Anagrams of glomerulonephritis
Word glomerulonephritis has
5924 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of glomerulonephritis.
- neurotropism
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- retropulsion
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- Heliotropium
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- moonlighters
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- phrenologies
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- phrenologist
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- nitrophilous
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- nephrotomies
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noun,
incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- luminologist
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- Risorgimento
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- numerologies
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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
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- herniotomies
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noun,
correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
- prerighteous
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- Negrophilist
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- Negrophilism
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- heterogonism
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- sphingometer
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- prereligious
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- primogenitor
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- minerologies
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- pleurotomies
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- pleurotomine
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- Petroselinum
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- glomerulitis
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noun,
inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- resolutioner
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noun,
a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- spiritmonger
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- outpromising
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- misreporting
-
- inspirometer
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- minerologist
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- phillumenist
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- limnophilous
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- rough-point
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- roughometer
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- Pleurosteon
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- primogenous
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- primigenous
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- milleporous
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- milleporite
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- epitheliums
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- terriginous
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- epistemolog
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- supermolten
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- proligerous
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- terrigenous
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- Hormigueros
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- horsemonger
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- horsetongue
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- progenitors
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noun,
a biologically related ancestor:
- tergeminous
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- Mitrephorus
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- moonlighter
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- Septogloeum
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- prologuiser
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- semiupright
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- Montpellier
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hérault, in S France, near the Mediterranean.
- ritornellos
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noun,
an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- multipliers
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noun,
a person or thing that multiplies.
- shellmonger
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- resinophore
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- guillotines
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- guillotiner
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- tiring-room
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noun,
a dressing room, especially in a theater.
- repromising
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- phenologist
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- reimporting
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- geoisotherm
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- euphemising
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- trisulphone
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- geomorphist
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- regroupment
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- outsleeping
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- outspelling
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- Gloiopeltis
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- perithelium
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noun,
the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- resmoothing
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- northerlies
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noun,
a wind that blows from the north.
- nemophilous
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- ring-porous
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adjective,
having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- Neoptolemus
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- nephrostome
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noun,
Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- Hermoupolis
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- metrologies
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noun,
the science of weights and measures.
- neurologies
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noun,
the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neurologist
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noun,
a physician specializing in neurology.
- neutrophils
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- hemitropous
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- heliotroper
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- pigeonholes
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- pigeonholer
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- hemipterous
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- nitromersol
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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
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- pronegroism
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- ethnologies
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noun,
a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially in regard to their historical development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them.
- phrenologer
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- milleporine
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- peritoneums
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noun,
the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- metroliners
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- premutinies
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- spermologer
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- spellmonger
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- urinologist
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- meritorious
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- leptorrhine
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- isopulegone
-
- luminophore
-
- upholsterer
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noun,
a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- porterhouse
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noun,
Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- positronium
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- porriginous
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- spirituelle
-
- preminister
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- stoneroller
-
- lithogenous
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adjective,
of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- unsightlier
-
- hierurgies
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noun,
a holy act or rite of worship.
- trumperies
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noun,
something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- prologuist
-
- Hellespont
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noun,
ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- rheologies
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noun,
the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- Southerner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the south.
- ergosterol
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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
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noun,
the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- portioners
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- theologies
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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
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noun,
the origin of the gods.
- ethologies
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noun,
the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
- positioner
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noun,
a person or thing that positions.
- etiologies
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noun,
Pathology.
the study of the causes of diseases.
the cause or origin of a disease.
- heliotrope
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noun,
any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- Heliopolis
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noun,
Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- pigeonhole
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- ring-shout
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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
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- turmoiling
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- irresolute
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adjective,
not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
- murthering
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- Negrophile
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- pilothouse
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- irruptions
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noun,
a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- Eriophorum
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- hirselling
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- hirtellous
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- Prometheus
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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
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- hogmollies
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noun,
hog sucker.
- multiplies
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adverb,
in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.
- luminophor
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- multiplier
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noun,
a person or thing that multiplies.
- neutrophil
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noun,
a phagocytic white blood cell having a lobulate nucleus and neutrophil granules in the cytoplasm.
- pigmentose
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- Hermosillo
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- phonometer
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noun,
a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
- phosgenite
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noun,
a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- limelights
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- spirometer
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noun,
an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- Greenhills
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- Petromilli
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- limnophile
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- petroleums
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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
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- geophilous
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adjective,
Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- orthoepies
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noun,
the study of correct pronunciation.
- geotropism
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noun,
oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- goniometer
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- outsmiling
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- reimposure
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- puntillero
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noun,
(in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- pulsometer
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noun,
a pulsimeter.
- protrusion
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noun,
the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- lightermen
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noun,
a person who navigates a lighter.
- penologies
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noun,
the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pergelisol
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- perigonium
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noun,
the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perihelion
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- periosteum
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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
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noun,
the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- greenrooms
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noun,
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- tonguesore
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- Leominster
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noun,
a city in N Massachusetts.
- guest-rope
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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
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noun,
the season of spring.
- epithelium
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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
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noun,
a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- resorption
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noun,
the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- resolution
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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
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- eutrophies
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. healthy or adequate nutrition or development.
- phlogiston
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noun,
a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- guillotine
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- urinometer
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noun,
a device for assessing the specific gravity of urine; a hydrometer for use on urine specimens.
- philtering
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- religioner
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- reposition
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noun,
the act of depositing or storing.
- repletions
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- philologue
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- philologer
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- groroilite
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- Philoetius
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- prosternum
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- grisoutine
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- grisounite
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- pheromones
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noun,
any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- Prostigmin
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- ionosphere
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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
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noun,
an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in 17th-century opera.
- melitriose
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noun,
raffinose.
- monitories
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noun,
Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
- teliospore
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noun,
a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- integrious
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- septillion
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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
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adjective,
taking place or being between groups:
- interloper
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noun,
a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others:
- telphering
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- Montpelier
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vermont, in the central part.
- minigroups
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- interlopes
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- moonlights
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noun,
the light of the moon.
- pistolling
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- houselling
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- eosinophil
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noun,
Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
- simon-pure
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adjective,
real; genuine:
- printeries
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noun,
(formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- enormities
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noun,
outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
- menologies
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noun,
a calendar of the months.
- importunes
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adjective,
importunate.
- emollients
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noun,
an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
- shoupeltin
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- inglorious
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adjective,
shameful; disgraceful:
- metroliner
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- Millhousen
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- imprinters
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noun,
a person or thing that imprints.
- priestling
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- pollutions
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noun,
the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- pneumolith
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- mesorrhine
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adjective,
having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.
- millionths
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adjective,
coming last in a series of a million.
- Mesolonghi
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noun,
Missolonghi.
- millistere
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- superliner
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noun,
an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
- Signorelli
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noun,
Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
- progenitor
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noun,
a biologically related ancestor:
- theorising
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- rupestrine
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adjective,
living or growing on or among rocks.
- morpholine
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noun,
a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- mellophone
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- millionth
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adjective,
coming last in a series of a million.
- optionees
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noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- imploring
-
- religious
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noun,
a member of a religious order, congregation, etc.; a monk, friar, or nun.
- religiose
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adjective,
characterized by religiosity.
- spirituel
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adjective,
showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- stripling
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- grillroom
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noun,
a restaurant or dining room, as in a hotel, that specializes in serving grilled meat and fish.
- importune
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adjective,
importunate.
- reimports
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- melinites
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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
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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
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noun,
the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- limousine
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noun,
any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- orogenies
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noun,
the process of mountain making or upheaval.
- imprinter
-
noun,
a person or thing that imprints.
- orometers
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- orpiments
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- relumines
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verb (used with object),
to relume.
- mothering
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noun,
the nurturing of an infant or small child by its mother.
- impsonite
-
noun,
a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- imperious
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adjective,
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing:
- supermini
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noun,
the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- Tisiphone
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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
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- replenish
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verb (used with object),
to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.:
- one-horse
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adjective,
using or having only a single horse:
- groupment
-
- millstone
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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
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noun,
a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- runesmith
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noun,
a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- leptosome
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noun,
a person of asthenic build.
- rent-roll
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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
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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.