Anagrams of inopportune
Word inopportune has
517 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of inopportune.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- pourpoint
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noun,
a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
- proponent
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noun,
a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- opportune
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adjective,
appropriate, favorable, or suitable:
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- opponent
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noun,
a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- 11-point
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- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- open-pit
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- penpoint
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noun,
the point or writing end of a pen, especially a small, tapering, metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing; nib.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- tropine
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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.
- neutron
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutro-
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- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- propone
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verb (used with object),
to suggest for consideration; propose.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pronoun
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noun,
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- propine
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noun,
a present; gift.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- pent-up
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adjective,
confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed:
- Topper
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinner
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- ronion
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noun,
ronyon.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- punnet
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noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
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- Renton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tenpin
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- punner
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noun,
a person who puns; punster.
- nip-up
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noun,
a calisthenic routine or gymnastic move of springing to one's feet from a supine position.
- petro-
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- tie-up
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noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- Nippon
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noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- tonner
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- nipper
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noun,
a person or thing that nips.
- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- put-on
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noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- purine
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Nippur
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noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city in SE Iraq: partially excavated.
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- pepino
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noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- nitro-
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- norite
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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.
- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- neuron
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noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neuro-
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- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tipper
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noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- Proton
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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.
- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- proto-
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- Turpin
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noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- run-on
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noun,
run-on matter.
- pronto
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adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- run-in
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noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- unrent
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adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- option
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noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- unripe
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adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- eroto-
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- Poitou
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noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- Pripet
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noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- uproot
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- potpie
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noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- uptorn
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verb,
past participle of uptear.
- urino-
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- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- utero-
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- operon
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- turion
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noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- turnip
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noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- troppo
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adverb,
too much; excessively.
- ionone
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- inturn
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intron
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- intro.
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- tropo-
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- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- inter.
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- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- no-one
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pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- inpour
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- Orton
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noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- ronin
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noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
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noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Orion
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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.
- Outer
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adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- opto-
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- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- outen
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verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- prep.
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- Pinon
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noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- re-up
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verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- poori
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Piute
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noun,
Paiute.
- Prot.
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- poet.
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- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- prop.
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- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prunt
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noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- pron.
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- Port.
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- Porto
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noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- prion
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noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- print
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- pret.
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- prune
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noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- pipet
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noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- rept.
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- Peron
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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).
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Penn.
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- renin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Pepin
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noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- reni-
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- peri-
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- pert.
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- Piper
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noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- petr-
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- petri
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- Pupin
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noun,
Michael Idvorsky [id-vawr-skee] /ɪdˈvɔr ski/ (Show IPA), 1858–1935, U.S. inventor, physicist, and author, born in Hungary.
- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pinup
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noun,
a large photograph, as of a sexually attractive person, suitable for pinning on a wall.
- Rouen
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- teno-
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- neur-
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- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Torun
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noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- nonet
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- inept
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adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tuner
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Inner
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adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Inonu
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noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- input
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noun,
something that is put in.
- tonne
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noun,
metric ton.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- nitr-
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- intr.
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- non-U
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adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- tono-
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- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- inurn
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verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- trope
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
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- troop
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- neut.
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- toper
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tripe
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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.
- topo-
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- irone
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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.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- no-no
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noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- Turin
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noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Toure
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noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- route
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- 30-30
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- onto-
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- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- onion
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noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- ennui
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noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- rutin
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- ento-
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- Upton
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- Euro-
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- Tenn.
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- tenon
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noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- upper
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noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- unite
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Union
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noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- erupt
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verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- unrip
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verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- unpin
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verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- noto-
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- unpen
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verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Unit.
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- tri-
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- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Prut
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noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prie
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Trip
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noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Tupi
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noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- uro-
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- tron
-
- prin
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- unto
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preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- uret
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- pro-
-
- tune
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noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- upon
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noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- uni-
-
- roup
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noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Tour
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noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- 'roo
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noun,
kangaroo.
- RIPE
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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.
- tion
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- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tier
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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.
- rit.
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- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tern
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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.
- ter.
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- TEPP
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noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- Root
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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.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ten.
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- rope
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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.
- rote
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- runt
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noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- rune
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- roto
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noun,
rotogravure.
- ruin
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- roue
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noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rpt.
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- riot
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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.
- repp
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noun,
rep1 .
- puir
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adjective,
poor.
- Puri
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noun,
poori.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- torn
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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.
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Pune
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noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- rout
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noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- top-
-
- repo
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Rein
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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.
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tonn
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- Rep.
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- 1080
-
- Poop
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noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- pre-
-
- int.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opp.
-
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
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- oto-
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- Otoe
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noun,
Oto.
- into
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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.
- out-
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- iron
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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.
- inro
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noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Eur.
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- Pen.
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- Pent
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noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pepo
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- per.
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- perp
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noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- Ire.
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- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eton
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noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noon
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noun,
midday.
- non-
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- nope
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adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
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- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
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noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- not-
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- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noun
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noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- Ont.
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- Niue
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noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Nino
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noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
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noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nier
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noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
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noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
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- etui
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noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- none
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noun,
nones1 .
- Peru
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noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pori
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noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- epit
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- pone
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pint
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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.
- poon
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poor
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pop-
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- epi-
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- Piro
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noun,
piroplasmosis.
- PINE
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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.
- Pope
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pipe
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noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- Pire
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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.
- pore
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- porn
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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):
- pot.
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- pirn
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pet.
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- PETN
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- peto
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- pout
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noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
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noun,
the act of pouring.
- Pier
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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.
- Piet
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noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Erin
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noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- pion
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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.
- ne-
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- en-
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- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- TPI
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- ur-
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- TPN
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- ure
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- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- eir
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- too
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Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
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- NNP
-
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Uri
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noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ton
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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.
- eo-
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- urn
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noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- UTE
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noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tpr
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- Ep.
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- tr.
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- ITU
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- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tup
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noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ine
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- in.
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- ier
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- io-
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- UIT
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- EPT
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- Une
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- ERP
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- eu-
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- ERT
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- UNO
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- unp
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- ETR
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- tun
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noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tui
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noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ite
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- IPO
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- IRO
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tro
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- ETO
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- Ir.
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- ipr
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- IOU
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- tue
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- IOT
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- ior
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- UPI
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- up-
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- trp
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- Tu.
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- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- uti
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- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- oon
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- OOT
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- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- PIP
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noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- ROP
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
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- ote
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- PIO
-
- Tiu
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noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ROI
-
- PTP
-
- Re.
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- Pr.
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- PEP
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noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- PTO
-
- put
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noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pt.
-
- prn
-
- pie
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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:
- pp.
-
- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- PUP
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noun,
a young dog; puppy.
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pun
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noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- prp
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- RPO
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- OIt
-
- NOP
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- tin
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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.
- NPR
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- ppr
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- Npt
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- nr.
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- PPT
-
- Nun
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noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- op.
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- OEO
-
- OIr
-
- o-o
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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.
- PPE
-
- PPI
-
- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- rt.
-
- rte
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- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- piu
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adverb,
more:
- oo-
-
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
-
- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ONR
-
- ONI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- EI
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
-
- TN
-
- RI
-
- RU
-
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- t.
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- TP
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- RP
-
- IP
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RO
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- U.
-
- UI
-
- i.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).