Anagrams of introspect
Word introspect has
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- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- spectro-
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- Prescott
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noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- strepto-
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- 11-point
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- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- portent
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- potties
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noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- Script.
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- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- 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.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- tricots
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- protist
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noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protest
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protect
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- sterno-
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- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- constr.
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- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- contest
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noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- Scottie
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noun,
Scottish terrier.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- centro-
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- centri-
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- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- 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.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tincts
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noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- incept
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tiptoe
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noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- octets
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noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- pectin
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- Trento
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noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- strict
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adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- tinct.
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- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- optics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- ptero-
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- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- teston
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- instr.
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- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- necro-
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- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- poetic
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noun,
poetics.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- nocti-
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- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- nitro-
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- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- intro.
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- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- petro-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tortes
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noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Pontic
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noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- picots
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noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- stript
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noun,
a striptease.
- picro-
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- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Potter
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noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- potent
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noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- Pictor
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noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tricot
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- spiro-
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- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- cteno-
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- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Triton
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- rotten
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adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottes
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noun,
rote2 .
- set-to
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noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Cotter
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tropic
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noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- steno-
-
- tripes
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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.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- centr-
-
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- septi-
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- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- contr.
-
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- T-stop
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noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- rectos
-
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- recti-
-
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- Scotti
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Seric
-
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Sept.
-
- Piers
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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.
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- recpt
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- 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.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- oste-
-
- spec.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- petr-
-
- pico-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- 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.
- spor-
-
- sito-
-
- petri
-
- teno-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Prot.
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- resp.
-
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- proc.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rcpt.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- recip
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reni-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rept.
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Scot.
-
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- rect.
-
- Port.
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- sect.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- 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.
- poet.
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pret.
-
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Pres.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- post-
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- incor
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- icons
-
- toti-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Epist
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- incr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- insep
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cine-
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 30-30
-
- cont.
-
- trop-
-
- crit.
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cores
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copr-
-
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- OPers
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- nitr-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- noct-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tion
-
- rpt.
-
- tron
-
- per.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Ste.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- sci.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Cort
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- Ont.
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- eco-
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Pet.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- trit
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rit.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pers
-
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- scr.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Ceto
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- cet-
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Soni
-
- cir.
-
- CERN
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cen.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Cor.
-
- Con.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- sec.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- pct.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ter.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- OPer
-
- sepn
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- pot.
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- int.
-
- prin
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- neo-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- NCTE
-
- top-
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 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.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- iso-
-
- pos.
-
- Inc.
-
- pro-
-
- 1080
-
- Tit.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- tri-
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ens.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ect-
-
- Ice.
-
- not-
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- prs.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- enc.
-
- pts.
-
- psec
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- str.
-
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- trp
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- TCS
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- spt
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- STI
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tro
-
- SPR
-
- STP
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- TNT
-
- POC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- ne-
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- NCO
-
- NEC
-
- ier
-
- NRC
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- nr.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- NOP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- in.
-
- io-
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- CNO
-
- CRP
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPI
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CNS
-
- CIP
-
- CRT
-
- CIE
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CRS
-
- CSO
-
- ics
-
- EPS
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- EPT
-
- Ep.
-
- CSR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- OIt
-
- op.
-
- ONI
-
- RCN
-
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RPS
-
- RPO
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- ONR
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- POR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- 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).
- Sep
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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.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- RSE
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- se-
-
- SCP
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- sc.
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- SRO
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- Sp.
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- So.
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- RTS
-
- rte
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- rt.
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- PRC
-
- PTT
-
- TTS
-
- ote
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- PCI
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- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
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- Pr.
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- OTS
-
- ot-
-
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- OSP
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- ose
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ons
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- PCS
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- prn
-
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIC
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noun,
a movie.
- PIO
-
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- pie
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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:
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- RC
-
- R.
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SN
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- IP
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- t.
-
- CE
-
- TT
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- TN
-
- S.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NC
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- NI
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- NP
-
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RO
-
- RI
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- T1
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- EI
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ic
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TP
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- TC
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