Anagrams of inspectorate
Word inspectorate has
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- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- respectant
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adjective,
aspectant.
- intercepts
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noun,
an interception.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- constipate
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verb (used with object),
to cause constipation in; make costive.
- top-secret
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adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- pectinate
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adjective,
formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- caponette
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noun,
a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- Pentecost
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noun,
a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- pinsetter
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noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- operettas
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- poetaster
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noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- crepitate
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verb (used without object),
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- pittances
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- Spectator
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noun,
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Prescott
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noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- tipcarts
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noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- potences
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noun,
potency.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- patentor
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- strepto-
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- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- patterns
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- pittance
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- Capriote
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- capstone
-
noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- stonecat
-
noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- pectates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- 11-point
-
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- prostate
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noun,
prostate gland.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- spectate
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verb (used without object),
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- spectro-
-
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- Personae
-
noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- Poincare
-
noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- portance
-
noun,
bearing; behavior.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- protects
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pianette
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- trecento
-
noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- Protista
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- transept
-
noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- transect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- operetta
-
noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- entrepot
-
noun,
a warehouse.
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- procaine
-
noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- tonetics
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- portents
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- centri-
-
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- centro-
-
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- cerato-
-
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- strati-
-
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- strato-
-
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- entero-
-
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- pattens
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- stearo-
-
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cranio-
-
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- steato-
-
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- contra-
-
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- constr.
-
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- sterno-
-
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- Sno-Cat
-
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- Script.
-
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- stereo-
-
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- arseno-
-
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- aristo-
-
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- actino-
-
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- transp.
-
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- capette
-
noun,
caponette.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- pectate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- septi-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- narco-
-
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- ptero-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- escent
-
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rectos
-
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- sarco-
-
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- nocti-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- necro-
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- instr.
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- sapro-
-
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- inter.
-
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- recti-
-
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- sacro-
-
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- scato-
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- iatro-
-
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- intra-
-
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- intro.
-
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- terat-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tinct.
-
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- tarso-
-
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- carpo-
-
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- petro-
-
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- aniso-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aceto-
-
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astron
-
- picro-
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- penta-
-
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astro-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- arsen-
-
- centr-
-
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- cteno-
-
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- spiro-
-
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- panto-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- patri-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- contr.
-
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- steno-
-
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pres.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Port.
-
- pret.
-
- petri
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pico-
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- poet.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- post-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- prae-
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- 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.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- 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.
- 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-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- stat.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- treas
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- teno-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- resp.
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rept.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- reni-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sarc-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sanit
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Prot.
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- 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.
- recip
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rcpt.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sito-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- seti-
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spec.
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- petr-
-
- sero-
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Scot.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sect.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- atto-
-
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- econ.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- ation
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- ecto-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- nears
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- octa-
-
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- insep
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- OPers
-
- intr.
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- crit.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- 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.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- noct-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- cero-
-
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- caps.
-
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- cine-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Capt.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Iran.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- 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.
- carp-
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- asco-
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- copr-
-
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- cont.
-
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- corpn
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- oste-
-
- corp.
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- pert.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- ESPEC
-
- acet-
-
- 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).
- 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.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- peta-
-
- cores
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- 30-30
-
- acpt.
-
- 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.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pene-
-
- actos
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- acro-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- naso-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- ento-
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- icons
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- 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.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- incr.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- incor
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Epis.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cert.
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 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.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Cons.
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Const
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ante-
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- part.
-
- Epist
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- pant-
-
- Episc
-
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- IATSE
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Sra.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- crat
-
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- epit
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- sepn
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- sec.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ence
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Cres
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- SPCA
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ect-
-
- enc.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- eco-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- ARIS
-
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- tion
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- att.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- art.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- asc-
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- trit
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- acr-
-
- tRNA
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tron
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tri-
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Apr.
-
- ant.
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- ANSI
-
- Aire
-
- ano-
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- atic
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cet-
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cir.
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 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.
- cene
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- cis-
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- cen.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cap.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- ter.
-
- Can.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- attn
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ten.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cat.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- psec
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- psia
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OAPC
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- NIRA
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- Rep.
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NCTE
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- rit.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pct.
-
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pat.
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- 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.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Pen.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pro-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- 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.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pnea
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pan.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- not-
-
- ICAO
-
- Ire.
-
- int.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 1080
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- ette
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- scr.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rpt.
-
- inae
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Inc.
-
- sci.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- RONA
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- esp.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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 = .
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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 = .
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- 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).
- PRA
-
- ATP
-
- 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.
- prn
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- IOC
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Pr.
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- EOE
-
- en-
-
- OIt
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EEC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- PTO
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EEO
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ot-
-
- TNT
-
- OSP
-
- ASR
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- eir
-
- TIA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OPA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASN
-
- EIS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ose
-
- ONI
-
- PRC
-
- ine
-
- ase
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ene
-
- ASI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- ast
-
- CPR
-
- sc.
-
- AEC
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SCP
-
- 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:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ae.
-
- ETO
-
- ERP
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ESR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- PIO
-
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ese
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Esc
-
- ACP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ESA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERT
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tro
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- se-
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ca.
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- aor
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ier
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- in.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- POR
-
- APS
-
- APC
-
- POA
-
- PCS
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- PCI
-
- ANC
-
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ics
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- EPT
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- EPS
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ior
-
- cp.
-
- TTS
-
- cte
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- CIA
-
- ipr
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CIE
-
- NES
-
- CTA
-
- eo-
-
- CST
-
- CIP
-
- IPS
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- STP
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- RPO
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- IPA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- RCT
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CEO
-
- 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.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ean
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NOP
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IPO
-
- ea.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ir.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ITA
-
- ISA
-
- ist
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ISR
-
- ROA
-
- SPR
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ITC
-
- RNA
-
- CPA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- CPI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CPS
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NEC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- CRP
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IRC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- IRO
-
- STI
-
- ite
-
- IRS
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ROP
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- NCO
-
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- REA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OTC
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- So.
-
- PSC
-
- PSA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OSA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- op.
-
- SAE
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oc.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- TCS
-
- RCP
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- PTT
-
- ec-
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ECA
-
- RCS
-
- OAS
-
- Re.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- PSE
-
- RPS
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Sp.
-
- IOT
-
- TCA
-
- OCR
-
- RSA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rt.
-
- OIr
-
- cr.
-
- NRC
-
- RSE
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- NPR
-
- ct.
-
- CPO
-
- NRA
-
- CEA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Co.
-
- Rs.
-
- cs.
-
- rte
-
- NSA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OCS
-
- RTS
-
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SRO
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- oic
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- NSC
-
- CAI
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RO
-
- TT
-
- AO
-
- SN
-
- OA
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- P.
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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.
- TP
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- T1
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IP
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- RP
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- RI
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- NC
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- NI
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- NP
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RN
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- TC
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- i.
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- ic
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- SA
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- S.
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- TN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- CE
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