Anagrams of hyposecretion
Word hyposecretion has
2396 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of hyposecretion.
- stereophonic
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adjective,
pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stereophony
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noun,
the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- hypocenters
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noun,
focus (def 5).
- retinoscope
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noun,
an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- ctenophore
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noun,
any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly.
- phenocryst
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noun,
any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- spirochete
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noun,
any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- ionosphere
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noun,
the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
- hypertonic
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adjective,
Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypocenter
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noun,
focus (def 5).
- hypersonic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- orthoepies
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noun,
the study of correct pronunciation.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- copestone
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noun,
the top stone of a building or other structure.
- phenetics
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noun,
classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- cerotypes
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noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- phonetics
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noun,
the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription.
Compare acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, physiological phonetics.
- Nictheroy
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noun,
Niterói.
- noosphere
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noun,
the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
- sporocyte
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noun,
a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- nephrites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- one-horse
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adjective,
using or having only a single horse:
- orthicons
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noun,
a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- post-horn
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noun,
a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- coryphees
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noun,
a member of a ballet company who dances usually as part of a small group and who ranks below the soloists.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- optionees
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noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- hypotonic
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adjective,
Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hypocrite
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noun,
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
- hypnotics
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noun,
an agent or drug that produces sleep; sedative.
- enciphers
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
- sphincter
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noun,
a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- prosthion
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noun,
the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- neophytes
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noun,
a beginner or novice:
- cooperies
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noun,
the work of a cooper.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- cooperite
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noun,
a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- Cristophe
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noun,
Henri, Christophe, Henri.
- Ctesiphon
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noun,
a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia.
- isochrone
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noun,
a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isochrony
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noun,
the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- phrenetic
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noun,
a phrenetic person.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- trephines
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noun,
a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- Christo-
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- Christen
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verb (used with object),
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- potheens
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noun,
poteen.
- encrypts
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verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- synchro-
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- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- strophic
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adjective,
Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- sonority
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noun,
the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- 11-point
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- chorions
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noun,
Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
- synoptic
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adjective,
pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- encipher
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, communication, etc.) into cipher.
- chorines
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noun,
a chorus girl.
- pythonic
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adjective,
of or relating to pythons.
- orthoepy
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noun,
the study of correct pronunciation.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- coherent
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adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- cohenite
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noun,
a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- photonic
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adjective,
of or relating to processes involving photons.
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- serotype
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noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- porosity
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noun,
the state or quality of being porous.
- phonetic
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noun,
(in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- cytosine
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noun,
a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 5 N 3 O, that is one of the fundamental components of DNA and RNA, in which it forms a base pair with guanine. Symbol: C.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- orthicon
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noun,
a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- Serenity
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noun,
the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- spectro-
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- pinchers
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noun,
a person or thing that pinches.
- hencoops
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noun,
a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- coryphee
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noun,
a member of a ballet company who dances usually as part of a small group and who ranks below the soloists.
- cysteine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 3 H 7 O 2 NS, a component of nearly all proteins, obtained by the reduction of cystine. Symbol: C. Abbreviation: Cys;
- Steichen
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noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- phenetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- postiche
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noun,
an imitation or substitute.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- cypriots
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- hereinto
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adverb,
into this place.
- enriches
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verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- pinscher
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noun,
one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- cohesion
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noun,
the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together.
- potences
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noun,
potency.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- siphono-
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- hyoscine
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noun,
scopolamine.
- cheerios
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isothere
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- trenches
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noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- honorees
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noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- typhoons
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noun,
a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- ecotones
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noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- one-shot
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noun,
a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- hoopster
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noun,
a basketball player.
- necropsy
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noun,
the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- tyrosine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- ecotypes
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noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- cheroots
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noun,
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- psychro-
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- neophyte
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noun,
a beginner or novice:
- no-hoper
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noun,
a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- Hornitos
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noun,
a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
- nitroso-
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- Hortense
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noun,
a female given name.
- proteose
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noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- cerotype
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noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- neotypes
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noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- trephine
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noun,
a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- creosote
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noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- oophytes
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noun,
the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- nephrite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- oosphere
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noun,
an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- chopines
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noun,
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
- Hyperion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyperons
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noun,
any baryon with strangeness other than zero, especially one with a relatively long lifetime.
- ornitho-
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- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- hypnotic
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noun,
an agent or drug that produces sleep; sedative.
- theories
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noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- insphere
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verb (used with object),
ensphere.
- honeypot
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noun,
a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- trophies
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noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- hysteric
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noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero-
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- prehnite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- schooner
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noun,
Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts.
See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- optionee
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noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- opistho-
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- trochees
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- isochore
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noun,
Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- entropy
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- psycho-
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- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- portico
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- ponchos
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noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- porches
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noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- poorish
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adjective,
somewhat poor; rather poor.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- pooches
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noun,
a dog.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- eyespot
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noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- potence
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noun,
potency.
- prithee
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interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- eyeshot
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noun,
range of vision; view:
- potency
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- potheen
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noun,
poteen.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- encrypt
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verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- prythee
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interjection,
prithee.
- ectypes
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noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- pschent
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noun,
the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- echino-
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- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- Procyon
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noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Canis Minor.
- ecotype
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noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- entero-
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- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- ecotone
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noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- procto-
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- potiche
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noun,
a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- phytins
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- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- history
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noun,
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- hoopers
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noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- onshore
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adverb,
onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water:
- oocytes
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noun,
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- honoree
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noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- oophyte
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noun,
the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- honesty
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noun,
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- operose
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adjective,
industrious, as a person.
- ophites
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- histone
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noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- hooters
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noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- hyster-
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- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornith-
-
- hyperon
-
noun,
any baryon with strangeness other than zero, especially one with a relatively long lifetime.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- Hoosier
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- hetero-
-
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- yestern
-
adjective,
yester.
- yester-
-
- isohyet
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isoneph
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- isopyre
-
noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- isotype
-
noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotopy
-
noun,
the quality or condition of being isotopic; isotopic character.
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- neotype
-
noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- nephric
-
adjective,
renal.
- nephro-
-
- hospice
-
noun,
a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- hosiery
-
noun,
stockings or socks of any kind.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- hornito
-
noun,
a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- notches
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- heteros
-
noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pythons
-
noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- pincher
-
noun,
a person or thing that pinches.
- ethiops
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- ethions
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- photics
-
noun,
the science of light.
- ethynes
-
noun,
acetylene.
- photons
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- phrenic
-
adjective,
Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
- phreno-
-
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinches
-
- ethnics
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- Pinchot
-
noun,
Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pyrenes
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- pyretic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- Pyrites
-
noun,
pyrite.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- pyrones
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- phoresy
-
noun,
(among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- Phorcys
-
noun,
a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- peyotes
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- heroins
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- heroine
-
noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- hernio-
-
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- perches
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- 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.
- phonies
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- heptose
-
noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- henries
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- hencoop
-
noun,
a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- physio-
-
- crypto-
-
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- phytons
-
noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- phocine
-
adjective,
of or relating to seals.
- Phocion
-
noun,
402?–317 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- phoneys
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- phonics
-
noun,
a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- cryptos
-
noun,
a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- inheres
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- Cheiron
-
noun,
Chiron.
- typhoon
-
noun,
a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- Chenier
-
noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- typhons
-
noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- snitchy
-
adjective,
cross; ill-tempered.
- cheroot
-
noun,
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- tycoons
-
noun,
a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate:
- thronos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek chair, usually highly ornamented, having a high seat and back and rectangular turned or carved legs ending in animal feet.
- typicon
-
noun,
the instructions for the orders of the services during the ecclesiastical year, contained in a manual.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- thorons
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- Chinese
-
noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- cheiro-
-
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- shooter
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.:
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- torches
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- copyist
-
noun,
a person who transcribes copies, especially of documents.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- toyshop
-
noun,
an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.
- toeshoe
-
noun,
a dance slipper fitted with a thick, reinforced toe to enable the ballet dancer to toe-dance.
- shoo-in
-
noun,
a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- shorten
-
verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- cheeros
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- syenite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
- cheerio
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- chrono-
-
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- coopery
-
noun,
the work of a cooper.
- syncope
-
noun,
Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- stepney
-
noun,
a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- choriso
-
noun,
chorizo.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- strophe
-
noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- Stephen
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- chryso-
-
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- cystine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- Cypriot
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- ciphony
-
noun,
the process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.
- cyphers
-
noun,
zero.
- stereo-
-
- Christy
-
noun,
Christie.
- sterno-
-
- sthenic
-
adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- styrene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- chorion
-
noun,
Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- sphenic
-
adjective,
being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- cohorts
-
noun,
a group or company:
- spheno-
-
- chitons
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- sphero-
-
- coheres
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- theines
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- spicery
-
noun,
spice.
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- chorine
-
noun,
a chorus girl.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- chopine
-
noun,
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- spooney
-
adjective,
spoony.
- chopins
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tenches
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- sporont
-
noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- techno-
-
- Corinth
-
noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- tricho-
-
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- centro-
-
- 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.
- cotypes
-
noun,
a syntype.
- scenery
-
noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- ceriphs
-
noun,
serif.
- scyphi-
-
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- richens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- tropho-
-
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- trophic
-
adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- trypsin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- 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.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- Chronos
-
noun,
chronometer.
- Script.
-
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Cornish
-
noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- Toryish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- ortho-
-
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- troph-
-
- ochone
-
interjection,
ohone.
- 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.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- Troyon
-
noun,
Constant [kawn-stahn] /kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1813–65, French painter.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- osteo-
-
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Penchi
-
noun,
Benxi.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Peyton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tropo-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- peyote
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- torchy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- instr.
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- nocti-
-
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- inter.
-
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- trophy
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- nycto-
-
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- orihon
-
noun,
a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- tycoon
-
noun,
a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate:
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- trich-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Typhon
-
noun,
a signal horn operated by compressed air or steam.
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- nephr-
-
- oocyte
-
noun,
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- oocyst
-
noun,
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- 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.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- theory
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- Thyone
-
noun,
Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- thyro-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- 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.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- nycti-
-
- necro-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Thorny
-
adjective,
abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- thoron
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- phytin
-
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Pothos
-
noun,
any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- 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.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- scoto-
-
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- 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.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- poncho
-
noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- septi-
-
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- sheeny
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Psyche
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- psych-
-
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- rhyton
-
noun,
an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- rhino-
-
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- proto-
-
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- phonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to speech sounds.
- phyton
-
noun,
the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- sporo-
-
- spoony
-
adjective,
foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- phoney
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- phones
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- phonet
-
- spiro-
-
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- phono-
-
- phonos
-
noun,
phonograph.
- phooey
-
interjection,
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust):
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- photo-
-
- Photon
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- phyto-
-
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- 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.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- steno-
-
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pheno-
-
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- phyco-
-
- physic
-
noun,
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physo-
-
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- phren.
-
- pointy
-
adjective,
having a comparatively sharp point:
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- 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.
- pyrone
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- socio-
-
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- snooty
-
adjective,
snobbish.
- snoopy
-
adjective,
characterized by meddlesome curiosity; prying.
- pitchy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in pitch.
- Python
-
noun,
any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
- syphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- Pyrene
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- synop.
-
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- soothe
-
verb (used with object),
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh:
- pycno-
-
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- sphene
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium titanium silicate, CaTiSiO 5 , occurring as an accessory mineral in a variety of crystalline rocks, usually in small wedge-shaped crystals.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picro-
-
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- 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:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- histo-
-
- copro-
-
- cteno-
-
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Chino-
-
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- hiero-
-
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- cypher
-
noun,
zero.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- chiro-
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- hyper-
-
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- hypno-
-
- chrys-
-
- contr.
-
- Chosen
-
noun,
elect.
- Hypnos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- 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):
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Horney
-
noun,
Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- hypso-
-
- escent
-
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Cheyne
-
noun,
Thomas Kelly [kel-ee] /ˈkɛl i/ (Show IPA), 1841–1915, English clergyman and Biblical scholar.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Enochs
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- Chron.
-
- esnecy
-
noun,
the right of the oldest member of a coparcenary to have first choice of share upon division of the inheritance.
- cheesy
-
adjective,
of or like cheese:
- hyeto-
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- chori-
-
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- Cheney
-
noun,
Richard ("Dick") born 1941, U.S. politician: secretary of defense 1989–93; vice president of the U.S. 2001–09.
- Cheops
-
noun,
flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
- 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.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- chorio
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- cryst.
-
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- hecto-
-
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Hooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
-
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- Cohens
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Chopin
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- centr-
-
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- coyote
-
noun,
Also called prairie wolf. a buffy-gray, wolflike canid, Canis latrans, of North America, distinguished from the wolf by its relatively small size and its slender build, large ears, and narrow muzzle.
- 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.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- costo-
-
- henrys
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- choose
-
Idioms,
cannot choose but, cannot do otherwise than; is or are obliged to:
- honors
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- epochs
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- cooeys
-
noun,
cooee.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- honeys
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- coeno-
-
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- hooeys
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- choosy
-
adjective,
hard to please, particular; fastidious, especially in making a selection:
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- cotype
-
noun,
a syntype.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- Cohoes
-
noun,
a city in E New York, on the Hudson River.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cohort
-
noun,
a group or company:
- icono-
-
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- ethyne
-
noun,
acetylene.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- 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.
- cysto-
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cysti-
-
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- chirpy
-
adjective,
chirping or tending to chirp:
- crypt-
-
- 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.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- eroto-
-
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ethno-
-
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- sito-
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- poet.
-
- cooey
-
noun,
cooee.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- 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.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- incr.
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- phony
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- cohos
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- phore
-
- phot.
-
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- 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.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- pico-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- phon.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- phyre
-
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- phys.
-
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- phyte
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- hect-
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- pyro-
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- Const
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- sooey
-
interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- cont.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- sooth
-
noun,
truth, reality, or fact.
- spec.
-
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Sotho
-
noun,
a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Esth.
-
- 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 .
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Cons.
-
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- ESPEC
-
- sooty
-
adjective,
covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- post-
-
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- corpn
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- cryo-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- rept.
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corp.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- cores
-
- rcpt.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recpt
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rect.
-
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crit.
-
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sect.
-
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rooty
-
noun,
bread.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- resp.
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Scot.
-
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- rhet.
-
- rhin-
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scopy
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- 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.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sept.
-
- Epist
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- ento-
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- shpt.
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- ency.
-
- cooty
-
noun,
cootie1 .
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Port.
-
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- synth
-
noun,
Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- coony
-
adjective,
sharp-witted and shrewd; wily; canny.
- pooch
-
noun,
a dog.
- coop.
-
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- Sino-
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Ephes
-
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- econ.
-
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- 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.
- Prot.
-
- 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.
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- seti-
-
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- copr-
-
- proc.
-
- ecto-
-
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- shoot
-
noun,
the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoon
-
noun,
plural of shoe.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Pres.
-
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- 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.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- shiny
-
adjective,
bright or glossy in appearance.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- Henry
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- noso-
-
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Tycho
-
noun,
a prominent crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon, about 56 miles (90 km) in diameter.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- hosp.
-
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- typo-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- hort.
-
- noct-
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Theos
-
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- theor
-
- theo-
-
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onco-
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- hooey
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- noto-
-
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Chin.
-
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- thio-
-
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- octo-
-
- hoots
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Neth.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- YPSCE
-
- 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.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- troch
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incor
-
- 30-30
-
- tropy
-
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- trop-
-
- yo-ho
-
interjection,
(used as a call or shout to attract attention, accompany effort, etc.)
- inst.
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- intr.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tono-
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toyon
-
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Isth.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- cero-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- icons
-
- cert.
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- topo-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- cine-
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Cypro
-
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- step-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- cyst-
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- hiney
-
noun,
heinie2 .
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Orth.
-
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- oste-
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- hier-
-
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- pert.
-
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- cyto-
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Henty
-
noun,
George Alfred, 1832–1902, English journalist and novelist.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- 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.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- herp.
-
- 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.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- pene-
-
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- peri-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- herns
-
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- teno-
-
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- opto-
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- tech.
-
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- orch.
-
- Honey
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- OPers
-
- hist.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Hypo-
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Cort
-
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- scr.
-
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tri-
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coho
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- 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.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sec.
-
- Ste.
-
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- syn-
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- CERN
-
- 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.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- cit.
-
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- 1080
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- cen.
-
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ter.
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- the-
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- cene
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Syr.
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- cyte
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- tron
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- sci.
-
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sch.
-
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- ten.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- chs.
-
- copy
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- shr.
-
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- tchr
-
- thi-
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- Chr.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 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:
- Soni
-
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- str.
-
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- tion
-
- typ.
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cis-
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- top-
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- secy
-
- sech
-
- Con.
-
- cet-
-
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- sepn
-
- Cor.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Ceto
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- per.
-
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perh
-
- Pers
-
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- her.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pet.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- 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.
- OTOH
-
- hyp.
-
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- pct.
-
- Pen.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- oro-
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pyr-
-
- 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.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- pyo-
-
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- 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).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- phr.
-
- est.
-
- Eth.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- etc.
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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.
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esp.
-
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NCTE
-
- 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.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neh.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- neo-
-
- Ice.
-
- Neph
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- HRIP
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYSE
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ICSH
-
- Hos.
-
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- Inc.
-
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- int.
-
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- yrs.
-
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- iso-
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- Ont.
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- oory
-
adjective,
ourie.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- OPer
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- opsy
-
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- not-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- hor.
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- epit
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- eco-
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- 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.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Cres
-
- prec
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- pre-
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- 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.
- psec
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- prs.
-
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ect-
-
- pro-
-
- ctr.
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- EEOC
-
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pts.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- pot.
-
- Eph.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pos.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- epi-
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Rep.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- cts.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Ens.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- NHS
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- HRE
-
- NHI
-
- NPR
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- op.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Oc.
-
- NES
-
- OTC
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Npt
-
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- nr.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- OIt
-
- NRC
-
- hrs
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- HST
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- oic
-
- OCR
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- se-
-
- OCS
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- 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.
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- NOP
-
- ht.
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- NSC
-
- CPS
-
- NYP
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIH
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- SCP
-
- CPI
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Hts
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- IHS
-
- Tro
-
- IHP
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ROI
-
- IOT
-
- iph
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- IRC
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- TRH
-
- ROP
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- INH
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ch.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- in.
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- IRO
-
- RPO
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- SRO
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ite
-
- Sp.
-
- ity
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- NCO
-
- NYC
-
- ne-
-
- ITC
-
- NEC
-
- sc.
-
- 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.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- io-
-
- ics
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- So.
-
- ist
-
- IRS
-
- TPI
-
- Rs.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- RSE
-
- ish
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- tph
-
- ISR
-
- rt.
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- ier
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Yeo
-
- rte
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- RTS
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ONI
-
- sho
-
- Ehr
-
- CNO
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- CNS
-
- 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.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- EEO
-
- HCR
-
- hr.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- ety
-
- eir
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- py-
-
- ONR
-
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- PSE
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- EEC
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- eo-
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ec-
-
- SPR
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- PHS
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Ps.
-
- Ep.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POR
-
- ERT
-
- POC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ery
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- EIS
-
- shp
-
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- PRC
-
- en-
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- ene
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sht
-
- 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).
- ese
-
- PIO
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Esc
-
- 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.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- pt.
-
- PSC
-
- CIP
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- RPS
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- TCS
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- 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.
- prn
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ine
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- RCN
-
- STP
-
- CRP
-
- ons
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- oo-
-
- THC
-
- th-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- oon
-
- CRS
-
- RCT
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- OOT
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- Re.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- CST
-
- ote
-
- pc.
-
- STI
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- OTS
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ose
-
- cte
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- CYO
-
- CIE
-
- Pr.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- 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.
- EI
-
- O.
-
- PH
-
- YT
-
- ee
-
- NH
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- ic
-
- Y.
-
- SN
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
-
- i.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RN
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- t.
-
- RH
-
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TP
-
- TC
-
- 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.
- ey
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- R.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ry
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- S.
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- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- NP
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- ye
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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):
- NY
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- NI
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- IP
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- RO
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- RP
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ty
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- NC
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- RI
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- N.
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- yr
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RC
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