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Word interposes has
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- isoprenes
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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.
- Serpentis
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noun,
genitive of Serpens.
- 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:
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- 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.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- 11-point
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- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- 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.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- presents
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noun,
the present time.
- pentoses
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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.
- 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.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- estrones
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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.
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- poesies
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- 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.
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- 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.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Spenser
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noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- sprints
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sterno-
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- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- 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.
- 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.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- penises
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- 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.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- 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.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- stereo-
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- 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.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- serines
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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;
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- 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.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- entero-
-
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- Serpens
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noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- 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.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- spiro-
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- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- spirts
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- sports
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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.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- steno-
-
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- septi-
-
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- serine
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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;
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sprits
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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.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- ptosis
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noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- 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).
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ptero-
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- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posits
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- poteen
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- snipes
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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.
- preens
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- speers
-
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.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro-
-
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- 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.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Tessie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- steres
-
- inter.
-
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intro.
-
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenses
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- eosins
-
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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- torses
-
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.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- esters
-
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 .
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- instr.
-
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- nitro-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- noses
-
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.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Prot.
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- 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.
- opsis
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- 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.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- pros.
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- pret.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pres.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- spor-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- 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 .
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- sero-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- 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.
- step-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- Sept.
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- trop-
-
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- 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.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 30-30
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- resp.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Sino-
-
- rept.
-
- sines
-
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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Epist
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Epis.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- OPers
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- oste-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- spies
-
- teno-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- 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.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- 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.
- nests
-
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.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- pene-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- nitr-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- pert.
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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).
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ster.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poet.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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):
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- intr.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- sones
-
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.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- insep
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- post-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- poss.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- str.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tron
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sepn
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- top-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- seps
-
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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ste.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ter.
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- sers
-
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).
- ten.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tion
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- 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.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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.
- Soni
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tri-
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- Pers
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- esp.
-
- 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.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- 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.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- est.
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- 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.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pot.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- 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.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neo-
-
- Ont.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osis
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pre-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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).
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- 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.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- epit
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Ens.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- epi-
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- pro-
-
- prs.
-
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ESIS
-
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pts.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- 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.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EOE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- NES
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETS
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- Tro
-
- ier
-
- EIS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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:
- STP
-
- eir
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- EEO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- eo-
-
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- io-
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- ese
-
- in.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- IPO
-
- IOT
-
- EPS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- IPS
-
- ERP
-
- TPN
-
- ETO
-
- TPI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ine
-
- ipr
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- EPT
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ite
-
- ist
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ISR
-
- ERT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IRS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- IRO
-
- Tpr
-
- Ir.
-
- ise
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- POR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- RPS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ps.
-
- RSE
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- 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.
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- Rs.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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).
- RPO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- pt.
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- TSS
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- prn
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- ONR
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- SSR
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- SST
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- St.
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ons
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- ONI
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- SSI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- op.
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- STI
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- nr.
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- Npt
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- NPR
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- NOP
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- SSN
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- ose
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- SSE
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ot-
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- OSS
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- OSP
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- SPR
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- ote
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- spt
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- SPS
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- Sr.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ss.
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- Pr.
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- SRS
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- OTS
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- ee
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- EI
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- S.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- T1
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- IP
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- NI
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- R.
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- RI
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- TP
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- RN
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
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- N.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NP
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- RO
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SN
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- t.
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- RP
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
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