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Word interceptors has
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- precentors
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- interprets
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- Corrientes
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noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- retrospect
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noun,
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- intercepts
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noun,
an interception.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- top-secret
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adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- preterist
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noun,
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.
Compare futurist (def 2), presentist.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- 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.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- preterits
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noun,
past (def 12).
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- 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.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- 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.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- portieres
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- interpret
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- 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.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- receptors
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- roperies
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noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- restrict
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verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- scienter
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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:
- critters
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- crosette
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noun,
crossette.
- 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.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- potences
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noun,
potency.
- rescript
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noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- receptor
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- spectro-
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- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- preterit
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noun,
past (def 12).
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- strepto-
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- 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.
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- entrepot
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noun,
a warehouse.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- 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.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- 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.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- 11-point
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- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- portiere
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- peonies
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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.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- ritters
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noun,
a knight.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- rentier
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- pectose
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noun,
protopectin.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- encores
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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.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- respire
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verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retorts
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noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- pectens
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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.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- reprise
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noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- perries
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noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- petites
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- Pioneer
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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.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- rotters
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noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- preter-
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- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- potties
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noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- porrect
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adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- portent
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potence
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noun,
potency.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- Perrine
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noun,
a town in S Florida.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- protist
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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
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- protect
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- pretest
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noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- picotee
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- estrone
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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.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pricers
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noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- entero-
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- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- centres
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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.
- centro-
-
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- centri-
-
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- tricots
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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.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Teniers
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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.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- tricorn
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Steptoe
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noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corresp
-
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- torrent
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noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- stereo-
-
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- sterno-
-
- Spencer
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- tenrecs
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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.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Script.
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- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- tercets
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- 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.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- 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.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- constr.
-
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- tinct.
-
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- 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.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- 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.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- 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.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- 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.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- 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.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- 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.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- 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.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- 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.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- picro-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- petro-
-
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- 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.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- rectos
-
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- 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;
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- retro-
-
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- septi-
-
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- 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.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- recti-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- 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.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- 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.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- spiro-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- steno-
-
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- 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.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- nocti-
-
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- 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.
- escent
-
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- necro-
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- cteno-
-
- 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.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- 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:
- contr.
-
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cirro-
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- 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.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- intro.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incorr
-
- 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.
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- icons
-
- ento-
-
- econ.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- incr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Epis.
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- restr
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- resp.
-
- incor
-
- pret.
-
- ecto-
-
- rept.
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Episc
-
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- erron
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- rcpt.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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 .
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- proc.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- pron.
-
- 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.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Prot.
-
- ESPEC
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- Epist
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- recip
-
- rect.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- recpt
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recit
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- 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.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- 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.
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- 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.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- 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.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- cores
-
- ster.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- step-
-
- 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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- corr.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- copr-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- sito-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- cont.
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- 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.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scot.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terr.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crit.
-
- teno-
-
- sero-
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- sect.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Sept.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Pres.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- pert.
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- pico-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- 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.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- 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.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- OPers
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- 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.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 30-30
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- nitr-
-
- pene-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- noct-
-
- 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: ¢.
- 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.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- cent.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- oste-
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- cine-
-
- cert.
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- post-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- insep
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Port.
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- 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):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- intr.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poet.
-
- 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.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Cres
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- 1080
-
- tri-
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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 = .
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- not-
-
- 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.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- pct.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pos.
-
- Cor.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- prin
-
- etc.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- str.
-
- est.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- 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.
- 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.
- per.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Pen.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- pro-
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sepn
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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):
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- OEEC
-
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- int.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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.
- 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.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- top-
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- trit
-
- OPer
-
- Cort
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- pre-
-
- ins.
-
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- tron
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- prec
-
- nos-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Ste.
-
- Inc.
-
- Ont.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ten.
-
- esp.
-
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- ette
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- cet-
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- pot.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- sec.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Ens.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- Tit.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ire.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- repr
-
- 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.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- 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.
- ect-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cit.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- 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.
- 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).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- CERN
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- tion
-
- iso-
-
- 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.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- 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.
- epi-
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Rep.
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- cir.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- psec
-
- 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.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Ceto
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cts.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- neo-
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pts.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- eso-
-
- Pers
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- 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.
- prs.
-
- Pet.
-
- sci.
-
- ter.
-
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- eco-
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- NCTE
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TPN
-
- Co.
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- CIP
-
- 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.
- TPI
-
- trp
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TSE
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- CNO
-
- cp.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- 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.
- CIE
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TNT
-
- CNS
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Tpr
-
- TCS
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- Tro
-
- CEO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- cr.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- STP
-
- PIO
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- IRS
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- IRC
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NCO
-
- 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:
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ier
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- STI
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- in.
-
- IPS
-
- ine
-
- PRC
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- POR
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Esc
-
- oic
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NOP
-
- NES
-
- Ps.
-
- 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:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- NOC
-
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- prn
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ETO
-
- TTS
-
- cte
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- CRP
-
- SCP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- sc.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ERT
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CPR
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPI
-
- CPO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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).
- CPS
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- RPO
-
- eo-
-
- ERP
-
- ene
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- PTT
-
- en-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EIS
-
- ec-
-
- ROP
-
- eir
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RNR
-
- EEO
-
- EEC
-
- NC
-
- TT
-
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TC
-
- T1
-
- N.
-
- RC
-
- t.
-
- R.
-
- CE
-
- RN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TP
-
- O.
-
- ee
-
- NI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
-
- S.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- EI
-
- IP
-
- ic
-
- RO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- NP
-
- TN
-