Anagrams of incorporates
Word incorporates has
2334 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of incorporates.
- perorations
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noun,
a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- incorporate
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adjective,
legally incorporated, as a company.
- conspirator
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noun,
a person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter.
- coronaries
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noun,
Pathology. a heart attack, especially a coronary thrombosis.
- acroterion
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noun,
acroterium.
- contrapose
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verb (used with object),
to place in contraposition.
- copartners
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- peroration
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noun,
a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- portioners
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- contraries
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- resorption
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noun,
the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- periastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- posterior
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noun,
the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- picaroons
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- pronators
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- esotropia
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noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- copartner
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- procreant
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adjective,
procreating or generating:
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- oratories
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noun,
skill or eloquence in public speaking:
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- resonator
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noun,
anything that resonates.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- corporate
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noun,
a bond issued by a corporation.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- corrasion
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noun,
the mechanical erosion of soil and rock by the abrasive action of particles set in motion by running water, wind, glacial ice, and gravity.
- prosector
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noun,
a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- acrospire
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noun,
the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.
- acrospore
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noun,
a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perisarc
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noun,
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- protero-
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- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- teaspoon
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noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- arterio-
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- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- coroners
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- pronator
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- rescript
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noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- ectopias
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- proctors
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noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- scotopia
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noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- nitroso-
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- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- carrions
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- 11-point
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- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- spectro-
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- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- carports
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- operator
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noun,
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like:
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- patroons
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- anoscope
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noun,
proctoscope.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- 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.
- coroner
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- cerato-
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- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- centri-
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- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- corpora
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noun,
a plural of corpus.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- corresp
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- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- centro-
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- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- contra-
-
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- portico
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- porrect
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adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- Sno-Cat
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- partier
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noun,
partyer.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- soprano
-
noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- Proctor
-
noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- scarper
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verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orarion
-
noun,
a stole worn by deacons.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- operons
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- Script.
-
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- striper
-
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:
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- cranio-
-
- rooster
-
noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sporont
-
noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- stearo-
-
- sporran
-
noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- perrons
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosario
-
noun,
a port in E Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- sterno-
-
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- rooters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- parrots
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- carport
-
noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- procto-
-
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- transp.
-
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- airport
-
noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- toreros
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- pronaos
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- aristo-
-
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- torpors
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- arseno-
-
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- trooper
-
noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- antero-
-
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- arteri-
-
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- actino-
-
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- spiro-
-
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- patri-
-
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- instr.
-
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- inter.
-
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- intro.
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intra-
-
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- recti-
-
- treasr
-
- sporo-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- steno-
-
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- eroto-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- penta-
-
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- incorr
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- trans.
-
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- icono-
-
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- iatro-
-
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- osteo-
-
- rectos
-
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sarco-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- aeron.
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- tropo-
-
- scato-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- actin-
-
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- scoto-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- narco-
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- socio-
-
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- aniso-
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- 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.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sacro-
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nocti-
-
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proto-
-
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- cirro-
-
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- retro-
-
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- tarso-
-
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- costo-
-
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- coeno-
-
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- carpo-
-
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- copro-
-
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- cerat-
-
- cteno-
-
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- 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.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- centr-
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- centi-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- astro-
-
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- astron
-
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- picro-
-
- ptero-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- rect.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rcpt.
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- sanit
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sarc-
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- rears
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- oste-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- pret.
-
- scat-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- prae-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- recpt
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Recit
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- recip
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- pert.
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- rept.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- 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.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- poet.
-
- peri-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- 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.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- petri
-
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- peta-
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- reni-
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- pron.
-
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pari-
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- pant-
-
- post-
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- resp.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- restr
-
- patr-
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Prot.
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- teno-
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- ation
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tears
-
- astr.
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Episc
-
- ento-
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- asco-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- econ.
-
- ecto-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- carp-
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- tono-
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cero-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- coop.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tera-
-
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cert.
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- terr.
-
- 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.
- topo-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- erron
-
- seti-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- noso-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noto-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- actos
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Sino-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- ster.
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sito-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- 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.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- noct-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- nears
-
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- onto-
-
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- OPers
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- opto-
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- 30-30
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- trop-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- acro-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- sect.
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- octo-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- acpt.
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acet-
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onco-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- insp.
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Apoc.
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- intr.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- treas
-
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spor-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- step-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- areo-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- 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.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- IATSE
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- icons
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spec.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- ante-
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- span-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anti-
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- repr
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tron
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- tRNA
-
- Rep.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tri-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- top-
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- rpt.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SPCA
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Sat.
-
- sci.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scr.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sec.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepn
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rit.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sra.
-
- RONA
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- str.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- 1080
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cir.
-
- NTIA
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- OAPC
-
- cis-
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- cen.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Oct.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- cit.
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- cat.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- opia
-
- OPer
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Ont.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- cap.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- enc.
-
- Ens.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- cts.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Cor.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ctr.
-
- Cres
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crat
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- ant.
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- ANSI
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pet.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Pers
-
- acr-
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pro-
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Aire
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- aet.
-
- PSAT
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- prs.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ano-
-
- pnea
-
- aer-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- psia
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- ance
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- psec
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pen.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- arr.
-
- Pan.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- art.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ARIS
-
- pat.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pct.
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- eo-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ACP
-
- AIC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ae.
-
- ECA
-
- cte
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- EPS
-
- TSI
-
- CTA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TSP
-
- CST
-
- ec-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ap-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- STP
-
- en-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- an.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EIS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- eir
-
- ACS
-
- ean
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ac-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AEC
-
- Ar.
-
- EPA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tro
-
- Ep.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ct.
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CEA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CEO
-
- EPT
-
- ARS
-
- CIA
-
- ase
-
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ATP
-
- cs.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- APS
-
- CSR
-
- CPO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- CPI
-
- CPR
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CPS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CIE
-
- CNS
-
- CIP
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- CNO
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ANC
-
- APC
-
- aor
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- at.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CAI
-
- ite
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SAR
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- sc.
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- rte
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEO
-
- STI
-
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SCP
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- OAS
-
- RCS
-
- PRA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PRC
-
- 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.
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RCP
-
- Re.
-
- POR
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- RSE
-
- 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:
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- RPO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROP
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- PIO
-
- 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.
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RNA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- POC
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- IRC
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- OAP
-
- ITC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- NCO
-
- ETR
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ier
-
- ETS
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- SPR
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- 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.
- Npt
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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).
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- 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).
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
-
- ne-
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- O.
-
- RN
-
- TP
-
- N.
-
- AO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RC
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NC
-
- TC
-
- OA
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NI
-
- TN
-
- SA
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- IP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- S.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- EI
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- NP
-