Anagrams of Kapellmeister
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- male-sterile
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adjective,
producing no pollen or infertile pollen.
- permeates
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verb (used with object),
to pass into or through every part of:
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- ill-kempt
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adjective,
unkempt.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- Marseille
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.
- impellers
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noun,
a person or thing that impels.
- Pelletier
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noun,
Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- kermesite
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noun,
a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
- teleplasm
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noun,
a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- perillas
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noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- all-time
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adjective,
never surpassed or greater:
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- alkermes
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noun,
a Mediterranean liqueur made from brandy flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, and colored red with kermes or cochineal.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- eremites
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- sparlike
-
- pillaret
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noun,
a small pillar.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- emperies
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noun,
absolute dominion; sovereignty.
- lempiras
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- pellekar
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noun,
palikar.
- pastille
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noun,
a flavored or medicated lozenge; troche.
- selamlik
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noun,
the portion of a Turkish palace or house reserved for men.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- Telemark
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noun,
a turn in which a skier places one ski far forward of the other and gradually angles the tip of the forward ski inward in the direction to be turned.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- rampikes
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noun,
a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
- re-lease
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noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- impeller
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noun,
a person or thing that impels.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- starlike
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adjective,
of the shape of or like a star.
- prelease
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noun,
a lease on a building, apartment, etc., that is offered or signed before construction has begun.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- permeate
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verb (used with object),
to pass into or through every part of:
- spikelet
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noun,
a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.
- skeletal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- permease
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noun,
any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- millets
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- pellets
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noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- pelmets
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- kestrel
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noun,
a common small falcon, Falco tinnunculus, of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, notable for hovering in the air with its head to the wind.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- emeries
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noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- klister
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noun,
a sticky wax for use on skis, as for slopes where the snow is excessively wet.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Millers
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- Perilla
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noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- mistake
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noun,
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- kilters
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noun,
good condition; order:
- smeller
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noun,
a person who smells.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- killers
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noun,
a person or thing that kills.
- Riksmal
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noun,
Bokmål.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- sleekit
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adjective,
sleeky.
- milkers
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noun,
a person or thing that milks.
- kirtles
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noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- ellipse
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noun,
a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal. It is a conic section formed by the intersection of a right circular cone by a plane that cuts the axis and the surface of the cone. Typical equation: (x 2 / a 2) + (y 2 / b 2) = 1. If a = b the ellipse is a circle.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- elektra
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noun,
an electronic navigational system establishing approximate position through coincidence in amplitude of two radio signals.
- pallets
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noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- impales
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- Kalemie
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noun,
a city in the E Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Lake Tanganyika.
- steeple
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noun,
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- remakes
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noun,
Movies. a more recent version of an older film.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- spireme
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noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- imparks
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verb (used with object),
to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- Estelle
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- 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.
- impers.
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- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- Stalker
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noun,
a person who pursues game, prey, or a person stealthily.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- empales
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verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- emprise
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noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- empties
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noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- retakes
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noun,
the act of photographing or filming again.
- sparkle
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noun,
a little spark or fiery particle.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- kelters
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noun,
kilter.
- epeeist
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noun,
a person who fences with an épée.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- epimers
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- peelers
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noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- speller
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noun,
a person who spells words.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- kellies
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noun,
a man's stiff hat, as a derby or straw skimmer.
- eremite
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- keister
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noun,
the buttocks; rump.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- respell
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verb (used with object),
to spell again or anew.
- keester
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noun,
keister.
- keepers
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noun,
a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
- Speaker
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noun,
a person who speaks.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- replete
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noun,
Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- sleeper
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noun,
a person or thing that sleeps.
- skillet
-
noun,
a frying pan.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- amperes
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noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- Apelles
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noun,
360?–315? b.c, Greek painter.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- meerkat
-
noun,
suricate.
- lempira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- pillars
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noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- Melkite
-
noun,
a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- Mellers
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noun,
Wilfrid Howard, 1914–2008, English musicologist and composer.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- presell
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verb (used with object),
to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- premise
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noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- prelim.
-
- mallees
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noun,
any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- preemie
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noun,
an infant born prematurely; a preterm.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Maltese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- markets
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noun,
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- Lipetsk
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation, SSE of Moscow.
- mellita
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noun,
mellite.
- release
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noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- mellite
-
noun,
a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- Templar
-
noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- tellies
-
noun,
television.
- skelter
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verb (used without object),
to scurry.
- skeeter
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noun,
mosquito.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- rampike
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noun,
a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Merilee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tellers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- Kaiser
-
noun,
a German emperor.
- metall
-
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- kalpis
-
noun,
a form of the hydria.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- maills
-
noun,
mail3 .
- Market
-
noun,
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- septi-
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- makers
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noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Kasper
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Caspar.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- sapele
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noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- sperm-
-
- Kareem
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “generous.”.
- Kapell
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noun,
William, 1922–53, U.S. pianist.
- mestee
-
noun,
mustee.
- spiker
-
noun,
a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- Semele
-
noun,
a daughter of Cadmus and mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- splake
-
noun,
the hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- seeker
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeks.
- mallee
-
noun,
any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
- lakers
-
noun,
a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- pallet
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- metal.
-
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Mallet
-
noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- remake
-
noun,
Movies. a more recent version of an older film.
- slaker
-
noun,
a person or thing that slakes.
- seemer
-
noun,
a person who constantly pretends.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- milker
-
noun,
a person or thing that milks.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- KERMIT
-
noun,
a male given name.
- latkes
-
noun,
a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- kermis
-
noun,
(in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- kermes
-
noun,
a red dye formerly prepared from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect, Kermes ilices, which lives on small, evergreen oaks of the Mediterranean region.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Kleist
-
noun,
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von [bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
- kerat-
-
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Kepler
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1630, German astronomer.
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Kilmer
-
noun,
(Alfred) Joyce, 1886–1918, U.S. poet and journalist.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- meller
-
noun,
melodrama (def 1).
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- skater
-
noun,
a person who skates.
- killer
-
noun,
a person or thing that kills.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- Melete
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation.
Compare Aoede, mneme (def 2).
- kirtle
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- melees
-
noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Kismet
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Kempis
-
noun,
Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Keitel
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1882–1946, German marshal: chief of the Nazi supreme command 1938–45.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Milles
-
noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- keeper
-
noun,
a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- kilter
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- Keeler
-
noun,
William H ("Wee Willy") 1872–1923, U.S. baseball player.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- keleps
-
noun,
a stinging ant, Ectatomma tuberculatum, introduced into the U.S. from Guatemala, that preys on the boll weevil.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- retake
-
noun,
the act of photographing or filming again.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- matri-
-
- kelter
-
noun,
kilter.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- kraits
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- Keller
-
noun,
Gottfried [got-freed;; German gawt-freet] /ˈgɒt frid;; German ˈgɔt frit/ (Show IPA), 1819–90, Swiss novelist.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- kelper
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands.
- Lasker
-
noun,
Emanuel [ey-mah-noo-el] /eɪˈmɑ nu ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1941, German chess player, mathematician, and author.
- masker
-
noun,
a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- kelpie
-
noun,
(in Scottish legends) a water spirit, usually having the form of a horse, reputed to cause drownings or to warn those in danger of drowning.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- AmerSp
-
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- plasm-
-
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- tilaks
-
noun,
a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Tarski
-
noun,
Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- talkie
-
noun,
talking picture.
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- empale
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pelike
-
noun,
a storage jar with two handles extending from the lip to the shoulder, characterized by an oval body that is wider at the base than at the neck and rests on a foot.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pellas
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Pellet
-
noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pelmet
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- armill
-
noun,
a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- pikers
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- tepees
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- pillar
-
noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- emeers
-
noun,
emir.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- patri-
-
- esteem
-
noun,
favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard:
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- 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.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- imper.
-
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- impark
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Temple
-
noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- traiks
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- peeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that peels.
- streek
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- alkies
-
noun,
an alcoholic.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- streak
-
noun,
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
- strake
-
noun,
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Marks
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Pres.
-
- male-
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- melee
-
noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- makes
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Melia
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Malik
-
noun,
Adam, 1917–84, Indonesian politician and diplomat.
- prem.
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- matr-
-
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- plast
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- plat.
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- rall.
-
- malls
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- rakis
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- prae-
-
- prim.
-
- rakes
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Mikes
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reeks
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peeks
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance; peep.
- peaks
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- Peele
-
noun,
George, 1558?–97? English dramatist.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- pekes
-
noun,
Pekingese (def 1).
- MPers
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Pelee
-
noun,
Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4428 feet (1350 meters).
- Mlles
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rept.
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- palls
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Parks
-
noun,
Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Parl.
-
- palki
-
noun,
a palanquin; sedan chair.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pale-
-
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- part.
-
- Pakse
-
noun,
a city in S Laos, on the Mekong River.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patr-
-
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- 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.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- petri
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- meta-
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sakel
-
noun,
Manfred (Joshua) 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- pikas
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merks
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- saker
-
noun,
an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- pikes
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Sakti
-
noun,
Shakti.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- peta-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Rilke
-
noun,
Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Perak
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- mirks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Milks
-
noun,
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Perks
-
noun,
perquisite.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- Maker
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- esker
-
noun,
a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- IATSE
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- steek
-
verb (used with object),
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- emeer
-
noun,
emir.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- talks
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- takes
-
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Spike
-
noun,
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- kales
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- kalis
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- kames
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Ital.
-
- karts
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Keats
-
noun,
John, 1795–1821, English poet.
- keels
-
noun,
Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- speak
-
Idioms,
so to speak, to use a manner of speaking; figuratively speaking:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- steak
-
noun,
a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Stalk
-
noun,
the stem or main axis of a plant.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stake
-
noun,
a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Amer.
-
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tilak
-
noun,
a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- treas
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- akees
-
noun,
a tropical tree, Blighia sapida, of the soapberry family, cultivated for the edible aril of its seeds.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alike
-
adverb,
in the same manner or form; similarly:
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- term.
-
- tera-
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teaks
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elem.
-
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tele-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tepee
-
noun,
a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- temp.
-
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- keeps
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- keets
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Skeat
-
noun,
Walter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.
- Skell
-
noun,
a homeless person who lives on the streets, sleeps in doorways or subways, etc.; derelict.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Laski
-
noun,
Harold Joseph, 1893–1950, English political scientist and writer.
- skeet
-
noun,
a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latke
-
noun,
a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- skate
-
noun,
ice skate (def 1).
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Sitka
-
noun,
a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- skelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- skete
-
noun,
a settlement of monks or ascetics.
- leeks
-
noun,
a plant, Allium ampeloprasum, of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.
- skimp
-
adjective,
skimpy; scanty.
- slake
-
verb (used with object),
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skirl
-
noun,
the sound of a bagpipe.
- laker
-
noun,
a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- Lakme
-
noun,
an opera (1883) by Léo Delibes.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Skill
-
noun,
the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well:
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sleek
-
adjective,
smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal, etc.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Sept.
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- semi-
-
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seti-
-
- likes
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- leaks
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- kepis
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- Spark
-
noun,
an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kelps
-
noun,
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- kills
-
- Klimt
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1918, Austrian painter.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- kelts
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kilts
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- kelep
-
noun,
a stinging ant, Ectatomma tuberculatum, introduced into the U.S. from Guatemala, that preys on the boll weevil.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- kemps
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- kempt
-
adjective,
neatly or tidily kept:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Small
-
noun,
something that is small:
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Krems
-
noun,
a city in NE Austria, on the Danube.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- krill
-
noun,
any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- Krips
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- spall
-
noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spake
-
verb,
a simple past tense of speak.
- smirk
-
noun,
the facial expression of a person who smirks.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- Sam.
-
- Saml
-
- 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.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- ter.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- spik
-
noun,
spic.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- tri-
-
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- seek
-
Idioms,
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Sat.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- repl
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- prs.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- silk
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- skim
-
noun,
an act or instance of skimming.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- talk
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Ste.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- skep
-
noun,
a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
- rel.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Skip
-
noun,
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- str.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rpt.
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Salk
-
noun,
Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- SMTP
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- skee
-
noun,
ski.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Skat
-
noun,
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- SRAM
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- Tasm
-
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sra.
-
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- lit.
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ELLE
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ekes
-
Verb phrases,
eke out,
to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
to supplement; add to; stretch:
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- lip-
-
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- emia
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- EMet
-
- leks
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meek
-
adjective,
humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- MEPA
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merk
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- mal-
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mask
-
noun,
a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mark
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Keel
-
noun,
Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kats
-
- est.
-
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- keep
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- kame
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- kelp
-
noun,
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
- Kelt
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- Kemi
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Kemp
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- 1080
-
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- ket-
-
- Karl
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Charles.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- esp.
-
- Ill.
-
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Imp.
-
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- ilks
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- Kali
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- Ilka
-
adjective,
every; each.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ile-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- IEEE
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- KIAS
-
- leek
-
noun,
a plant, Allium ampeloprasum, of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lark
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lea.
-
- leak
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Emp.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- Lam.
-
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kilt
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- KIPS
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Klee
-
noun,
Paul [poul;; English pawl] /paʊl;; English pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1940, Swiss painter and etcher.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Lake
-
noun,
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- epit
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- epi-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- met.
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- par.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pam.
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Paki
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pakistani, especially one who has emigrated to Britain.
- Park
-
noun,
an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- ASTM
-
- Pal.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MSPE
-
- amp.
-
- AMLS
-
- 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.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- AIME
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- peak
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Pet.
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- pika
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- all-
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- alk.
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pers
-
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- akee
-
noun,
a tropical tree, Blighia sapida, of the soapberry family, cultivated for the edible aril of its seeds.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peek
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance; peep.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PERL
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- peke
-
noun,
Pekingese (def 1).
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- MSIE
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- MSEE
-
- ARIS
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- arks
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- Ark.
-
- MIPS
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- MILR
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- pre-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- art.
-
- milk
-
noun,
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Arm.
-
- Mike
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aer-
-
- MSAE
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- amt.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- pkt.
-
- Apr.
-
- aet.
-
- mkt.
-
- Alis
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Mlle
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- stk
-
- ILS
-
- TSE
-
- ilk
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- ETR
-
- TSI
-
- STI
-
- TSP
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ESL
-
- IPA
-
- STL
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- STM
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- STP
-
- Esk
-
- il-
-
- ETS
-
- Ar.
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ae.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ap-
-
- ier
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Am.
-
- trp
-
- al.
-
- IAS
-
- ILP
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ESR
-
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- ial
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- at.
-
- ese
-
- EIS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- APS
-
- EEE
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- Apl
-
- TIA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- ase
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASM
-
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- ASI
-
- ARS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ipr
-
- EAM
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ESA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPA
-
- tr.
-
- TAL
-
- tra
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EMT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- Ep.
-
- Tpr
-
- AMS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- TPM
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- tlr
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TPI
-
- EMR
-
- tpk
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- IPM
-
- SLA
-
- IPS
-
- ml.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- mk.
-
- MKS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MLA
-
- RPM
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- 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.
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- mi.
-
- MSI
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Ir.
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Rs.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MEP
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- MSE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Me.
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- pks
-
plural,
pack.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pl.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- PSA
-
- pli
-
- PLR
-
- pmk
-
- PMT
-
- PRA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- 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.
- MST
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Mt.
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- MTI
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- MTP
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- MTS
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- Pa.
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
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- Pr.
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- Ps.
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- pt.
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- PAK
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noun,
pack; package.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pim
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plural,
personal information manager.
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- pee
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noun,
the letter p.
- REA
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pie
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noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pik
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noun,
payment in kind.
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- SAR
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Skt
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ITA
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- SLE
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- La.
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- ist
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- Lt.
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- ISR
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ksi
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ski
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noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ska
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noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- Kas
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noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- ite
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- krs
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- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Kal
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- Ker
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- Kam
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noun,
a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- KIA
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- kil
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- Kim
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- KIP
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noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- kir
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noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- ka-
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- KRP
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- SMA
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- SLR
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- SLP
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- Kit
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noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- km.
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- kr.
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- Kra
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noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Kt.
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Kea
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noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LSI
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- spt
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- LMT
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- lpm
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- LPS
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Sr.
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- IRL
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- LSM
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- ll.
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- St.
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- LST
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- LTA
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- LTL
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- ltr
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sta
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- irk
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verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Sep
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noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- LLM
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- IRS
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- Les
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- ise
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Isl
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- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LIM
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SER
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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).
- SPR
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- lep
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- ISA
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- Lek
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noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- IP
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- K2
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noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- i.
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AK
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- RI
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- KP
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- K.
-
- R.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ee
-
- S.
-
- SA
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- SL
-
- SM
-
- LM
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- RP
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LR
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- M.
-
- MP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sk
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- 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.
- TP
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- TM
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- TL
-
- tk
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- L.
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- le
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- L2
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
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