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- treponemas
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- Treponema
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- orpiments
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- 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.
- peristome
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noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- ptomaines
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- spermato-
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- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- promisee
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noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- tampions
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- Piemonte
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noun,
Italian name of Piedmont.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- moperies
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noun,
mopish behavior.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Masonite
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- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- prenames
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noun,
given name.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Peterman
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noun,
a safecracker.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Peronism
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noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- permeant
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adjective,
permeating; pervading.
- spearmen
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- 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.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- epitomes
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- spermine
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noun,
a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- epsomite
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noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- maintops
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- 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.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- 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.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- pimentos
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noun,
pimiento.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- 11-point
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- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- prename
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noun,
given name.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Postman
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- tampons
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noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- tampion
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- postmen
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- nemato-
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- tapemen
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- premise
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noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- maintop
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- impers.
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- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- epimers
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- episome
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noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- impasto
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noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- stearo-
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- epitome
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- stamin-
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- stereo-
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- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- Meropes
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- entero-
-
- emprise
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- empties
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noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- 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.
- sterno-
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- imports
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- optimes
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- transp.
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- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- 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.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- spermo-
-
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- 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.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- metopes
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- 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.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- arseno-
-
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- 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.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- 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.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- peteman
-
noun,
peterman.
- aristo-
-
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- masto-
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sapro-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- 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.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- metro-
-
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- penta-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- 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.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- patri-
-
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- 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.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- 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.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- nemat-
-
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- sperm-
-
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- aniso-
-
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spiro-
-
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- somat-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- imper.
-
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- iatro-
-
- anemo-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- steno-
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- 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-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- arsen-
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- aeron.
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- astro-
-
- 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.
- septi-
-
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- astron
-
- 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;
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- instr.
-
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- MAeroE
-
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- amino-
-
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- amnios
-
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- inter.
-
- intra-
-
- 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.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- tarso-
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- AmerSp
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- poet.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- petri
-
- term.
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tears
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teno-
-
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- temp.
-
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- 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.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- petr-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- treas
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- patr-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- pant-
-
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- 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.
- part.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- pert.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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).
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- pene-
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- tonia
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- resp.
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- spor-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- 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.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sanit
-
- semi-
-
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- 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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Sino-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prem.
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- pret.
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prim.
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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):
- Port.
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- prae-
-
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- 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.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- step-
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ster.
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- pros.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prom.
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- pron.
-
- 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.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Prot.
-
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- MSEnt
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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 .
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- MPers
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- insep
-
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- inst.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- 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.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- insp.
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- mero-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- matr-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mast-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno-
-
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- intr.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- miso-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- metr-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- astr.
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- amin-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- areo-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Amer.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- oste-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- ante-
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- OPers
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aeri-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 30-30
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- amp.
-
- Sem.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- iso-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- RNAS
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- amt.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Ire.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tron
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rom.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- sepn
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Mar.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Sam.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- AIME
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- pam.
-
- aet.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tri-
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aer-
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Sat.
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Emp.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- str.
-
- art.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- epit
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ARIS
-
- epi-
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Arm.
-
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ator
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ASTM
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- ASME
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- inae
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- Imp.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- int.
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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 = .
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- top-
-
- SMTP
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- ano-
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ant.
-
- ins.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- SRAM
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Sra.
-
- eso-
-
- esp.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- apo-
-
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- est.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Apr.
-
- tion
-
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- rit.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- prin
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Pers
-
- MOpt
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- prs.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- MSPE
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- MSIE
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- MSEE
-
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- MSAE
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- NTIA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Pet.
-
- mRNA
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- PSAT
-
- not-
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Pen.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Ont.
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- 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.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- psia
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Mon.
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pts.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- MNAS
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- 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.
- neem
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- neo-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- pnea
-
- 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.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- 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.
- 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):
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nos-
-
- pre-
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- rpt.
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Nor.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pot.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Rep.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- MIPS
-
- pat.
-
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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.
- 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.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pan.
-
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ment
-
- MEPA
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- par.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- opia
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- mis-
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- OPer
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TPM
-
- Ar.
-
- TPI
-
- ae.
-
- TPN
-
- pt.
-
- ons
-
- PTO
-
- ONR
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ONI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- OPM
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NMI
-
- ea.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- trp
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- OPA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- an.
-
- EOM
-
- ATP
-
- PIO
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eo-
-
- ap-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Am.
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AMS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- at.
-
- prn
-
- aor
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- OIt
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- ARS
-
- ose
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AME
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- ase
-
- OAS
-
- OEM
-
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- TIA
-
- APS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NOP
-
- pm.
-
- 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:
- TMO
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Pa.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Pr.
-
- OTS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ps.
-
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tro
-
- Tpr
-
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ote
-
- ASI
-
- OSP
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- tra
-
- ASM
-
- tr.
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- OTA
-
- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ot-
-
- APE
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noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- EPS
-
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- SER
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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).
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- IRO
-
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- MNE
-
- ise
-
- Ir.
-
- MNA
-
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Sep
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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.
- ISR
-
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MIT
-
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- RPS
-
- IPS
-
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- IOT
-
- MOP
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noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- SMA
-
- ion
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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 = .
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Ios
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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.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- MOI
-
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IPA
-
- IPM
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- IPO
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ipr
-
- RMA
-
- Me.
-
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ine
-
- ret
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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.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
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- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
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- RPM
-
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MEP
-
- Meo
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noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ROP
-
- So.
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
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noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROI
-
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RNA
-
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RTS
-
- Sp.
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- Mo.
-
- REA
-
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- SRO
-
- SAR
-
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Mao
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- MIE
-
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MAP
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noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- SAE
-
- MOR
-
- ior
-
- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- POR
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- EPT
-
- ne-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- STI
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- PRA
-
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- spt
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- SPR
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EOE
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ERT
-
- NES
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- PMT
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- STP
-
- POA
-
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- EMR
-
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- STM
-
- ene
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sr.
-
- ESA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MSE
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- MSA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ier
-
- MRI
-
- ETR
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ETS
-
- MRP
-
- mtn
-
- MST
-
- MTP
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MTS
-
- ESR
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- ETO
-
- ese
-
- MTO
-
- RP
-
- M.
-
- OA
-
- TP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RN
-
- AO
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NI
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- SN
-
- NP
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
-
- TM
-
- MN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
-
- IP
-
- NM
-
- O.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TN
-
- R.
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ee
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .