Anagrams of lepidopterous
Word lepidopterous has
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- poult-de-soie
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noun,
a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
- teliospore
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noun,
a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- pulpiteer
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noun,
a preacher by profession.
- depositor
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noun,
a person or thing that deposits.
- torpedoes
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noun,
a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- dolerites
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pteropods
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noun,
a pteropod mollusk.
- pereiopod
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noun,
(in a crustacean) an appendage of the thorax.
- disrepute
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noun,
bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into):
- duopolies
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noun,
the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers.
Compare monopoly (def 1), oligopoly.
- popliteus
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noun,
a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- drupelets
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noun,
a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- poultries
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noun,
domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- dipterous
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adjective,
Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dispeople
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of people; depopulate.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- porpoise
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noun,
any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- ripplets
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noun,
a small ripple.
- split-up
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noun,
a splitting or separating into two or more parts.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- Populist
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noun,
a member of the People's party.
- pteropod
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noun,
a pteropod mollusk.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- estoppel
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noun,
a bar or impediment preventing a party from asserting a fact or a claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took, either by conduct or words, especially where a representation has been relied or acted upon by others.
- leporide
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noun,
a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- deutero-
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- poperies
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noun,
the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- pterido-
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- epidotes
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- postlude
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noun,
a concluding piece or movement.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- lustered
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- 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.
- drupelet
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noun,
a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- perilous
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adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- propolis
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noun,
a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.
- stripped
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noun,
a striptease.
- peptides
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noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- duperies
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noun,
an act, practice, or instance of duping.
- dropouts
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noun,
an act or instance of dropping out.
- deputies
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noun,
a person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.
- proteose
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noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- droplets
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noun,
a little drop.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- lepidote
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adjective,
covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- slip-top
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noun,
the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- pleuroid
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- epispore
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noun,
the principal outer covering of a spore.
- opposite
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noun,
a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
- pleopods
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noun,
a swimmeret.
- dopester
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noun,
a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- speed-up
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noun,
an increasing of speed.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- solitude
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noun,
the state of being or living alone; seclusion:
- doorstep
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noun,
a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
- resolute
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adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- Topelius
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noun,
Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- leisured
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adjective,
having leisure:
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- old-rose
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noun,
rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- deplores
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verb (used with object),
to regret deeply or strongly; lament:
- poolside
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noun,
the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- tipplers
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noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- outsleep
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verb (used with object),
to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- dolerite
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- eelpouts
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- pleuro-
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- 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.
- pileous
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adjective,
hairy or furry.
- Lourdes
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noun,
a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.
- tipples
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noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- pileups
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noun,
a massive collision of several or many moving vehicles.
- pleopod
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noun,
a swimmeret.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- sidero-
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- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- step-up
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noun,
an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- droplet
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noun,
a little drop.
- lopseed
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noun,
a weedy plant, Phryma leptostachya, of Asia and North America, having spikes of whitish paired flowers.
- petrol.
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- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- stepper
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noun,
a person or animal that steps, especially a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee.
- piteous
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adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- dropout
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noun,
an act or instance of dropping out.
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- piolets
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- reputes
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- tippler
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noun,
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- tousled
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- soliped
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noun,
solidungulate.
- toppers
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- eelpout
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outdoes
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- soldier
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noun,
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- Soleure
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noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- oldster
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noun,
an old or elderly person.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- outsole
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- osteoid
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adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- oroides
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noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- toledos
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noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- episode
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noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- operose
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adjective,
industrious, as a person.
- epidote
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- outsold
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsell.
- topples
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verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- spouted
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- torpedo
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noun,
a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- duelist
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noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- Perseid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- support
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noun,
the act or an instance of supporting.
- 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.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- peptide
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noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- erudite
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adjective,
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
- oilseed
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noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- dustoor
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noun,
dastur.
- toroids
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noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Oedipus
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- oersted
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- peepuls
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noun,
pipal.
- topsoil
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- topside
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noun,
the upper side.
- slipper
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noun,
any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc.
Compare bedroom slipper, house slipper.
- slip-up
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noun,
a mistake, blunder, or oversight:
- loppers
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noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- reputed
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- delouse
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verb (used with object),
to free of lice; remove lice from.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- Delores
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noun,
a female given name.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- dilutes
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adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- propose
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verb (used with object),
to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action:
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- propels
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verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- stopple
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noun,
a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- leisure
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- dipoles
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noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- stopper
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noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- preside
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- tupelos
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- prepose
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verb (used with object),
to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: .
- strudel
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noun,
a pastry, usually consisting of a fruit, cheese, or other mixture, rolled in a paper-thin sheet of dough and baked.
- prelude
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noun,
a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- striped
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- purples
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noun,
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- uproots
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- lepido-
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- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- deputes
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verb (used with object),
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- Lepidus
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noun,
Marcus Aemilius [ee-mil-ee-uh s] /iˈmɪl i əs/ (Show IPA), died 13 b.c, Roman politician: member of the second triumvirate.
- leporid
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noun,
an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- ripples
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noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- despite
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noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- despoil
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verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- leprous
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- ripplet
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noun,
a small ripple.
- destool
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verb (used with object),
to remove (a West African ruler) from office.
- puerile
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adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- pterous
-
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- deplore
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verb (used with object),
to regret deeply or strongly; lament:
- purpose
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noun,
the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- deuter-
-
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- pseudo-
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- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- redupl.
-
- polders
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noun,
a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- Dolores
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “sorrows.”.
- uropods
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noun,
an abdominal limb of an arthropod, especially one of those on either side of the telson, as in a lobster.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- residue
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noun,
something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- superl.
-
- poodles
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noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- 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.
- tripods
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noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- repulse
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noun,
the act of repelling.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- Doppler
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noun,
Christian Johann, 1803–53, Austrian physicist: discovered the Doppler effect.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- podites
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noun,
an arthropod limb.
- stereo-
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- stipule
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stipple
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noun,
the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- ureides
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noun,
an acyl urea.
- disport
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- dispute
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noun,
a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
- disroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- disrupt
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adjective,
broken apart; disrupted.
- lippers
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noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tropous
-
- Tiepolo
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- studio
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noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- supper
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noun,
the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- oodles
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noun,
a large quantity:
- strode
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- super-
-
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- stupor
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noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- stupid
-
noun,
Informal. a stupid person.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- speedo
-
noun,
speedometer.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Steppe
-
noun,
an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- looped
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- lipper
-
noun,
a slightly rough or ripply surface on a body of water.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- spiro-
-
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- odours
-
noun,
odor.
- lepto-
-
- odious
-
adjective,
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- lopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- sporo-
-
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- lipped
-
noun,
either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Lieut.
-
- luteo-
-
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- sippet
-
noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- Pripet
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- rooted
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- potpie
-
noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- porous
-
adjective,
full of pores.
- propel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- pooped
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- poodle
-
noun,
one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- polder
-
noun,
a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- Poitou
-
noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- podous
-
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- reused
-
adjective,
noting wool that previously has been spun, woven, and used.
- putrid
-
adjective,
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- purple
-
noun,
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- pulpit
-
noun,
a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
- ripped
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ripple
-
noun,
a small wave or undulation, as on water.
- ptero-
-
- rodeos
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- pseud.
-
- prudes
-
noun,
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- proto-
-
- podsol
-
noun,
spodosol.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- sodio-
-
- people
-
noun,
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general:
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- Pelops
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Peleus
-
noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- Peipus
-
noun,
a lake in the N Europe, on the border between Estonia and the W Russian Federation. 93 miles (150 km) long; 356 sq. mi. (920 sq. km).
- peepul
-
noun,
pipal.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- peplus
-
noun,
peplos.
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- osteo-
-
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- oppose
-
verb (used with object),
to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- peplos
-
noun,
a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- pleio-
-
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- pipets
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- pipers
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- septi-
-
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- pileup
-
noun,
a massive collision of several or many moving vehicles.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- sipper
-
noun,
a person who sips.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Supple
-
adjective,
bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible:
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Delius
-
noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tippee
-
noun,
a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- doolie
-
noun,
a first-year cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- eludes
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
Synonyms: shun, dodge.
- dolors
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- tiered
-
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.
- tropo-
-
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Dieppe
-
noun,
a seaport in N France, on the English Channel: raided by an Allied expeditionary force August 1942.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- deuto-
-
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- drools
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- eroto-
-
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- etudes
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- drupes
-
noun,
any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- tipple
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- 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.
- droops
-
noun,
a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- upside
-
noun,
the upper side or part.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- dorso-
-
- Toledo
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- troppo
-
adverb,
too much; excessively.
- pleur-
-
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- uropod
-
noun,
an abdominal limb of an arthropod, especially one of those on either side of the telson, as in a lobster.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- dipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that dips.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- isopod
-
noun,
any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- teleo-
-
- teledu
-
noun,
a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- utero-
-
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- depute
-
verb (used with object),
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- topple
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- distr.
-
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- iodous
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the trivalent state.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- uppers
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- diplo-
-
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- sero-
-
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- treed
-
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.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- petri
-
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- 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.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- peeps
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- droop
-
noun,
a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- pupil
-
noun,
a person, usually young, who is learning under the close supervision of a teacher at school, a private tutor, or the like; student.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- drool
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- seti-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- drupe
-
noun,
any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Dupre
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1812–89, French painter.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- duple
-
adjective,
having two parts; double; twofold.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- sito-
-
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- Supt.
-
- dupes
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- Perdu
-
noun,
Obsolete. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- petr-
-
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pulps
-
noun,
the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- upper
-
noun,
the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pert.
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- dist.
-
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Prot.
-
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- post-
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Port.
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Proud
-
Idioms,
do one proud,
to be a source of pride or credit to a person:
to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly:
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- poops
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- dipl.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- prod.
-
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- Pres.
-
- prep.
-
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- pred.
-
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- pros.
-
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- trop-
-
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- ploid
-
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- plio-
-
- 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).
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- 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.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- pleo-
-
- PEDir
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Douro
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W from N Spain through N Portugal to the Atlantic. About 475 miles (765 km) long.
- plops
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Deut.
-
- updos
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- Sept.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- poods
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- dolor
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- dolus
-
noun,
fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa):
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- prude
-
noun,
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- poet.
-
- Prus.
-
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- podo-
-
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- plur.
-
- pedo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- pedi-
-
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- step-
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- tious
-
- resp.
-
- Euro-
-
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- ster.
-
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- 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.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiled
-
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.
- ideo-
-
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- 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.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- 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.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- retd.
-
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- 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.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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 .
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- 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.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- tele-
-
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- suede
-
noun,
kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- rept.
-
- 30-30
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- supp.
-
- Suppe
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1819–95, Austrian composer.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- telo-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ileo-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- 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.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Lippe
-
noun,
a former state in NW Germany: now part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- lipo-
-
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- iodo-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- oste-
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elude
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:
Synonyms: shun, dodge.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- opto-
-
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- OPers
-
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- edit.
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- dept.
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- soldo
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- topo-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outdo
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- odour
-
noun,
odor.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- prop.
-
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- 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.
- Epist
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- 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.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Epis.
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- oleo-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- uret
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- 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.
- updo
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- ulto
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rit.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- USPO
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- uro-
-
- supr
-
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- TODS
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- spp.
-
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- SPUD
-
noun,
Informal. a potato.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sur-
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- TDRS
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- str.
-
- ter.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Ste.
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- std.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rpt.
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- Tues
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sld.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tri-
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- trid
-
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- 1080
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- ord.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opp.
-
- dup.
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- duo-
-
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- dupe
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oro-
-
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OPer
-
- dups
-
verb (used with object),
to open.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Odus
-
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- ole-
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ped.
-
- pede
-
- peds
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- PERL
-
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- OSRD
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- ious
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- dpt.
-
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- doup
-
noun,
the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Esd.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lip-
-
- eso-
-
- esp.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- iod-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- ile-
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- itol
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- epi-
-
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- eous
-
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ltd.
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- epit
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- 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:
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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).
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- out-
-
- Pers
-
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- pos.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pop-
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- pood
-
noun,
a Russian weight equal to about 36 pounds avoirdupois (16 kg).
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- dep.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- puds
-
noun,
pudding.
- pts.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- psid
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- pulp
-
noun,
the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prs.
-
- pro-
-
- ppd.
-
- PPLO
-
- purs
-
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- depr
-
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- dir.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- dlr.
-
- rel.
-
- Rep.
-
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- repl
-
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- PTSD
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- dis-
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- uti
-
- USR
-
- do.
-
- ESR
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- USP
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- eu-
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- ERP
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ESU
-
- ETR
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- USO
-
- ITU
-
- ESL
-
- de-
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- IDP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- io-
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- TID
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- DSO
-
- ILS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ide
-
- ese
-
- il-
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DSR
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- DSP
-
- Tu.
-
- TSE
-
- DST
-
- Du.
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- tue
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Tro
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Doi
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- DPI
-
- trp
-
- DPP
-
- DPS
-
- DLS
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- DLO
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DUI
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- ure
-
- DET
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- di.
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- UPI
-
- Ep.
-
- up-
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ur-
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- DIL
-
- ETD
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- UIT
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ult
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- eo-
-
- ed.
-
- EEO
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- IOU
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- IPO
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- PID
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIO
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sep
-
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.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pl.
-
- SED
-
- se-
-
- SLE
-
- PDT
-
- SDI
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- PDL
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- pd.
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- SDR
-
- 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.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- PUP
-
noun,
a young dog; puppy.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTP
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- RLD
-
- PUD
-
noun,
pudding.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- PPT
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Rd.
-
- Re.
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- RDS
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- prp
-
- PPS
-
- SRO
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- pli
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- PLO
-
- PLR
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- ROP
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- POR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- PPE
-
- PPI
-
- ppl
-
- ppr
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- STL
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- STP
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- STI
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- St.
-
- LDS
-
- Sr.
-
- Les
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- LDP
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- IUS
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- IUD
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ld.
-
- ite
-
- ist
-
- lep
-
- ISR
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Isl
-
- oo-
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- ipr
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oid
-
- IRO
-
- LSI
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- IRS
-
- OEO
-
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- IPS
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- spt
-
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SPR
-
- OSD
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ise
-
- OOT
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OED
-
- op.
-
- OIt
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- D.
-
- T1
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- t.
-
- RO
-
- TD
-
- PU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DP
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- dl
-
- R.
-
- L.
-
- SL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- IP
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ol
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LR
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- i.
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- UI
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
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- RP
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- L2
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- UL
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- le
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RU
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- Ud
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- U.
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- SU
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- TL
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- S.
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TP
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