Anagrams of introspection
Word introspection has
1423 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of introspection.
- isentropic
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adjective,
having a constant entropy.
- inspection
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noun,
the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically:
- reposition
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noun,
the act of depositing or storing.
- Protection
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noun,
the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- contrition
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noun,
sincere penitence or remorse.
- inceptions
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noun,
beginning; start; commencement.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- positioner
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noun,
a person or thing that positions.
- stenotopic
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adjective,
(of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- inotropic
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adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- tricotine
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noun,
cavalry twill.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- internist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- isotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- posttonic
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adjective,
immediately following a stressed syllable:
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- entoproct
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noun,
any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- proctitis
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noun,
inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- tenonitis
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noun,
tendinitis.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- petitions
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noun,
a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit:
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- inception
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noun,
beginning; start; commencement.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- contents
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noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- Tientsin
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noun,
Older Spelling. Tianjin.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- tortoise
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noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- 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.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- 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.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- potstone
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noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- strepto-
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- 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.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- petition
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noun,
a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit:
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- spittoon
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noun,
a cuspidor.
- opticist
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noun,
a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- 11-point
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- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- spectro-
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- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- nitroso-
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- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- non-pros
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verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- Script.
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- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- 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.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- potties
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noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- opsonin
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noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- opinion
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noun,
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- 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.
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- tortoni
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- 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.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- procto-
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- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- Tootsie
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noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- tontine
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- pension
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- 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:
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- nonstop
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noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- 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.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- tin-pot
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adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nonpros
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- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Pitocin
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- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- nitrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- poietic
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- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- intens.
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- intents
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noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- 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).
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- 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.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- sterno-
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- portico
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- portent
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- pinions
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noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- constr.
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- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- centri-
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- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- centro-
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- connote
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- risotto
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noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- coition
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noun,
coitus.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- Trenton
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noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- cottons
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- 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.
- 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.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- 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.
- 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.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- 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.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- contort
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- 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.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- content
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- coeno-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tinct.
-
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- necro-
-
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- nitro-
-
- 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.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- contin
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- centr-
-
- spiro-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- centi-
-
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- pennis
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- tropo-
-
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- socio-
-
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- osteo-
-
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- contr.
-
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- pisci-
-
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- sporo-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- picro-
-
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- steno-
-
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- ptero-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- icono-
-
- costo-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- rectos
-
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- recti-
-
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- proto-
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- cteno-
-
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- eroto-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- scoto-
-
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- copro-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intro.
-
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- septi-
-
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- instr.
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- inter.
-
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Scot.
-
- proc.
-
- Port.
-
- pron.
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- 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.
- petri
-
- Seric
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Penn.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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.
- 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.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- rept.
-
- pros.
-
- sero-
-
- 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).
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- peri-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pert.
-
- Prot.
-
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- 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):
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sect.
-
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pico-
-
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Sept.
-
- reni-
-
- Sino-
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- recpt
-
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- 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.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- post-
-
- rect.
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- poet.
-
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- seti-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- 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.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- rcpt.
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- sito-
-
- recip
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- 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.
- resp.
-
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- Pres.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- pret.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- ento-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- 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.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- tono-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- 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.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- intr.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- init.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- icons
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- crit.
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cine-
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 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.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- 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-
-
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 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.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- corpn
-
- 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.
- toti-
-
- 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.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- corp.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- 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.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- istic
-
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- step-
-
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- octo-
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- 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.
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- 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.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- noso-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- 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.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- spec.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- OPers
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- opto-
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- spor-
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- 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.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ition
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Tenn.
-
- noct-
-
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- 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.
- 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.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tit.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- rpt.
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- 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.
- trit
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tion
-
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tron
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ter.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ten.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- 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.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- top-
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- str.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sci.
-
- tri-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sepn
-
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Ste.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- scr.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- tonn
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- 1080
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- NCTE
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- 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.
- int.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pct.
-
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- not-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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 = .
- ins.
-
- per.
-
- Con.
-
- 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:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- 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.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- Cres
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Inc.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
-
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ctr.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- cts.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- 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):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- pts.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- psec
-
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- pro-
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pet.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- prin
-
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- prs.
-
- se-
-
- RCN
-
- ior
-
- RCT
-
- EPT
-
- PSE
-
- EPS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- PSC
-
- IOC
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Ep.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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 = .
- ier
-
- RPS
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- PTT
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- SCP
-
- ETO
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- ERP
-
- Re.
-
- in.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TNT
-
- Esc
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ERT
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- CST
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ROP
-
- RPO
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- 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.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tro
-
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Rs.
-
- CEO
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSE
-
- en-
-
- CRP
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- IOT
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- CPS
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPI
-
- RTS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- 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.
- IRS
-
- TTS
-
- OIt
-
- PIO
-
- oon
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- SPR
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- STI
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- IPO
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- OOT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OTS
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pc.
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- 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:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- nr.
-
- STP
-
- ite
-
- 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
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NEC
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- PRC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- NCO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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.
- 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).
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IRO
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ne-
-
- POR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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).
- ROI
-
- NOP
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- TCS
-
- NOC
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NNP
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- RI
-
- TT
-
- O.
-
- t.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- RC
-
- R.
-
- TP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- RP
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RN
-
- SN
-
- TC
-
- T1
-
- IP
-