Anagrams of imprecations
Word imprecations has
3025 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of imprecations.
- imprecation
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noun,
the act of imprecating; cursing.
- anisometric
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adjective,
not isometric; of unequal measurement.
- patrimonies
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noun,
an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- creationism
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noun,
the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
- morticians
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noun,
funeral director.
- importance
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noun,
the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- acrimonies
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noun,
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:
- speciation
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noun,
the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- ascription
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noun,
the act of ascribing.
- isentropic
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adjective,
having a constant entropy.
- Micronesia
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noun,
one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- Marcionite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- Petrinism
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noun,
the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- 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.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- 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.
- impacters
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- campesino
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noun,
(in Latin America) a peasant or farmer.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- impaction
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noun,
an act or instance of impacting.
- Impatiens
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- mortician
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noun,
funeral director.
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- impsonite
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noun,
a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- pimientos
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- poeticism
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noun,
a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics
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noun,
pastoral theology.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- preatomic
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- micropsia
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noun,
a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- primacies
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noun,
the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- prismatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like a prism.
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosimian
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noun,
a prosimian animal.
- 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.
- 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).
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- companies
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noun,
a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- opacities
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noun,
the state or quality of being opaque.
- spermatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- spermato-
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- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- narcotism
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noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- opticians
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- copremias
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- simpatico
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adjective,
congenial or like-minded; likable:
- 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.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- comprise
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Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- 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.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- comparts
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verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- 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.
- primines
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noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- 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.
- compares
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noun,
comparison:
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- apomicts
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noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- maintops
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noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- imprints
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noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- campsite
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noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- empirics
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noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- ectopias
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- 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.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- 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.
- 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.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- 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.
- campions
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- contemp.
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- atropism
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- copremia
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- imprison
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- corpsman
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noun,
U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- corpsmen
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noun,
U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- 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.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- crampons
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noun,
a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- spectro-
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- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pimiento
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- mesocarp
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noun,
the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- mortices
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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.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- optician
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- 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.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- 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.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- pimentos
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noun,
pimiento.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- pentomic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- misprint
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noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- 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.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- Masonite
-
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- 11-point
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- Peronism
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noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- orpiment
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- 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.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- 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.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- Cremini
-
noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- empiric
-
noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- 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.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- craniom
-
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- compart
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- compare
-
noun,
comparison:
- compar.
-
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- 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.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- cranio-
-
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- crampon
-
noun,
a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc.
- scamper
-
noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- nemato-
-
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Script.
-
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- opiatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling opiates.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- 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.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- isation
-
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- primine
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- pronate
-
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.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- potamic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rivers.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Pitocin
-
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- poietic
-
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- piscine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- piscina
-
noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- pomaces
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- iatrics
-
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- 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.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- encamps
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- pianism
-
noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- 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.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- impones
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- impers.
-
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- impacts
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- minicar
-
noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Empirin
-
- 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.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- 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.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- apomict
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- aristo-
-
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- sterno-
-
- Campion
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- campers
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- 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.
- spermo-
-
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- tampons
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- arseno-
-
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- tampion
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- Tampico
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- 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.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- actino-
-
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- 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.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- 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.
- stamin-
-
- centro-
-
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- timpani
-
noun,
a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.
- transp.
-
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- Sno-Cat
-
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- stearo-
-
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- stearin
-
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.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- cerato-
-
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- centri-
-
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- antero-
-
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- inter.
-
- patri-
-
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- aeron.
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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).
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- 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.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- iatro-
-
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- 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.
- astron
-
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- 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.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- imper.
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- astro-
-
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- ptero-
-
- 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):
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- steno-
-
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- trans.
-
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- 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.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- 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.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- masto-
-
- micro-
-
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- pisci-
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- matri-
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- 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.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- amnios
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- petro-
-
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- 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.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- anemo-
-
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- picro-
-
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- 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.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- 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.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- 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.
- metro-
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- aniso-
-
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- 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.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- 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.
- 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.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- 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.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- 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.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- 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.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- penta-
-
- 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.).
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- arsen-
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- AmerSp
-
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- amino-
-
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- 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.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- 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.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- 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.
- macro-
-
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- tarso-
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- aceto-
-
- carpo-
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- sperm-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- scato-
-
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- nemat-
-
- 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.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sarco-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- necro-
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- 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.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- centr-
-
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- centi-
-
- cerat-
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nocti-
-
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- 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.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- contr.
-
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- compts
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- somat-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- 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.
- 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.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somni-
-
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- rectos
-
- recti-
-
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- 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.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- 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).
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Campos
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- 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.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- 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.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- spiro-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- sacro-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- actin-
-
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- cteno-
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- part.
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- 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.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- pico-
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- 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).
- pari-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- 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.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pant-
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- octa-
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- treas
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- trop-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- 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).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- peri-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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).
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- patr-
-
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- petr-
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- 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.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- omni-
-
- petri
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- peta-
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- OPers
-
- pert.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tonia
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- 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.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spor-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sanit
-
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Recit
-
- recip
-
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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)
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rcpt.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- 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.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- rept.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Sept.
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- 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.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- semi-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- 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.
- Sino-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sarc-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- 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.
- spec.
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- span-
-
- sect.
-
- 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.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- 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.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tears
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- 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.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- 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):
- temp.
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Port.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- prae-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- post-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teno-
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- poet.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- term.
-
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- 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.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- 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.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- stome
-
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- 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.
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- 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.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- 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.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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).
- step-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- prem.
-
- prim.
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- 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.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Pres.
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- 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.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- pron.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- prom.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- proc.
-
- 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.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noct-
-
- meso-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- meno-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- mero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- cero-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- 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.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- cine-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- masc.
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- 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.
- mast-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- matr-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cent.
-
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Capt.
-
- 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.
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- 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.
- 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.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- carp-
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- insep
-
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- imit.
-
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- 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.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ecto-
-
- IATSE
-
- econ.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ician
-
- icons
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 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.
- Comr.
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- comp.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- 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.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copr-
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Iran.
-
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- istic
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Mont.
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- aeri-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Armen
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- areo-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- asco-
-
- 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.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- actos
-
- naso-
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- anim.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- ante-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Amer.
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- anti-
-
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- AMORC
-
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- acpt.
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acet-
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- MPers
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- astr.
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 30-30
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- MSEnt
-
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- 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.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- epi-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Cort
-
- sci.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 1080
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- AISI
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Cres
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tron
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- crat
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- acr-
-
- enc.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- RNAS
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- 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.
- emia
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- RIIA
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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).
- ect-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Emp.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- eco-
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rom.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- aet.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tRNA
-
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- Sam.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rpt.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- tri-
-
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- aer-
-
- cts.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- ctr.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- cen.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Soni
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ASME
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- 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.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- SMTP
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- art.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cat.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- cap.
-
- 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.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- ator
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- SPCA
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- str.
-
- atm.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- atic
-
- 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:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- ant.
-
- Sem.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sepn
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tion
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amp.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- scr.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sec.
-
- amt.
-
- ance
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- cis-
-
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Tasm
-
- cit.
-
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ARIS
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Arm.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- apo-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- ter.
-
- Apr.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Cmon
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- met.
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pet.
-
- MEPA
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- MNAS
-
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- 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.
- per.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- MIPS
-
- Pers
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- Man.
-
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- 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):
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- itis
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- ment
-
- 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.
- men-
-
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- 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.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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.
- MCPO
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Mar.
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- pnea
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- pct.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- 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.
- 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.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- NCTE
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- OAPC
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Oct.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- 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.
- MSCE
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- MSAE
-
- MSCP
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- msec
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- MSPE
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pam.
-
- MSIE
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- 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.
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- 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).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- RCMP
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Ire.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Inc.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- inae
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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 = .
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- ins.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eso-
-
- 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.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- esp.
-
- int.
-
- Imp.
-
- IMCO
-
- prin
-
- pts.
-
- est.
-
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- psia
-
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- prec
-
- 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)
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etc.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ice.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- pre-
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- prs.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iso-
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- psec
-
- ICAO
-
- pro-
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- EIS
-
- io-
-
- APC
-
- OPM
-
- ne-
-
- APS
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ETR
-
- NEC
-
- EMR
-
- TIA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ics
-
- NEA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- aor
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ite
-
- eir
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ase
-
- MTS
-
- ASI
-
- MTP
-
- ECM
-
- MTO
-
- ASM
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Ps.
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ECA
-
- MSN
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ec-
-
- MSI
-
- pt.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ia.
-
- OSP
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- IAS
-
- ose
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NCO
-
- prn
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- pm.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Pr.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Esc
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- RCT
-
- Oc.
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- OAP
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OAS
-
- RCN
-
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NOC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NMR
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- NMI
-
- NRC
-
- ACS
-
- tra
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- NOP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- NRA
-
- EPT
-
- ERP
-
- EPS
-
- Tro
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ACP
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- REA
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tr.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ANC
-
- 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.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ons
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- OPA
-
- AMS
-
- TMO
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NES
-
- ETO
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- EPA
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- RCA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- Ep.
-
- OIt
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ESR
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ier
-
- STP
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- CIA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ior
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- PIO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- CIP
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- MCR
-
- IOT
-
- MCP
-
- IPA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- IPM
-
- SMA
-
- ine
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- rt.
-
- in.
-
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MIE
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSE
-
- RSA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CEA
-
- RSE
-
- rte
-
- SAE
-
- RTS
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- CEO
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- mi.
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- 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:
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- MCI
-
- Mat
-
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.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- POR
-
- CPM
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ise
-
- CPI
-
- COP
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noun,
a police officer.
- CPA
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- 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.
- se-
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- PRA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SCP
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- PRC
-
- SCM
-
- ITA
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CMA
-
- POC
-
- SAR
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- IPO
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CNM
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- PMT
-
- Ir.
-
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- CPS
-
- IRC
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MAP
-
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:
- Mao
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- IRO
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sc.
-
- ISA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CRP
-
- Rs.
-
- PSA
-
- MOR
-
- ct.
-
- CAI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Re.
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ROA
-
- RCS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- RCP
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RNA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- MOI
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MRE
-
- at.
-
- RPS
-
- ITC
-
- ATC
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- MSA
-
- RMA
-
- MRP
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- MRI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MRA
-
- cp.
-
- STM
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- ATP
-
- RMC
-
- STI
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- SPR
-
- 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.
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CRT
-
- MNA
-
- CSA
-
- MIP
-
- CSO
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- MNE
-
- PSC
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MIT
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ROP
-
- PSE
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- eo-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ean
-
- CRS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- MNS
-
- EOM
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAM
-
- PCS
-
- ea.
-
- PCM
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- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- TM
-
- RP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- t.
-
- RI
-
- M.
-
- T1
-
- MP
-
- AO
-
- TN
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- IP
-
- NP
-
- NM
-
- NI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RC
-
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EI
-
- CE
-
- OA
-
- CM
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- O.
-
- NC
-
- SM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SN
-
- i.
-
- RO
-
- MN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ic
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TP
-