Anagrams of manipulates
Word manipulates has
1629 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of manipulates.
- manipulate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner:
- palatines
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- laminates
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- Aleutians
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- aluminate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of the acid form of aluminum hydroxide, containing the group AlO 2− or AlO 3−3 .
- tumplines
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noun,
a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- platinums
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noun,
Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- manualist
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noun,
an advocate of manualism.
- septimana
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noun,
a week.
- maniples
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- Palatine
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- paenulas
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noun,
a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- spumante
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noun,
Italian. any sparkling wine.
- nuptials
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noun,
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
- Aleutian
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- aluminas
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noun,
the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum, Al 2 O 3 , occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- laminate
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- manteaus
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noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- platinas
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- platinum
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noun,
Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- palatium
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noun,
a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- supinate
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verb (used with object),
to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- ampliate
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adjective,
enlarged; dilated.
- Pleasant
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adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- Pulesati
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plural noun,
the ancient Assyrian name of the Philistines.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- simulate
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adjective,
Archaic. simulated.
- simulant
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noun,
a person or thing that simulates.
- talesman
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- tumpline
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noun,
a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- unplaits
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a plaited state; unbraid, as hair.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- Petaluma
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noun,
a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petunias
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noun,
any garden plant belonging to the genus Petunia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having funnel-shaped flowers of various colors.
- impanels
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verb (used with object),
to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- implants
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- anemias
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Iapetus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- punties
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noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- Petunia
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noun,
any garden plant belonging to the genus Petunia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having funnel-shaped flowers of various colors.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- putamen
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noun,
Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- uptimes
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noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- plumate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- pneumas
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noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- muletas
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- aminate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- Platina
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- pastina
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noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- amnesia
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- impanel
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verb (used with object),
to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
- patinas
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noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- ampules
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- Smetana
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noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- amulets
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noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- plenums
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noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- taipans
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noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- tsunami
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noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- anapest
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noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- patulin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic, C 7 H 6 O 4 , derived from various fungi, as Penicillium patulum and Aspergillus clavatus.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- malates
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noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- penults
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noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- impales
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- maltase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- malpais
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noun,
Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- lumpens
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noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- maniple
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- malaise
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lupines
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- tapeman
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- manilas
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- peasant
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noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- Paulist
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noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- impalas
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noun,
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- Antaeus
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noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Pauline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Eastman
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noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- lineups
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- ape-man
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noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- tamales
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noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- mantuas
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noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- stamin-
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- manteau
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noun,
a mantle or cloak, especially one worn by women.
- aminase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- implant
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Pilatus
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noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- Paestum
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noun,
an ancient coastal city of Lucania, in S Italy: the extant ruins include three Greek temples and a Roman amphitheater.
- planate
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adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- paenula
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noun,
a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- spinule
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noun,
a small spine.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- nuptial
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noun,
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
- napalms
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noun,
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- impetus
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noun,
a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- unpiles
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- pitmans
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- stipule
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- pinetum
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- n-tuple
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noun,
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- unplait
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a plaited state; unbraid, as hair.
- pinatas
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noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- Spatula
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noun,
an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
- alumina
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noun,
the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum, Al 2 O 3 , occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum.
- Alamein
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noun,
El Alamein.
- Lusatia
-
noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- Ameslan
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noun,
American Sign Language.
- sunlamp
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noun,
a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- amentia
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- palmate
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adjective,
shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- laminas
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- Plateau
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noun,
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- impulse
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noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- plasmin
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noun,
fibrinolysin.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ultimas
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noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- namaste
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noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- imputes
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Nampula
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noun,
a city in E Mozambique.
- Plantae
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noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- Sultana
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noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- lumpen
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noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- setula
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noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- inlaut
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noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lunate
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noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- lumine
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verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- septi-
-
- litmus
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- impute
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- lumens
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noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- septum
-
noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- lupine
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- set-up
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noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Latina
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noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- penta-
-
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Latium
-
noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- impels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sit-up
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noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- Laputa
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noun,
an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.
- Lamesa
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noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- lamias
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- lanate
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adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lanais
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noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- lampas
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noun,
congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.
- spinal
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- linums
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- simple
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noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- lineup
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- splen-
-
- situla
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noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Lieut.
-
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nemat-
-
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- plani-
-
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- napalm
-
noun,
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plasia
-
- plasm-
-
- plasma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- Musial
-
noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- multi-
-
- Palmas
-
noun,
Las. Las Palmas.
- penult
-
noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- peanut
-
noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Pamela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pileum
-
noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- numis.
-
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Multan
-
noun,
a city in E central Pakistan.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- manual
-
noun,
a small book, especially one giving information or instructions:
- Mantua
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- Manaus
-
noun,
Manáos.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- sampan
-
noun,
any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Plauen
-
noun,
a city in E Germany.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plenum
-
noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- plumes
-
noun,
a feather.
- pneuma
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Putnam
-
noun,
Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- metal.
-
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- melan-
-
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- impala
-
noun,
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- Ulpian
-
noun,
(Domitius Ulpianus) died a.d. 288? Roman jurist.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- amusia
-
noun,
the inability to produce or comprehend music or musical sounds.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- ampule
-
noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- Tuinal
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- alumni
-
noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- alumna
-
noun,
a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alumin
-
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- unpile
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Apulia
-
noun,
a department in SE Italy. 7442 sq. mi. (19,275 sq. km). Capital: Bari.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Upsala
-
noun,
Uppsala.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- anti-
-
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- AMPAS
-
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- anal.
-
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- MSEnt
-
- anat.
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- anim.
-
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Melia
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- ante-
-
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- mast-
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- anis-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- amin-
-
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- Unit.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Palma
-
noun,
Also called Palma de Mallorca [Spanish pahl-mah th e mah-lyawr-kah] /Spanish ˈpɑl mɑ ðɛ mɑˈlyɔr kɑ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in and the capital of the Balearic Islands, on W Majorca.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- pale-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Alas.
-
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- ulpan
-
noun,
an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- 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.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- pilum
-
noun,
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- pant-
-
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Paula
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- 30-30
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- peta-
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- USLTA
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- aemia
-
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- alti-
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- alum.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- natl.
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- tumps
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- plan-
-
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- ulent
-
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Alta.
-
- neut.
-
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ulama
-
plural noun,
the doctors of Muslim religion and law.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- naut.
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Ital.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- seti-
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Epist
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- 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:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- emuls
-
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Supt.
-
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Epis.
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- span-
-
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- stump
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Aust.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temp.
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- ASEAN
-
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- IATSE
-
- male-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- insp.
-
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- insep
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- semi-
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Tampa
-
noun,
a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- inst.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- step-
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Sept.
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Pet.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- USIA
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USMA
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- USNA
-
- pil-
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Ste.
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- uni-
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- ten.
-
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sem.
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- sepn
-
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Tasm
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Sam.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- tel-
-
- Saml
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- SMTP
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- pnea
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- 1080
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lani
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- intl
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- MALS
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- IAEA
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- amt.
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amus
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ANPA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Amal
-
- alt.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Ala.
-
- AAUP
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ANTU
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- aut-
-
- Emp.
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Aus.
-
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- APSA
-
- 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.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Pal.
-
- MNAS
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pam.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- MIPS
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- MSAE
-
- MSPE
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- NTIA
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- mus.
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- mun.
-
- mult
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- pat.
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MEPA
-
- mes-
-
- Pen.
-
- ment
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- men-
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- paua
-
noun,
a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- mil.
-
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- AAM
-
- ast
-
- NIA
-
- USP
-
- AAE
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ASN
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- USM
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ATA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- USN
-
- ASI
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- ASM
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Am.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EIS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ap-
-
- TAL
-
- NEA
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ne-
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- uti
-
- PLA
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Apl
-
- NES
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- AUA
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ean
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- pl.
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- EAM
-
- APS
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- uns
-
- ALU
-
- 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:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- AME
-
- AAU
-
- pt.
-
- UIT
-
- ALM
-
- Ps.
-
- ult
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- UMT
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- Une
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- unp
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- NMI
-
- NSA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- NUL
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- NSU
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Npt
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- NMU
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NUM
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- pm.
-
- Tu.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- AMS
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AMU
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- up-
-
- tue
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- TPI
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- AAP
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UPI
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- Pa.
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- MNA
-
- SLA
-
- lep
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- SLE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MLS
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- MLA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LIM
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- MNE
-
- MIT
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SNU
-
- pli
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- MSN
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- MSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SMA
-
- PMT
-
- MSA
-
- MPE
-
- PSA
-
- SLP
-
- MPA
-
- MNS
-
- PSE
-
- ml.
-
- MIP
-
- mtn
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAA
-
- Sp.
-
- SAA
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SAE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- mi.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- MEP
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- LMT
-
- lpm
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LTA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MIE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Me.
-
- MTI
-
- MSI
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- STI
-
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- MUP
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- Sta
-
- STP
-
- ESU
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- en-
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ESA
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ESL
-
- NAA
-
- St.
-
- IAS
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ise
-
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- La.
-
- MTS
-
- Lt.
-
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isl
-
- MTP
-
- ISA
-
- spt
-
- IPS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPA
-
- ine
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- IPM
-
- SM
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- SL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
-
- SU
-
- MP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TP
-
- TN
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TM
-
- t.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- MN
-
- 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.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- U.
-
- IP
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- LM
-
- i.
-
- ln
-
- N.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NI
-
- NP
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PU
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- EI
-