Anagrams of hyperacidities
Word hyperacidities has
2264 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of hyperacidities.
- hairpieces
-
noun,
a toupee.
- physiatric
-
noun,
physical medicine.
- perithecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- patricides
-
noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- rapidities
-
noun,
a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- sharp-eyed
-
adjective,
having keen sight or perception.
- hesperidia
-
noun,
the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- sphericity
-
noun,
a spherical state or form.
- predicates
-
noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- dispatcher
-
noun,
a person who dispatches.
- dirt-cheap
-
adverb,
cheaply:
- archetypes
-
noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- pediatrics
-
noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pederasty
-
noun,
sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- therapsid
-
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.
- dyarchies
-
noun,
diarchy.
- deciphers
-
verb (used with object),
to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.):
- pediatric
-
noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- diarchies
-
noun,
government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities.
- pesticide
-
noun,
a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- ideaistic
-
adjective,
of ideas, especially in their abstract or symbolic character.
- hairpiece
-
noun,
a toupee.
- disparity
-
noun,
lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference:
- tracheids
-
noun,
an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support.
Compare vessel (def 5).
- eparchies
-
noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- acidities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- raticides
-
noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- Parcheesi
-
- edacities
-
noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- patricide
-
noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- triphasic
-
noun,
a combination drug given in three phases and eliciting three physiological effects.
- predicate
-
noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- dietaries
-
noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- charities
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- red-tapey
-
- Cheapside
-
noun,
a district and thoroughfare in London, England.
- archetype
-
noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- asiderite
-
noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- discreate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- epithecia
-
noun,
the surface layer of tissue of the fruiting body of lichens and fungi, formed by the union of the tips of the paraphyses over the spore sacs.
- therapies
-
noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- shipyard
-
noun,
a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- dispatch
-
noun,
the sending off of a messenger, letter, etc., to a destination.
- seraphic
-
adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- Thespiae
-
noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- Asherite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- raticide
-
noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- airspeed
-
noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- dispirit
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- decrepit
-
adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- decrypts
-
verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- spirited
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- red-tape
-
noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- disherit
-
verb (used with object),
to disinherit.
- herpetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- headrest
-
noun,
a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- diptychs
-
noun,
a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- Dietrich
-
noun,
Marlene [mahr-ley-nuh] /mɑrˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), 1904–92, U.S. actress and singer, born in Germany.
- hearties
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- hectares
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- hepatics
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- die-cast
-
adjective,
formed by die casting.
- hard-set
-
adjective,
firmly or rigidly set; fixed:
- heredity
-
noun,
the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- carditis
-
noun,
inflammation of the pericardium, myocardium, or endocardium, separately or in combination.
- despatch
-
noun,
the sending off of a messenger, letter, etc., to a destination.
- hydrates
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hieratic
-
noun,
ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- tiderips
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- discrete
-
adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- hysteria
-
noun,
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric
-
noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- decipher
-
verb (used with object),
to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.):
- apyretic
-
adjective,
free from fever.
- detaches
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
- hayrides
-
noun,
a pleasure ride or outing, usually at night, by a group in an open wagon or truck partly filled with hay.
- riptides
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- sericite
-
noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- parities
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- presidia
-
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:
- Strachey
-
noun,
(Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- Cytherea
-
noun,
Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- deciares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- picrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- picrites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- cystidia
-
noun,
(in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
- ditchers
-
noun,
a person who digs ditches.
- Christie
-
noun,
Agatha, 1891–1976, English novelist of detective fiction.
- pierhead
-
noun,
the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- Pierides
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plural noun,
the Muses.
- piracies
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- asperity
-
noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- preheats
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- predicts
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- cheaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- pitchers
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- siderite
-
noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- pitheads
-
noun,
a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- predates
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- preaches
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- ephedras
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Ephedra, growing in dry regions and having branching stems with dry scalelike leaves.
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- cat-eyed
-
adjective,
having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- pastiche
-
noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- rapidity
-
noun,
a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- raphides
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plural noun,
acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.
- scyphate
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adjective,
being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- tracheid
-
noun,
an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support.
Compare vessel (def 5).
- pederast
-
noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- theriacs
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- peracids
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- phreatic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- Spithead
-
noun,
a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- Aristide
-
noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- rachitis
-
noun,
rickets.
- stephead
-
noun,
dropline.
- Pharisee
-
noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- petechia
-
noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- epicedia
-
noun,
a funeral song; dirge.
- adscript
-
noun,
an adscript character.
Compare inferior (def 11), superior (def 12).
- perseity
-
noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- syrphid
-
noun,
syrphid fly.
- ditches
-
noun,
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- ditcher
-
noun,
a person who digs ditches.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- spathic
-
adjective,
like spar.
- dithers
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- distich
-
noun,
a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
- diptych
-
noun,
a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- Christy
-
noun,
Christie.
- dearths
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- starchy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Cythera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- cyphers
-
noun,
zero.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- chytrid
-
noun,
any of the simple, algaelike fungi constituting the class Chytridiomycetes, order Chytridiales, of aquatic and soil environments, having flagellated zoospores and little or no mycelium.
- yester-
-
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- chested
-
adjective,
having a chest of a specified kind (often used in combination):
- cheders
-
noun,
heder.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- cheapie
-
noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- Charity
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- chapter
-
noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- 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.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- diphase
-
adjective,
having two phases; two-phase.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- dietary
-
noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- sphecid
-
noun,
a sphecid wasp.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- 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.
- diarchy
-
noun,
government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- despite
-
noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- spicery
-
noun,
spice.
- depicts
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- spidery
-
adjective,
like a spider or a spider's web.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- dehisce
-
verb (used without object),
to burst open, as capsules of plants; gape.
- decrypt
-
verb (used with object),
to decode or decipher.
- echards
-
noun,
the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- hardies
-
noun,
a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole (hardy hole) in a blacksmith's anvil.
- ectypes
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- Perseid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- Perchta
-
noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- perches
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- peracid
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- peaches
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- raphide
-
plural noun,
acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.
- patches
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- prythee
-
interjection,
prithee.
- parches
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- padeyes
-
noun,
a ring fixed to the structure of a ship as a hold for small lines, tackles, etc.
- pachisi
-
noun,
a board game, originated in ancient India, in which four players advance four pieces each along a route on a cross-shaped board toward a center square by throws of cowrie shells or dice.
- reaches
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redcaps
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- Phidias
-
noun,
c500–432? b.c, Greek sculptor.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- preheat
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- predate
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- Pythias
-
noun,
Damon and Pythias.
- Pythiad
-
noun,
the four-year period between two celebrations of the Pythian Games.
- pithead
-
noun,
a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- predict
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- Pisidia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- piscary
-
noun,
Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- Pyrites
-
noun,
pyrite.
- pyretic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- preside
-
verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pierced
-
adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- Pictish
-
noun,
the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Picardy
-
noun,
a region in N France: formerly a province.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- red-hat
-
noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- edacity
-
noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Scythia
-
noun,
the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- ceriphs
-
noun,
serif.
- haptics
-
noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- hayseed
-
noun,
grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.
- hayride
-
noun,
a pleasure ride or outing, usually at night, by a group in an open wagon or truck partly filled with hay.
- Script.
-
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- escheat
-
noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- Ephedra
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Ephedra, growing in dry regions and having branching stems with dry scalelike leaves.
- epeiric
-
adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- eparchs
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- eparchy
-
noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- eidetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- sheared
-
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.
- Shepard
-
noun,
Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- edaphic
-
adjective,
related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- scyphi-
-
- reshape
-
verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- heretic
-
noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- retches
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- iatrics
-
- riptide
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- hyster-
-
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hydrate
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrase
-
noun,
any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a water molecule into a compound without causing hydrolysis.
- Heredia
-
noun,
José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- herdics
-
noun,
a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- heptads
-
noun,
the number seven.
- hepcats
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hepatic
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- Heaters
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- hearted
-
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.
- headset
-
noun,
Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
- headers
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- hatreds
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- teaches
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- preachy
-
adjective,
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- threaps
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- 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.
- thready
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling a thread or threads; fibrous; filamentous.
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- trachy-
-
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Thraces
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- 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.
- adheres
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- archit.
-
- airship
-
noun,
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- trashed
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- aethers
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- therapy
-
noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- acidity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- tiderip
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- aphetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- triacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- Ardeche
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Privas.
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- cardi-
-
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- 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.
- pathic
-
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- yachts
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- septi-
-
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- speedy
-
adjective,
characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- patchy
-
adjective,
characterized by or made up of patches.
- Riyadh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Saudi Arabia.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- patri-
-
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- hyper-
-
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- radish
-
noun,
the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- 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.
- deathy
-
adjective, adverb,
deathly.
- 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.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- hispid
-
adjective,
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- detach
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Sedrah
-
noun,
Sidrah.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- descry
-
verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- 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.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- 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.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- peachy
-
adjective,
resembling a peach, as in color or appearance.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- echard
-
noun,
the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- Irtysh
-
noun,
a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tiered
-
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.
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- recti-
-
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- 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.
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- isidia
-
noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Sidrah
-
noun,
a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- 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):
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- sharpy
-
noun,
sharpie.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- shaped
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- iridic
-
adjective,
of or containing iridium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- 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.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- distr.
-
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- payees
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- parity
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- driech
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- spacey
-
adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- 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.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- rhedas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- Rheydt
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, adjacent to Mönchen-Gladbach. 96,000 (1963).
- padeye
-
noun,
a ring fixed to the structure of a ship as a hold for small lines, tackles, etc.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- chrys-
-
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- herdic
-
noun,
a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- piracy
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- chirpy
-
adjective,
chirping or tending to chirp:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- 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.
- chides
-
verb (used with object),
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
- header
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- Chiayi
-
noun,
Chiai.
- archi-
-
- heptad
-
noun,
the number seven.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- teched
-
adjective,
tetched.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- arched
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- cysti-
-
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- cypher
-
noun,
zero.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- tachy-
-
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- cyders
-
noun,
cider.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- hepta-
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- 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.
- 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.
- chards
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- 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.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- 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:
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- heated
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- archt.
-
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- heders
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- pisci-
-
- cheesy
-
adjective,
of or like cheese:
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cheder
-
noun,
heder.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- cerat-
-
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- hepat-
-
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- Chasid
-
noun,
Hasid.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- pitchy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in pitch.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- trich-
-
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- Pythia
-
noun,
the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Hyades
-
noun,
Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Phedre
-
noun,
a tragedy (1677) by Racine.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cryst.
-
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- crypt-
-
- dasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that dashes.
- 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.
- hydric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing hydrogen.
- hydras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- haired
-
adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- thirds
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- Psyche
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- 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.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- 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.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- scythe
-
noun,
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- adhere
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- 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.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- psych-
-
- physic
-
noun,
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- hydr-
-
- yacht
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- hides
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- arche
-
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- rept.
-
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Heyse
-
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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Hydra
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- hier-
-
- Archd
-
- Heidi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- sarc-
-
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- rhet.
-
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- herds
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- IATSE
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- resp.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Arch.
-
- retd.
-
- 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.
- hist.
-
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- iatry
-
- sadhe
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- herp.
-
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- PharD
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- 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.
- phyre
-
- peta-
-
- phys.
-
- phyte
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- 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.
- treas
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- pedi-
-
- PEDir
-
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- 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.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acet-
-
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- prae-
-
- 30-30
-
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- pred.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pret.
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- acpt.
-
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- acity
-
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Pres.
-
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- 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.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- recip
-
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Recit
-
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- rcpt.
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- payee
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- irid-
-
- yirds
-
noun,
earth.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reedy
-
adjective,
full of reeds:
- YPSCE
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- recpt
-
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- rect.
-
- Isth.
-
- istic
-
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- path-
-
- pathy
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- patr-
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- pated
-
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- payt.
-
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- pardy
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- heeds
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- 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.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- dept.
-
- 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.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- carp-
-
- desc.
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Srta.
-
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- darts
-
- dashi
-
noun,
a clear fish and kelp broth, used in Japanese cookery.
- dashy
-
adjective,
showy; stylish; dashing.
- 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.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- 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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- 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.
- deca-
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- deci-
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- 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.
- disc.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- dishy
-
adjective,
Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful:
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- dist.
-
- disty
-
- ditch
-
noun,
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- 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.
- 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.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Card.
-
- tera-
-
- Capt.
-
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dich-
-
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- caps.
-
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- spec.
-
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- tech.
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chide
-
verb (used with object),
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- 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.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- tears
-
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- 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.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Tchad
-
noun,
Chad.
- chads
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- chays
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chap.
-
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- char-
-
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- ster.
-
- Cath.
-
- step-
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dache
-
noun,
Lilly, 1914?–1989, U.S. hat designer, born in France.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cyst-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Teyde
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Teide, Pico de.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cathy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Sept.
-
- Seric
-
- ESPEC
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Esth.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- seedy
-
adjective,
abounding in seed.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- sect.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- shady
-
Idioms,
on the shady side of, Informal. beyond (the specified age); more than:
- shade
-
noun,
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- astr.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Ephes
-
- seti-
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Epist
-
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Hades
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Heady
-
adjective,
intoxicating:
- 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.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- 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.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hect-
-
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- 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.
- hadst
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Hayti
-
noun,
former name of Haiti (def 1).
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- 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.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Hardy
-
noun,
a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole (hardy hole) in a blacksmith's anvil.
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Harpy
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- 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.
- arith
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Edyth
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- edit.
-
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- shied
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- 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.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- 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.
- shred
-
noun,
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- shpt.
-
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sherd
-
noun,
shard.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- 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.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tri-
-
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- typ.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- SPCA
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- secy
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- sech
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- sec.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- thi-
-
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- shr.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- 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.
- sci.
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Syr.
-
- sch.
-
- Sat.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- trid
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- RdAc
-
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- TDRS
-
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- tchr
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- scr.
-
- the-
-
- rcd.
-
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- prs.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- rad.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sra.
-
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ter.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- psia
-
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- psid
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- psec
-
- PSAT
-
- rpt.
-
- std.
-
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- str.
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Ste.
-
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Rida
-
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- 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.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- PTSD
-
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- RIIA
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- 1080
-
- prec
-
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drch
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- ect-
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDTA
-
- pre-
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eyed
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- dpt.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- Dec.
-
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- dep.
-
- depr
-
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
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.
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dys-
-
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- DChE
-
- her.
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hedy
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”.
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- 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.
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- 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.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Hyde
-
noun,
Douglas, 1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.
- hyp.
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- 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.
- Eph.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- esp.
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- 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.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- 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.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- aph-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- 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.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- cap.
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTH
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aet.
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Aire
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- dat.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- chs.
-
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cyte
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cpd.
-
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- crat
-
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- 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.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- Chr.
-
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- HRIP
-
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Pet.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- yrs.
-
- pct.
-
- 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.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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).
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- idae
-
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- ICSH
-
- patd
-
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pers
-
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- perh
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Ire.
-
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Phar
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- peds
-
- pede
-
- ped.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- phr.
-
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- 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.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- par.
-
- PAYE
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pyr-
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pity
-
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:
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- pays
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- itis
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Ice.
-
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- TCS
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- TDY
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- 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.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- DAR
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- DPH
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- CEA
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- RCA
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- DAE
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CDT
-
- DSC
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- CED
-
- 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.
- CPA
-
- TCA
-
- CIE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- PCI
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- STP
-
- CRP
-
- CIP
-
- 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.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- CPS
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CPR
-
- CPI
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- CIA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- CSR
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CST
-
- CSA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- STI
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- CRT
-
- PDT
-
- CRS
-
- PCS
-
- Hts
-
- THC
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AIC
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- tpd
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AYH
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- 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:
- PID
-
- 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.
- ays
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- APC
-
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- AHE
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- APS
-
- PRC
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AEC
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- acy
-
- PRA
-
- ACP
-
- TRH
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- PHA
-
- ATP
-
- Rd.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- cp.
-
- Sta
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- at.
-
- ThD
-
- th-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CAI
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARS
-
- TID
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ard
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- PSA
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- py-
-
- PSC
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- PSE
-
- ASR
-
- PHS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- ase
-
- PhD
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ASI
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- RCT
-
- spt
-
- St.
-
- 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.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- 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).
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yds
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- ier
-
- IDP
-
- SED
-
- ety
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- hr.
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SDA
-
- Ep.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Ehr
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- RDA
-
- IHS
-
- EIS
-
- EPA
-
- ERP
-
- IHP
-
- SHA
-
- YHA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ery
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- SDI
-
- ide
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hyd
-
- Ia.
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- SAE
-
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- id.
-
- ics
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Sp.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- HPD
-
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- 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).
- SCP
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- hd.
-
- ScD
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IAS
-
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- sc.
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- EDP
-
- eir
-
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- 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.
- 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.
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- ite
-
- YTD
-
- DIY
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ish
-
- 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.
- Pa.
-
- ise
-
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- DRE
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- IRS
-
- ity
-
- di.
-
- DSA
-
- DEA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Sr.
-
- ht.
-
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- REA
-
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- SPR
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- dha
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pd.
-
- pc.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- DET
-
- dh-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DPA
-
- 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.
- ipr
-
- 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.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- shp
-
- iph
-
- ead
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- IPA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- IRC
-
- sht
-
- ea.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- DSP
-
- DTh
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ic
-
- h.
-
- DA
-
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.
- DP
-
- D.
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- SA
-
- S.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ey
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- HP
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- DT
-
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.
- RP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- Y.
-
- RH
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- i.
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- YT
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ry
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- t.
-
- TP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IP
-
- yr
-
- EI
-
- 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.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PH
-
- ty
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- TC
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- ee
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.