Anagrams of interlopes
Word interlopes has
1 exact anagrams and 1154 other words
that can be made by using the letters of interlopes.
- repletions
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- soleprint
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noun,
a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- repletion
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- petronels
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- 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.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- interlope
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- terpineol
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noun,
any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- 11-point
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- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- leporine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- spleno-
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- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- topline
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adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- 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.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- 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.
- piolets
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- 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.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- 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.
- petrol.
-
- 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.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- 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.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- seleno-
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- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- 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.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- entero-
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- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- stereo-
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- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- pointel
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noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- Elpenor
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sterno-
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- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- steno-
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- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- splen-
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- spleen
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noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- spiro-
-
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- spoilt
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Spener
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noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- preens
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- polite
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adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- polit.
-
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- 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.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pleio-
-
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- septi-
-
- 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;
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- 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.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- selen-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- teleo-
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- enter-
-
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- 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:
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- lepto-
-
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- intro.
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- 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.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- inter.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- lipo-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- 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.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- 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 .
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- peri-
-
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- insp.
-
- 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).
- inst.
-
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- 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.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- pert.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- intr.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- insol
-
- 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.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ileo-
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- petri
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- petr-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- insep
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- 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.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Prot.
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- pret.
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rept.
-
- Pres.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- reni-
-
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poet.
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- plio-
-
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ento-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- post-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- resp.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- 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.
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pene-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- telo-
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- teno-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- 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.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- step-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- ster.
-
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- 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.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- 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.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- oste-
-
- OPers
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sito-
-
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sero-
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- seti-
-
- Sept.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tion
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tron
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- repl
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- str.
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rpt.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- top-
-
- Soni
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- 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.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sepn
-
- soln
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ten.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rit.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tri-
-
- tel-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- 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 = .
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- 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.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ire.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- OPer
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- not-
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- iso-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ile-
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- intl
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- int.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Pen.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lip-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- itol
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- eso-
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- enl.
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- epi-
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- epit
-
- 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.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- 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.
- 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.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pol.
-
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- 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.
- pro-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- pts.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- prs.
-
- prin
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- Pers
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- PERL
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- 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).
- 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.
- ETS
-
- lep
-
- il-
-
- io-
-
- ier
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ILO
-
- ETR
-
- 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.
- ETO
-
- EEO
-
- STL
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- eo-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ESL
-
- STP
-
- eir
-
- ESR
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Tro
-
- EIS
-
- ese
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- tlo
-
- ERT
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TPI
-
- 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 = .
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- EPS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tr.
-
- TPN
-
- Ir.
-
- ior
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- IOT
-
- EPT
-
- Ep.
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- IPO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lt.
-
- ine
-
- ISR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EOE
-
- ite
-
- ist
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERP
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ILP
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- STI
-
- Ps.
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- 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).
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- prn
-
- rte
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- OTS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ose
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- PLO
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- POR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PLR
-
- pli
-
- RSE
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ROP
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- RPO
-
- 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:
- Rs.
-
- SLE
-
- 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.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- spt
-
- ltr
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NOP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- nr.
-
- SPR
-
- LPN
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSI
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- St.
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- SLP
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SLR
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- LST
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- LON
-
- op.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- t.
-
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- T1
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
-
- RI
-
- EI
-
- ln
-
- RN
-
- ee
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TL
-
- IP
-
- SN
-
- ol
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- L.
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- TP
-
- le
-
- RP
-
- NP
-
- TN
-