Anagrams of imprescriptible
Word imprescriptible has
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- bel-esprit
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noun,
a person of great wit or intellect.
- cerebritis
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noun,
inflammation of the brain, especially of the cerebrum.
- epileptic
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noun,
a person affected by epilepsy.
- imprecise
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adjective,
not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- prelimits
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- Briticism
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noun,
a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English, especially as compared with American English, as lift compared with elevator or in hospital with in the hospital.
- liripipes
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noun,
a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- tremblers
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noun,
a person or thing that trembles.
- prescribe
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verb (used with object),
to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- impieties
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noun,
lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
- epistemic
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adjective,
of or relating to knowledge or the conditions for acquiring it.
- liberties
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- imperils
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- tipplers
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noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- trembles
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noun,
the act of trembling.
- imbecile
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noun,
Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt:
- implicit
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adjective,
implied, rather than expressly stated:
- cripples
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noun,
Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal.
Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way:
- semplice
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adjective, adverb,
simple; straightforward.
- periblem
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noun,
the histogen in plants that gives rise to the cortex.
- trembler
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noun,
a person or thing that trembles.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Pipestem
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noun,
the stem of a tobacco pipe.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- rescript
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noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- climbers
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noun,
a person or thing that climbs.
- siberite
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noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- crimples
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verb (used with or without object),
to wrinkle.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- Repplier
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noun,
Agnes, 1855–1950, U.S. essayist.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- miterers
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- percepts
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noun,
the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- triremes
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- rimester
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noun,
rhymester.
- trippers
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noun,
a person or thing that trips.
- preempts
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noun,
Bridge. a preemptive bid.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- ripplers
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noun,
a person who ripples flax, hemp, etc.
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- ripplets
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noun,
a small ripple.
- perspire
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verb (used with object),
to emit through pores; exude.
- prelimit
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- timbrels
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- stripper
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noun,
a person who strips.
- terrible
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adjective,
distressing; severe:
- liripipe
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noun,
a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- empirics
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noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- cripple
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noun,
Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal.
Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way:
- spireme
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- splicer
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- crimple
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verb (used with or without object),
to wrinkle.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- crisper
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noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- emprise
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- preempt
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noun,
Bridge. a preemptive bid.
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelim.
-
- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- premier
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noun,
the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
- premise
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noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- cerebr-
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- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- preter-
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- miterer
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- pricers
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noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- stipple
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noun,
the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- primers
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noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- spermic
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adjective,
spermatic.
- climber
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noun,
a person or thing that climbs.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- clipper
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noun,
a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- primsie
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adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- stepper
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noun,
a person or animal that steps, especially a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- electr-
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- scriber
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noun,
a tool for scribing wood or the like.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- imperil
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- impers.
-
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- implies
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verb (used with object),
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated:
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- Iricism
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noun,
Irishism.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Script.
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- lippers
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noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- respire
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verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- limbers
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noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- ripples
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noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- rippler
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noun,
a person who ripples flax, hemp, etc.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- rippers
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noun,
a person or thing that rips.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- septime
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noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- empiric
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noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- ripplet
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noun,
a small ripple.
- empties
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noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- slipper
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noun,
any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc.
Compare bedroom slipper, house slipper.
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- epimers
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Mercier
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noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- mercers
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noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- escribe
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verb (used with object),
to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- silici-
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- reprise
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noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- tempers
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Liberec
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noun,
a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- bemires
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verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- tippler
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noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- precept
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noun,
a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- triceps
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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.
- percept
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noun,
the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
- Pietism
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noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- timbrel
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- pismire
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noun,
an ant.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- tipples
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noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- peptics
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noun,
a substance promoting digestion.
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- berimes
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verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- berries
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noun,
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- biremes
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noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- biprism
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noun,
a triangular prism with an apex angle slightly less than 180°: when illuminated by a point source of light it produces two overlapping beams that form an interference pattern on a screen.
- betimes
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adverb,
early; in good time:
- tremble
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noun,
the act of trembling.
- trebles
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- perries
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noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- terebic
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adjective,
of or derived from terebic acid.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- trimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- pelmets
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- trireme
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- tripper
-
noun,
a person or thing that trips.
- Trimble
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noun,
David, born 1944, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel prize 1998.
- pimples
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noun,
a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- tercels
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noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- 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.
- sippet
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noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- sipper
-
noun,
a person who sips.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- simple
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noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- pities
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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:
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- bisect
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noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- tipple
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- Empire
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noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- pelite
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- epimer
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- specie
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noun,
coined money; coin.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pelmet
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- pimple
-
noun,
a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- pisci-
-
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- lipper
-
noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- pipits
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- scler-
-
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- limbic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a limbus or border; marginal.
- Limber
-
noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- pipets
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- 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.
- ripple
-
noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- ripper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rips.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- pipers
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imper.
-
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- tippee
-
noun,
a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- bleeps
-
noun,
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- primer
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- climbs
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- primps
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Preble
-
noun,
Edward, 1761–1807, U.S. naval officer.
- Steppe
-
noun,
an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
- Pripet
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- 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.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- 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.).
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Temple
-
noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- celebs
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- BSMetE
-
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- peptic
-
noun,
a substance promoting digestion.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Presb.
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Cimbri
-
noun,
a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- sperm-
-
- plebes
-
noun,
Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- elect.
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- recti-
-
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Cripps
-
noun,
Sir Stafford, 1889–1952, British statesman and socialist leader.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- milit.
-
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Pres.
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- pipit
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- pret.
-
- plebe
-
noun,
Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Lippe
-
noun,
a former state in NW Germany: now part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- Lippi
-
noun,
Filippino [fil-uh-pee-noh;; Italian fee-leep-pee-naw] /ˌfɪl əˈpi noʊ;; Italian ˌfi lipˈpi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1457–1504, and his father, Fra Filippo [frah fi-lip-oh;; Italian frah fee-leep-paw] /frɑ fɪˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ fiˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) or Fra Lippo [frah lip-oh;; Italian frah leep-paw] /frɑ ˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ ˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) 1406?–69, Italian painters.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- licet
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- metr-
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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).
- peeps
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- prep.
-
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- prem.
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- plebs
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- pimps
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- 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.
- recip
-
- rept.
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- petri
-
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- 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.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- peri-
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- 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.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- prim.
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- pert.
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- primp
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- rcpt.
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- petr-
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- restr
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Recit
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- MPers
-
- 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.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- 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.
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- 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.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brit.
-
- elem.
-
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- BMetE
-
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- BPetE
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- spec.
-
- terr.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- BSElE
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- tele-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- temp.
-
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- BSMet
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- term.
-
- TCPIP
-
- cert.
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- 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.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- climb
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sebi-
-
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- sect.
-
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- semi-
-
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imit.
-
- bicep
-
noun,
a biceps muscle, especially the one at the front of the upper arm.
- Sept.
-
- 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.
- Icel.
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Seric
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- 30-30
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- 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.
- lect.
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- BCerE
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- istic
-
- beeps
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Episc
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Blimp
-
noun,
a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, especially one used chiefly for observation.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- BSRet
-
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- seti-
-
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- ESPEC
-
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bleep
-
noun,
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- pipi
-
noun,
an edible bivalve of eastern Australia, Plebidonax deltoides.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- pre-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- prec
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- 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.
- TRIB
-
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tri-
-
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- Ste.
-
- ter.
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sec.
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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).
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
-
- rpt.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- SBIC
-
- SBLI
-
- ScBE
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- scr.
-
- repl
-
- Rep.
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- str.
-
- RCMP
-
- pts.
-
- psec
-
- prs.
-
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- TCBM
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- 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.
- SRBM
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SMTP
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLBM
-
- SLIC
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- spp.
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 1080
-
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- CBEL
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- LRBM
-
- Cels
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitB
-
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cet-
-
- lip-
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Lib.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- cir.
-
- btl.
-
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- met.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- BSEE
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- BSEM
-
- Mic.
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- BSEP
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- mes-
-
- MBPS
-
- 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.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- BSLM
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- BSME
-
- 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.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- BSMT
-
- BSPE
-
- BSPT
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- ile-
-
- EMet
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Ice.
-
- ICBM
-
- ible
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emp.
-
- Imp.
-
- 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.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- esp.
-
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- clep
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cml.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- itis
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ect-
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- IRBM
-
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- MILR
-
- BSRT
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- bet.
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pct.
-
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- per.
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- MSPE
-
- MSIE
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- MSEE
-
- msec
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- MSCE
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pimp
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- PERL
-
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- BRCS
-
- Pers
-
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- MSCP
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- mis-
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BSCE
-
- BSCP
-
- 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.
- BMet
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- BSEc
-
- MSBC
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- BLit
-
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- MIPS
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ECM
-
- BSC
-
- Br.
-
- BCP
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- BCS
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- bec
-
- BPS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ec-
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- BSM
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- EBS
-
- EEC
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BRE
-
- BEM
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMT
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- TSE
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- BSE
-
- Ep.
-
- trp
-
- BCE
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- bp.
-
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- SMB
-
- EMR
-
- BCL
-
- BSL
-
- be-
-
- cte
-
- bl.
-
- BRT
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- BRM
-
- BPI
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CST
-
- TPM
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- cr.
-
- STP
-
- bi-
-
- cs.
-
- BIE
-
- ct.
-
- tr.
-
- CIP
-
- CIM
-
- Tpr
-
- CIE
-
- TPI
-
- CBE
-
- tlr
-
- CIB
-
- Tbi
-
- TLC
-
- cl.
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- CBS
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- BLS
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BLM
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- TCS
-
- ble
-
- cp.
-
- BME
-
- SPR
-
- BMR
-
- CSR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CRS
-
- BPE
-
- BSP
-
- BMT
-
- CRP
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- BMS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- STB
-
- BMI
-
- BTE
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPM
-
- CPL
-
- CPI
-
- ERP
-
- CLR
-
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- STI
-
- CLI
-
- BEP
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cle
-
- CRT
-
- IPM
-
- SLE
-
- RBI
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- MIT
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RCT
-
- ml.
-
- RBC
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- PTP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MPE
-
- Me.
-
- 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.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- MBE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Mc-
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- mi.
-
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MCP
-
- MCR
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MEP
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- LMT
-
- PLR
-
- PPT
-
- PPS
-
- ppr
-
- PPM
-
- ppl
-
- PPI
-
- PPE
-
- PPC
-
- PPB
-
- PMT
-
- pli
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PLC
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- 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:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PRC
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PSC
-
- MTS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- prp
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTP
-
- pc.
-
- PCS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PBS
-
- PCB
-
- PCI
-
- PCM
-
- lpm
-
- ltr
-
- 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.
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ipr
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- SCM
-
- ite
-
- SCB
-
- sc.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- SBE
-
- ETR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ESR
-
- ETS
-
- ILS
-
- 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).
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ics
-
- ib.
-
- 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).
- ier
-
- il-
-
- 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.
- ILP
-
- Lt.
-
- SCP
-
- sb.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- Sp.
-
- LCI
-
- LCM
-
- LCT
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- MST
-
- lep
-
- RPM
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RMC
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- Rs.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ic
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- i.
-
- MB
-
- M.
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- EI
-
- BM
-
- CM
-
- TB
-
- T1
-
- S.
-
- RI
-
- LR
-
- BC
-
- B-
-
- TC
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- L1
-
- LC
-
- MP
-
- CE
-
- TP
-
- Eb
-
- L2
-
- ee
-
- RP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- PB
-
- TL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TM
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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- le
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- L.
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- IP
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- R.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CB
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .