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- lexicographer
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noun,
a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- cerographies
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noun,
the process of writing or engraving on wax.
- horse-race
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noun,
a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- logperches
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noun,
a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- paregorics
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noun,
a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- archespore
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noun,
the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- sarcophile
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noun,
a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- reproaches
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noun,
blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
- racehorse
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noun,
a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- explorers
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noun,
a person or thing that explores.
- groceries
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noun,
Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- coliphage
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noun,
any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium.
- archeries
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noun,
the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
- spherical
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adjective,
having the form of a sphere; globular.
- eparchies
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- cerograph
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noun,
a drawing, design, or text incised into a wax surface.
- Charleroi
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noun,
a city in S Belgium.
- Excelsior
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noun,
fine wood shavings, used for stuffing, packing, etc.
- graperies
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noun,
a building where grapes are grown.
- recharges
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noun,
an act or instance of recharging.
- Parcheesi
-
- acrospire
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noun,
the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.
- sharecrop
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verb (used with or without object),
to farm as a sharecropper.
- preachers
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noun,
a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- caprioles
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- re-search
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verb (used with or without object),
to search or search for again.
- oligarchs
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noun,
one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- carrioles
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noun,
cariole.
- Pergolesi
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- serigraph
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noun,
a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sacrilege
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noun,
the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- paregoric
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noun,
a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- oligarch
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noun,
one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- opalesce
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verb (used without object),
to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- choleras
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noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- elegiacs
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- research
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noun,
diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.:
- chargers
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noun,
a person or thing that charges.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- chiseler
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noun,
a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- isograph
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noun,
(in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- escarole
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noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- cherries
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noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- cheerios
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- escalope
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noun,
scallop (def 5).
- exilarch
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noun,
one of a line of hereditary rulers of the Jewish community in Babylonia from about the 2nd century a.d. to the beginning of the 11th century.
- graphics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art of drawing, especially as used in mathematics, engineering, etc.
- pleaches
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verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- gharries
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noun,
a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
- capriole
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- legacies
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noun,
Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- poachers
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noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- shiralee
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noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- gasolier
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Preacher
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noun,
a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- preaches
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verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- lexicog.
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- carriole
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noun,
cariole.
- Scaliger
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noun,
Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- shoelace
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noun,
a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- especial
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adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- shopgirl
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noun,
a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- explores
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verb (used with object),
to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery:
- sphaero-
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- Explorer
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noun,
a person or thing that explores.
- cephalo-
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- exorcise
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verb (used with object),
to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies:
- exoergic
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adjective,
exothermic (opposed to endoergic).
- exocarps
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noun,
epicarp.
- gospeler
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noun,
a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- progeria
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noun,
a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- chorales
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noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- exciples
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noun,
(in certain lichens) the rim or outer covering of the apothecium.
- logperch
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noun,
a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- parolees
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- aerogels
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noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- perchers
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noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- Pelasgic
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adjective,
Pelasgian.
- horsecar
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noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- reproach
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noun,
blame or censure conveyed in disapproval:
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- pergolas
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noun,
an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- Heracles
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- recharge
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noun,
an act or instance of recharging.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- roperies
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noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- clergies
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noun,
the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.
- perclose
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noun,
parclose.
- rephrase
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verb (used with object),
to phrase again or differently:
- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- earlship
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noun,
earldom (def 1).
- spoilage
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noun,
the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- coherers
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noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- reprisal
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noun,
(in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- perisarc
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noun,
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- seraglio
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- harelips
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noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- coherer
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noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- Roerich
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noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- galerie
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noun,
gallery (def 8).
- expires
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verb (used with object),
to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
- explore
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verb (used with object),
to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery:
- parches
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- plagio-
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- soilage
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- coheres
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verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- creoles
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noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- shoepac
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noun,
a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
- reprise
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noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- peaches
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noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- exposal
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noun,
exposure.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- cephal-
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- peroral
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adjective,
administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- carrels
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noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- poacher
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noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- leaches
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noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- poleaxe
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noun,
poleax.
- Polaris
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noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- lechers
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noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- scarper
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verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- corrals
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noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- correl.
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- corresp
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- Legaspi
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noun,
a seaport on SE Luzon, in the Philippines.
- poaches
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verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- parrels
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noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- cargoes
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noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Herries
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verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- carhops
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noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Parrish
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noun,
Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- garlics
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noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- corsage
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noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- loaches
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noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- socager
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noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- plexors
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- scapho-
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- Chagres
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noun,
a river in Panama, flowing through Gatun Lake into the Caribbean Sea.
- coheirs
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noun,
a joint heir.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cheiro-
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- Chelsea
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noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- Pereira
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noun,
Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- phloxes
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors.
Compare phlox family.
- epoxies
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noun,
Also called epoxy resin. any of a class of resins derived by polymerization from epoxides: used chiefly in adhesives, coatings, electrical insulation, solder mix, and castings.
- pergola
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noun,
an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- philos.
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- epochal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.
- epigeal
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adjective,
Entomology. living near the surface of the ground, as on low herbs or other surface vegetation.
- eparchs
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noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- opercle
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noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- Ophelia
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noun,
a female given name.
- elepaio
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noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- cholera
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noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- cholers
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noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- elegiac
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noun,
an elegiac or distich verse.
- oraches
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noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- chorale
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noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- chorals
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noun,
chorale.
- choreas
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noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- orchils
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noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- roaches
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- cheeros
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interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- cheerio
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Pechora
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noun,
a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- exarchs
-
noun,
Eastern Church.
a patriarch's deputy.
a title originally applied to a patriarch but later applied only to a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.
- ceriphs
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noun,
serif.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- exocarp
-
noun,
epicarp.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- pelages
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noun,
the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- exhales
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.):
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- exciple
-
noun,
(in certain lichens) the rim or outer covering of the apothecium.
- pelagic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- Pelasgi
-
plural noun,
the Pelasgians.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- cheapos
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- charger
-
noun,
a person or thing that charges.
- charges
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- Charles
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noun,
(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).
- Charlie
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- charros
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- percher
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- cheapie
-
noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- perches
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- caliphs
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- Alghero
-
noun,
a seaport in W Sardinia.
- Grolier
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adjective,
pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- sharper
-
noun,
a shrewd swindler.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- Sharrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- regales
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- sclero-
-
- helices
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noun,
a plural of helix.
- helico-
-
- prisage
-
noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- spheral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sphere.
- gophers
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- harelip
-
noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- harpers
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- reshape
-
verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- aerogel
-
noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- pricers
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- hospice
-
noun,
a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- helixes
-
noun,
a spiral.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- prexies
-
noun,
a president, especially of a college or university.
- sphero-
-
- presage
-
noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- Heloise
-
noun,
1101?–64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard.
Compare Abélard.
- Argolis
-
noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- reaches
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- gropers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- proxies
-
noun,
the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
- healers
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- greaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that greases.
- archers
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- serpigo
-
noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- Agriope
-
noun,
Eurydice.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- grapho-
-
- archils
-
noun,
orchil.
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- graphic
-
noun,
a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- apogees
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- hegaris
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- harries
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- hegiras
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- prolegs
-
noun,
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
- Graeco-
-
- gracile
-
adjective,
gracefully slender.
- goalers
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- helpers
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- Raleigh
-
noun,
Sir Walter. Also, Ralegh, 1552?–1618, English explorer and writer, a favorite of Elizabeth I.
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- glacier
-
noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- Shearer
-
noun,
Moira (Moira Shearer King) 1926–2006, British ballerina.
- Sephora
-
noun,
Zipporah.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- porgies
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- largish
-
adjective,
rather large.
- porches
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- girl-os
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- replace
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- xerarch
-
adjective,
(of a sere) originating in a dry habitat.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- girasol
-
noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- isopach
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- glorias
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- scholia
-
noun,
Often, scholia.
an explanatory note or comment.
an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- reliers
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- preoral
-
adjective,
situated in front of or before the mouth.
- hoagies
-
noun,
a hero sandwich.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- scholar
-
noun,
a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- larches
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- glories
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- Sergipe
-
noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Oxalis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
- Orlich
-
noun,
Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- haoles
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- rrhoea
-
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- orchil
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- orexis
-
noun,
the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act.
- sleigh
-
noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- oxalic
-
adjective,
of or derived from oxalic acid.
- haplo-
-
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- haloes
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Harper
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- Lashio
-
noun,
a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- oxlips
-
noun,
a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- hiero-
-
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Helper
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parlor
-
noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- hexose
-
noun,
any of a class of sugars containing six atoms of carbon, including glucose and fructose.
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- hoaxes
-
noun,
something intended to deceive or defraud:
- Hoples
-
noun,
a son of Ion.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- holies
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- hegari
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- pagers
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- helic-
-
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- helio-
-
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- paleo-
-
- paleog
-
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Helios
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- galosh
-
noun,
a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- galops
-
noun,
a lively round dance in duple time.
- schorl
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- laighs
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- liches
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- lieges
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- expose
-
noun,
a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- scler-
-
- gopher
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- expire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
- expels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scolex
-
noun,
the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
- Gospel
-
noun,
the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Geisel
-
noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- schlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- gerahs
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- geisha
-
noun,
a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- legers
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis
-
noun,
a gentle slope.
- Gasper
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- Lepcha
-
noun,
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- garlic
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- garish
-
adjective,
crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- exiles
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- Lochia
-
noun,
the liquid discharge from the uterus after childbirth.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- sacro-
-
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- epochs
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- groper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- ilexes
-
noun,
holm oak.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- hagio-
-
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- irreg.
-
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- isopag
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- exhale
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.):
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- excise
-
noun,
an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- excels
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass; be superior to; outdo:
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- ixoras
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- exarch
-
noun,
Eastern Church.
a patriarch's deputy.
a title originally applied to a patriarch but later applied only to a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- 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.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- Greco-
-
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- isohel
-
noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- sarco-
-
- sapro-
-
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- gapers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- rhexis
-
noun,
rupture, as of a blood vessel, organ, or cell.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- 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.).
- charge
-
noun,
expense or cost:
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Chapel
-
noun,
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- apogee
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- charro
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- archi-
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- rigors
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- charrs
-
noun,
char2 .
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- ALEXIS
-
noun,
a male or female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper.”.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- chiro-
-
- chiral
-
adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- chilo-
-
- Chiles
-
noun,
chili.
- Philae
-
noun,
an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- chigoe
-
noun,
a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- philo-
-
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- picro-
-
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- apexes
-
noun,
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- cheapo
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- Pisgah
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, NE of the Dead Sea: from its summit (Mt. Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deut. 34:1.
- pixels
-
noun,
the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system.
- chirrs
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- pogies
-
noun,
a porgy.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- poleax
-
noun,
a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- calxes
-
noun,
the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- caliph
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- praxis
-
noun,
practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- praxes
-
noun,
practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- prolix
-
adjective,
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- c-axis
-
noun,
the vertical crystallographic axis.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- proleg
-
noun,
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- plages
-
noun,
a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- pleach
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- plegia
-
- pleio-
-
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- plexor
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- phiale
-
noun,
a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- Cheops
-
noun,
flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- cirro-
-
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- spiro-
-
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Pelage
-
noun,
the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- chisel
-
noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- agric.
-
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- corgis
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- parrel
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- chori-
-
- choler
-
noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cholee
-
noun,
choli.
- chole-
-
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- alephs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- relish
-
noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- phages
-
noun,
bacteriophage.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- chopas
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- chlor-
-
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- phago-
-
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 30-30
-
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- hier-
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- relig
-
- Pregl
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- laigh
-
noun,
a small valley or hollow.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- relax
-
verb (used with object),
to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax:
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ileo-
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- hosp.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- prae-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- Hoxie
-
noun,
Vinnie Ream [reem] /rim/ (Show IPA), 1847–1914, U.S. sculptor.
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Icel.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- proc.
-
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Prog.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- recip
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- pros.
-
- Ixora
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rears
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- resp.
-
- rexes
-
noun,
king.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- rhoea
-
- prox.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Lexis
-
noun,
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
- poxes
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- orial
-
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch.
-
- Oreg.
-
- phage
-
noun,
bacteriophage.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- orig.
-
- 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:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- 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.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Pharr
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Phil.
-
- phlox
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors.
Compare phlox family.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- phile
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Phila
-
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- OPers
-
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olig-
-
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- rrhea
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- pari-
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- peri-
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- oxlip
-
noun,
a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- 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.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pale-
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Legis
-
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- plio-
-
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- 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).
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- pleo-
-
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pico-
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- loxes
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sarc-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- phore
-
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- 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.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- plage
-
noun,
a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- lipo-
-
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- pixes
-
noun,
pyx.
- PIXEL
-
noun,
the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- logic
-
noun,
the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- loche
-
noun,
the North American burbot.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- lochs
-
noun,
a lake.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- pilch
-
noun,
an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- hexa-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ergo-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- carp-
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Carex
-
noun,
any sedge of the genus Carex.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- ESPEC
-
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- cero-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Silex
-
noun,
flint; silica.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Ephes
-
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- excel
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass; be superior to; outdo:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- axels
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- spec.
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- axile
-
adjective,
in or of an axis.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- 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.
- g-cal
-
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- asco-
-
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- geol.
-
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- galop
-
noun,
a lively round dance in duple time.
- exch.
-
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- excl.
-
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- exec.
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- execs
-
noun,
an executive, especially in business.
- Exile
-
noun,
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- calix
-
noun,
cup.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- expel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- coel-
-
- expos
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- shogi
-
noun,
the Japanese version of chess.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- axils
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- clase
-
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- corr.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- char-
-
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- chap.
-
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- choli
-
noun,
a short-sleeved blouse or bodice, often one exposing part of the midriff, worn by Hindu women in India.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- chol-
-
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Chloe
-
noun,
the lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- coele
-
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- sero-
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- graph
-
noun,
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Apoc.
-
- aeri-
-
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- aero-
-
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- agro-
-
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- halo-
-
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alcor
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- algo-
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- 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.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- sexi-
-
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- spor-
-
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Seric
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Xeres
-
noun,
former name of Jerez.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Arch.
-
- arche
-
- girsh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- herp.
-
- ghees
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- xeric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to a dry environment.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- xero-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- areo-
-
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Xhosa
-
noun,
a member of a Nguni people of eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- acro-
-
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- glops
-
noun,
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
- Hegel
-
noun,
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- Helga
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- helix
-
noun,
a spiral.
- heli-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- phr.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Xipe
-
noun,
the Aztec god of sowing or planting.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- repr
-
- coax
-
noun,
coaxial cable.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- agr.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Aire
-
- chg.
-
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- repl
-
- Sra.
-
- cis-
-
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- regr
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- clep
-
- rel.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- clar
-
- acr-
-
- Rep.
-
- perh
-
- aer-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Sol.
-
- Phar
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- per.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Chr.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- chs.
-
- PERL
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Pers
-
- Reg.
-
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cir.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Cal.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- pos.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- psec
-
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- psia
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- psig
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calx
-
noun,
the oxide or ashy substance that remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been thoroughly roasted or burned.
- cap.
-
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- prs.
-
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- arr.
-
- ARIS
-
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- asc-
-
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Axel
-
noun,
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
- Arg.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- prec
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- axil
-
noun,
the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
- pre-
-
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- axle
-
noun,
Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
- SPCA
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Alco
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Alis
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- pil-
-
- Alg.
-
- Alex
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- Chal
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aph-
-
- apex
-
noun,
the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- plex
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Cels
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- sch.
-
- lea.
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- golp
-
noun,
a roundel purpure.
- scil
-
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- sci.
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- glop
-
noun,
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Gish
-
noun,
Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- Gal.
-
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shog
-
noun,
a shake; jolt.
- lip-
-
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- exr.
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- EXPO
-
noun,
a world's fair or international exposition:
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- exp.
-
- exor
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- leg.
-
- Leix
-
noun,
Laoighis.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- lex.
-
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- HEAO
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- sex-
-
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- HRIP
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- her.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- hoax
-
noun,
something intended to deceive or defraud:
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- HOLC
-
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- Ire.
-
- gro.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- sech
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- grex
-
noun,
a numerical system for measuring the size of fibers, filaments, or yarns, based on the weight in grams of 10,000 meters of the fibrous material.
- gres
-
- scr.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gras
-
- gosh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation or mild oath):
- sec.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ical
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hal-
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ile-
-
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- Hag.
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- ilex
-
noun,
holm oak.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- SLIC
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the 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.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- exo-
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- org.
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- EEOC
-
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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:
- eco-
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- cog.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Pal.
-
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- par.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- coxa
-
noun,
Anatomy.
innominate bone.
the joint of the hip.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ELAS
-
- 1080
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eph.
-
- OEEC
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- epi-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- esp.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Sig.
-
- ergs
-
- OAPC
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- eso-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sigh
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- shr.
-
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- 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.
- log-
-
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Sax.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- OPer
-
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- opia
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- elix
-
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- exa-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ole-
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Exc.
-
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Sr.
-
- shp
-
- ROI
-
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sc.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- xcl
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROG
-
- So.
-
- SAR
-
- SCP
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ROA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SLE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SRO
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sp.
-
- SLA
-
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RSA
-
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SPR
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- sho
-
- 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).
- SHA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SLR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SLP
-
- RSE
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ROP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- RPG
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- Eg.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- GOP
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- Ex.
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GCA
-
- GCE
-
- GCI
-
- GCR
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- ESA
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- GHA
-
- eir
-
- ECA
-
- ECG
-
- EEC
-
- EEG
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Ehr
-
- EIS
-
- ERP
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Ges
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ics
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- HRE
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- IHS
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GPS
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gl.
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GOX
-
- gph
-
- Gr.
-
- HCR
-
- gre
-
- GSA
-
- GSC
-
- GSR
-
- hr.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ec-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- aor
-
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apl
-
- AIC
-
- APS
-
- apx
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ase
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ASI
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AHL
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ACP
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- ACS
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Agh
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AHE
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ea.
-
- CPI
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Cox
-
noun,
coxswain.
- CPA
-
- CPL
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- eo-
-
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- ax.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CIA
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CGI
-
- CGS
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- il-
-
- hrs
-
- ILO
-
- POR
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ILP
-
- PRC
-
- PRA
-
- pox
-
noun,
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Ola
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ose
-
- OLG
-
- PSA
-
- ox-
-
- OCR
-
- OSA
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OCS
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- PSG
-
- PSE
-
- OHG
-
- oic
-
- 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.
- PSC
-
- OSP
-
- POA
-
- pix
-
noun,
pyx.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PGA
-
- PLA
-
- PHA
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhL
-
- 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.
- PHS
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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:
- pl.
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- PIO
-
- 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.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PLR
-
- Pr.
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PLO
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pg.
-
- pli
-
- PLC
-
- Ps.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PaG
-
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PAX
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. kiss of peace.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ish
-
- Isl
-
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- ISR
-
- La.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ISA
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ise
-
- RCA
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- IPO
-
- ILS
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IPA
-
- iph
-
- ipr
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- REA
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAX
-
adjective,
not strict or severe; careless or negligent:
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOX
-
noun,
a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- lg.
-
- LPG
-
- Re.
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RCS
-
- LSC
-
- RCP
-
- LSI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Les
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- RPS
-
- XP
-
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rg
-
- RC
-
- PX
-
plural,
post exchange.
- RH
-
- xi
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- XO
-
- xc
-
- AO
-
- Xe
-
- RI
-
- XL
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SL
-
- CE
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- GP
-
- GC
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- GH
-
- le
-
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- LR
-
- LH
-
- LC
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- L.
-
- HG
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- IP
-
- IG
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- G.
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PH
-
- 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.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- RP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- RX
-
- S.
-
- lx
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- ol
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- OA
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- xr
-