
tong
noun, tongs.
egos
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.
urge
noun, an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
grin
noun, a broad smile.
Gore
noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
Spee
noun, Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
grip
noun, the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
Logi
noun, a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
loge
noun, (in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
log-
litu
noun, a plural of litas.
lits
noun, litas.
uret
Grim
adjective, stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
egis
noun, aegis.
elhi
adjective, elementary and high-school:
sori
noun, plural of sorus.
top-
Lope
noun, the act or the gait of loping.
Utes
noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
USPO
toon
noun, an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
sore
noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
loot
noun, spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
user
noun, a person or thing that uses.
Loos
noun, Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
gout
noun, an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
toom
adjective, empty; vacant.
Uris
noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
loop
noun, a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
Eger
noun, German name of Ohře.
tool
noun, an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
Loon
noun, any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
gree
noun, superiority, mastery, or victory.
sort
noun, a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
LOOM
noun, a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
gosh
interjection, (used as an exclamation or mild oath):
Toni
noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
gres
uro-
TOPS
noun, the tops, top1 (def 22).
goos
noun, a thick or sticky substance:
EMet
grot
noun, a grotto.
upon
noun, an upward movement; ascent.
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.
spit
noun, saliva, especially when ejected.
limp
noun, a lame movement or gait:
elms
noun, any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm, elm family.
Gone
noun, the act of going:
gon-
limo
noun, a limousine.
umps
noun, verb (used with or without object), umpire.
Gros
noun, Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
limn
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
lin.
Else
Idioms, or else, or suffer the consequences:
lime
noun, Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
lilt
noun, rhythmic swing or cadence.
Lili
noun, a female given name.
unto
preposition, to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
Elul
noun, the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
Toll
noun, a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
emes
noun, friend.
lieu
noun, place; stead.
lier
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
lien
noun, Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
ells
noun, an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
Line
noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
tone
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
lip-
lite
noun, light2 (def 36).
lit.
LIST
noun, a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
LISP
noun, a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
Tore
noun, a torus.
Lise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
SPIM
noun, a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
TOMS
noun, the male of various animals, as the turkey.
spin
noun, the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
Elis
noun, an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
Lion
noun, a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
Elli
noun, an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
Gris
noun, Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
Goop
noun, a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
goon
noun, Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
lint
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Lins
noun, a city in E Brazil.
tome
noun, a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
lino
noun, linoleum.
ELLE
Grit
noun, abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
Tori
noun, plural of torus.
gro.
gump
noun, a foolish or stupid person.
ious
epi-
girl
noun, a female child, from birth to full growth.
hent
verb (used with object), to seize.
HUGE
adjective, extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
Gen.
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.
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
her.
tepe
noun, (in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
HRIP
Here
noun, this place:
ter.
girn
noun, verb (used with object), grin2 .
herl
noun, a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
Hugi
noun, a young man, a personification of thought, who defeated Thialfi in a race.
hour
noun, a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
hots
noun, the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
gips
noun, Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
thou
noun, one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
Host
noun, a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
Herm
noun, a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
gens
noun, a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
Gent
noun, Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
trog
noun, Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
Hose
noun, a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
Hos.
ten.
giro
noun, autogiro.
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.
Hums
noun, the act or sound of humming; an inarticulate or indistinct murmur; hem.
ign.
Tell
noun, an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
eths
noun, a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
hurt
noun, a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
trug
noun, a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
Eton
noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
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.
etui
noun, a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
hurl
noun, a forcible or violent throw; fling.
Hunt
noun, an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
huns
noun, a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
Eur.
thru
preposition, adverb, adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of through.
Hump
noun, a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
Eure
noun, a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
Hume
noun, David, 1711–76, Scottish philosopher and historian.
HEMP
noun, Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish. Compare cannabis.
thug
noun, a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
Hull
noun, the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
hugs
noun, a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
gees
noun, a sum of one thousand dollars:
Hugo
noun, Victor (Marie, Viscount) [vik-ter muh-ree;; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri;; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
gelt
noun, money.
tron
genu
noun, the knee.
geo-
tel-
Hole
noun, an opening through something; gap; aperture:
HETP
noun, a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
hets
noun, a heterosexual person.
hgt.
hom-
Holt
noun, a wood or grove.
gimp
noun, a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
hols
plural noun, Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
holp
verb, a simple past tense of help.
Holm
noun, a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
Holi
noun, the Hindu spring festival.
Gill
noun, the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
hol-
then
noun, that time:
this
Idioms, with this, following this; hereupon:
gils
noun, a male given name, form of Gilbert.
Hill
noun, a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
trim
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
hire
noun, the act of hiring.
hint
noun, an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
hins
noun, an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
thir
pronoun, these.
Thin
adverb, in a thin manner.
Hims
noun, Informal. a male:
gilt
noun, the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
Trio
noun, a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
Homs
noun, a city in W Syria.
HERO
noun, a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
Trip
noun, a journey or voyage:
Ger.
germ
noun, a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
Gers
noun, a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
Gert
noun, a female given name, form of Gertrude.
gest
noun, a story or tale.
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.
Gino
noun, a male given name.
hor.
hops
noun, an act of hopping; short leap.
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:
hoot
noun, the cry of an owl.
hest
noun, behest.
the-
thee
pronoun, the objective case of thou1 :
Geum
noun, any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
Herr
noun, the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
hoop
noun, a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
Hons
noun, honey (def 6).
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.
hers
noun, Slang. a female:
Hong
noun, (in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
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.
hone
noun, a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
them
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
Eth.
teil
noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
umph
interjection, verb (used with or without object), humph.
Erin
noun, Literary. Ireland.
Heep
noun, Uriah, Uriah Heep.
stun
noun, the act of stunning.
Heer
noun, an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
int.
tile
noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
glim
noun, a light or lamp.
ergs
suet
noun, the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
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).
sugh
noun, verb (used with object), sough2 .
sugi
noun, Japan cedar.
Eris
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
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.
Erne
noun, sea eagle.
suit
noun, a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
heir
noun, a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
ins.
inro
noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
Soph
noun, a sophomore.
INRI
Glen
noun, a small, narrow, secluded valley.
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.
pout
noun, the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
sumi
noun, black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
intl
glom
noun, a look or glimpse.
sump
noun, a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
epit
Tour
noun, a traveling around from place to place.
gush
noun, a sudden, copious outflow of a fluid.
stop
noun, the act of stopping.
ulto
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.
gust
noun, a sudden, strong blast of wind.
Iris
noun, Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
guts
noun, the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
str.
Time
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
Ire.
tils
noun, the sesame plant.
Tush
noun, an exclamation of “tush!”.
Ipoh
noun, a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
Till
noun, a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
glop
noun, unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
EPOS
noun, an epic.
hilt
noun, the handle of a sword or dagger.
ions
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
heel
noun, the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
ugli
ughs
noun, the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
stum
noun, unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
Uele
noun, a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
Sumo
noun, a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
Eros
noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
Thun
noun, a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
tule
noun, either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
Surt
noun, the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
tump
noun, a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
hem-
ESOP
noun, a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
thi-
esp.
heme
noun, a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
tri-
teel
noun, til.
est.
teem
verb (used with object), Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
tuis
noun, a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
ills
noun, an unfavorable opinion or statement:
Este
noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
Gish
noun, Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
teen
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
Thur
Tees
noun, a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
tugs
noun, an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
Tues
Tshi
noun, Twi.
tope
noun, a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
tegs
noun, Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
ile-
Ill.
thus
adverb, in the way just indicated; in this way:
Sung
noun, a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
errs
verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
Inge
noun, William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
Helm
noun, Nautical. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
tups
noun, Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
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.
supe
noun, a supernumerary.
imps
noun, a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
Tupi
noun, a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
Glee
noun, open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
impi
noun, (in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
gite
noun, a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
tuns
noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
Imp.
eso-
help
noun, the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
Erse
noun, Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
erst
adverb, before the present time; formerly.
gist
noun, the main or essential part of a matter:
tune
noun, a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
Tums
verb (used with object), to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
IMHO
supr
Ilse
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
sur-
esne
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
sure
Idioms, for sure, as a certainty; surely:
gets
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
soln
ogle
noun, an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
mope
noun, a person who mopes or is given to moping.
Seel
verb (used with object), Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
Seem
verb (used without object), to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
Seen
verb, past participle of see1 .
pelt
noun, the act of pelting.
Pen.
puli
noun, one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
pule
verb (used without object), to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
Nils
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
seep
noun, moisture that seeps out; seepage.
seer
noun, a person who sees; observer.
ogee
noun, a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
puir
adjective, poor.
rill
noun, a small rivulet or brook.
nill
verb (used with object), to refuse or reject.
pugs
noun, one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
pens
noun, any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
sego
noun, sego lily.
moot
noun, an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
moos
noun, a mooing sound.
Pent
noun, penthouse (def 4).
peon
noun, (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
Moor
noun, a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
rile
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
per.
Moon
noun, the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
mool
noun, soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
mops
noun, a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
Pele
noun, peel3 .
Sell
noun, an act or method of selling.
Moro
noun, a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
runs
noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
pung
noun, a sleigh with a boxlike body.
runt
noun, an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
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.
most
noun, the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
nigh
adverb, near in space, time, or relation:
Pune
noun, a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
Rus.
Ruse
noun, a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
Rush
noun, the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
Mort
noun, Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
Rust
noun, Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
morn
noun, morning.
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.
Oost
noun, Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
Ruth
noun, pity or compassion.
Reno
noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
more
noun, an additional quantity, amount, or number:
o-os
noun, any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
MOpt
Peer
noun, a person of the same legal status:
pees
noun, the letter p.
puls
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
Nile
noun, a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
Pegu
noun, a city in central Burma: pagodas.
rime
noun, Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
pehs
noun, pe.
pere
noun, father.
Sem.
1080
oohs
noun, the exclamation “ooh.”.
Seri
noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
Peru
noun, Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
Mngr
OOPS
interjection, (used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
peso
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
Pest
noun, an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
prs.
Sert
noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
Pet.
Seth
noun, the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
PetE
noun, Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
Mlle
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.
Prut
noun, a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
SGML
peto
noun, wahoo3 .
shee
noun, sídh.
roll
noun, a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
pets
noun, any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
onus
noun, a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
mist
noun, a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
Peul
noun, Fulani.
Ont.
mise
noun, a settlement or agreement.
mis-
Shem
noun, the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
Miro
noun, Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
Pers
nisi
adjective, not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
seme
adjective, covered with many small, identical figures.
Moll
noun, gun moll.
Mons
noun, an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
Riis
noun, Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
Pugh
interjection, (used as an exclamation of disgust, as at an offensive odor.)
NIMH
mong
noun, mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
perh
NIMS
noun, a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
Mon.
molt
noun, an act, process, or an instance of molting.
sene
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
mols
noun, mole4 .
pts.
Mole
noun, any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
Rigi
noun, a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
ptg.
PERL
mol.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
moit
noun, a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
Perm
noun, permanent (def 4).
sepn
moil
noun, hard work or drudgery.
nips
noun, an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
psig
Sere
noun, the series of stages in an ecological succession.
mogs
noun, moggy.
mogo
noun, a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
rung
noun, one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
rune
noun, any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
Rep.
mule
noun, the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness. Compare hinny.
oto-
muon
noun, a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
rort
noun, a rowdy, usually drunken party.
Otoe
noun, Oto.
ROSE
noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
OTOH
Muni
noun, a municipal bond.
Orne
noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
MUNG
noun, something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
mun.
mult
Mull
noun, a soft, thin muslin.
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.
Otis
noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
rote
noun, routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
Reg.
Muir
noun, Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
Neph
Roth
noun, Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Roti
noun, roast.
ROTL
noun, a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
Rees
noun, reeve3 .
roto
noun, rotogravure.
Reis
plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
Reel
noun, a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
orlo
noun, a plinth supporting the base of a column.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
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.
neo-
Neri
noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
Oslo
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
role
noun, a part or character played by an actor or actress.
neep
noun, a turnip.
neem
Neel
noun, Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
regs
noun, Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
orts
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Neil
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
roil
verb (used with object), to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
Rom.
Rome
noun, Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
Osee
noun, Hosea.
regr
romp
noun, a lively or boisterous frolic.
oro-
Nell
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
muts
noun, mutt.
mute
noun, Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
roms
noun, a Gypsy man or boy.
Nemo
noun, remote (def 10).
'roo
noun, kangaroo.
room
noun, a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
must
noun, something necessary, vital, or required:
mush
noun, meal, especially cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until it forms a thick, soft mass, or until it is stiff enough to mold into a loaf for slicing and frying.
Muse
noun, Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae. any goddess presiding over a particular art.
mus.
Root
noun, a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
Mure
noun, Obsolete. a wall.
ROTS
noun, the process of rotting.
rel.
rems
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
rues
noun, sorrow; repentance; regret.
Orem
noun, a city in N Utah.
Orel
noun, a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
mout
opus
noun, a musical composition.
Puri
noun, poori.
opts
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
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.
rpt.
pure
adjective, free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
opes
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
OPer
open
noun, an open or clear space.
Punt
noun, Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground. Compare drop kick, place kick.
orle
noun, Heraldry. a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture. an arrangement in orle of small charges:
Ruhr
noun, a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.
ruin
noun, ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
rule
noun, a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
moue
noun, a pouting grimace.
mots
noun, a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
Peel
noun, the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
Rumi
noun, Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
Moth
noun, any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
Nier
noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
rump
noun, the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
mote
noun, a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
peen
noun, a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
rums
noun, an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
org.
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.
rite
noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
MSPE
puts
noun, a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
rit.
roue
noun, a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
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.
ours
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
Ouse
noun, Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
lops
noun, parts or a part lopped off.
mtge
mtg.
oust
verb (used with object), to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
purs
MSPH
out-
nest
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
MSIE
purr
noun, the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
roup
noun, any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
MSHE
ROUS
noun, (Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
Rise
noun, an act or instance of rising.
MSgt
outs
noun, a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
rout
noun, a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
MSEE
purl
noun, a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
RIPS
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
Mrs.
plural, a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
mire
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
mite
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
MIPS
pons
noun, Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
pome
noun, the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
reps
noun, a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
ole-
Pomo
noun, the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
poms
noun, pommy.
pone
noun, Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
pong
noun, an unpleasant smell; stink.
Lust
noun, intense sexual desire or appetite.
lush
noun, drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
lure
noun, anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
Lupe
noun, a female given name.
SLIM
noun, a garment size meant for a thin person.
Lunt
noun, a match; the flame used to light a fire.
situ
noun, in situ.
lung
noun, either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
slit
noun, a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
sloe
noun, the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
slog
noun, a long, tiring walk or march.
Lune
noun, anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
slop
noun, a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
slot
noun, a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
lump
noun, a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
Pooh
noun, an exclamation of “pooh.”.
slue
noun, the act of sluing.
slug
noun, any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
slum
noun, Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
oles
noun, a cry of “olé.”.
M-14
noun, a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
Lugo
noun, a city in NW Spain.
pole
noun, a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
nosh
noun, a snack.
poem
noun, a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
SINE
noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse. (of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
melt
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
mels
noun, honey.
sinh
noun, hyperbolic sine.
not-
POGO
noun, Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
note
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
Sion
noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
poil
noun, a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
Pol.
nots
noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
sith
adverb, conjunction, preposition, since.
sipe
verb (used without object), (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
Meir
noun, Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
Poll
noun, a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
sire
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
nous
noun, Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
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.
Polo
noun, a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
pols
noun, a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
meet
noun, an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
Meer
noun, Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
M-16
noun, a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
prie
noun, a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
lugs
noun, an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
slur
noun, a slurred utterance or sound.
Meng
lote
noun, lotus.
snug
noun, British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
SOHO
noun, a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
soil
noun, the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
Loup
noun, a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
Sol.
sole
noun, the bottom or under surface of the foot.
pour
noun, the act of pouring.
loun
noun, loon2 .
Loti
noun, a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
Solo
noun, a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
ogre
noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
loth
adjective, loath.
pree
noun, a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
lour
verb (used without object), noun, lower2 .
lost
Idioms, get lost, Slang. to absent oneself: to stop being a nuisance:
some
adverb, (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
Lose
Idioms, lose face. face (def 51).
Lorn
noun, Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
OGPU
noun, (in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
sone
noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
Song
noun, a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
Soni
soon
Idioms, sooner or later, eventually:
Soot
noun, a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
pre-
Lore
noun, the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
Ohio
noun, a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus. Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
snot
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
slut
noun, Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
SMTP
luge
noun, a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
Pool
noun, a small body of standing water; pond.
rete
noun, a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
poon
noun, any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
lues
noun, syphilis.
Oise
noun, a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
smog
noun, smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
poor
noun, (used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
oils
noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
pore
noun, a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
Pori
noun, a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
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):
pos.
lout
noun, an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
pose
noun, a bodily attitude or posture:
posh
adjective, sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
smug
adjective, contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
resh
noun, the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
null
noun, Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
OHMS
noun, the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
smut
noun, a particle of soot; sooty matter.
pot.
nurl
noun, a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
snip
noun, the act of snipping, as with scissors.
rest
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
snit
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
snog
verb (used without object), to kiss and cuddle.
men-
Mell
noun, a heavy hammer; mallet.
simp
noun, a fool; simpleton.
omen
noun, anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
pil-
pile
noun, an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
Milo
noun, a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
pili
noun, a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
shoo
interjection, (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
Mill
noun, a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
pill
noun, a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
shop
noun, a retail store, especially a small one.
Mile
noun, Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
mil.
migs
noun, a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
PIMS
plural, personal information manager.
mien
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
MILR
Noel
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
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.
PING
noun, a pinging sound.
nose
noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
noes
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
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.
shot
noun, a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
Pire
noun, Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
pirn
noun, a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
mhos
noun, See under siemens.
Piro
noun, piroplasmosis.
nogs
noun, any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
Omer
noun, a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
mils
noun, a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
pise
noun, rammed earth.
Ming
noun, a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
mint
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
mins
noun, a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
shim
noun, a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
phis
noun, the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
Shin
noun, the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
Mino
noun, Minho.
nits
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Niue
noun, an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
ship
noun, a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
phr.
repl
Omri
noun, a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
omit
verb (used with object), to leave out; fail to include or mention:
shog
noun, a shake; jolt.
Pier
noun, a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
pies
noun, plural of pi2 .
MiNE
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
shit
noun, excrement; feces.
min.
Piet
noun, Scot. a magpie.
shmo
noun, schmo.
repo
noun, a repurchase agreement.
shoe
noun, an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
Riel
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
rhos
noun, the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
Milt
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
noil
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
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.
noir
adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
mesh
noun, any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
Nor.
plot
noun, a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
Olin
noun, a male given name.
shul
noun, a synagogue.
nolo
noun, nolo contendere.
nori
noun, a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
Sig.
sigh
noun, the act or sound of sighing.
mete
noun, a limiting mark.
met.
sign
noun, a token; indication.
Norm
noun, a standard, model, or pattern.
prin
plie
noun, a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
mes-
plug
noun, a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
plum
noun, the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
MERS
noun, Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
Sill
noun, a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
silo
noun, a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
silt
noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
rets
verb (used with object), to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
mere
noun, Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
nos-
plus
noun, a plus quantity.
menu
noun, a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
ment
nope
adverb, no1 (def 1).
shut
noun, the act or time of shutting or closing.
Neh.
Reus
noun, a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
shr.
nom.
Nome
noun, one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
Rhee
noun, Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
Pish
noun, an exclamation of “pish!”.
pith
noun, Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
pro-
repr
olio
noun, a dish of many ingredients.
Olpe
noun, a form of the oinochoe.
TPM
Orr
noun, Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
ooh
noun, the exclamation “ooh.”.
Gor
interjection, (used as a mild oath.)
o-o
noun, any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
OMS
noun, a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
TRH
oo-
ope
adjective, verb (used with or without object), open.
one
noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
OOT
Tpr
ONI
gip
noun, Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
ONR
gl.
OGO
res
noun, an object or thing; matter.
GIN
noun, an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
Om.
goo
noun, a thick or sticky substance:
OPM
OHG
REM
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
oil
noun, any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
GMT
opt
Verb phrases, opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
Ohm
noun, the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
oho
interjection, (used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
GNP
OIr
TPI
tph
TPN
OPS
noun, the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
Tor
noun, a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
Ore
noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
OLG
tr.
oon
goi
noun, goy.
OIt
git
noun, British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
GNU
noun, either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
ons
GIs
noun, a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
SOP
noun, a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
ORT
noun, Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
EMT
PIO
pir
noun, a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
pis
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
ene
en-
EMU
noun, a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
EMS
noun, the letter M, m.
UNO
EMR
uns
PIT
noun, a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
piu
adverb, more:
pl.
PL1
noun, Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
pli
unp
PIN
noun, a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
eme
noun, friend.
Une
Phi
noun, the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
Ume
noun, a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
ump
noun, verb (used with or without object), umpire.
PhL
PhM
pho
noun, a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
UMT
ung
pim
plural, personal information manager.
PHS
pie
noun, a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
Ep.
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
pig
noun, a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
eon
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
EOE
PLO
PLR
Ulm
noun, a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
USN
EEO
urs
noun, an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
EEL
noun, any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
USE
noun, the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
EEG
USM
USO
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.
USP
USR
UTE
noun, Informal. a utility vehicle.
EOM
eo-
Eg.
uti
urn
noun, a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
POR
plu
noun, plew.
Ell
noun, an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
up-
els
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
UPI
PMT
POE
noun, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
ELM
noun, any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm, elm family.
poi
noun, a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
UPS
noun, an upward movement; ascent.
Ehr
POM
noun, pommy.
Eli
noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
ur-
ure
EIS
eir
Uri
noun, a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
ult
ule
noun, caucho.
ose
PEI
noun, I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
Gel
noun, Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
Gee
noun, a sum of one thousand dollars:
GPU
GPO
noun, the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
GOP
gi.
Pg.
pus
noun, a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
pm.
PMG
eu-
Pr.
ETS
prn
ETR
GEM
noun, a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
put
noun, a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
trp
OTS
Gil
noun, a male given name, form of Gilbert.
gie
noun, gi.
OSO
OSP
ot-
ote
get
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
Ges
our
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
oui
adverb, noun, yes.
Ree
noun, reeve3 .
RPS
RMS
plural, ream.
RIP
noun, a rent made by ripping; tear.
Tro
Re.
Ps.
ETO
UIT
PST
interjection, (used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
ERT
ERS
noun, ervil.
tup
noun, Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
pug
noun, one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
err
verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
ERP
PSI
noun, the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
tun
noun, a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
PSG
PSE
ERE
preposition, conjunction, before.
pes
noun, a foot or footlike part.
EPT
ugh
noun, the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
EPS
ese
Pul
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
pt.
TSR
noun, a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
PTO
pee
noun, the letter p.
ESU
TSE
TSH
TSI
TSP
Tu.
tum
verb (used with object), to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
tue
tug
noun, an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
pun
noun, the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
tui
noun, a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
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.
Peh
noun, pe.
ESR
ESL
NES
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
INH
MIT
Sui
noun, a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
she
noun, a female person or animal.
Sgt
ml.
MLG
SUM
noun, the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
MLR
MLS
Sue
noun, Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
MNE
SUN
noun, (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
MNS
ing
Moe
noun, a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
Sup
noun, a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
MOG
noun, moggy.
ine
SUG
MIR
noun, a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
imu
noun, a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
ipr
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
IRS
IRO
IRL
sho
STP
Ir.
IPS
IPO
MIP
IPM
iph
IOU
IOT
Ios
noun, a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
ior
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 = .
Stu
noun, a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
in.
SER
noun, a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
ish
hug
noun, a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
SRO
OEO
So.
Hun
noun, a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
MOR
Hum
noun, the act or sound of humming; an inarticulate or indistinct murmur; hem.
rut
noun, a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
MOS
noun, moment (def 1).
Hue
noun, a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
See
noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
Hts
ht.
HST
hrs
HRE
run
noun, an act or instance, or a period of running:
MOT
noun, a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
hot
noun, the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
se-
Hus
noun, Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
MOI
teg
noun, Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
Sep
noun, Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
ILS
ILP
ILO
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
moo
noun, a mooing sound.
SEL
noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
SEI
noun, sei whale.
HUT
noun, a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
Teh
noun, Te.
il-
IHS
IHP
MOP
noun, a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
IGM
ier
io-
ITU
ise
Isl
rug
noun, a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
Me.
LTL
ltr
LUG
noun, an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
lis
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
Lir
noun, Ler.
SLR
SLP
Luo
noun, a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
Mo.
LST
LIM
SLE
MS.
plural, manuscript.
MSL
M-1
noun, a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
Lie
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
Meg
noun, a megabyte.
LTh
LSM
leu
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
LON
LOP
noun, parts or a part lopped off.
Soo
noun, the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
Son
noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
Lot
noun, one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
sot
noun, a drunkard.
loo
noun, a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
Lou
noun, a male given name, form of Louis.
Sou
noun, (formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
SNU
LSI
LPG
lpm
LPN
LOE
noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
LNG
LMT
LLM
ll.
LPS
plural, a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
lg.
SIR
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
STM
mi.
IUS
STI
ium
MHG
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
shp
mho
noun, See under siemens.
MHR
ite
Lee
noun, protective shelter:
MI5
noun, the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
MI6
noun, the government's secret intelligence service.
MIE
ist
ISR
ism
noun, a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
STL
Mig
noun, a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
Lt.
MHE
let
noun, British. a lease.
spt
SPR
SIP
noun, an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
Les
Ler
noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
Mel
noun, honey.
lep
LEO
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
Sin
noun, transgression of divine law:
Meo
noun, Miao (def 1).
MGT
MEP
Len
noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
Sr.
SRI
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
St.
lei
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
Shu
noun, the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
sht
MGr
RUM
noun, an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
Sp.
Rue
noun, sorrow; repentance; regret.
ROE
noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
Nee
adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
NEG
noun, a photographic negative.
ROI
uts
noun, the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
NEP
noun, New Economic Policy.
ROG
Noe
noun, Noah (def 1).
Hen
noun, the female of the domestic fowl.
RNR
rm.
plural, ream.
Hel
noun, the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
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:
HSM
NGO
noun, 1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
ne-
NUT
noun, a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
HMS
ROP
NPR
ROT
noun, the process of rotting.
tlo
ThM
hie
verb (used with object), to hasten (oneself):
het
noun, a heterosexual person.
NOP
nog
noun, any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
MUP
Tom
noun, the male of various animals, as the turkey.
Mur
noun, a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
mut
noun, mutt.
rhe
noun, a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
HEP
adjective, hip4 .
Noh
noun, Nō.
hr.
Tim
noun, a male given name, form of Timothy.
HIM
noun, Informal. a male:
NIM
noun, a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
Gum
noun, any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
NIH
Nil
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
RIM
noun, the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
TMO
gul
noun, a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
Nip
noun, an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
GUI
noun, graphical user interface.
GTS
GTO
gt.
GSR
Tiu
noun, an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
Tng
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.
NMU
NHS
rho
noun, the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
NMR
NHG
Gut
noun, the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
NHI
NHL
GUS
noun, a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
Gur
noun, a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Gun
noun, a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
NMI
rig
noun, the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
NIG
verb (used with object), nidge.
tog
noun, a coat.
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Npt
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.
hin
noun, an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
GPM
Mr.
plural, mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
NUS
noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
gph
MRE
MRI
NUM
MRP
MPG
GPS
MSE
nr.
Hon
noun, honey (def 6).
Gr.
MSG
noun, a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
MPH
MPE
MSI
RPO
OEM
RTS
rte
rt.
RSE
Rs.
RPM
got
noun, an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
hop
noun, an act of hopping; short leap.
RPG
TES
noun, ti1 .
TGN
th-
op.
MSH
tlr
MSN
MTO
HIS
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
MST
too
Idioms, only too. only (def 10).
Nth
Idioms, the nth degree / power, a high degree or power. the utmost degree or extent:
MTP
MTS
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.
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.
hog
noun, a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
hit
noun, an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
mtn
gre
mug
noun, a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
NSU
MTI
NUL
Mt.
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.
MTh
LU
noun, a male or female given name, form of Lou.
LR
TM
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
eh
interjection, (an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
rg
TN
ee
ol
NL
NU
noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
ln
No
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
SN
LO
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
GN
M.
UT
noun, the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
OG
O.
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
OE
noun, oy2 .
NM
LM
OH
noun, the exclamation “oh.”.
EI
MP
HE
noun, any male person or animal; a man:
TL
PE
noun, the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
MN
RN
RI
HL
RH
HO
noun, a sexually promiscuous woman.
R.
PU
t.
TG
T1
TE
noun, ti1 .
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.
GU
MU
noun, the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
IG
GP
i.
GO
noun, the act of going:
GM
G.
SM
SL
PI
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
SG
S.
RP
PO
noun, a chamber pot.
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
U.
OU
noun, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
TP
HI
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of high:
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
MG
MH
le
L2
L1
LP
plural, a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
LI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LH
L.
h.
NH
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.
HP
UH
interjection, (used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
RU
RO
NP
IP
NI
NG
N.
GH
SU
PH
HG
sh
interjection, (used to urge silence.)
UL
UI
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
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