Anagrams of interseptal
Word interseptal has
1669 anagrams
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- steel-trap
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noun,
a trap for catching animals, consisting of spring-operated steel jaws with sharp projections that clamp shut.
- Pearlstein
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noun,
Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- alpestrine
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adjective,
subalpine (def 2).
- pinsetter
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noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- seriplane
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noun,
a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- literates
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- pestilent
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adjective,
producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- Spitteler
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noun,
Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- saltpeter
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noun,
the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- tin-plate
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noun,
thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- pianette
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- partlets
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- palettes
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- transept
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noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- patients
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- prattles
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- petaline
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- petalite
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noun,
a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 10), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- 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.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- patterns
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- triplane
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- sprattle
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noun,
a struggle; fight.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- splitter
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noun,
a person or thing that splits.
- triptane
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- 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.
- splatter
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noun,
an act or instance of splattering.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- 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.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- sterlet
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pettles
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verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- strati-
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- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entitle
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- 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.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- tapster
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noun,
a bartender.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- spatter
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noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Partlet
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- partite
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- spittle
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noun,
saliva; spit.
- patents
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noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- palette
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- Telstar
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- patient
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noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- peltate
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adjective,
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- patties
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noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- patters
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- pattern
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noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pattens
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noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- 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.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- petites
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- septate
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adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- reptant
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adjective,
repent2 .
- 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.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pretest
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noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- prattle
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- trestle
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noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- transp.
-
- transl.
-
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- praline
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Platter
-
noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- spleen
-
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.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- splen-
-
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinel
-
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.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- splint
-
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.
- Lister
-
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.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- 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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- liters
-
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.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- 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;
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- penta-
-
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- pettle
-
verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- plani-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- septi-
-
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- selen-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- patri-
-
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- intra-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trans.
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- arsen-
-
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- 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.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- tetra-
-
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- 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:
- terat-
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- 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.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- plast
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- resp.
-
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plan-
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- petri
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- 30-30
-
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- peta-
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- sanit
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- 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.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- prae-
-
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Arnel
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- alti-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Sept.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ante-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- 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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- reni-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- treas
-
- anis-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- astr.
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- rept.
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- 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.
- anti-
-
- seti-
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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).
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Pres.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ital.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- 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.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tears
-
- 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.
- 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.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pale-
-
- intr.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- nitr-
-
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Iran.
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- natl.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- inst.
-
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ster.
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- 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.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- step-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- 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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- 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.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- insp.
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- IATSE
-
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- 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.
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- span-
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- 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 .
- patr-
-
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- 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.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pant-
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- tele-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- insep
-
- pert.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Parl.
-
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- part.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- 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.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ter.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- trit
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tRNA
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- str.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sat.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sepn
-
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tel-
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tit.
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Ste.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sra.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 1080
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- enl.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- epi-
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pat.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NTIA
-
- attn
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- att.
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Ens.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- per.
-
- Lat.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- est.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- esp.
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- intl
-
- Ire.
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ile-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lip-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- epit
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- 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.
- 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.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- 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.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- par.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- ANSI
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- alt.
-
- PERL
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- aet.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- pts.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- rit.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- psia
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- aer-
-
- Apr.
-
- PSAT
-
- RNAS
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- prin
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- repl
-
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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 .
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Alis
-
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- prs.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- rpt.
-
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pers
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- art.
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pnea
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ESA
-
- ine
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ETR
-
- ESL
-
- ae.
-
- TSE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ese
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- 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.
- IPA
-
- ESR
-
- trp
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ILP
-
- IAS
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ial
-
- al.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ier
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ar.
-
- Ia.
-
- an.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ap-
-
- ETS
-
- EPA
-
- ERT
-
- ase
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- ARS
-
- at.
-
- ipr
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ASI
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASN
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- tlr
-
- TNT
-
- TPI
-
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ene
-
- ERP
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- EPS
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ep.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- APS
-
- en-
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TIA
-
- Apl
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- rt.
-
- STI
-
- IPS
-
- 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.
- SLE
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SLA
-
- 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:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SLP
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
-
- 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.
- PLA
-
- pli
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SLR
-
- PRA
-
- Ir.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- Pa.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PLR
-
- PSA
-
- NIA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- 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.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- REA
-
- RNA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PSE
-
- RPS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- 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).
- PTT
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- TTS
-
- 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:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SPR
-
- lep
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- STP
-
- STL
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Isl
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- rte
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NEA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Sta
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- St.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ltr
-
- NES
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- ee
-
- 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.
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RP
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- TT
-
- 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.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- NI
-
- LR
-
- TP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- SN
-
- TL
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NP
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ln
-
- L2
-
- i.
-
- L1
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).