Anagrams of inspector
Word inspector has
902 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of inspector.
- spectro-
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- 11-point
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- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- 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.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- 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.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
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- pectins
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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.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- 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.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Ericson
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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).
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Script.
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- norites
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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.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- centro-
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- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sterno-
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- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- centri-
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- 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.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pictor
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noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- cteno-
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- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- petro-
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- steno-
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- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- picro-
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- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
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- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- optics
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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.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- insect
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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.
- spiro-
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- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
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- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
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- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- recti-
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- rectos
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- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- pectin
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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.
- picots
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noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- necro-
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- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Citron
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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.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- nocti-
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- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- Pontic
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noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- contr.
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- centi-
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- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- tropic
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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.
- tropes
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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.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- trones
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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.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- censor
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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.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centr-
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- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tripes
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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.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitro-
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- septi-
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- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- poetic
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noun,
poetics.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- 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.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- corset
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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.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- pinots
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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.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- COSINE
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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.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- irones
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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.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- Piston
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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.
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- scope
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noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- opens
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noun,
an open or clear space.
- scrip
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noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- rosin
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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.
- OPers
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- nitr-
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- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- ropes
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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.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- noct-
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- Scot.
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- Sept.
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- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- sect.
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- senor
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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.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- opsin
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- piste
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- prise
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noun,
leverage.
- pisco
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- pirns
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- proc.
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- pron.
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- pions
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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.
- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pros.
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- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- 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.
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
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- 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.
- picot
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noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- prest
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noun,
a loan.
- post-
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- posit
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poser
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noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pret.
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- Port.
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- poet.
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- porns
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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):
- Price
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pones
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Ponce
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noun,
a pimp.
- poise
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Piers
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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.
- pico-
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- optic
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noun,
the eye.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rents
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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.
- repic
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noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
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- resin
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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.
- resp.
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- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- oste-
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- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
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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.
- reni-
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- Pecos
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noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- petri
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- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- petr-
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- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- rcpt.
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- recip
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- pesto
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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.
- Recit
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- pert.
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- 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.
- recpt
-
- 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.
- peri-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- rect.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Seric
-
- Pres.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crit.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- 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.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- sero-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- cero-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- corpn
-
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- corp.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cores
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copr-
-
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- icons
-
- 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.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sito-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- incor
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- incr.
-
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- 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.
- intr.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inst.
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- insep
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- 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.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- step-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spec.
-
- 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.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Sino-
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pro-
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- scr.
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Soni
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tron
-
- 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.
- sepn
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- prin
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tri-
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- sci.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rpt.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- 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.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- ten.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- str.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- prs.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- 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.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- top-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- psec
-
- tion
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- pts.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 1080
-
- prec
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Ont.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Cres
-
- NCTE
-
- 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.
- Cort
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pre-
-
- est.
-
- ctr.
-
- Con.
-
- not-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- epi-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cts.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- esp.
-
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- eso-
-
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- 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.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- cen.
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- CERN
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- 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.
- cet-
-
- Ire.
-
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- 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):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- 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.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Ceto
-
- Pet.
-
- Ice.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Pers
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- cis-
-
- Inc.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- cir.
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- in.
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SPR
-
- ior
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- 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 = .
- spt
-
- ERP
-
- Sr.
-
- ier
-
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETO
-
- St.
-
- STI
-
- Esc
-
- CRT
-
- STP
-
- Tro
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CPI
-
- CEO
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPO
-
- EPT
-
- ec-
-
- EPS
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- CPR
-
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- IPO
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- CPS
-
- IOT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ipr
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- pc.
-
- oic
-
- Rs.
-
- OTC
-
- RPO
-
- IPS
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- OTS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- rt.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PRC
-
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- 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:
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pr.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCP
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RSE
-
- OCR
-
- rte
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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:
- NES
-
- RTS
-
- 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).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- NCO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NOC
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sp.
-
- Oc.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- op.
-
- sc.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- Npt
-
- SRO
-
- nr.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NPR
-
- So.
-
- SCP
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NOP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
-
- IP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
-
- RP
-
- TC
-
- S.
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- SN
-
- O.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TP
-
- t.
-
- N.
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- TN
-
- T1
-
- i.
-
- RN
-
- NC
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.