Anagrams of hermaphroditism
Word hermaphroditism has
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- diphtherias
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noun,
a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- spermatoid
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adjective,
resembling sperm.
- triphammer
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noun,
Machinery. a heavy hammer raised and then let fall by means of some tripping device, as a cam.
- hair-shirt
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noun,
a garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents.
- diphtheria
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noun,
a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- impresario
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noun,
a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, especially operas, ballets, or concerts.
- diatropism
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noun,
the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- prismatoid
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noun,
a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- podiatries
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noun,
the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- dimorphism
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noun,
Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
Compare sexual dimorphism.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- primordia
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noun,
the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- tripodies
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noun,
a measure of three feet.
- spermato-
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- phratries
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noun,
a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
- Sephardim
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plural noun,
Jews of Spain and Portugal or their descendants, distinguished from the Ashkenazim and other Jewish communities chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew: after expulsion from Spain and Portugal in 1492, established communities in North Africa, the Balkans, Western Europe, and elsewhere.
- predators
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noun,
Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- atrophied
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- Aphrodite
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, identified by the Romans with Venus.
- red-short
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adjective,
brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
- memoirist
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noun,
a person who writes memoirs.
- Thermidor
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noun,
Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
- postrider
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noun,
(formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- spermatid
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noun,
Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- airdromes
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noun,
a landing field for airplanes that has extensive buildings, equipment, shelters, etc.; airport.
- predatism
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noun,
the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- teardrops
-
noun,
a tear or something suggesting a tear:
- horsehair
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noun,
a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- ridership
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noun,
the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- trimorphs
-
noun,
a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- Hiroshima
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noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- historied
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adjective,
abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied:
- posteriad
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adverb,
toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- therapsid
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noun,
any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- mediators
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- Methodism
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noun,
the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
- misopedia
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noun,
hatred of children, especially one's own.
- reimports
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- shorthead
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noun,
a brachycephalic person.
- misreport
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verb (used with object),
to report incorrectly or falsely.
- Hampshire
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noun,
Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- imperator
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noun,
an absolute or supreme ruler.
- amorphism
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noun,
the state or quality of being amorphous.
- primaries
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noun,
something that is first in order, rank, or importance.
- disrepair
-
noun,
the condition of needing repair; an impaired or neglected state.
- apriorism
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noun,
belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- Hashimite
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noun,
a member of any Arab dynasty in the Middle East founded by Husein ibn-Ali or his descendants.
- Rotherham
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- empirism
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noun,
empiricism (def 2).
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- heritors
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noun,
inheritor.
- teardrop
-
noun,
a tear or something suggesting a tear:
- spirited
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- arterio-
-
- eardrops
-
noun,
an earring with a pendant.
- samphire
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noun,
a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- apothems
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noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- marmites
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- predator
-
noun,
Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- marrieds
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noun,
Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people:
- Herodias
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noun,
the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- marmoset
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noun,
any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- Maritime
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adjective,
connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- armorist
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noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- Presidio
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noun,
a garrisoned fort; military post.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- Thrasher
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noun,
a person or thing that thrashes.
- spheroid
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noun,
a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- presidia
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noun,
(in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers:
- sphaero-
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- armoires
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- reimport
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- hopheads
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noun,
a narcotics addict, especially an opium addict.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- disherit
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verb (used with object),
to disinherit.
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- tiderips
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- isarithm
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noun,
isopleth.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- thomisid
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noun,
a spider of the family Thomisidae, comprising the crab spiders.
- dioptase
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- shithead
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noun,
a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- dimorphs
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noun,
either of the two forms assumed by a mineral or other chemical substance exhibiting dimorphism.
- morphism
-
- shrimper
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noun,
a shrimp fisherman.
- pitheads
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noun,
a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- dermato-
-
- diaspore
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noun,
a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.
- Mortimer
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noun,
Roger de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), 8th Baron of Wigmore [wig-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈwɪgˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr/ (Show IPA), and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- impaired
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noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- ditheism
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noun,
the doctrine of or belief in two equally powerful gods.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- Hreidmar
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noun,
(in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- Rhodesia
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noun,
(as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- dramshop
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noun,
bar; barroom; saloon.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- potsherd
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noun,
a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- teraphim
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plural noun,
idols or images reverenced by the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples, apparently as household gods.
- hospitia
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noun,
a hospice.
- potheads
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noun,
a person who habitually smokes marijuana.
- hotheads
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noun,
an impetuous or short-tempered person.
- aphorist
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noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- raphides
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plural noun,
acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- riptides
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- roadster
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noun,
an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- shipmate
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noun,
a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- pierrots
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- rarities
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- armories
-
noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- aphorism
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noun,
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
- haroseth
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noun,
a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- trophied
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adjective,
adorned with trophies.
- mediator
-
noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- hard-hit
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adjective,
adversely affected; struck by disaster.
- Spithead
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noun,
a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- miradors
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noun,
(in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- airdrome
-
noun,
a landing field for airplanes that has extensive buildings, equipment, shelters, etc.; airport.
- Ethiopia
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noun,
Formerly Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Capital: Addis Ababa.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- primeros
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noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- airdrops
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noun,
the act or process of airdropping.
- metaphor
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noun,
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”.
Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- amidship
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adverb,
in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- redshirt
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noun,
a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility.
a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- Seraphim
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noun,
a plural of seraph.
- headship
-
noun,
the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- partiers
-
noun,
partyer.
- 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.
- headmost
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adjective,
most advanced; foremost.
- mermaids
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noun,
(in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- priories
-
noun,
a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- Stroheim
-
noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- airstrip
-
noun,
a small landing field having only one runway.
- parities
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- heirdoms
-
noun,
heirship; inheritance.
- psammite
-
noun,
any sandstone.
- hardtops
-
noun,
a style of car having a rigid metal top and no center posts between windows.
- parotids
-
noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- trimmers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trims.
- hematoid
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adjective,
hemoid.
- trimorph
-
noun,
a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- memorist
-
noun,
a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- heirship
-
noun,
the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- Primates
-
noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- hardship
-
noun,
a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression:
- pterido-
-
- hard-set
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adjective,
firmly or rigidly set; fixed:
- prismoid
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noun,
a solid having sides that are trapezoids and bases or ends that are parallel and similar but not congruent polygons.
Compare prism (def 2).
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- priorate
-
noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- Mephitis
-
noun,
(in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- mateship
-
noun,
the state of being a mate.
- parodist
-
noun,
a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- trophies
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- parodies
-
noun,
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing:
- ethmoids
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noun,
the ethmoid bone.
- semiarid
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adjective,
characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm):
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- disport
-
noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- Harriet
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- stardom
-
noun,
the world or class of professional stars, as of the stage.
- Imamite
-
noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rompers
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- rompish
-
adjective,
given to romping; frolicsome.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- raphide
-
plural noun,
acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.
- thermo-
-
- Thermos
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noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- Hamites
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- dithers
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- hairdos
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- harries
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- hardies
-
noun,
a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole (hardy hole) in a blacksmith's anvil.
- redtops
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- dimorph
-
noun,
either of the two forms assumed by a mineral or other chemical substance exhibiting dimorphism.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- rammers
-
noun,
a person or thing that rams.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- stammer
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- harmost
-
noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- hardtop
-
noun,
a style of car having a rigid metal top and no center posts between windows.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- diapirs
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Thomism
-
noun,
the theological and philosophical system of Thomas Aquinas.
- diopter
-
noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- ramrods
-
noun,
a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- dirhams
-
noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- thirams
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- hammers
-
noun,
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- impers.
-
- rammish
-
adjective,
resembling a ram.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- hampers
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- diphase
-
adjective,
having two phases; two-phase.
- hamster
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- diorite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- harpers
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- Parrish
-
noun,
Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- remoras
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- 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:
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- sphero-
-
- stridor
-
noun,
a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- spermo-
-
- hearths
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- Peridot
-
noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- red-hot
-
noun,
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- hipshot
-
adjective,
having the hip dislocated.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- hemodia
-
noun,
hypersensitivity of the teeth.
- Ephraim
-
noun,
the younger son of Joseph. Gen. 41:52.
- spiroid
-
adjective,
more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- hepato-
-
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- heptads
-
noun,
the number seven.
- hemato-
-
- strophe
-
noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- heimish
-
adjective,
haimish.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- 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.
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- red-hat
-
noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- heirdom
-
noun,
heirship; inheritance.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Erhardt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eardrop
-
noun,
an earring with a pendant.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- parotid
-
noun,
Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phasmid
-
noun,
any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- hothead
-
noun,
an impetuous or short-tempered person.
- parrots
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- Phidias
-
noun,
c500–432? b.c, Greek sculptor.
- dorpers
-
noun,
one of a breed of sheep having a black face and white body, developed in South Africa from the Dorset Horn and black-headed Persian breeds and raised for meat.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- Orphism
-
noun,
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- parries
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- dormers
-
noun,
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
- riptide
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- stearo-
-
- hadiths
-
noun,
Islam. a traditional account of things said or done by Muhammad or his companions.
- 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.
- smother
-
noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- hatreds
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- histoid
-
adjective,
Pathology. resembling normal tissue in structure.
- sparoid
-
noun,
a sparoid fish.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- ethiops
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- Drosera
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- Ommiads
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- hophead
-
noun,
a narcotics addict, especially an opium addict.
- ethmoid
-
noun,
the ethmoid bone.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- drapers
-
noun,
a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- 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.
- aristo-
-
- torpids
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- armored
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armoire
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- marmots
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- married
-
noun,
Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people:
- marries
-
verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- shammer
-
noun,
a person who shams.
- Ardmore
-
noun,
a city in S Oklahoma.
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- mistime
-
verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- arteri-
-
- apothem
-
noun,
a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- tommies
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- atheism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- Sharrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- pothead
-
noun,
a person who habitually smokes marijuana.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Mahomet
-
noun,
Muhammad (def 1).
- arthro-
-
- pothers
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- Potsdam
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July–August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee.
- Mithras
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- maihems
-
noun,
mayhem.
- sharper
-
noun,
a shrewd swindler.
- praetor
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- prairie
-
noun,
an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west.
Compare pampas, savanna, steppe.
- mithers
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mishima
-
noun,
Yukio [yoo-kee-oh;; Japanese yoo-kee-aw] /ˈyu kiˌoʊ;; Japanese ˈyu kiˌɔ/ (Show IPA), (Kimitake Hiraoka) 1925–70, Japanese novelist and playwright.
- mishear
-
verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- Shepard
-
noun,
Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- Merriam
-
noun,
a town in E Kansas.
- Sephora
-
noun,
Zipporah.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- midterm
-
noun,
the middle or halfway point of a term, as a school term or term of office.
- mermaid
-
noun,
(in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- midship
-
adjective,
in or belonging to the middle part of a ship.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- midrash
-
noun,
an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Memphis
-
noun,
a port in SW Tennessee, on the Mississippi.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- 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.
- adipose
-
noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- midairs
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- metaph.
-
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- tsardom
-
noun,
czardom.
- sedarim
-
noun,
a plural of Seder.
- tripods
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- memoirs
-
noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- primers
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- trashed
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- primero
-
noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- mirador
-
noun,
(in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Amherst
-
noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- Trimmer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trims.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- airship
-
noun,
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
- airshed
-
noun,
a geographical area within which the air frequently is confined or channeled, with all parts of the area thus being subject to similar conditions of air pollution.
- airport
-
noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- airdrop
-
noun,
the act or process of airdropping.
- Airdrie
-
noun,
a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- podetia
-
noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- deports
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- Pommard
-
noun,
a dry, red wine from the Pommard parish in Burgundy.
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- threaps
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- tiderip
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- podesta
-
noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- shimmer
-
noun,
a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- dermat-
-
- shophar
-
noun,
shofar.
- raiders
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- dehorts
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- dearths
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- radomes
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- pomades
-
noun,
a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- deposit
-
noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- sidero-
-
- sidearm
-
adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- dashpot
-
noun,
a device for cushioning, damping, or reversing the motion of a piece of machinery, consisting of a cylinder in which a piston operates to create a pressure or vacuum on an enclosed gas or to force a fluid in or out of the chamber through narrow openings.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- Shorter
-
noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- Dampier
-
noun,
William, 1652–1715, English navigator, explorer, buccaneer, and writer.
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- dampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- pommies
-
noun,
a British person, especially one who is a recent immigrant.
- Isidora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- threads
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- pithead
-
noun,
a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- mopish
-
adjective,
given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- modems
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- heaths
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- masto-
-
- hepta-
-
- mishap
-
noun,
an unfortunate accident.
- hepat-
-
- spiro-
-
- mashed
-
noun,
mashed potatoes:
- hemoid
-
adjective,
resembling blood; hematoid.
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- hemat-
-
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- imper.
-
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- impish
-
adjective,
mischievous.
- matri-
-
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Miriam
-
noun,
the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- mimeos
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- hasher
-
noun,
a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- paedo-
-
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Sidrah
-
noun,
a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- harems
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harper
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- 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.
- midair
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Method
-
noun,
a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan:
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- metro-
-
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- Sedrah
-
noun,
Sidrah.
- 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).
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- morph-
-
- Medit.
-
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- irido-
-
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- septi-
-
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- memoir
-
noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- shrimp
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- 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:
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- heptad
-
noun,
the number seven.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- mopeds
-
noun,
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- MPharm
-
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- maihem
-
noun,
mayhem.
- horrid
-
adjective,
such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rhodes
-
noun,
Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Mahdis
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Ommiad
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- rhedas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- hoards
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- iatro-
-
- sheath
-
noun,
a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- madtom
-
noun,
any of several tadpolelike, freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, of the central and eastern U.S., having a poisonous pectoral spine: some are threatened or endangered.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- MSPhar
-
- somat-
-
- rimmed
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- modish
-
adjective,
in the current fashion; stylish.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- 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.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- rimmer
-
noun,
William, 1816–79, U.S. sculptor and painter, born in England.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- romper
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- Hesiod
-
noun,
fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.
- Mohism
-
noun,
the doctrine of Mo-Tze, stressing universal love, not limited by special affections or obligations, and opposition to Confucianism and traditionalism.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Hermod
-
noun,
a son of Odin who rode to Hel to negotiate for the return of Balder to Asgard.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- rrhoea
-
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- mishit
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- 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.
- MSPHEd
-
- shohet
-
noun,
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- sirdar
-
noun,
(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- 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.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Mamers
-
noun,
Mars.
- hither
-
Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Mamore
-
noun,
a river in Bolivia, flowing N to the Beni River on the border of Brazil to form the Madeira River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- histo-
-
- simmer
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- hispid
-
adjective,
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- retro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- hiero-
-
- shaped
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- 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.).
- sperm-
-
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- immesh
-
verb (used with object),
enmesh.
- Moham.
-
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- dhotis
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dermo-
-
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- thread
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- thrash
-
noun,
an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- 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.
- rammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that rams.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- diapir
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- depths
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- thresh
-
noun,
the act of threshing.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- deaths
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- dasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that dashes.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- dehort
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- 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:
- 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.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- dimmer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dims.
- thirds
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- dormer
-
noun,
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- Dorpat
-
noun,
German name of Tartu.
- dorper
-
noun,
one of a breed of sheep having a black face and white body, developed in South Africa from the Dorset Horn and black-headed Persian breeds and raised for meat.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- ramrod
-
noun,
a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- dirham
-
noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- dirhem
-
noun,
any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- distr.
-
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therm-
-
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- pomade
-
noun,
a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- damper
-
noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- PharmM
-
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- AmerSp
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amido-
-
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- primer
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- amphi-
-
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- treasr
-
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- 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.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- troph-
-
- 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.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- 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.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- dammit
-
interjection,
damn it (used as a mild expletive).
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- radio-
-
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- radish
-
noun,
the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ptero-
-
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- arthr-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- haemo-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patho-
-
- ephods
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- ephahs
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- patri-
-
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Erhard
-
noun,
Ludwig, 1897–1977, West German economist and government official: chancellor 1963–66.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Hadith
-
noun,
Islam. a traditional account of things said or done by Muhammad or his companions.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- hamper
-
noun,
Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Draper
-
noun,
a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- petro-
-
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- Phaedo
-
noun,
a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Hammer
-
noun,
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hairdo
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- rehash
-
noun,
the act of rehashing.
- haired
-
adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- PharmD
-
- prem.
-
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Orth.
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- pred.
-
- rept.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- oste-
-
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- pros.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Pres.
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- rears
-
- 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.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- path-
-
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- prae-
-
- Prot.
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pated
-
- pret.
-
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- part.
-
- 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.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- prod.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- prim.
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- prom.
-
- pashm
-
noun,
the fine woolly underhair of goats raised in northern India.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pari-
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- 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.
- 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.
- MPers
-
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- petr-
-
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- petri
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- OPers
-
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- 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.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- peta-
-
- 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.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- rhet.
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- pert.
-
- rhoea
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- 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).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Pharr
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Pharm
-
- PharD
-
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- oidea
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- 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.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- phore
-
- phot.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rhod-
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- MSPHE
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- poet.
-
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- moped
-
noun,
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.
- rrhea
-
- momes
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- sadhe
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- patr-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Port.
-
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- MODEM
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- pedo-
-
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- retd.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- restr
-
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- PEDir
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pedi-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- resp.
-
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- haem-
-
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- Hades
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- hadst
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- hames
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- ster.
-
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Srta.
-
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- step-
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Esth.
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- 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.
- 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.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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:
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- damps
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- harsh
-
adjective,
ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect:
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- hemo-
-
- 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.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- herds
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herp.
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- heths
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hemi-
-
- hides
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hier-
-
- atmo-
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hist.
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- hemia
-
- hema-
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- spor-
-
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Hasid
-
noun,
a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.
Compare Mitnagged.
- 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.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- 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.
- heads
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- 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.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Heidi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Epist
-
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- derm-
-
- depth
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- terr.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- 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.
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- tera-
-
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dept.
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- dist.
-
- thio-
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Theos
-
- theor
-
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- theo-
-
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- diam.
-
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Epis.
-
- 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.
- edit.
-
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- dashi
-
noun,
a clear fish and kelp broth, used in Japanese cookery.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- darts
-
- ephah
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- ephod
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- 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.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temp.
-
- demo-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- demi-
-
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Death
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- astr.
-
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shied
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Shiah
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- sherd
-
noun,
shard.
- Shema
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Shear
-
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.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Mahdi
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- irid-
-
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- shred
-
noun,
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- shpt.
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- amid-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Amer.
-
- AMEDS
-
- Isth.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shoad
-
noun,
float (def 43).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- 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.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- trop-
-
- semih
-
- semi-
-
- meso-
-
- 30-30
-
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meth-
-
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- mast-
-
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- math.
-
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- matr-
-
- shade
-
noun,
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- seti-
-
- 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.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- sero-
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- ammos
-
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- hosp.
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Somme
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- hort.
-
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- arith
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- IATSE
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Idaho
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise.
Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- homes
-
- homme
-
noun,
a man.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Hopeh
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Hebei.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- 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.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- 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.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- aphid
-
noun,
any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing wings when overcrowding occurs: an important pest of many fruit trees and vegetable crops.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- 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.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- sito-
-
- treas
-
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- imit.
-
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- ideo-
-
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- areo-
-
- idio-
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- trid
-
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tri-
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- TODS
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- RADM
-
- pts.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- 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.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- PTSD
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rad.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- 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.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- psia
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- SMTP
-
- Rom.
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- shr.
-
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Shah
-
noun,
(formerly, in Iran) king; sovereign.
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sem.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- 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.
- shod
-
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.
- std.
-
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- 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.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- thi-
-
- str.
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tasm
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- the-
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- TDRS
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ter.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- psid
-
- 1080
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- 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.
- mem.
-
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- MEPA
-
- 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.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- met.
-
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- meas
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Mid.
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Madm
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAEd
-
- dpt.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- MDAP
-
- MDES
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Mdme
-
plural,
Madame.
- Mdms
-
plural,
Madam.
- mdse
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- 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.
- MOpt
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dim.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dia-
-
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- 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.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- der.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- depr
-
- dep.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- 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.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Dem.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- 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.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- MIPS
-
- DMSO
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- 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.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- 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.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- 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.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- esp.
-
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- Esd.
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- HMAS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- hom-
-
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- her.
-
- 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.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Hamm
-
noun,
a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- hash
-
noun,
a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hem-
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- 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.
- Eth.
-
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- HEAO
-
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- hehs
-
noun,
he2 .
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- EDTA
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- iso-
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- med.
-
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- iod-
-
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- hor.
-
- Eph.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- HRIP
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Imp.
-
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Emp.
-
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- IMHO
-
- mrem
-
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- pat.
-
- patd
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- ped.
-
- peds
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- per.
-
- perh
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pers
-
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- aph-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- OSRD
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pam.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- par.
-
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- amdt
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- 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.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pot.
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- poda
-
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Phar
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- phr.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- AIME
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- MSPE
-
- MSME
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ator
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- MSIE
-
- MSHE
-
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- art.
-
- MSHA
-
- MSEM
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ASTM
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ates
-
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Dom.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- atm.
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- dahs
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- ASME
-
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damp
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- MSPH
-
- 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.
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- MSAM
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arr.
-
- ARIS
-
- ord.
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- opia
-
- OPer
-
- dat.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- MSAE
-
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- ERP
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- HRH
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- DSO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DSM
-
- HSH
-
- TSH
-
- DAE
-
- ad-
-
- TSI
-
- ThM
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- EPS
-
- de-
-
- EPT
-
- ATP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- do.
-
- TMO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- DOA
-
- TSP
-
- HSM
-
- DPH
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- TID
-
- ERT
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- HIH
-
- STM
-
- DAR
-
- ETS
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- trp
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ETR
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ap-
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Ar.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Tro
-
- ESA
-
- AHE
-
- DEA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ETO
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- di.
-
- dha
-
- STP
-
- HMS
-
- dh-
-
- hr.
-
- DET
-
- STI
-
- TIA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ESR
-
- ae.
-
- AME
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- eo-
-
- ARS
-
- DRE
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DSA
-
- DSP
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- DTh
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- aor
-
- EOM
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ase
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- AMS
-
- Dr.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- th-
-
- tpd
-
- TPI
-
- TPM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tpr
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- DPA
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ard
-
- ThD
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- APS
-
- DPI
-
- DPM
-
- DPS
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- EAM
-
- Doi
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EMR
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- eir
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- EIS
-
- DMS
-
- at.
-
- DMA
-
- tph
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ast
-
- EMT
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EPA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ehr
-
- ASR
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TRH
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ASI
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ASM
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- DMT
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ier
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- OED
-
- MTS
-
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- ROA
-
- OAP
-
- MTI
-
- MTh
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSM
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- MSI
-
- OSD
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ROI
-
- 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.
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OIr
-
- oid
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAS
-
- OEM
-
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MSH
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- So.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- sd.
-
- Sp.
-
- Rs.
-
- SRO
-
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- SAE
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- RSA
-
- 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.
- MSE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MSD
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- ROP
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- MPH
-
- RPO
-
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- RPM
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- 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.
- MME
-
- 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:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PIO
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PID
-
- POA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PHS
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PhM
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhD
-
- PMT
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RMA
-
- PSA
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Rd.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- RPS
-
- PRA
-
- POR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- PHA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- OPA
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OTS
-
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPM
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ote
-
- Pa.
-
- RDA
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDT
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- pd.
-
- PTO
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- MMT
-
- 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.
- IPO
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IHS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- iph
-
- IPM
-
- MIT
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- PSE
-
- ise
-
- spt
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ish
-
- ISA
-
- hd.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SPR
-
- IRS
-
- shp
-
- IRO
-
- sht
-
- IHP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ite
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- ht.
-
- HST
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- 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.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- hrs
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HRE
-
- HPD
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Hts
-
- id.
-
- IDP
-
- SMM
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- SMA
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- SMD
-
- ide
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HHD
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- IAS
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- ITA
-
- 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.
- MHR
-
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Sta
-
- 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).
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- MHA
-
- SED
-
- MHD
-
- MHE
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sho
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SAR
-
- MIP
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- se-
-
- mi.
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- SDA
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- HAM
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noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- SDI
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- HAO
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- SDR
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- Mdm
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plural,
Madam.
- SHA
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- Mat
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noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- Md.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
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- Me.
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- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- MM.
-
- Mo.
-
- has
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noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- M-1
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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.
- shh
-
interjection,
sh.
- MAD
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noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- she
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noun,
a female person or animal.
- Mam
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noun,
British Informal. mother.
- Mao
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- MAP
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noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Sr.
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- RI
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- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HH
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- AO
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- R.
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- RH
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- HP
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- h.
-
- DM
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- PH
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- RO
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- DP
-
- O.
-
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TM
-
- EI
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- M.
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- MP
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RP
-
- MH
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- t.
-
- 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.
- TD
-
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TP
-
- D.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- IP
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- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OA
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- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
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